Trindybell

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I must say that my surgery was not normal, and according to my surgeon is quite rare.  I do actually have an excellent Doc, and think the world of him and his abilities.  I must say this that if I was going in for laproscopic  (insert any type of surgery)  My bleeding would have still have happened.  It had absolutely nothing to do with it being bariatric surgery what so ever.
    
     I still had a ton of pain, I could not get up by myself, actually I could barely do anything for myself, that is where my fabulous husband comes in, he did everything.  He took care of the house, and the kids, and my care especially.  He slept downstairs with me (I could only sit in a recliner- due to the pain).  It was not easy on him nor did he sleep well, but he never complained once.  He is the super hubby/daddy!!!
 
     It took about two weeks for me to feel good enough to get out of the recliner myself, and to start really moving on my own.  Everything I did took forever, Slow was my new pace in life.  It was rough but I battled against it everyday.

     Today I am 3 weeks out from surgery, and still feeling extremely tired and weak.  I find myself longing for the future when I will have energy and strength again.  I choke down my protein shakes everyday, and all the other things on my full liquid diet.  It isn't that they taste awful, it is just that I have no desire to eat, or even drink liquids for that matter.  No worries though, I meet my goals everyday and if not I am so close It probably doesn't matter to much. 

OK so going in to the surgery center that morning, I wasn't even nervous, my blood pressure was normal, heart rate normal, even the nurse made a comment on how calm I was that morning.  OH MAN when I came around I was already in my room.  I don't remember to much of that night, I can just remember telling my hubby how important it was for me to be walking, and I wanted to walk.  Well turns out that I had an internal bleed somewhere, and they weren't sure from where at this point.  I was ordered a blood transfusion, and took two units.  My blood pressure was super low, so no walking for me.  I did not realize how much pain I was in till I actually moved. AAAGGGHHH.  
     I finally talked the nurses into letting me sit in the chair, I was still out of it and was being a pest.  OMG--the pain I felt when I got back into bed--I think I actually screamed.  And I know what your thinking, but I'm no wimp lol.  It was just  that awful.
     Next day--down to x-ray to drink the most putrid lemon flavored thing I have ever put in my mouth (barium).  Horrible experience, Yes my butt was hanging out, but unfortunately nothing I could do about it.  Everything came out fine with the x-rays--no leaks.  Finally some good news, which I desperately needed at that point.  Oh small note on the wheelchair drivers at this hospital, someone forgot to let them know we were NOT in the INDY-500.  
     OK so still feeling pretty bad all day, time to get my fluids in, yes I did my part, wasn't really happy about it, but how could I argue.  I was still having a lot of pain, I was needing my pain meds every 4hrs, was doing my part on the walking as well.  
     Third day still have a bleed somewhere, I had to have 2 more units of blood, Now I don't know about anyone else, but I am starting to get concerned here,  My doc is sure that it is a muscle bleed, and it will stop soon.  Oh and by the way he had only seen this once before.  OH JOY! lucky me!  He wanted me to stay an extra day at the hospital-fine by me--I felt like shit anyway. 
     Fourth day, I stayed half the day, hubby took me home, I felt every damn bump and jump in the road.

I called the surgeon's office yesterday to see how the insuranse approval was going, They said they would check on it, and call me back.  I got my call about an hour later. APPROVED!   We scheduled a weigh in for the next day (today).  I am feeling excited to go weigh in, I think usually I would feel negative about it, but  I have lost 17lbs on my own since the last time I was in the office, I can go in with some confidence.  I have to pay my balance $1,450.00  YUCK!  The more I read on the OH forums, the more I think I made the right decision to go with the center of excellence, even if you have to pay  out of pocket for some things.  I still hate to spend money though, espically with my husbands daughter and ex-wife chomping at the bit for more child support.