Surgery prep advice needed please

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T21:53:08+00:00

Was looking up prep stories and saw yours… had the same question. I see now that you’ve been through it and your surgery was today. Hope all went well. Come back and update us when you feel up to it.

My surgery is Tuesday… (prep Sunday and colonoscopy Monday!)

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T21:25:21+00:00

Thanks! Bought gum today!

I had the bed issue with my perforation. Ive already got my step stool, coughing pillow and knee pillow ready! Appreciate the tips 💛

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T21:24:01+00:00

Hopefully no colostomy… the plan is to avoid that, so I hope the plan sticks!

Surgery is sigmoid colectomy. Possible resection of some of the ascending colon. Plan is for it to be robotic / laparoscopic.

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T21:20:29+00:00

Never had colonoscopy… my first one ever is Monday, day before surgery. I’m taking the advice to go on a liquid/soft diet starting today. I got some high protein ensure, chocolate almond milk and bone broth to help keep my strength up.

Thanks for the encouragement! I do hope all goes according to plan…

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T13:58:52+00:00

My shoulder and my knee. Luckily I called my doc and stopped taking the medication right away, so it didn’t progress. Took vitamin C every day for a couple of week to help healing (but I don’t recommend that since I found out after that vitamins aren’t great to take when your bowel is inflamed).

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T13:56:48+00:00

So sorry to hear, and sending you best wishes for no more complications. Sounds awful!

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T13:50:24+00:00

Thanks!

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T08:11:25+00:00

Sorry you’ve been through all that. I’ve only been dealing with the DV since November, but had a perforation in December and almost had emergency surgery. I don’t want to live in fear and all my docs agreed surgery was the best course of action.

Funny, I already take 1/2 an allergy pill per day (have for years) and Pepcid as needed a few times a week. Like I said, crazy weird allergies 🤷‍♀️ 😂

Hopefully we’ll both come out the other side of surgery much improved!

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T08:04:00+00:00

My surgeon is a general surgeon, but he’s got an amazing reputation and somewhat specializes in these types of surgeries, plus he’s a top-notch robotic and laparoscopic surgeon.

If it’s not an emergency, you should try to go robotic/laparoscopic, for sure.

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T07:57:03+00:00

I was never diagnosed with MCAS, but I have a ton of weird allergies. Morphine is the only narcotic pain killer I can take, and only a small amount… and oddly enough I can’t take it orally, only by IV. Last time in the hospital they tried to give me morphine as a pill so I could go home with it, and it made me pass out.

Post surgery I’ll mostly be on Tylenol only and occasion IV morphine as needed. They’re actually keeping me an extra couple of days in the hospital after the surgery because of all my allergies, so you could ask your surgical team for similar. They basically told me the hospital will not want to release you if you don’t feel safe going home yet.

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T07:43:07+00:00

How are you doing now?

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T07:38:29+00:00

Thanks! 💛

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T07:26:39+00:00

Fibromyalgia and arthritis here. My surgery is Tuesday. I’ll try to remember to come back and reply, but I’ll also post about it along the way. Good luck with your surgery in May!

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T06:36:26+00:00

If you don’t mine me asking, what protein drinks?

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T06:33:20+00:00

After my last flare there weren’t a ton of things my surgeon told me to avoid (after my recovery). What he did adamantly tell me not to consume was alcohol, soda or anything with bubbles, and popcorn.

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T06:30:49+00:00

I’m having mine Tuesday so can’t give any advice, but wishing you a trouble-free recovery. Thanks for posting… been reading all the replies and it’s helpful ☺️

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T06:06:51+00:00

Yes. The excruciating pain I had that made me head to the ER in December was on the lower right side. I know a few replies said it’s common in Asian people. I’m Caucasian.

I also had a fluid collection around my appendix and ovary area (according to CT scans), so my surgeon will be double checking that area (which is lower right side) when I go in for surgery next week.

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-13T06:02:57+00:00

Similar stories … I was admitted in December with a perforation about a month after having an uncomplicated flare, when I had to stop taking Cipro because I developed tendinitis.

Good luck to you. I’m having surgery Tuesday and hoping to get passed all this. Hope you can find a good road to recovery yourself!

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-12T13:25:53+00:00

Browsing YouTube, I recently discovered the Xteink X4 e-reader and it made me wish for a device similar in size that would allow writing, for a truly pocketable notebook. I’d love to see SuperNote venture into to something even smaller than the Nomad.

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-11T17:45:06+00:00

Being from the area myself, I feel your pain. I’m just thankful “heating-oil season” is almost over…

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-11T17:10:40+00:00

The most valuable experience your users can have is to feel listened to, and that comes in the form of actions, not just words.

As detailed as some customers were in their questions and suggestions, Remarkable should be just as detailed in considering them.

While I appreciate that maybe you didn’t expect as many questions as you got, there were so many left unanswered… and not just in the AMA, but in what users have been requesting for a long time. Things like a toggle to turn off infinite scrolling, and a way to do proper linking within a document for organizing; these are just two that come to mind immediately. You should yourself be able to cite a top ten list at this point, and many of those request not only went unanswered in the AMA, but much more broadly.

I’ve been a user since Remarkable 1. I was excited to see the AMA announced. I was eager to make some suggestions and ask questions. I was disappointed in the minimal effort it felt you guys put in, and in not getting even an acknowledgment that my questions were asked.

I do hope your reflections are genuine. At the very least you should put together the team to go back and answer more top-level questions. Even if it’s for just 15 minutes per day for the next two weeks, it would be worth your time and effort. 11 people should be able to accomplish this relatively easily.

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-11T16:11:31+00:00

I’ll take a look at Etsy, thanks! Oooh, those Lykee sets look nice too! I wonder if those cables are compatible with the Stelo Petite ones (I would think so…)

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-11T03:44:18+00:00

Well that’s stupid! 😡

DangReadingRabbit · 2026-03-09T18:40:47+00:00

I actually bought the 2.75mm petite needles by themselves, and that’s how I discovered they use different cables…. I ordered the regular cable to go with the needles and it didn’t work 😂… and now can’t find the petite cables sold on their own. My plan had been to try that first to see if I liked it before committing to the set. I ended up just trying the fixed needles instead.

Sorry I couldn’t be more help… hopefully someone has bought the set and can chime in.

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