<p>I had my operation and hospital stays at Swedish in downtown Seattle. Suppposed to be very good but the overall experience would lead me elsewhere if I have a choice. Today my body feels nearly back to normal after all the bloat and pain that goes with such a case. You really start to wonder if it’s ever going to get better but it does. I have no idea how older much more frail people handle it. I was truly miserable. I guess you just suck it up.</p>
<p>Barrons:</p>
<p>The first ten days are the worst. It does get better. If you can, walk as much as possible. It truly helps reduce the bloated feeling.</p>
<p>Hope you’re feeling better and better with each day. You’re absolutely right that certain operations should occur during childhood. H’s family has a history of hernias, and S recovered from his repair in elementary school much faster than my FIL did!</p>
<p>Get well soon!</p>
<p>Barrons, glad to read you are on the mend.</p>
<p>Marite is right about the walking. I think the nurse responsible for my post-surgical “walking therapy” in the hospital had earned her stripes as a concentration camp guard but I couldn’t complain about the recovery result. Speaking of complaining, you should heard TheMom when I asked for some food with hot salsa when I got home. She overlooked the basic postulate that I am never unreasonable.</p>
<p>Barrons, I don’t spend much time in the Cafe, so I missed this. Hope you are feeling on the mend and out of the worst of it now.</p>
<p>Thanks, back to 100% now. Just took a couple of weeks of R&R. We older folks just don’t recover like the kids.</p>