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		<title>SRS Diary (Final) Day 11: Complication and Check-out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, my catheter issues continued.  I underwent one more round of catheter removal and an attempt to urinate.  No success.  The amount of pain and discomfort from having the need to urinate but unable to void is truly excruciating.  It was by far worse than even my dilation pain.  Around 6pm, the catheter was re-inserted, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=835&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 10: Catheter Removal and More Dilation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recovery up to this point has had its fair share of discomfort and pain but nothing out of the ordinary.  Then came today.
Dilation #1
First, I was already having trouble dilating from yesterday.  The first two times were successfully accomplished but the last three times, I did not think I was performing the technique correctly&#8230;since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=832&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 9: Dilation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day started early for me today. Breakfast came, the nurse came with my meds, and very soon afterwards, Tasha came for the dilation.
First, I took a pill that helped create some light-headedness in anticipation for the first dilation.  As I sat spread apart, Tasha snipped the sutures slowly.  Ouch!  There was a lot of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=828&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 8: Recovery from the Second Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First impression&#8230;OMG, this hurts! &#8230;but only if I moved.
Second impression&#8230;this is like deja vu from the first surgery. I had an IV in my arm again, I had the leg compressing device shackled to my calves again.  I had a blood oxygen device on my finger again.  The heart rate monitor was strapped around my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=825&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 7: Surgery Round Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60;written the day after&#62; I had my breast augmentation yesterday.  Actually, I should disclose that there was some liposuction as well.  The entire procedure lasted about 4 hours according to Dr. Meltzer. The timeline was as follows:
4am:  No more food.
12:30pm:  Surgical appointment
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 6: Recovery and Preparation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today has been a much better day for my energy level.  As much as I was enthusiastic about walking yesterday, I simply did not have enough energy to do much.  Also, it took all my concentration to focus on the pain whenever I sat down.
I spent most of the day out of bed.  I walked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=821&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 5: Ambulation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the name of the entry says, I get to walk today.  Woot!
As soon as I ate breakfast, I summoned the nurse, who kindly helped me through the steps of taking care of my catheter while I walk around.  It&#8217;s definitely not a comfortable feeling to plug and unplug the catheter tube.  We tucked the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=819&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 4: Bedrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the entire day attached to the hospital bed.  As anyone can imagine, being stuck to one spot can be a tortuous experience.
The hospital food here is tremendous!  My eyes lit up at the breakfast menu.  Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, corn flakes, toast, stuff that one would see in a restaurant.  And the quality [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=817&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 3: Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this the day after my surgery.  As one can imagine, I was pretty much out of it yesterday.
Here&#8217;s my rundown&#8230;
9:15am  Check-in to the hospital.  It was *very* close from the Holiday Inn, like 4 blocks away.
~10:45am  I met Dr. Bess, who is Dr. Meltzer&#8217;s anesthesiologist and reputed great guy.   He lived [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=814&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRS Diary Day 2: Pre-Op</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up with just enough time to get was ready before Rachael from Dr. Meltzer&#8217;s office came by to transport me to the clinic.  I arrived at 9am and was greeted warmly by Kristy.  I then received a huge &#8216;tome&#8217; of papers about the SRS procedure to sign off on.  This ungodly amount of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=felizziet.wordpress.com&blog=1438381&post=809&subd=felizziet&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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