beccabecca66
6 days out
Nov 08, 2010
Its 6, almost 7 days since my surgery. I won't say I'm feeling "fantastic," but i'm off my pain meds and I'm eating just fine. Haven't puked yet! I walk 20 minutes at a time, 3 times a day adding up to an hour as the surgeon suggested. I just added milk to my regime. No problems so far with the heaviness or gas that they said might happen.I was most surprised at the amount of weight I gained in the hospital. I was only there for 3 days and put on 14 pounds of fluid weight. I have lost all or most of that since being home. I still have some swelling and tenderness on my abdomen, but nothing unmanageable.
My sister took a couple days off of work to work with me on creating my new routine. Up at 7 am to get some fluids in right away, and then eat at 8 or 8:30. The exercise doesn't have a specific time set yet, but generally one walk in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening with my sister.
I'm so tired all the time. My legs feel heavy and weary when i walk, but i know this is important, so i push on. I generally have to nap once or twice in the day, but I try to limit that so that i have as many hours to get my fluids in as possible.
Am I happy I did it? Well, I had a rough start and the hospital stay was pretty uncomfortable. I can't say for sure if i'm happy i did it or not. I'm off my diabetes and blood pressure meds, so as far as being healthy, i feel better. Maybe after pounds start coming off i'll feel better about it.
--Becca
