Can anyone tell me how they did after sugeryand during the 1st week?
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Everyones experience is different and I wish you well and remember the surgery is the easy part.
Good luck !!!
I had surgery last Thursday.
I'm doing fairly ok I suppose.
I went to stay at my parents for a couple of days but was very happy to be back in my own home and my own bed.
I'm getting around fairly ok. Not much pain at all.
I feel icky most of the time.....not in an overly bad way just in a bleh kinda way.
I was able to do stairs right away and go for short walks a couple of times a day. I'm just so scared of blood clots so I'm making sure that I keep movin.
I can't wait to move on to the full fluids part of the program next week. Optifast was a challenge but I find this part bleh.
I have this horrid taste in my mouth too, no matter how much I brush my teeth. That's just gross lol.
One of the other people mentioned being sensitive to smells etc and I find that as well. Even the THOUGHT of broth makes me want to hurl and I'm not too sure what that is. This nasty taste in my mouth doesn't help.
I think everyone probably heals at their own rates. Listen to your body.
Take care.
Cheryl
Congrats on your surgery! I haven't read past your post yet, but I wanted to congratulate you and explain in case you didn't know why your breath is bad. You are in ketosis my dear, and besides the breath, it is a wonderful thing! Your body is burning fat (for lack of expertise on the actual facts) and fast! You will lose a lot of weight when you are in ketosis, so its worth the bad breath! You sound like you are having a normal recovery, keep it up darlin and you will be soooooo happy!
The last thing I took for pain post op was the day I was d/c from hospital (2 days post-op), and it was just Tylenol. I'd say the feeling is more like someone punched your stomach a hundred times, or you did a ton of sit-ups. For me it was never an acute, knife-like or sharp kind of pain. More like you got beat up a bit lol. It's not terrible, or at least was not for me.
I would not have wanted to do a lot of stairs but that's just me. Go slow. Remember you will have just had a number of incisions into your abdomen (I am assuming lap surgery), and you have a new pouch sewn together with daintly little sutures. So my personal opinon is that "less is more" in that first few days. Even if you feel really strong, do be careful with movements that stretch and move your abdomen.
I didn't have a lot of gas but I did have the strips on hand. Make sure you have a real comfy chair to crash into and a table beside it for water, meds and so on. You won't be able to lift much for a couple of weeks. Get some Tylenol or T-1's to keep on hand for pain. For liquids don't over-buy. I bought way too much stuff I never really used. You'll want lots of water, maybe something like Crystal Lite to flavour it with, some juices if you are allowed to have them (e.g. half strength apple juice), and stuff like that. Hopefully you'll have a friend or family member who can do runs to the store for you as you start to build up your diet. I especially would advise not to over-buy on the protein drinks and so on; after reading so much on here I bought some of that stuff, most of which I never really used, and could have bought after the fact if needed.
Best of luck to you,
Mike
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I have stairs at home and never had a problem with them. I think the biggest problem is that your abs are so sore and it is hard to use them. So when you are trying to lie down or sit back up it is difficult. I had to roll off the couch or out of my bed rather than sitting up first. And when I went to bed I couldn't just sit down and then lie back...had to modify a bit. But it was doable.
I think you'll be fine.
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