Heading back for another hernia repair.

13 years 9 months ago #32550 by Mona
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Glad to hear you are doing well after the surgery,
Mona

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13 years 9 months ago #32510 by mmc
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Thanks everyone. Doing better today. The "no pain meds" approach is a pain! However, I am convinced that I'd still be in the hospital otherwise. Had gas the same night as the surgery and before it took forever to get intestines to wake up no matter what I did.

I'm taking Aleve now and slept well.
Walking around helps take the edge off. Wish it wasn't raining so much so I could walk a bit outside. House is not quite as big as the hospital hallways for walking. They did remember me at the hospital from my marathon walks back in November.

Five little spots this time in terms of incisions to do the repairs but I have to confess it hurts just as much as if they had done full open. I suppose that it a guess on my part as last time I partook of the morphine to keep the pain away and this time I opted against that.

A year ago or so I would have thought someone crazy if they turned down pain meds. What's the point of having such great medicines if you don't use them? That was before having to two serious problems with post-op ileus though. Changes one's perspective.

Mike

Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...

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13 years 9 months ago #32504 by Humpy
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Welcome home Mike. Glad things went well. Jim

Age 54
T1NOMX,Grade 3 Urothelial CIS (Carcinoma in Situ)
Neobladder 5/19/2009
Prostate Capsule Sparing
U of M Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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13 years 9 months ago #32497 by Melodie
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Mike,

So glad to hear you are doing well and on the road to a speedy recovery. Those hernias are bad - I've never had one (thank God)but my mother-in-law has suffered with one for years; she's 90 so they didn't want to do anything about it. She had an RC done when she was 80 and the hernia developed about a year or so later.

Melodie, Indy Pouch, U.W.Medical Center, Seattle, Dr. Paul H. Lange & Jonathan L. Wright

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13 years 9 months ago #32495 by vgau
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Not surprised that things went well. Congratulations and enjoy being home for the rest of your recovery.

Vi

Dx 10/5 Non Invasive Papillary

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13 years 9 months ago #32487 by kcnorthstar
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Mike,

Glad to hear things went so well and you can go home!
Take it easy for a while and heal fast.

KC

Age 59
DX Jan 2006 - T1B G3
RC - Neobladder June 2006

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