sonyamarie75
5 days post op!
Aug 25, 2013
Tuesday, the day of surgery went smoothly. The care I got at Wood County Hospital was amazing and I would highly recommend it to friends and family. There were no issues with the surgery itself, although I did have a minor issue with urination post op. Apparently the nurses were unable to get a catheter in during the surgery so I had try to go on a bedpan right after surgery. I couldn't do it. Dr Lalor gave me permission to get up about 4 hours after surgery and try but I had some trouble. I was able to go but had some difficulty, so I had multiple trips up to the bathroom that first night. I'm convinced that was a really good thing!
In all honesty, it hurt more than I expected it to. I think I was comparing it to my prior c- sections! Not even close! The morphine PCA took the edge off though so it wasn't too bad. I didn't have much post op nausea and when I started with sips of water I did great.
I am still having some trouble with spasms when I take a sip. Its nothing that hurts a great deal. I feels like a pressure, heart burn type of pain but it goes a way in a few seconds and its more uncomfortable than actual pain. The pain itself is subsiding. I still feel sore but I haven't had any pain meds in 24 hours. I seem to have tolerated everything I've tried to drink except a 4 oz protein shake. My belly really hurt after that. I was mildly lactose intolerant before surgery bout could tolerate small amounts of milk. Today I tried again with the Carb Master (lactose free) skim milk and was fine. I'm still on the liquids and everything is going well. I feel really blessed. I haven't had any nausea since since I've been home.
Interestingly, my carb cravings and head hunger are back and in full force. I was never really a carb craver to begin with. I craved fatty, salty foods. I'm not sure what this is all about, but I suspect that this is my body's reaction to my blood sugars being lower. I a just ignoring it. I am pretty sure that Dr Lalor would be pissed if he had to go into retrieve a cookie chunk stuck in my new pouch and I am not willing to sabotage myself! Interestingly, I was able to come off off my diabetes meds after surgery and never even required a shot of insulin post op! Wooohooo!!!!! Next goal- blood pressure meds.
I'm down about 8 lbs since surgery and about 33 lbs since I first started this journey. I only have about 2 pounds to lose until I am no longer morbidly obese!
I'm still tired but am thinking of trying to take a short walk outside today-- maybe 10 - 15 minutes slowly to see how it goes?
The one thing I seem to be struggling with is getting liquids in. It seems like I sip nonstop and as fast as I can tolerate it- but yesterday I only got in about 24 oz. I need to up my game here!!! So, thats my goal. Get my fluid intake up to 40 oz today if I can tolerate it. :) Its still too low, but that would be a respectable increase.
