Wow! Let me saw that I was treated like a rock star at Mayo in Jacksonville. My surgery was on Nov 03 late afternoon. Obviously I was knocked out, no catheter, 2 hour operation in which the surgeon removed about 22 inches of my lower part of the small intestine along with 2 nodes. The surgeon looked at my liver and saw nothing suspicious and he glued me back up. I was blessed with 2 puncture wounds from the laparoscopic tools and small 3 inch incision down my belly through my belly button. I slept like a baby the first night, I woke up about 7 AM still groggy from surgery and met with the surgeon and the surgical team and they explained to me the process which was very basic. Later that morning I took 10 mg of Percocet and the nursing staff encouraged me to walk around the floor. I was an overachiever and started walking and walking and walking and the next thing you know a nurse ask that I stop walking, according to my Apple Watch I walked 2.8 miles. They all laughed at me and told me to go sit down. Day one all I had was chicken broth and Jell-O which were both disgusting. Day two I was able to have two pieces of French toast and some fruit for breakfast, late lunch I had a grilled chicken breast and mashed potatoes along with some pears, all the food was delicious except for the broth. Sunday afternoon around 1 PM I had my first massive explosive bowel movement and two hours later I was released. During the three days in the hospital I only took two pain pills and three or four doses of Tylenol. Today is Tuesday and I’m already at home after a 6 Hour Dr. from Jacksonville to Destin Florida. The surgery was nowhere near as bad or uncomfortable as I thought it was going to be, but it was no walk in the park. The gas pains are severe, and I still have diarrhea 6-8times a day. I was sent home with a few pain pills and a 10 day self-Administered shots to prevent blood clots. Easy Peasy.
My follow up appointment is in 30 days or so with an oncologist to see if they want to do a pet scan or a CT to verify all the cancer was removed. Blessed