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CHANGES!!!! I HAD MY RNY ON 5-10-10.. I WENT HOME 5-13-10.  I WORK IN THE HOSPITAL SO I KNOW WALKING AFTER SURGERY IS NO PRIORITY SO I MADE SURE I WALKED EVERY DAY. THE NEXT WEEK I WAS CUTTING GRASS AND WALKING AT THE BEACH .. LIVING ON PROTEIN DRINKS AN SF POPCYCLES (THEY ARE MY BEST FRIEND)I FELT REALLY GREAT. I WENT FOR MY TWO WEEK POST OP VISIT DOWN 20+ LBS.  MY SURGEON SAID GO BACK TO WORK...BUT I NEEDED PCP CLEARANCE, SO I SET UP A APPT. I WENT TO MY DR AND HE SAID I WANT YOU TO WAIT A WEEK OR SO..JUST TO GET USED TO YOUR NEW ROUTINE. I COUGHT A BUG SOMEWHERE IN 24 HR  I WAS RUNNING FEVER COULDNT BREATHE NOTHING WOULD STAY DOWN. NO ONE WARNS YOU RESPIRATORY DRAINAGE GOES IN YOUR STOMACH AND TAKES UP ALL THE ROOM, NO FOOD OR LIQUID ALLOWED.  I CALLED THE SURGEON AND HE SAID TAKE A  DECOGESTANT AND KEEP TRYING TO TAKE FLUIDS IT WILL ALL BE ALRIGHT.
SO I THOUGHT THIS  IS ALL NORMAL JUST KEEP GOING.  SO I WENT WITH MY FAMILY ON A RIVER RIDE 4 WEEKS POST OP...WITH A 102 FEVER. THE PROBLEM WORKING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD IS YOU BEGIN TO THINK EVERYTHING IS IN YOUR HEAD. WELL I FOLLOWED UP WITH MY PCP AND WOW I WAS SICK. WALKING PNEUMONIA.
I TOOK MY SHOTS AND MUCINEX IS MY BEST FRIEND. IM NOW BACK AT WORK 37 LBS DOWN AND THINGS ARE WORKING THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED ..