Hernia surgery update - doing well

Had the hernia repair on Friday morning. Everything went well during surgery, despite the fact that I passed out while trying to pee afterward... How embarrassing! My blood pressure was really low after surgery, and because I was straining to sit down, I apparently wasn't breathing very deeply, and just ran out of oxygen... They did an MRI on my head to check my brain for damage, and as my wife says "found nothing"...

Anyway, after checking everything they could check, they eventually
let me go home that afternoon. Didn't do much on Saturday or Sunday, other than walk a bit. Thank God for the pain meds that kept things at a dull roar. But today, the pain is much better. Have only had one pain pill all day, and the pain level has dropped a lot. Might even do some "work" (from home) tomorrow, and could be back at work Wednesday.

Now for some strange facts... The morning of surgery, I weighed 285 lbs. That afternoon, having eaten nothing and drunk nothing at all, but just the fluids they gave me via IV, I weighed 295 lbs. The following morning, after eating a "normal" dinner, I was at 290. One day later, after eating / drinking normally all day, I'm back to 285. who would have thought your weight could fluctuate that much due to IV fluids?

Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know I'm doing well, and almost back to "normal" (whatever that's supposed to mean). Can't wait to return to the gym, but Dr Nick says I have to wait 2 weeks for everything except walking... That's OK - I LIKE to walk these days!

 hey Jim glad to hear your doing better. hopefully i can figure this meebo thing out so we can catch up sometime. take care of yourself and be good.

Glad to hear you're doing better. Take it easy on the exercise til the doc say ok.

Hey Jim,  Glad to hear that you are on the mend.  You gotta watch out for peeing...  That's pretty strenuous stuff for us big guys!!    That is crazy how your weight can fluctuate with all the fluids.  I had one of my testacles swell up to the size of a softball for a couple days after my WLS because of all the fluids.  Like a darn hoppity horse  :-)  It was crazy!!  Anyway, hope that you are back in the swing of things soon!

Glad to hear you're home and on the mend.

Interesting info on the water weight. That could easily explain some of my unusual flucuations.

 Hey Jim - glad to hear all went well with your surgery and you are on the mend.  Take it easy and heal well.  You'll be back to full strength and ready to run a marathon on in time!  : )

 glad everything went well with the surgery.