Post RNY Surgery

Aug 19, 2012

I'm 8 days post-op and feeling pretty good.  I'm not going to lie, the first 3-4 days were scary and I had many thoughts of "what did I do?"  But I'm getting over that one day at a time.  When I came out of surgery the worst pain was with my chest and upper back and I had a hard time breathing.  They could barely get me to drink any of my fluids because I just didn't want to.  Saturday I was able to get up out of bed a few times and walk the halls but was still hooked up to the IV because I wasn't taking much in.  I had a low fever that night, which they treated and had my last dose of pain med's that night too.  My IV came out the next morning and each day I was feeling better.  I was discharged at 2pm and on my way home Sunday!!!  Excited to see my boys and family I think I over did it and was feeling like I couldn't function any longer so off to bed for me at 8pm.  Woke the next morning feeling rested but very weak.  That morning was a struggle due to not eating or drinking for so long through the night and I found myself almost blacking out.  It happened while I was trying to eat my breakfast and my multi-vitamin.  My face started to feel hot and sweaty, my arms went numb and my eyes went dark.  Scary, but my husband helped me through it with a cold cloth and positive words.  We called my neighbour who is a diabetic and she came over and tested my sugar levels which made me feel at ease.  It was 5.8 which is good.  From then on it was constant laying in bed with people caring for me.  I think I might have over done it on that Monday, sleeping for 12 hours, making my own cream of wheat, and talking on the phone for 1/2 an hour.  But I jumped that hurdle and now I'm recovering very well.  I'm starting to get sick of the full fluids and will be excited to venture out to the blended stage!  I can NOT stand the protein shakes and am only getting one down in a day, but I am adding lots of protein powder to all my foods so I feel like I am getting the minimum.  And the liquid calcium is certainly not one of my favourites so I'll be trying the chewables next time for sure.  Here's my surgery story...thanks for listening.  Peace    

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