Surgery tomorrow APR & liver resection & gallbladder out

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Momof2plusteentwins
Momof2plusteentwins Member Posts: 509 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
I go in at 730 tomorrow morning for surgery. Getting really nervous. Have not eaten since yesterday breakfast - been on clear liquids and tonight get to do that wonderful MoviPrep to clean the rest of me out, yay.
Sandy

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  • steveandnat
    steveandnat Member Posts: 886
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    praying for the best
    I pray everything goes smoothly with your surgery tomorrow. The anticipation and prep are hard to get through. Let us know how your doing as soon as you feel good enough. Jeff
  • omrhill
    omrhill Member Posts: 125
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    thinking of you
    I hope all goes well. Please keep us posted!
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
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    omrhill said:

    thinking of you
    I hope all goes well. Please keep us posted!

    Praying for you!
    everything is going to be easy and smooth I'm sure!
    God bless you!
  • tommycat
    tommycat Member Posts: 790 Member
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    It's going to be okay
    Surgery is always scary, and when I've had them in the past, I make sure that the Drs. know that I'm an anxious patient; that way I can get the IV hookup with "the juice" quicker.
    Wake me when it's over!
    I will send up an extra prayer for you and your surgeon tonight.
    I'll be looking forward to your next post :)
    With a hug,
    Tommycat
  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe Member Posts: 1,425 Member
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    tommycat said:

    It's going to be okay
    Surgery is always scary, and when I've had them in the past, I make sure that the Drs. know that I'm an anxious patient; that way I can get the IV hookup with "the juice" quicker.
    Wake me when it's over!
    I will send up an extra prayer for you and your surgeon tonight.
    I'll be looking forward to your next post :)
    With a hug,
    Tommycat

    Wishing you all the best on
    Wishing you all the best on your surgery tomorrow.
  • danker
    danker Member Posts: 1,276 Member
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    Mom of 2+
    Hope surgery goes well for you. The prep is the hard part, May you wake up
    tomorrow totally NED,
  • Momof2plusteentwins
    Momof2plusteentwins Member Posts: 509 Member
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    danker said:

    Mom of 2+
    Hope surgery goes well for you. The prep is the hard part, May you wake up
    tomorrow totally NED,

    Thanks everyone
    I am drinking the prep now, I feel like throwing up with every swallow but I know it needs to come out the other end, so I keep drinking. YUK!
    Sandy
  • Momof2plusteentwins
    Momof2plusteentwins Member Posts: 509 Member
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    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Thanks everyone
    I am drinking the prep now, I feel like throwing up with every swallow but I know it needs to come out the other end, so I keep drinking. YUK!
    Sandy

    Post op day 4
    Surgery went well. No colostomy. First took out gallbladder, then went to rectal tumor, spent 2 1/2 hours on that, reconnecting and checking for leakages, dr said went fine. Then went to liver, did ultrasound on liver, did not find any micro spots, used cyberknife to cut that out. I have incision down my belly with 33 staples. Total surgery was 5 1/2 hours. I have a morphine PCA to help me get up walk down hall. I started with dilaudid - dd not agree with me. My whole body got hot and it didn't control the pain. I hope to get out 7 -10 days, but first - I have to pass gas. I advanced to a clear liquid diet yesterday from just ice chips but not doing much, just a few sips of tea. Hpoe everyone is doing well! Lots of recovery, surgeon said I am doing great.
    Sandy
  • Cathleen Mary
    Cathleen Mary Member Posts: 827 Member
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    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Post op day 4
    Surgery went well. No colostomy. First took out gallbladder, then went to rectal tumor, spent 2 1/2 hours on that, reconnecting and checking for leakages, dr said went fine. Then went to liver, did ultrasound on liver, did not find any micro spots, used cyberknife to cut that out. I have incision down my belly with 33 staples. Total surgery was 5 1/2 hours. I have a morphine PCA to help me get up walk down hall. I started with dilaudid - dd not agree with me. My whole body got hot and it didn't control the pain. I hope to get out 7 -10 days, but first - I have to pass gas. I advanced to a clear liquid diet yesterday from just ice chips but not doing much, just a few sips of tea. Hpoe everyone is doing well! Lots of recovery, surgeon said I am doing great.
    Sandy

    Take good care of you

    Sandy, that is wonderful news....no colostomy, I am glad that the surgery is behind you and the surgeon feels you are doing great. Take it slow and easy...you have had a lot of surgery. Let the healing begin! Praying for you. Keep us posted when you can.

    Cathleen Mary
  • lauragb
    lauragb Member Posts: 370 Member
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    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Post op day 4
    Surgery went well. No colostomy. First took out gallbladder, then went to rectal tumor, spent 2 1/2 hours on that, reconnecting and checking for leakages, dr said went fine. Then went to liver, did ultrasound on liver, did not find any micro spots, used cyberknife to cut that out. I have incision down my belly with 33 staples. Total surgery was 5 1/2 hours. I have a morphine PCA to help me get up walk down hall. I started with dilaudid - dd not agree with me. My whole body got hot and it didn't control the pain. I hope to get out 7 -10 days, but first - I have to pass gas. I advanced to a clear liquid diet yesterday from just ice chips but not doing much, just a few sips of tea. Hpoe everyone is doing well! Lots of recovery, surgeon said I am doing great.
    Sandy

    Sandy,
    It sounds like you
    Sandy,
    It sounds like you are doing great! So happy that this surgery is over. Keep healing.
  • Varmint5
    Varmint5 Member Posts: 384 Member
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    Momof2plusteentwins said:

    Post op day 4
    Surgery went well. No colostomy. First took out gallbladder, then went to rectal tumor, spent 2 1/2 hours on that, reconnecting and checking for leakages, dr said went fine. Then went to liver, did ultrasound on liver, did not find any micro spots, used cyberknife to cut that out. I have incision down my belly with 33 staples. Total surgery was 5 1/2 hours. I have a morphine PCA to help me get up walk down hall. I started with dilaudid - dd not agree with me. My whole body got hot and it didn't control the pain. I hope to get out 7 -10 days, but first - I have to pass gas. I advanced to a clear liquid diet yesterday from just ice chips but not doing much, just a few sips of tea. Hpoe everyone is doing well! Lots of recovery, surgeon said I am doing great.
    Sandy

    Sounds very good
    Glad to hear your surgery went well. Sounds like your recovery is going well too. I hope that continues. Keep walking! The more the better. Best wishes to you.

    Sandy

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