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almost 2 months since surgery
July 9th it will be 2 months since my surgery. I'm am down 38 lbs and feeling great already. My legs don't hurt. I'm breathing better. I've already cut out one medicine and cut the dose of another in half. I have no desire to eat what so ever. I have to make myself eat something 3 times a day. Drinking 64 ozs of water a day is a challenge but one I work hard on every day. I've found that I need to watch my sodium and make sure to eat protein as much as possible. The last couple days I have been teetering at the same weight but I ate the vegies from soup and a smart ones yesterday and can tell it was too much sodium. I'm working on increasing some exercise to help move me along. Over all....it feels good to see the scale moving down.
Hello, I had my surgery on Thursday and came home...
Hello, I had my surgery on Thursday and came home on Saturday. I'll be honest and tell everyone my experiences. I was kinda in the dark going into this. Know that this is just my experience and everyone will differ.
Immediately after surgery of course I was tired and uncomfortable. I have 7 one inch incisions in my belly and am very bruised. I had to have hepurion shots every 8 hrs to not get blood clots and now that I'm home I have to give myself 1 shot a day for 10 days. They don't hurt at all but I'll be glad when I don't have to do that. The other thing that I didn't expect was I was diabetic after surgery. temporarily. They tested every shift and every shift I had to have insulin shots. At one point my count was up to 220. All I was ingesting at that point was tiny medicine cups of water. They offered diluted juice but I turned it down at first. I wish I had taken it as once I did, then my insulin went down to normal and no more shots of that. I took pain meds for the first day but found that I was nauseous and had a headache. Stopped the pain meds and all went away. They gave me tylenol but I only took it once. I really didn't need it. My goal was to drink 4 medicine cups of liquid per hour and to do this 3 hours in a row in order to have my IV disconnected. For me this was tough as I'm not a big drinker but I forced it. I felt better once the IV was disconnected and I didn't have to drag it everywhere with me. I was nauseous but I think that was mainly the pain meds and that I had nothing in my stomach. I came home yesterday and started EAS protein shakes, chicken broth, jello etc. It was great to get some taste and the nutrients help alot with energy. I'm sleeping in my own bed. I get up several times a night to go to the bathroom and then back to bed. I have only been staying up a few hours and then back for a nap for an hour or two. My body is sore from laying around so I'm trying to move around as much as possible. One day at a time....so far so good.
Immediately after surgery of course I was tired and uncomfortable. I have 7 one inch incisions in my belly and am very bruised. I had to have hepurion shots every 8 hrs to not get blood clots and now that I'm home I have to give myself 1 shot a day for 10 days. They don't hurt at all but I'll be glad when I don't have to do that. The other thing that I didn't expect was I was diabetic after surgery. temporarily. They tested every shift and every shift I had to have insulin shots. At one point my count was up to 220. All I was ingesting at that point was tiny medicine cups of water. They offered diluted juice but I turned it down at first. I wish I had taken it as once I did, then my insulin went down to normal and no more shots of that. I took pain meds for the first day but found that I was nauseous and had a headache. Stopped the pain meds and all went away. They gave me tylenol but I only took it once. I really didn't need it. My goal was to drink 4 medicine cups of liquid per hour and to do this 3 hours in a row in order to have my IV disconnected. For me this was tough as I'm not a big drinker but I forced it. I felt better once the IV was disconnected and I didn't have to drag it everywhere with me. I was nauseous but I think that was mainly the pain meds and that I had nothing in my stomach. I came home yesterday and started EAS protein shakes, chicken broth, jello etc. It was great to get some taste and the nutrients help alot with energy. I'm sleeping in my own bed. I get up several times a night to go to the bathroom and then back to bed. I have only been staying up a few hours and then back for a nap for an hour or two. My body is sore from laying around so I'm trying to move around as much as possible. One day at a time....so far so good.
Tomorrow I start a clear liquid diet for the next...
Tomorrow I start a clear liquid diet for the next 3 days and then Thursday is surgery....When they told me 6 months of work until the surgery I felt like it was so far off but here I am 3 1/2 days away and can't wait. I'm not looking forward to jello, broth and popsicles for the next 3 days but I will deal. Not sure how everyone else around me will fair....but it will go by quick. I'm just keeping busy packing up our house as we are also moving in a few months...I never do one thing at a time.....lol.... My main goal in the next couple days is to take before pics and measurements which I will share down the road when I have some after pics to show you all.....