Monday, Is My Suregery Date.

[Blessings]

Monday, I go have the cyst removed. He will do laproscopy with an incision. He wants to take it out whole. I am curious to see the actual size. He said it was grapefruit sized. This surgery is bothering me. I don't know why. He said it could start a flare up of the crohns. But with all the stuff going on right now that would be nothing new.

I purchased some gluten-free frozen dinners and snacks for my dtr to make for me once I start eating at the hospital. I don't want to chance it. Neither does my family!!! They don't like the 2 week visit of the wicked twin that shows up when I am glutened.

From your experiences what else should I think of? Depending on if he has to mess with the bowels it will be a few days to a week.

Thanks for your prayers. They are so appreciated.

2008

March-Diagnosed Celiac (doing great with diet)

April-Diag Crohns

May-Diag Spondylitis

June-Mesenteric Duplication Cyst

[jennyj]

Blessings,

You are in my thoughts and prayers. I pray all goes well and you are feeling back to normal soon. Just don't try to do to much too soon. Rest and take it easy as you heal.

[darlindeb25]

You will have to watch them constantly. Refuse medication if they can not verify it is gluten free. Make it very well known that you are gluten free. I had a hysterectomy 1 yr ago. After surgery, the doctor wanted me to take some type of vitamin, I don't recall now what it was, but they could not tell me the maker of the vitamin, they had no idea if it was gluten free, and I refused to take it. You have to be firm with everyone, you want to go home and heal from the surgery, not from being glutened.

God speed!

[Fiddle-Faddle]

I wish you good luck and a speedy recovery!

I also wanted to mention that you might want to avoid percocet or endocet (the generic percocet). I had TERRIBLE reactions to it post-surgery, and I did an informal, very unscientific poll of everyone I knew who had been prescribed it for post-surgical pain.

The results: 21 out of 26 people had varying degrees of bad reactions to it, with the MILDEST reactions in this group being nausea and vomiting. One elderly person who had had knee surgery had hallucinations, and was hospitalized in the psych ward for 2 weeks until his reaction stopped. (This, obviously, seriously limited his recovery from knee surgery, as he wasn't able to do physical therapy for those 2 weeks.)

5 people reported good pain relief, with one specifying that she really liked the "loopy" feeling it produced.

My own reaction was nausea, vomiting, profuse sweating, dizziness, and chest pain. I assumed that it was working for the pain, though my pain was still quite severe. However, when I switched to first Advil (over-the-counter)and the next day, Tylenol, both of those provided nearly 100% pain relief.

As I said, this is a very unscientific poll. However 21/26 with BAD reactions? These are not good odds.

[debmidge]

I don't know what kind of cyst you have....on 7/11 I had an ovarian cyst and both ovaries removed. My ovary with cyst was as large as a softball ...... I took the pain meds in hospital and they were put in my IV. I was in hospital 3 nights. After I got home I didn't need any pain med (I took Advil OTC instead).

If you would like to know more you may send me a message thru this board. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

D

[Live2BWell]

I am sure things will go just fine, whenever I have gone in for any type of procedure that they have to anesthesize me, I just think "hey, atleast I'll get a good nap in" and that usually helps to ease my anxiety

Well Wishes for the procedure and a speedy recovery

~Jessica~