SO one week Post op today

sorry all i havent been keeping up been so busy with pre op and all the good little things that goes with the RNY

ok so today is one week out,i think im doing pretty well take my vitamins in the morning mostly chewable with a 1/.4 cup of soup fat free with Skim ofcourse i add my protiens in during the day still dealing with weakness and still on the pain meds i try to walk but i run out of energy fast but i feel myself getting stonger and i think im seeing weight loss results already

ofcourse im on full liquids i almost have to force myself to eat or well drink liquids lol. i was so happy 2 days out of the hospital when i passed gas i thought to myself "yes no retrictions so far" then i had a movement and that was a happy day i joked with my mother about it

so a few questions ?

1. how long till the pain stops ? i had a hernia repair and that put me down for 2 months with pain

2. i know everyone is different being so weak is not a normal thing for me i work as a mechanic and having to walk baby steps sometimes...sucks how long did you all see your strength come back ?

3.exercising..guys i can barely walk a flight of steps but the mind wants to run around the block suggestions on exercising while in the enegery lvl i am in now ?

any input would be awesome thank you all

Good to hear you're doing well.  Each day the pain should get better and better.  Soon it won't be pain, just more like disconfort...you'll wonder if you need the meds or not...then you'll just say forget it, I'll live with it.  Concerning being weak...What we tell most people (what we hear from our doctors), walk as much as you can without getting tired.  Take as many naps as you can...it allows for the healing process to take place.  Remember you may be dropping 1-2 pounds a day!!  It really takes a toll on you.  You try and grab for energy and it's just not there.  Before we would grab for sugar for a quick blood sugar high...not now.  You're retraining your body in so many areas...eating, exercise, sleep, water use, protein rather than fats, sugar or carbs.  As the pounds drop you will find more energy...but it takes awhile.  One of my best "FART" moments was when the phone would ring or someone was at the front door...being able to jump up and get to it.  The change will come...and come fast...but still you have to give it time.  Within a few weeks you'll be moving like a teenager.  Brian

Good to hear you're doing well.  Each day the pain should get better and better.  Soon it won't be pain, just more like disconfort...you'll wonder if you need the meds or not...then you'll just say forget it, I'll live with it.  Concerning being weak...What we tell most people (what we hear from our doctors), walk as much as you can without getting tired.  Take as many naps as you can...it allows for the healing process to take place.  Remember you may be dropping 1-2 pounds a day!!  It really takes a toll on you.  You try and grab for energy and it's just not there.  Before we would grab for sugar for a quick blood sugar high...not now.  You're retraining your body in so many areas...eating, exercise, sleep, water use, protein rather than fats, sugar or carbs.  As the pounds drop you will find more energy...but it takes awhile.  One of my best "FART" moments was when the phone would ring or someone was at the front door...being able to jump up and get to it.  The change will come...and come fast...but still you have to give it time.  Within a few weeks you'll be moving like a teenager.  Brian

1.  You should not be down that long unless you had open RNY.  Around the left port will hurt longer because that is where the bulk of the work is done through.

2.  Don't bust ass to get back to busting your knuckles.  Desk jobs can be back in a week or two.  If you have to "work" for a living may be five or six.

3.   Exercise only as you can.  Don't hurt yourself by pushing it too hard.  Increase your distances as you get to feeling stronger.  5 - 20 yd walks every day for a week.  Following week up it 30 yds etc. 

Remember the Four Mantras of Life Post WLS:

1.  Sip, sip, sip.  Need to get your fluids in.
2.  Walk, walk, walk.  Need the exercise and prevent clots.
3.  Any problems - CALL YOUR DOCTOR!!  'nuff said.
4.  Never, and I mean NEVER, TRUST A FART!!  You may find yourself experiencing a "laundry emergency"!   

Strap in, hang on and enjoy the ride!!

it was a lap RNY but there is a larger inscion area that seems to be the most sore it isnt infected just sore as heck

ive been trying to walk i run out of energy and breath so fast i climb 2 flight`s of steps from my basement to the top floor and i almost have to sit down    im just curious if this is normal thats all i go see the do the 4th for the follow up my mother is a nurse and she doesnt see anything wrong with my incisions matter a fact most of them are healed up pretty good

Considering that it is colder than the proverbial witches tit in a brass brassiere in PA right now - walking stairs is the best you can do for now!  Feeling weak at a week out is again well with in normal.  You are not going to be running marathons just yet!

The pain will pass.  Sure your surgern gave you post pills.  NO EXERCISE now.. I tried after 1 mo and it put me down for 2 days. After 3 mos u may ask you surgern to treadmill, stairs, weights  GOOD LUCK

Don is right on with his advice.  It will take 5 or 6 weeks til you get back to 100% energy level. Don't overdo it, just walk and sip, walk and sip. 

Just walk a little bit each. The pain will go away. Sounds like you are doing good. Remember, it is a journey, not a race.

Congratulations

so i just returned from the hospital today for a 5 day visitm come to find out i had 2 pulmonary Embilisms take home in my lungs and yes i was was moving the whole time post op and no im not known to get blood clots 1 passed threw my heart

its nice bedside manner when the Lung doctor comes in to see you and says after looking at the Cat scan " these we`re so big i thought i was looking at a dead person`s CAT scan"

im not dead yet boys and girls will take more then blood clots to keep me down

so post op since the 20th of Jan lost 54lbs gained 3 blood clots 2 in my lungs and 1 in my leg oh and still have the shortness of breath but its expected from the clots but its getting better and will be on blood thinners for 6 months

bottom line did i make the right call to get this surgery done....YES im too much of a fighter to let something like this keep me down i have alot of life to live and im not done yet