MY FIRST WEEK HOME & POST-OP!!

Aug 25, 2011

MY FIRST WEEK HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL WAS PAINFUL.  I FOUND MYSELF REGRETTING MY DECISION!  MY RIGHT SIDE HURT THE MOST BC OF THE JP DRAIN. I COULDN'T EVEN DRINK THE FLUIDS THAT WERE REQUIRED. SLEEPING IN MY BED... FORGET ABOUT IT!! I HAD TO SLEEP IN MY RECLINER. THE FIRST NIGHT I WAS HOME THOUGH I SLEPT IN MY BED AND I WOKE UP SORE AND HAD TROUBLE GETTING UP. SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN IN THE RECLINER. I WAS SICK THE SECOND DAY AND I WAS TOLD I WAS DRINKING TOO MUCH AT ONCE MAYBE SO I TRIED TO SIP, SIP, SIP AND I FELT BETTER. AS THE DAYS WENT ON. FROM TIME TO TIME I DID GET LIGHT- HEADED BC I WASN'T DRINKING THE REQUIRED FLUIDS AND I FELT A LITTLE WEAK FROM NOT EATING FOOD. AS THE DAYS WENT ON I COULD DRINK MORE, I HAD LESS PAIN, MORE ENERGY, AND I FELT LESS REGRET. THIS PAST MONDAY AUGUST 22ND, 2011 I WENT TO MY POST-OP APPOINTMENT. I GOT WEIGHED, (LOST 20.3 LBS) THEY TOOK MY BLOOD PRESSURE, AND I TALKED TO MY SURGEONS NURSE AND WENT OVER THINGS. THEN SHE LAYED ME DOWN ON THE TABLE AND WALKED ME THROUGH EACH STEP OF TAKING MY DRAIN OUT. FIRST SHE TOOK THE STICTHES OUT, NEXT SHE TOLD ME TO HOLD MY BREATH AND WHEN SHE TOLD ME TO BLOW OUT, BLOW OUT. SHE WAS GOING TO COUNT TO 3 AND IT WOULD BE OVER. UGH.... I MUST SAY IT FELT SO WEIRD. IT FELT SO LONG. IT WAS LIKE A BIG LONG SNAKE OR WORM WAS INSIDE ME. YUCK!!! I HAD CRAMPING IN MY STOMACH FOR A FEW MINUTES. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS SO HAPPY IT WAS OUT!! THEN SHE TOLD ME I COULD EAT THAT DAY  ( PUREE FOODS) AND START MY VITAMINS TOMORROW. I WAS STILL IN PAIN ON MY RIGHT SIDE FOR 2-3 DAYS AFTER. WEDNESDAY IS WHEN MY RIGHT SIDE FELT BETTER. TODAY IT IS A LITTLE SORE AGAIN THOUGH. AS FAR AS MY PHASE 2 DIET GOES... IT'S GOING GOOD.  AT FIRST I COULDN'T EAT MORE THEN 2-3 BABY SPOONS OF THINGS AT FIRST, BUT NOW I'M EATING A LITTLE MORE. BREAKFAST SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST, I CAN BARLEY EAT.  I'M ALSO GETTING ALOT MORE FLUIDS IN!! I JUST WISH I COULD SLEEP ON MY STOMACH IN MY BED  BC THIS RECLINER IS GETTING OLD. SCHOOL STARTS BACK UP MONDAY AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GOING TO WEAR!!  I'M SO SCARED TO HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST MY STOMACH AND I DON'T WANT TO WEAR LOUNGE CLOTHES TO SCHOOL.  I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MY OH   FRIENDS UPDATED!! THANK YOU!!

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