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sorry I meant overnight in the anaesthesia recovery area specifically.
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sorry I meant overnight in the anaesthesia recovery area specifically.
For abdominal surgery the epidural can be topped up with additional pain relief controlled by the patient. It's got a timed lock out built in so she can't overdose herself. It doesn't completely erase the pain, but it's better than nothing...? Epidurals only last a handful of hours and then wear off, offering absolutely no pain relief or mitigation afterwards. having an epidural for the surgery would most certainly not make her mostly or at all pain free for up to 2 days.
I'm really, really, really curious what her attitude is post surgery and how quickly (or slowly) she'll get discharged. I can see her being completely non-compliant until she realizes the only way they will clear her (so she can eat like a pig again at home) is if she's able to get out of bed, walk a bit, pass urine and understand her wound care.
For abdominal surgery the epidural can be topped up with additional pain relief controlled by the patient. It's got a timed lock out built in so she can't overdose herself. It doesn't completely erase the pain, but it's better than nothing...
a dilaudid pump has nothing to do with an epidural, is what I'm saying. you seemed to be suggesting that the epidural would alleviate her pain after surgery but it won't. timed pumped pain meds will, though, which she will likely only have access to for the first day or so. then it's on to standard opioids if she's lucky. i don't know how Canada deals with opioids, in the us many doctors are starting to only give a few doses and then expect ibuprofen and tylenol to cover your pain relief.For abdominal surgery the epidural can be topped up with additional pain relief controlled by the patient. It's got a timed lock out built in so she can't overdose herself. It doesn't completely erase the pain, but it's better than nothing...
i don't know how Canada deals with opioids, in the us many doctors are starting to only give a few doses and then expect ibuprofen and tylenol to cover your pain relief.
That's my experience. At least in the states it's part of the initial prep. They'll start a line with saline and then the anesthetist comes in for the final consult then you get whatever the initial dose of anesthetic is before you go to the OR. Slight PL, but when I had a laparoscopic surgery I walked my ass to the OR and got myself on the bed thingy (I'm sure that's the technical term for it) and everything was already hooked up to me. All the anesthetist had to do was push the drugs and we were good to go.Granted I'm in the States, but I've had a lot of surgeries and after you change into the gown, the first thing they do is start the IV line. Then they put on the boots that inflate and deflate to prevent clots. They usually start a saline drip and then you answer tons of questions over and over to different people, the nurse, the anesthesiologist and the surgeon. I don't know how long of a stay she'd get with whatever she had done, but usually pain meds are administered through the IV line if the surgery was a particularly painful one. I just had surgery on a broken arm last month. I stayed in recovery until they got the pain under control and then I went to pain pills. I know it's all different in different countries but I find it odd that she doesn't show an IV line in the pics.
Blood clots are a concern, but with the pneumatic boots and other meds they can usually be prevented. It is atelectasis and pneumonia that will do her in. The ONLY prevention for that is to take deep breaths and ambulate along with limiting meds that have inhibitory effects on respiration such as opioids. All movement hurts like hell following abdominal surgery of any kind, and as we have established- Chantal avoids anything involving the most minor of discomforts. When it is not avoidable she copes by "eaiting" junk foods. With her coping mechanisms taken away, she ought to be a fucking delight to be around once the anesthesia and large dose IV pain meds wear off completely (so by mid afternoon). She will be a headache to medical staff, basically a whining, whinging, 35yr old 400lbs toddler who wont listen to reason or do as they are told, and who wants ice cream every hour on the hour.I can only imagine how much of a nuisance Chantal was when the nurses insisted she start walking soon after surgery (an absolute necessity in order to avoid deadly blood clots).
What? Wouldn't you? Maybe the nurses were cool and took pics for her before they sent the demon spawn to the lab.I bet the weirdo asked to keep her cysts in a jar/tank/tub.
What? Wouldn't you? Maybe the nurses were cool and took pics for her before they sent the demon spawn to the lab.
Hope they didn't cross the streams during this one!
There still hasn’t been so much as a “heart” reaction to the comments of her post-surgery picture on YouTube. Not sure what the recovery process is like but this is the perfect victimhood scenario for someone like Chantal to linger in and mi.lk for all it’s worth.I can only imagine how much of a nuisance Chantal was when the nurses insisted she start walking soon after surgery (an absolute necessity in order to avoid deadly blood clots).
I wonder if she will show us her incision when she gets home?
UK hospitals will keep patients in overnight after "day-surgery" procedures if there is no-one at home (or no-one willing and able) to be with them and offer basic help (eg. to plump the pillows, make the tea, bring the sick bucket sort of thing).
Btw in her post-op swoon, the display on her BP/P/O2sat machine shows what can only be the time: 3.42. How does that fit with the timing of her post and all?