Subj : Re: Gallbladder surgery
To   : Warpslide
From : esc
Date : Sun Feb 05 2023 15:32:44

 Wa> The surgeon sent me home with two prescriptions.  The hydromorphene and a
 Wa> laxative.  I didn't take the laxative until the next day.  What I forgot
 Wa> was that they filled my abdomen with co2 to do the procedure.  The
 Wa> laxative certainly helped that co2... uhm, escape.  After that I felt
 Wa> less bloated and felt like I could take deeper breaths.

Maybe I should take a lax. I still feel horribly swollen and bloated.

The one thing that doesn't make sense to me, and apologies if this is too graphic for fsxNet... :) ... how does the air escape? I get that it finds its way to the colon but...how?

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