zereul007
5 Days Post Op
Aug 09, 2009
Well, it's been 5 days...believe it or not, 5 not so bad days.My shoulder pain is gone, as well as the pain in my upper back! I had to do some painful walking. But it was well worth it to get rid of this pain! I actually had a good nite's sleep on top of that last night!
Today I have some cream of wheat...yum! Water, water, water! I had some creame of chicken soup but something so awful happened almost immediately. I guess I got my first taste of the "dumping syndrome"! I thought I served myself just right in terms of ounces, but I'm not sure what the hell happened! As soon as I was done eating, I felt this awful pain in my mid-section. A pain like my pouch was mega stuffed. I started getting nauseated and sweating! Of course, I didn't vomit; I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. No, instead I made a mad dash to the toilet!!! Uggghhh
Not once, but TWICE!!! It was awful!! I was wondering how soon it would be before I were to experience...I guess I spoke too soon. They say once you go through this you will be more careful next time...well, that's for damn sure!!
Afterwards, I felt so guilty! My poor lil' pouch! What agony I had caused it. Someone in the forum once referred to the pouch as a newborn baby that needed to be nurtured and cared for, as it was our 2nd chance at having a wonderful life. I have to say now that I totally agree. We've gone through all the work of getting to this point of post-op and maintenance, that we need to care for our pouch regardless of the diet stages. A lesson learned the hard way!! But a lesson well learned!
Now, I'm dying to go walking around the block; but I'm so afraid I just dehydrated myself earlier that I may not make it home!! LOL!! I will let it get a lil' cooler here and I'll fill my bottle of water and take my lil' baby poodle, Horace, with me. But I've got to do something after this dumping episode!
Okay, well, I'll stop here!! As for the dreaded scale...not so dreaded anymore...I'm down 13 pounds!!! Yipppeee!!
