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Four Days Out
Hello my OWL Friends: I'm sitting at my daughter's computer in a lovely sitting room they have prepared for me. It has a comfy futon, comfy recliner, big beautiful Mac computer and I share it with a big beautiful cat! My surgery was at about 1:45 PM on Friday, May 16. Dr. John Rabkin removed a portion of stomach, the gall bladder, appendix, a large syst on my right ovary (and the ovary) and detached and reattached my duodenum to make a 100 cm tract for reduced food absorption. All extraneous bits were sent to the lab. I don't have the lab results but the doctor said all looked benign. I feel great. I have had some pain but it is well-managed with Lortabs which I take when I begin to feel any discomfort. I make a lot of body noises and I love them. Little squiggles, erps, ugs, wahs, squoohs and all sorts of sounds creep out of my mouth when I am eating or resting. I have had no nausea or heartburn and very little flatulence. I have peed several times each day beginning only hours after the catheter was removed on Saturday. I "pooped" today around 2:00PM so everything is working. The hospital, St.Mary's, in San Francisco, is amazing. They are caring, efficient, and friendly and made me feel well cared for. The doctor and his P.A., Dana plus all of his office staff were wonderful throughout the experience. I hated to leave. I'm eating, slowly. I eat broth, tea, cream of wheat, yogurt, decaf coffee, an entire scrambled egg and other soft, delicacies. I sleep very well and am alert when I'm awake. I sip a lot of water and stay calm about everything. That's a pretty boring blog but I feel pretty good over all and wanted to share that with all of you who wished me so well. The only thing I don't know is my weight. They didn't weigh me at the hospital and my daughter doesn't have a scale. Go figure! marssie 0 Comment(s)
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