Re: Helpful hints/surgery / Frankfurt/Germany/Sally Grigg
From: Sally Grigg (LostCst@mcn.org)
Sat Dec 7 10:29:16 2002
At Thu, 5 Dec 2002, AprilDe402@aol.com wrote:
>
>Hi Sally,
>How kind of you to share with us, while you are still very much in your
>recovery and suffering.
>I am scheduled in January with Dr. Kruschinski, Dr. Reich will be my lead
>surgeon.
>
>So I am so interested in your trip and so appreciate your pointers.
>I am a little uptight about the no morphine drip, especially since Ive been
>told they may have to do a bowel resection, I cant imagine not having a shot
>of something if they end up doing that. I had a laparascopic surgery four
>years ago and only got maybe one or two shots of morphine before going home
>and I was okay......but again it wasnt a bowel resection.
>Again I dont expect you to answer me personally, I can only imagine all youve
>been through. You have a lovely attitude, that is infectious.
>I hope everything goes well for you.....and you get a real break from all
>this soon.
>Your new friend,
>April
Dear April, Don't be scared. Being adhesion free and having yours
bowels work is worth anything. And if you are as bad a patient as me,
moaning so loudly, that they will give you Anything to shut you up
before the whole rest of the hospital leaves, don't worry about pain,
just be yourself. By the time I left most of the nurses were ready to
pull out their hair. LOL, Love, Sally