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Hi Wendyr, Thanks for the info. My dad also goes to MD Anderson. His surgeon was Dr. Johnston. He will be seeing his oncologist next week. I think Dr. J is sending him to Dr. Sal. Thanks everyone for all of your reply's. This is a wonderful very supportive group.

Hi Gail, I just saw your post. My dad has his surgery on May 17. He is getting very antsy. He didn't think it would take him this long either. He says theres no pain he just feels week, tired and just plain yucky. He is bored but has no energy to do anything. He walks around the pool daily and does his breathing thing perfectly. He gets winded very easy still. I think it just takes time. I will keep you updated, but you both seem to be on the same path to recovery.

Hi everyone. I am so glad that I found this site. I have been reading almost daily since our news. I have to say thanks to everyone for their detailed information. Everything on-line is so clinical and hearing from real people makes it easier. My dad recently had his surgery and is now home. The pain on his side isn't terribly bad. He claims it's bearable. He was taking Percacet for pain, one every 4 hours. A few days ago, he stopped taking them, because he said he didn't have any pain and wanted to go to straight tylonol. After he stopped taking the percacet, he started hallucinating, having really weird dreams, then he started feeling like he had the flu. He has been off the medicine for about 3 days now and says he feels better, no pain from the surgery, just really drained, tired, no energy and just plain run down. He seemed so much better when taking the Percacet. He was awake most of the day, smiling, laughing and almost his normal self. Since he stopped the medicine he seems to be getting worse. He says he stopped because he wasn't in pain and didn't like the loopy feeling and was afraid of becoming addicted. I was really surprised that he was having the withdrawal symptoms after only a few weeks. He does react weird to medicine. In the hospital it took him almost three days to come off the morphine, he was in a weird trance like state. They eventually gave him some kind of medicine to block the morphine and he finally woke up. Anyway, I am wondering if anyone has had this type of experience?? Your thoughts are much appreciated.