Scott B.

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My oh my where has the time gone.  I'm 3 weeks out and doing well.  I had some stomach pain this morning rolling over in bed and it was a weird feeling to have only half your stomach cramp.  I got up and did more today than usual and feel real good.  I so want to be healed but I've been told it could take few months because my RNY was open.  It will come, I know but it's soooooo hard.  Another want today is something to chew.  I really miss chewing.  Maybe I can talk the surgeon into letting me have a chew toy.

Guess what?  I've decided to join the land of the living today and I've vacated the bedroom and in the normal position in front of the computers.  Feels good to be out and mixing with the rest of the family and hopefully I'll be out and about soon too!  Felt good to move around too so I did some exercising and didn't die from it.  I hope to do more tomorrow. 

When I started this membership, my goal was to post everyday about my recovery, discovery, and life changes since surgery.  Now my problem is how to do this without becoming stale.  I feel good and I believe that my recovery is going as planned.  I want out of the house so my mental recovery is on track as well.  I got to video-conference with some friends in California and I'm really happy that got to happen.  My wife is upset with me because I'm not a person who can set things up to well and she wants me to take care of helping set up her surgery like she took care of setting up mine.  Hope I can do better tomorrow.

Another good day and I'm doing well.  Well, almost, I woke up from a nap and was thirsty so I grabbed my glass and took 3 pre-surgery glups.  MISTAKE!  My poor pouch started to ache and I had a full body flush.  I don't ever want that again.  Things are OK now and I did call the surgeon's office to admit my dumbass syndrome.  They weren't happy with me and warned me that I could explode my newly formed pouch so I have to be very careful.  I told them that the pain alone was a good deterrent. 

Great day today. Was still sleepy but I have to keep reminding myself that I had major, open surgery and not just a lap so my body needs to recoup. But I feel so good! Went to a support meeting tonight and had a good time talking to all the others who have had the RNY and all the hopefuls. I am really jazzed to be at the stage I'm in and the future is blazing!

Just got back from the doctor's office where they checked my hole and determined it infection free and told me it should close on it's own. I hope so, it's weird to see a hole in your skin. I got weighed and have lost some more weight and I'm jazzed. 18 days, not counting the day I had the surgery, and almost 40 pounds gone forever. Although when we were out, I had a terrible craving for a french fry. I just wanted to smell it and hold it and put it in my mouth and chew it. I don't honestly know if I would have swallowed it but I sure wanted too. But I settled for a small package of salt which I just wet my finger and put a few grains on and sucked off. Well, close but no cigar. I hope I can do this right.

Yahoo!, I went to church this morning and though I might have over done it, I feel good. It's funny, before surgery, all I wanted to do was to left alone and in front of a computer. Now that's the last place I want to be. I want to go out and meet people and do things. Do you also have this feeling? Anyway, no pain today and I keep on doing better every day. Still packing the infection but it's not weeping like at first so that's a hopeful sign. Have a good day everyone and see ya tomorrow.

Well another week has come and gone and I getting cabin fever. I want out and about but I'm still not able to drive. I don't have a lot of friends here as I'm kind of locked away in the cellar. Now I know that I'm to blame but at least I'm doing something about it now. I miss my grandson. I still have a hole in my stomach where a puss pocket formed and it's still draining and my wife is packing it twice a day. I'm so glad she can do it because I don't know if I could do it for myself. It's so looking better today, I just hope it closes. See ya tomorrow.

Ok, Today was another good day. I got out of the house even if it was just to go the doctor again. I have a infected area on my incision but it's not bad. It was still weeping so I went in and had it drained and patched. Other than that, I'm doing above and beyond even their expectations. My wife got her official BMI and it's 44.something so she meets the requirements for surgery. We're both looking forward to her surgery so we can get on this journey together. lol I had my first "Why Bother" coffee today. This is a coffee with no sugar, no caffein, and non-fat milk. It was funny to see my wife come out of the coffee shop with her coffee and my coffee. Mine was in a sample cup and looked like an espresso cup. It tasted like heaven.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone.  I hope SF is the candy of choice and that your spouse is sweet enough to make you dump (not really but I think you get the point).  I took Christeen out to a movie and to a Dr's appt.  I've lost 15 pounds as of last Tuesday so we think the loss might be the water that I've been collecting since the surgery but I'll take a loss anyway I can get in.  My wife is ramping up for her surgical debut too so it's a very good day.  All my staples are out now and I have a little seeping but not bad.  w00t!