After surgery, 1st post

Dec 09, 2012

Well, I had my surgery on the 21st of November, and everything went well.  I ended up staying in the hospital an extra night, because I couldn't keep fluids down when they finally allowed me to drink. 

So, in all of the reading I've done from other people's blogs, it doesn't seem like anyone really touched upon how bad everything hurts when you get out of surgery.  Oh. My. God.  I thought I was going to die.  There came a point where I was talking to my husband, and I told him I wouldn't wish that kind of pain upon my worst enemy.  The worst thing about it all was the thirst.  I was fully hydrated because of the IV,  it my mouth was so dry, and the need to drink something was excruciating.   Seriously, I was so upset about all of it, I was starting to think I'd made a terrible decision in going through with the surgery.  Now, though, I'm glad I did it.

My progress has been good so far.  I've lost a total of 36lbs, 18 of those lbs since the surgery.  The weight loss has slowed, but I'm making sure to keep my protein up and my carbs down, slowly introducing new foods when I can. I'll try to keep my progress updated on here.  Yay surgery!

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