I'm alive...barely!

Nov 11, 2009

So yesterday was rough....I wrote my pre-op blog for you all and expected my shuttle to take me to the hospital at 8...it was 9 before we left.  Then I found out that there was a lap band patient that would be going ahead of me so I got all suited up, saw the cardiologist, had my blood taken and waited in recovery...right beside the operating room for my turn to come.  Everyone was nice, smiling or saying hi as they wandered past me and the second that the first patient came out, they bundled him up in a bed beside me and the doctor came out to talk to me briefly while they cleaned the room. My IV went in with  some problems but otherwise it was pretty uneventful, they walked me into the OR, put the drugs in my IV line and had me count to down - I was gone and didn't wake up until late last night.  I had severe gas pains, pain in general and trouble breathing.  Every time the nurse came she would give me something fo the pain and I would immediately get sick, never failed.   The gas pains were so bad they ran up my back and across my shoulders.  I found it so hard to take a deep breath (still do) and am having a significant amount of nausea.

I was up this morning with help to have a shower and walk aorund a bit but I kept feeling so dizzy and full of pain/gas that I ended right back in bed where I started.  One of the ladies from the house is here getting her teeth whitened and I almost cried at the sight of a friendly face.  Apparently all of this is normal, but I wish I would have had a better idea, going in, just how bad the gas would be.  The pain runs up my spine and all around my stomach and I'm hoping it goes away soon before I start having regrets and wondering why I did this to myself.  The staf fhas been awesome, and despite not speaking english, the night nurse was great - they check on you every hour without fail.

Dr. Almanza came in to check on me and tell me what the next steps are - I'll get water and ice tonight around 6pm, then my tests tomorrow and then I go back to the guest houses to relax and live off of liquids for the next two weeks.  I can't wait to get home, but I didn't want to call my husband because I was all emotional and I didn't want to set him off too.

Alright, I'm not feeling too hot - going to go back to bed, try not to get sick and start walk walk walking soon to get rid of some of this gas - I can't wait to be done with this stage of this journey, I really want to forget all about it.

Lighter dayz ahead :)

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