Oh, the exhaustion...

Positive notes first...I am down almost 15 lbs since surgery on the 7th!  I can't believe it.  That is just....wow.  I am getting in all of my fluids--50-60 oz of water and 16 oz of milk a day in addition to my 3 meals that are 1/2 cup each.  I still don't feel hungry at all and no food seems to bother me--in that when my kids are eating things that I would normally want, I just don't want them.  My brother brought a strawberry cheesecake from baker's square to my house on Mother's day--Yeah, I know, what WAS he thinking.  Anyway, I gave him a hard time over it, but it honestly didn't bother me.  It is amazing. But, OMG, the exhaustion is killing me!  How long until I am back to myself.  I am currently 11 days post-op.  Every couple of days I feel really good and am able to take the kids to the park and play with them and then for the next couple of days, I can't do anything.  Just getting up and walking to the kitchen leaves my breathless, like I have been climbing 5 flights of stairs.  The pain isn't bad at all.  Mostly just feels like a pulled muscle on my left side.  Today it was a bit more so I took some tylenol--and Oh, speaking of tylenol, the kids stuff is disgusting!  How can my kids actually like that stuff!  I took it two times and had to go to caplets, just couldn't handle it.  Thought I would gag on it.  I cut the caplets in half and they went down fine.  Still scares me a little to take pills, but I just take it slowly.   Sorry I am rambling--just wondering how long the exhaustion lasts.  I feel like my family is starting to get annoyed that I can't do much.  Can't help with baths or diaper changes--bending over of knelling causes me to have major dizziness and light headedness.  Can't help with the laundry because I can't like.  And I feel so bad that I can't take the kids to the park because I am still pretty slow on my feel and it takes so much out of me that if one of them were to dart there would be no way that I could catch up to them.  Thanks for letting me vent!

Are you on any blood pressure meds. I had to stop taking mine after surgery I was getting all the symptoms you described. It wouldn't hurt to talk to your doc.

What about diabetes meds/insulin?  I had so many lows they took me off all insulin and that helped tremendously!  But as your body adjusts to lower blood sugars you feel pretty crappy for a while.  I don't know if you are diabetic, if you are, you may want to check your sugars and monitor them. I would say call your doc or nut and ask them what you can do.  Do they have you on the liquid vitamins?  What about vitamin B12, sublingual? Just some suggestions... Feel better, Debi Oh and PS....enjoy not being hungry while you can, hunger does come back, so does the desire for certain foods.  But if you are good with your eating plan, you will be able to avoid temptation down the road.

I'm not on any blood pressure or diabetic meds.  I am taking my chewable vitamins, liquid b-complex sublinqual, zantac, zoloft and calcium chews.  I have my two week appt on Wed and I will definitely talk to my doc about the symptoms that I am having.  I wonder if my blood pressure is dropping too low at times.

Hey Hon!  Yes, talk to Dr. P but I just want to say that you just had major surgery and WILL be exhausted from time to time.  You aren't getting as much food as you did pre op, your body is still going "what the hey!" and YOU HAVE LITTLE ones!  And ya know YOU need to take care of YOU!!  Keep us posted! HUGS!

It's going to take at least 4 weeks to get over the exhaustion. You just had your insides rearranged!! Remind your family of that. Don't overdue it.