I owe you an apology (LONG POST)
I owe you guys an apology. The day after my surgery I posted here that I did not wish the pain I as feeling to my worse enemy. True, I was in alot of pain, by some of the stories I read here some of people wake up from surgery after WLS in a bed of feathers and rose petals with no pain at all. That was not the case with me. I was in some serious pain but by no means did I want to make it sound like i regretted my decision.
Today, 5 days out, i still have some residual pain but it is not as bad. As per wishing it to my worse enemy? Well, maybe Cinthya that ***** in High School made my life a living hell but that is another story LOL.
Here is a little countdown of what when down my surgery date, and the days that follow until today.
Monday, I checked in at the hospital at 8am but 9am i was wearing a big, big, big hospital gown, funny hat and slippers. I was hook to an IV and off we were to the OR. On the OR the doctor asked me what kind of music did i want to hear. I said, Why not Guns and Roses? NOT in a MILLION years would i have thought that he had G&R! turns out that he did and he said to me "well, on thing for sure, this is going to be some rocking surgery" and out of the speakers came out Welcome to the Jungle. I was out cold laughing my ass off. A good way to get knock out.
Woke up around 12 noon in recovery. I was feeling pretty darn good because face it was high at that point and according to my brother, i told every guys that walked by "hey, wait for me in one year I am going to be hot, and I am coming back for you!!" I sure i don't remembered any of this. I was moved to my room where I slept for about 2 hours. When I woke up I asked the nurse to help me up to walk around the hall. For some reason, I didn't want to stay in bed. I walked around the nurse station about two times and I slept some more.
I woke up every 15 minutes to go to the bathroom to pee. The nurses at the hospital have the patience of a saints. every 15 minutes one of them needed to unhook my IV, take my leg compression thingy and help me to the bathroom to do it all over again in 15 minutes again. ( my doctor is against catheters, he believes that makes the patients lazy and we need to move as much as we can so either pee in the bed of get up and go to the bathroom). Day two was the day of the throwing up. After i got a shot of morphine, i started to throw up since i didn't have any in my tommy to get out, i throw up some little blood (SCARED THE **** OUT OF ME), the second time i throw up was foams. NOT pretty but my doctor order that i get some anti-nausea medication before morphine shots and i was good. The pain was still out of control.
Wednesday, I was release from the hospital around 12 pm but 2 i was at home. Wednesday night was not a good night. I slept sitting down on my sofa the pain was bad because I had a headache too.
Yesterday however, was pretty darn good. I had a very long walk around neighborhood. Got some strong pain medication from my doctor and I am not soo bad now. The only thing I am having problems with is every time i drink water, i get some nasty cramps. I take a sip, i wait a minute or two and BAM! cramp. Wait a minute take another small slip and BAM another cramp. Other than that, I am doing pretty well, protein is going down no problem. I had some chicken broth that was kind of nice and some jello and Popsicles.
Wednesday, I have an appointment with my doctor for my week one check up and weight in. I have resisted the urge to weighting myself. I want to be truly surprise, but according to my family you can already see it in my face that I have lose some weight.
Sorry about the long post but I told you so. LOL I will keep you all posted.
Today, 5 days out, i still have some residual pain but it is not as bad. As per wishing it to my worse enemy? Well, maybe Cinthya that ***** in High School made my life a living hell but that is another story LOL.
Here is a little countdown of what when down my surgery date, and the days that follow until today.
Monday, I checked in at the hospital at 8am but 9am i was wearing a big, big, big hospital gown, funny hat and slippers. I was hook to an IV and off we were to the OR. On the OR the doctor asked me what kind of music did i want to hear. I said, Why not Guns and Roses? NOT in a MILLION years would i have thought that he had G&R! turns out that he did and he said to me "well, on thing for sure, this is going to be some rocking surgery" and out of the speakers came out Welcome to the Jungle. I was out cold laughing my ass off. A good way to get knock out.
Woke up around 12 noon in recovery. I was feeling pretty darn good because face it was high at that point and according to my brother, i told every guys that walked by "hey, wait for me in one year I am going to be hot, and I am coming back for you!!" I sure i don't remembered any of this. I was moved to my room where I slept for about 2 hours. When I woke up I asked the nurse to help me up to walk around the hall. For some reason, I didn't want to stay in bed. I walked around the nurse station about two times and I slept some more.
