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Yesterday,I made a big pot of..msg

Posted by Ann <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Ann' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/17/2017, 3:42 pm

chicken and dumplings.It's all I have been eating.Im on a low fiber diet and this is the only thing that didn't go straight through me.
Im making mac and cheese to have something different.I cant have seeds,nuts,beans raw veggies or anything else with fiber.No telling how long it will take to get back to somewhere normal.
Everyone that has the same surgery,goes through this.Im adjusting well with lots of no fiber ice cream.

Re: Yesterday,I made a big pot of..msg

Posted by Bengalgirl <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Bengalgirl' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/22/2017, 3:48 pm, in reply to "Yesterday,I made a big pot of..msg"

Ice cream is good for whatever ails you!! Feel better soon.

Feel better!....you are in my prayers!...nm

Posted by Val2 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Val2' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/21/2017, 5:24 pm, in reply to "Yesterday,I made a big pot of..msg"

sdfs

Sounds good!

Posted by Pat B. <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Pat+B' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/17/2017, 4:23 pm, in reply to "Yesterday,I made a big pot of..msg"

Can I come over and have some?

(Just kidding - I went off the Oxy pain killer the other day, and I'm now going through withdrawal symptoms - no kidding! - and am just getting back to be able to eat anything. And I have to say, your chicken and dumplings sound really good!)

What happened? I didn't know you were sick....msg

Posted by Ann <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Ann' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/17/2017, 5:51 pm, in reply to "Sounds good!"

I would send you a big potful if we lived closer to each other.I hope you get better soon.

I had a total knee replacement at the end of July

Posted by Pat B. <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Pat+B' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/17/2017, 6:22 pm, in reply to "What happened? I didn't know you were sick....msg"

I didn't even want to take the Oxy because I've had bad reactions in the past to opioid pain killers, but once the post-surgical pain controls wore off, it became necessary. I kept the amounts I took as minimal as I could so the withdrawal symptoms are shocking the heck out of me, but I'm chalking it up to the fact that I'm thinking I'm super-susceptible to the medication (given how badly it's affected me in the past). I'll keep all of this in mind when I go in to get the other knee done at the end of October - learn from experience!

I'm glad to hear that you're recovery is going so well. I know the diarrhea is a pain, but honestly, I'm amazed you're able to eat normal food at all this soon!

Keep up the good fight!

Oh wow,That must have been rough...msg

Posted by Ann <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Ann' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/17/2017, 6:51 pm, in reply to "I had a total knee replacement at the end of July"

I think would rather scoot around on my butt than go through that.
a dear friend of mine had a hip replacement did great but then she had a knee replacement and got a blood clot and died.
Im glad you're progressing and getting away from oxy,I usually get morphine or dilauded,both highly addictive.

Not compared to what you've gone through!

Posted by Pat B. <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Pat+B' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/17/2017, 11:32 pm, in reply to "Oh wow,That must have been rough...msg"

They actually did REALLY good postoperative pain management. Between the nerve blocks for the surgery, and a local anesthetic that they put in the knee joint itself that was intended to last at least a couple of days, I didn't feel enough pain to say until the end of the first week. Then it all wore off and that's when I had to start taking the Oxy.

But it was a really effective strategy, because they want you up and moving around as much as possible as soon as you're awake, both to keep scar adhesions from forming and also to minimize the chances of forming blood clots, and I'm not sure I could have handled that without all that pain control. And they take that blood clot chance REALLY seriously - I'm on a twice daily aspiring regimen that runs 30 days post surgery and have to wear TED stockings for 20 out of every 24 hours until the end of this week.

But pain-wise, I have GOT to think that yours is a lot worse than anything I've gone through. Gut stuff is awful (and I KNOW because I have IBS and I know how much THAT can hurt!) So my heart really goes out to you as you work your way through this.

Have you had the morphine or dilauded before? Have you also had withdrawal issues when it was discontinued? I sure hope not, because that's the LAST thing you need right now!

Keep on keepin' on!

Here's a funny I just thought of that you might get a kick out of

Posted by Pat B. <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/info/user=Pat+B' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/17/2017, 11:40 pm, in reply to "Not compared to what you've gone through!"

My knee is supposed to be elevated when I'm laying down, and for some reason, the cats are drawn to wanting to be on the highest thing around. THAT didn't last after the first time one of them walked right onto the area over my incision! (Thankfully it was well-padded, but still - ouch!)

So now I sleep with one of those little plastic stepstools over my knee. The cats are happy because they can perch there without consequences, and I'm happy because I don't have to worry!

Looks dumb, but it works!

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