I was full of s*** (literally) :o)

Dec 19, 2010

So here I am day 5! Today I woke up feeling like a new person. Yesterday was a pretty rotten day as far as being post surgical. Yesterday I was still very distended in my abdomen and still feeling like I was pumped full of gas. I was wishing that I could take a pin and just "pop" myself so I would deflat. I could hear all the gas moving around in my belly but none of it was going anywhere! Also last night I realized that I had not pooped in a few days. I was feeling pretty miserable and decided to take some milk of mag. Firstly, MOM has got to be the nastiest tasting stuff on earth. It tasted like cherry chaulky hose water.  Secondly, it turns out taking the MOM was the best desicion I ever made! About two hours later my belly rumbled and I got excited because I knew I was gonna poop and release all that built up gas! What a relief ! I went to bed after that and slept like a rock. My belly still hurt a bit but I felt so much better. When I woke up this morning, I felt GREAT! My belly has gone down A LOT! I am not as sore today either, I do believe that I am now on the mend and should be feeling pretty close ti normal any day now. I figured I would post this to document all of my experiences, gross and nice, so that anyone reading my blog can know the whole story. not just the good parts.

So in summary, I was basically full of shit (literally) and gas, took some MOM, released the shit and gas, and have now made the turn and am almost back to normal (whatever that is)  I see the surgeon tomorrow and hopefully he will progress my diet and I will see if I lost any additional weight.

Oh yea here are some stats for day 4 & 5 post-op : still on clear liquids, not experiencing hunger pains, feeling full after eating jello or drinking a coffe mug of broth. still waking up a little nauseated but a few sips of diluted apple juice and that takes care of it.

I'll post again tomorrow with updates!
Michelle

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