I woke up every 15 minutes to go to the bathroom to pee. The nurses at the hospital have the patience of a saints. every 15 minutes one of them needed to unhook my IV, take my leg compression thingy and help me to the bathroom to do it all over again in 15 minutes again. ( my doctor is against catheters, he believes that makes the patients lazy and we need to move as much as we can so either pee in the bed of get up and go to the bathroom). Day two was the day of the throwing up. After i got a shot of morphine, i started to throw up since i didn't have any in my tommy to get out, i throw up some little blood (SCARED THE **** OUT OF ME), the second time i throw up was foams. NOT pretty but my doctor order that i get some anti-nausea medication before morphine shots and i was good. The pain was still out of control.
Wednesday, I was release from the hospital around 12 pm but 2 i was at home. Wednesday night was not a good night. I slept sitting down on my sofa the pain was bad because I had a headache too.
Yesterday however, was pretty darn good. I had a very long walk around neighborhood. Got some strong pain medication from my doctor and I am not soo bad now. The only thing I am having problems with is every time i drink water, i get some nasty cramps. I take a sip, i wait a minute or two and BAM! cramp. Wait a minute take another small slip and BAM another cramp. Other than that, I am doing pretty well, protein is going down no problem. I had some chicken broth that was kind of nice and some jello and Popsicles.
Wednesday, I have an appointment with my doctor for my week one check up and weight in. I have resisted the urge to weighting myself. I want to be truly surprise, but according to my family you can already see it in my face that I have lose some weight.
Sorry about the long post but I told you so. LOL I will keep you all posted.
You think you scared some people off...lol go read my one and only blog post i copied into a post when i was post op. Believe me, yours was not bad and I still did not get any hate for it. I did however get lots of love and support which is what this board is for. Let me know if I can help you with any advice.
I still don't see anything for you to be apologizing for.
If anything, I think preops need to know that some people do have a smooth recovery, and that others do not. Without posts like yours that are brutally honest and reflect how you really feel, some people don't get an accurate picture of what recovery looks like postop.
I know I had a huge misconception about what my recovery would be, because I was assuming it would be like my hubby's, and he was one of those who had it easy. Nope. Mine was definitely tougher than his. Not terrible, but tough.
If anyone is going to back out of surgery because they might be sore/hungry/tired/cranky/etc for a few days, they honestly may not be ready to go through with it, in my opinion.
Glad you're doing better, and I can't wait to follow your progress on the loser's bench!
If anything, I think preops need to know that some people do have a smooth recovery, and that others do not. Without posts like yours that are brutally honest and reflect how you really feel, some people don't get an accurate picture of what recovery looks like postop.
I know I had a huge misconception about what my recovery would be, because I was assuming it would be like my hubby's, and he was one of those who had it easy. Nope. Mine was definitely tougher than his. Not terrible, but tough.
If anyone is going to back out of surgery because they might be sore/hungry/tired/cranky/etc for a few days, they honestly may not be ready to go through with it, in my opinion.
Glad you're doing better, and I can't wait to follow your progress on the loser's bench!
Highest weight: 277 Starting Weight: 250 Surgery Weight: 241 Current Weight: 130
Goal Reached in 10.5 months :)
I think it's important to write what you really feel and what the real experience is. People need to know the REAL experience. Right after surgery I was PISSED because I thought it was going to be smooth sailing in the hospital. During recovery I was cursing this board saying "they're all ******g liars! I hate them!! They never said it would be like this!!" And I was sooo pissed. I couldn't believe I put myself through all of that. I hated myself. I came back here and said everything I went through because I wanted people to know that it might not be as painless as people made it seem.
Sometimes people come here with some real horror stories of serious complications. I wish they would come here more often. Too often we don't really grasp the concept of the reality that WE could be them or that we are extremely fortunate that we aren't them. Most people who post here had good experiences so that's what the newbies see and then end up expecting. It's not always reality.
Sometimes people come here with some real horror stories of serious complications. I wish they would come here more often. Too often we don't really grasp the concept of the reality that WE could be them or that we are extremely fortunate that we aren't them. Most people who post here had good experiences so that's what the newbies see and then end up expecting. It's not always reality.
HW 380.8+ SW- 371.4 CW- 234.4 GW- 200 
I tell you one thing, I wish for one of those "feathers and rose petals" recovery. Sadly, it was not in the cards for me. I am doing good.
You guys should have seen me at the hospital walking from the bathroom saying to myself "Lord, what the hell have i done to myself, what the hell have I done to myself" LOL
I am happy with my decision.
You guys should have seen me at the hospital walking from the bathroom saying to myself "Lord, what the hell have i done to myself, what the hell have I done to myself" LOL
I am happy with my decision.
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