from what i recall, if you don't lay flat post-op, the gas will rise and pool in your shoulders. feels something like having clamps on your shoulders that won't let go (i insisted on having my head elevated slightly, as i was really nauseaus). i'm sure you can lay on your side, just as long as you keep your body level. it's only for the first 12 hours or so after you come to, so it's not like it'll be a huge inconvenience. (like a gaping stem-to-stern belly incision would be)
The heating pad helps break up the gas quicker. i doubt you'll be allowed to hot-tub for a several days; i don't remember the guidelines on baths, but showers were ok almost immediately.
if you have to have another operation, i'm so there! hell, why do we need to wait for you to get cut on? we should just get together while we're both feeling good! i'm supposed to come to a wedding in Riverside over july 4th ...
Oh how annoying. This bit could use some improvement.
it's only for the first 12 hours or so after you come to
...with bathroom breaks, I hope? :-J
i doubt you'll be allowed to hot-tub for a several days
Probably. I'm sure it has something to do with the unhealed incision. With the piercings, I wasn't allowed to hot-tub for six whole months!
i'm supposed to come to a wedding in Riverside over july 4th ...
Darn, I'm in Germany then. No, wait, early July is the IAGSDC convention, which means... google... I'm in San Diego. Hey, that's closer than if I were home! Only a hundred miles, instead of four hundred!
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The heating pad helps break up the gas quicker. i doubt you'll be allowed to hot-tub for a several days; i don't remember the guidelines on baths, but showers were ok almost immediately.
if you have to have another operation, i'm so there! hell, why do we need to wait for you to get cut on? we should just get together while we're both feeling good! i'm supposed to come to a wedding in Riverside over july 4th ...
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Oh how annoying. This bit could use some improvement.
it's only for the first 12 hours or so after you come to
...with bathroom breaks, I hope? :-J
i doubt you'll be allowed to hot-tub for a several days
Probably. I'm sure it has something to do with the unhealed incision. With the piercings, I wasn't allowed to hot-tub for six whole months!
i'm supposed to come to a wedding in Riverside over july 4th ...
Darn, I'm in Germany then. No, wait, early July is the IAGSDC convention, which means... google... I'm in San Diego. Hey, that's closer than if I were home! Only a hundred miles, instead of four hundred!