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surgery on 11/5
Nov 16, 2011
I was approved for surgery without knowing the date. two weeks before my surgery date I got a letter from the insurance company saying I had prior approval for overnite stay in the hospital for 11/5 and each day would be evaluated for continued stays. The next day I had an appt with my surgeon. The surgeon said yes I was scheduled for Sat. 11/5. So I was a little excited. I went home and made lists of everything I would need. I started asking questions about what I would need in the hospital from OH messages. I got a lot of good advice. Anyway I bought a variety of shake mixes, cleaned the house and everything I could think of to get ready. 1 week before the surgery I went in for my physical and history. I weighed 268. I went to the hospital for labs and pre-admission. Then I was home for a week waiting. Sat. morning dawned a bright and sunny day. And we drove to the hospital, met with the nurses, put the IV in, met with the surgeon, met again with the anesthesiologist and then I was wheeled in to surgery. I woke in the recovery room very groggy and out of it. They took me to my room. Three days later I came home. Had a few complications like one of my incisions leaked three times. They did pressure bandages. Then my red blood count dropped so I had to have two transfusions. I was feeling ok. Not too much pain. I only did the morphine drip for the first day and half of the next. Since then only tylenol. Sore only in one area, left side where the stomach is. Over all it went very well. When I got home I discovered I could not lay down, too uncomfortable so I slept in a chair for a while. Also my allergies kicked up and gave me the worst tickle in my throat so I had to change some meds to stop it. Still healing I am now 11 days out. I gained 9 lbs in the hospital but lost them the first few days, walk walk walk and sip sip sip. Then this second week lost 9 more pounds. I now weight 256. woo hoo.... progress. Not feeling hungary, usually my stomach grumbles a bit then I figure I need to stop drinking for 30 then eat. I am sticking to the plan very clearly. After 1 week I was cleared for mushies. And I am doing ok with it. I only eat about 6 small bites, 5 min between bites, never get to full feeling. And so far the weight is coming off. 60-70 gr of protein a day. Super low calorie shakes. about 500 cals max per day. So far so good...
