I couldn't sleep much last night after my operation yesterday. I think it must have been all the toxins coming out and making me a little hyperactive. Also for the first time in a couple of years I've had Flem in my throat coming up from my lungs (this had a very unpleasant taste). My guess is that it was my lung's reaction to the general anaesthetics and they were doing a clean up exercise. It's gone now. In the night, every time I swallowed I developed slightly worse and then very bad indigestion. In the end I got up at 3am as I was feeling quite nauseous and I watched a kids film with all the extras, 'The Fantastic Four' - it's a fun action film for kids!. I sipped my way through another 1.5 litres of water and the indigestion went away after a couple of hours. Amazingly I'm not tired, in fact I have lots of energy and feel good, but I am forcing myself to chill out and rest.
After anaesthetics, I think drinking water slowly and sipping steadily is the key (for me anyway). High water content foods like oranges and melons help as well.
I had my half hour obligatory snooze after they woke me up the first time from the operation. Afterwards I had the very beginnings of a migraine, ie very slight shimmering vision. I was thirsty yet I didn't want to drink. Then I remembered that migraines can be caused by dehydration and it was nearly 12 hours since I'd had a drink the night before. It was then that I started to sip the water and the oncoming migraine quickly vanished. I felt pretty good and chilled out anyway, but I guess I was rather drugged up!
I've still not needed any pain killers. It isn't even painful unless I get up and move around. I'd rather keep off painkillers and tablets if I can, as I don't want them to mess up my digestion. I really do think that water is a key to managing pain and it helps to manage toxin overload symptoms.
Now all that water is making me want the loo, that's when it hurts a little!
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