cmtruax1970
6 days post op
Aug 09, 2010
I wish I could say it has been a magical week since surgery, but I would be fibbing. It has been a rough week.I had surgery on August 3rd. I was supposed to be the 2nd case of the day which would be around 9. Well, some water pipes blew in the hospital which meant my doctor did not have water to quick sterilize his instruments like normal. So his partner had to trade his case with mine. This frustrated me because my nerves just kept escalating. Perhaps I should have just gone home! I managed to get a little cocktail which calmed me until I went into surgery somewhere around noon. I recall being wheeled into the OR room which I rarely have done before but I guess the cocktail wore off. I recall mentioning how nervous I was and then I must have been given the rest of my cocktail because I was out.
I woke up more sore than any scope surgery I've had before. I was quite nauseous. It was a relief to know that RNY could be completed along with repairing of my hiatal hernia. (We had a back up in case adhesions made RNY impossible.)
I was able to head home the next day around 7. The doc said I was good to go as long as I felt ready enough. Part of me knew I felt crappy but I also did not expect to feel wonderful. So I discharged.
That evening I sipped as much as I could but I could tell something just wasn't right. I did not sleep well that night. The next day I got up early to start my sipping routine. I could manage to get down a couple of ounces before I started to feel horrible again. I would burp and start vomiting. I drank as much as I could manage but it was not enough. Lisa called my docs partner since my doc was out of town. He said I could go to hospital tonight or come see him the next morning.
We decided to see him first thing in the morning. We waited and waited. He wouldn't be in until 11 so we had to wait a couple of hours. Home was too far away so we waited. After we finally saw him, he advised me to be put in hospital for dehydration and testing.
Of course I was severely dehydrated. My urine was darker than tea, almost like coffee. It was hell getting an IV and blood drawn. I went for my first x-ray soon after getting a bolus of fluids. NPO. YUCK. I got some ice chips the next morning. Doc said he saw some dilation at duodenum along with irritation. The doc needed a barium MRI. So I drank what I could of that stuff and it actually did not taste as bad to me as it did before, oddly. Somewhere in there I was allowed a meal....clear liquids. It still hurt to eat but no vomiting. Then all of a sudden my ice gets taken away and I was back on NPO. No one could tell me why...so I wondered if something was found and I needed another procedure or what. It was late at night so no answers until Sunday morning. That morning I was given a follow up x-ray to see where barium went in that time.
Doctor came in for his morning visit. He concluded that my digestive system was slower than normal to begin wakening up. This allowed gas to build up, nausea to hit bad, and no movement of any kind. Bowel sounds were silent longer than normal. That was easing up in the hospital so IV fluids obviously was needed while things started to wake up. Then I asked to come home!
I was able to finally come home that early afternoon. I was able to do very well on my clear liquid diet. I have to start all over in the stages to work with my digestive system as it slowly awakens. Today is my final day of clear liquid diet. Tomorrow I begin my two weeks of stage 2 full liquid diet. So I am essentially a week behind schedule with a huge amount of IV fluid weight to lose. It is discouraging. I went into this down to 217 pounds. Now I have to battle down from 232 from IV gain.
Right now I could truly enjoy some damn cottage cheese. Tomorrow. I would also enjoy some beans. A couple more weeks. I just hope nothing else pulls me off track and weight loss can begin. It would totally blow if I am delayed just enough to dip into the week 3 stall without any loss. The only good thing is that I really do not have a lot of weight to lose. I could never be a member of the hundred pound loss club..just do not have that much to lose. So although this part is slow, I do believe I will be at goal at a faster rate.
Okay..back to sipping....
