Re: post-op answers

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Re: post-op answers

Posted by Barney Rubble on January 14, 2002 at 09:37:05:
In Reply to: Re: post-op answers posted by Jan in Jersey on January 12, 2002 at 18:41:43:
Jan in Jersey,
Glad to hear everything is going well for you. Hang in there and keep pushing the liquids. The scrambled eggs and mashed potatoes were great to eat, especially compared to just broth and jello all day. You ate pureed pea soup!--now that would make me vomit!(I HATE peas). I'm now at day 17 and eating just about anything but hard stuff(i.e. raw vegetables), spicey stuff or bread-type things(but pasta is fine).
I would recommend getting an overnight(12 hour) pain medication like Oxycontin(20-40mg). I started out needing the 40mg dose but after a few days was able to reduce it to the 20mg dose. I should have had that from day 1 since it helped me sleep throughout the night. I've had some trouble with coughing which can really hurt the throat. I would recommend that you have some cough medication on hand, just in case. Also, try not to yawn--that is still painful for me in the area of my mouth that is still healing from my UPPP.
This surgery is easier on kids(especially the tonsillectomy) because the blood vessels around the tonsils are not as developed as they are in adults. Also, if the tonsils are large(especially in adults), there will be more tissue(which also means more blood vessels) to remove or cut through which will cause more pain during recovery.
I'll will post my post-op update(covering days 3-17) in the noncpap9 forum either today or tomorrow.
Take care and keep posting about your recovery.

Barney Rubble

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