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Tomorrow is my surgery please help

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melissa63092
melissa63092

I am having my surgery tomorrow and I am super scared. I also have stomach problems pretty much nausea and cramps. I ve done all the tests and everyrhing is good, now I am thinking since I have tonsil stones and my tonsils get infected all the time I might be getting nausea from that. I was wondering if any of you felt the same? I have headaches and my nodes in my neck hurt even my eye feels puffy and painful. I can't live like this so they have to go. I am super super super scared after Inread all of your posts. I am not scared of pain I am sared that the pain meds will make my stomach feel worse. Do you guys have any advice??? I am terrified.

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  • melissa63092
    melissa63092

    Posted

    OMG people this is nightmare... Its my third day and all I want is just cry.. How do I stay positive?? Now my stomach and throat hurts 😩😩😩
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 melissa63092

      Posted

      HAVE YOU GOT ANY FROZEN PEAS IN THE FREZER HOLD THEM TO YOUR THROAT HELP WITH PAIN .AND ANY SWELLING. 
    • mark357
      mark357 melissa63092

      Posted

      Any sort of surgery to the mouth/throat will create alot of discomfort. It will settle down, time is what's needed. I have been there with mouth cancer. All that I can suggest is to contact either your GP or the hospital in question for advice. But what may help is soft ice cream to soothe the throat.
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 mark357

      Posted

      icecream used to be given after tonsil removed 

      but i was told that these days they make kids eat toast afterwards .

      my son had his gullet stretched which left him with sore throat and even several years on he still gets soreness  its along process

    • melissa63092
      melissa63092 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Toast they must be crazy.. I barely can drink juice.. My doctor told me one of his previous patiant had burger after surgery. He must be nuts.. Serously how hungry you must be to do that. 😖😖
    • mark357
      mark357 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Some hospitals do give toast, but many give ice cream as it is more soothing and the coldness helps with the soreness as well as helping the patient to eat.
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 melissa63092

      Posted

      apparently being rough toast clears the throat after surgery . 

      cant say i would relish the thought of it .cry

    • mark357
      mark357 tiswas24537

      Posted

      I know this may sound daft, but when my throat gets sore I suck on frozen garden peas. Also with frozen peas you can have as many as you like, because when they defrost in your mouth then you can just eat them and they won't do any harm as they are cleaned before they process them.
  • mark357
    mark357 melissa63092

    Posted

    One last suggestion is coke, as flat as possible. This will help settle the stomach and if it is slightly chilled this will also help soothe the throat.
    • melissa63092
      melissa63092 mark357

      Posted

      Thanks Mark my friend had mouth C and he is helping me too 😩. Only people who went through this understand the pain 😭
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 mark357

      Posted

      that right mark i find coke excellant for nausea and the coolness will sooth the trhroat
    • mark357
      mark357 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Coke is also good as a diuretic if drunk flat and also helps to get fluids into children that are off their food.
    • mark357
      mark357 melissa63092

      Posted

      As your friend will know that during and after treatment for mouth cancer along with many other kinds of mouth discomfort, it's the matter of finding the right foods especially if you are looking for food with little seasonings as these kinds of foods can give you alot of pain.
    • melissa63092
      melissa63092 mark357

      Posted

      I just ate some mash potato, and mashed sweet potato. My throat feels bit better but my stomach is burning. I think all that ice on empty stomach did some damage. I have sansative stomach anyway, and barely ever had cold drinks. Now I am really pain for it.
    • mark357
      mark357 melissa63092

      Posted

      What is it exactly? Is a. Kind of indigestion?

      If so the. Only thing that I can recommend is because of your throat and that's to suck slowly on the strongest peppermint possible or if you can tolerate it, 2.5ml of peppermint extract in a quarter of a cup of boiling water and drink it as hot as you can tolerate it. This will make you belch and release any trapped wind.

    • melissa63092
      melissa63092 mark357

      Posted

      Last year I had H pylori and ever since I have problems with my stomach. It just burns all the time. Too cold icy water makes it burn more, i am assuming gastritis after all of those antibiotics that I took. But anyway I had to remove tonsils since they would get infected at least 2 a month, all the time. I also had stones. It would make me even more nauseous 😝😝. But I am doing better than I thought I wouldb at least so far. I know I have a long road until full recovery but every bit of improvement makes me happy.
    • mark357
      mark357 melissa63092

      Posted

      All that I can suggest is to ask your GP/pharmacist, to see if Loperamide 2mg (Imodium) would help as this is a diuretic drug. But if you feel bloated, then the peppermint extract (2.5mg) in about quarter of a cup of boiling water will help. As I said before drink it as hot as you can tolerate it. This will relieve you of any trapped gases in stomach.
    • melissa63092
      melissa63092 mark357

      Posted

      Its day 4 today and my throat feels much better. Yesterday was a really bad day. One of the worst. Well the only thing my stomach is burning, i usually drink ginger tea to calm it down. Do you guys think room tep. Ginger tea would be ok?

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 melissa63092

      Posted

      no problem i find ginger ale works as well . it wont hurt anyway .glad your feeling better .cheesygrin
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