evndnl
surgery day
May 29, 2009
let's start off by saying my surgery was at 1:30 in the AFTERNOON!!!!!!! talk about anticipation. ARGH!!!! i was so ready, nothing could change my mind. i was ready to move mountains to get there that day! my husband went to work that morning, which was probably a good idea, since i was feeling so many emotions at once...we got to the hospital and began the process, and everything was moving so swiftly...i had to find a moment to take it all in... i looked at my husband and said this is it. say goodbye to the fat lady... he looks at it this way... that's great ,but you are still my wife, so i cant say goodbye, but i can say hello to the attitude you seem to have. he is happy that i am doing something for me, and more so, i stuck with it... that is huge for me!!
i told him i loved him, and thanks for being who he is.....because he loves me no matter what!!!!
the only thing that ever mattered to him is me being hapy, and i knew i wasn't...not with my body and health.
surgery lasted 3 hoursand then i was sent to the icu for an overnight stay, then moved upstairs.. with a roomate who felt it was necessary to have burger king!!! it actually made me sick to my stomach...who would've thunk that???
the surgery was text book, and i would do it again in a second. ofcourse there was enough pain meds to go around the first 3 days, so who really knew. i was up walking around immediately.
day 3 came and i was ready to go, but dr pohl didnt feel the same way... apparently i am not taking in enough fluids, so i started cutting deals with him... he let me go home later that night.
just an insight of fluid intake... as you know you are allowed a plastic medicine cup of water an hour on the first day, i only got 3 of them in...then the next day we can start on shakes, and i had about 6 sips total for breakfast,lunch and supper. i really just wanted to be free from that damn IV pole!!!!
i had developed a lump on the side of my face while in the hospital...something i certainly did not go in with. it ended up being a swollen saliva gland, got on antibiotics and everything is ok now... i am going home!!!!!!!!!!
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About Me
RI
Location
25.7
BMI
Surgery
05/19/2009
Surgery Date
May 05, 2009
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