Lynnww666
Finally sleeved home and happy about it
Aug 02, 2011
I finally had my sleeve done in Richmond General by Dr. N. Nguyen (who also removed a bad gall bladder and repaired an umbilical hernia while I was under...um, I should clarify and say I knew he was going to do those things) on July 28.
After only one day, the pain of all three surgeries was really manageable with just Tylenol 3 (much better than I expected) and the following day I was off those too as the pain was no more than period cramps ... and not the worst of those by ANY stretch.
Friends brought me home to the Island on the 31 and now I'm learning all about living with my new tiny tummy (well, the internal one is tiny, the external one still has quite a way to go to be tiny!) It's all so new and amazing to me. The fact that I'm really not hungry but I do eat when I know I should... the fact that after a very few spoonfuls of creamy soup or 1/4 cup of protein drink or yogurt and I'm full... I mean I'll start to burp if I take another mouthful as I found out a couple of time... it's weird. I can see why people need to take a couple of weeks off work because just learning all this stuff is a big deal all day long.
The hard part for me is getting enough water. I'm struggling with that because I've always been a chugger not a sipper. I think if I could just rig up one of those hamster drinking bottles to my head I might just manage it. But short of such odd head gear I just have to keep my water bottle near and my elbow bending.
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After only one day, the pain of all three surgeries was really manageable with just Tylenol 3 (much better than I expected) and the following day I was off those too as the pain was no more than period cramps ... and not the worst of those by ANY stretch.
Friends brought me home to the Island on the 31 and now I'm learning all about living with my new tiny tummy (well, the internal one is tiny, the external one still has quite a way to go to be tiny!) It's all so new and amazing to me. The fact that I'm really not hungry but I do eat when I know I should... the fact that after a very few spoonfuls of creamy soup or 1/4 cup of protein drink or yogurt and I'm full... I mean I'll start to burp if I take another mouthful as I found out a couple of time... it's weird. I can see why people need to take a couple of weeks off work because just learning all this stuff is a big deal all day long.
The hard part for me is getting enough water. I'm struggling with that because I've always been a chugger not a sipper. I think if I could just rig up one of those hamster drinking bottles to my head I might just manage it. But short of such odd head gear I just have to keep my water bottle near and my elbow bending.
Just over two weeks to go
Jul 10, 2011
My surgery is scheduled for July 28 at Richmond Hospital and I admit the nerves are starting to happen. I've been waiting for this for nearly three years now, so the fact it's just around the corner is both exciting and scary. I know that six weeks from now, when all the pain is gone and I'm seeing pounds fall away, I will be nothing but happy.
Of course I know it might be rocky at times, having been working on the emotional/psychological eating part of things and I'm sure there will be days when I'll see an endless all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet and want to cry because all I can manage will be a cup of hot and sour soup... but I also know my health has been suffering and if I want to live to see retirement and enjoy it, I damn well need these changes.
So, in a couple of more days I start my liquid pre-surgery diet and then it's off to hospital and some great new beginnings.
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Of course I know it might be rocky at times, having been working on the emotional/psychological eating part of things and I'm sure there will be days when I'll see an endless all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet and want to cry because all I can manage will be a cup of hot and sour soup... but I also know my health has been suffering and if I want to live to see retirement and enjoy it, I damn well need these changes.
So, in a couple of more days I start my liquid pre-surgery diet and then it's off to hospital and some great new beginnings.
