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Once I get there, it's out of my hands--for a while, that is.

ALL THE BEST, Froggie!

Will be thinking of you tomorrow. Check in whenever you are able. You've got this!

Best of luck to you froggie. Will be thinking good thoughts.

49er

chunkyfrog wrote:Once I get there, it's out of my hands--for a while, that is.

Hope all goes well. Here's a flower you can sit under while waiting for dinner to stroll by

I am taking a guess that you'll not have a chance to use your CPAP machine in the hospital b/c of noise and traffic. You might be better off taking sleep medications. Also, being an outpatient (staying no more than one night) has benefits of having less of a chance of being inflicted with those infections.

I will be serviced by the Respiratory department at St. E's. I have images of my settings on my phone.
I will bring my P10, and the anesthesiologist will be in charge of keeping me breathing during surgery.
I have been told there will be no intubation and no catheter. (Yay!)

Hugs and good wishes froggie.

Thinking nothing but good thoughts your way.

gone

I am scheduled for one or two nights--possibly a response to opposition by women's health advocates
to rampant "drive-through surgeries".
Not a spinal, but the On-Q device injects a local into nerve trunks somewhere near my wings, if I had any.
It is non-narcotic, starting before they knock me out, and continuing to pump for a day or two after I go home.
It reduces the comatose bowel effect from anesthesia.
With the pain pump and the Jackson-Pratt drains, I will be an odd sight indeed.
I meant no tube down my throat. Reason to rejoice.
I hope your recovery/treatment is going well.
I took Actos for a very short time, and stopped when I first heard of the problem.
My mother's doctor took her off it at the same time.

off

I went to the breast cancer support group last night, and it was an eye-opener in many ways.
I will definitely be going back. Cancer support groups are awesome!

Froggy, have you arranged "at home help" paying an agency $20 per hour with a minimum of 4 hours?
What pain medication will the hospitalists give you when you go home? Will it be Percocet (Oxycodone)? If yes, then I would skip it and take Advil or Tylenol instead, I would avoid narcotics if I could.

Thanks to the bullfrog, I have all I want--for free.
And the fringe benefits are rather nice, too.
Woot!