7 weeks PO

Thanks

Oh, I forgot, it took about one week to bring up my levels.

Thanks I've been following your story and excited to see your results as you post. Any help with the above ?? I would appreciate it.

This is just my opinion but I would wait until you are able to do both surgeries at the same time. Then you only have one recovery time as both areas are healing together. If I had to have the BA done at a different time than the TT, I probably wouldnt have the 2nd procedure done. The recovery is just too hard. As I said- thats just MY opinion. As for your questions- yes, you can walk up stairs. I have a 3 story house with LOTS of stairs. I couldnt however get DOWN the stairs for several days and just hung out in my room the first week. A toilet seat riser is essential (with handles on the side), and a recliner is also very important. I bought a sleep number bed that adjusts like a hospital bed. It is VERY hard to get out of bed the first week. Even with the adjustable bed, my husband had to help me out of bed by using all of his weight to pull me up. You cant push off with your arms for about a week. There are people who dont have a special bed or chair- its just much harder getting comfortable and in and out. I would recommend renting one. As for appetite- the day of surgery I wasnt hungry at all but my appetite came back the day after. Darn!! :) Hope this helps. Let me know any other questions that may be helpful to you... :)

Thanks so much for the help and suggestions. I'm giving it another 30 days and try again, I start the iron infusions next week.

Great! I know its hard to have to wait but I think that in the long term youll be able to heal so much quicker and better if you are as healthy as possible when doing the surgery. Healing tires the body out so much and so getting your iron levels up will help you get through everything better. I canceled my first surgery and resceduled for 2 months later as I wanted to lose some weight first. Well, I didnt lose any weight during those 2 months and decided to just go ahead even tho my weight was 20 lbs higher than I had wanted it to be. Your body will let you know when the time is right for you. I know how hard it is to be patient...hang in there~~ :)

Have you lost any weight since your surgery, I need to lose 10-15 lbs before surgery anyway so ths will give me some time

My weight has actually gone up a bit after surgery. Theres so much swelling and extra fluids in the tissue that the scale goes up. Im not worried about it though.I came out of surgery weighing 3 more lbs. Im going to wait until I can be more active and then start working on losing the rest of the weight. Its hard to do that after surgery because you cant be very active. I think Im eating a bit more right now just because its so boring sitting around while my body is healing. Its very boring and I tend to want "comfort foods" right now. Comfort food to me is carbs!!