Happy healing, Jim...and tell your wife thank you for updating us.Hello everyone, so far have needed very little morphine, I have felt very good actually except for the hiccups but the Dr said that I would have them to get ride of the gas. I was up twice last night for a walk. The pain feels like I got a shoulder pad in the guts, not much different from my HS days. I have to go 36 hrs before I can have water so until then I am getting my I V. I will keep you up to speed.