buyers remorse

 finally got to come home from hospital today .. i feel so bad for the nurses ..i put them Thur hell the last night there .. but they we sooooo sweet couldn't ask for a better hospital stay .. but by time it came down to my last day i was crying at everything .. i had a total of 6 IVs (because my veins kept blowing out) and when they finally came in do give me another one i lost it .. but it was not there fault .. but i just went off on them because i was so tired of being poked every freaking 5 mins. oh and tho stomach shots you have to get every four hours or whatever was killing, my stomach is so bruised from those shots .. i look like i was beat up .. and upper GI showed that the liquids were going down they just taking there sweet ass time so i had to stay in the hospital another day then planned might have to have a scope in a month or so he said.. Ive had 0 gas pain and i really do mean 0 .. i don't know if he didn't blow me up that full .. but thank good cuz i heard that was the worse. got pain meds but only had to take half of one so far :) .. but before i got to come home today i was having buyers remorse .. (what the hell did i do to myself .. just so i can be skinny)  I'm doing a lil better now that im at home but i am still crying at the stupidest stuff .. thank god my hubby and handle me .. oh  and Ive lost 2 pounds since Monday:)

 You have my sympathy. I had the same experience with the IV and I'm a very hard stick so every time they had to start a new line, I got jabbed 3 or 4 times in an effort to find the vein.  The heparin shots were the worst.  They gave me mind under my arms and both arms were BLACK when I left the hospital.

Keep your head up. I promise it gets better :-)

Yeah, the heparin shots do suck.  I had forgotten about that.  See?!  Maybe when you are four months out, you will have forgotten all about it, too.  Hope so!  Meanwhile, rest up, walk around, and sip your H2O.  Welcome to the loser's bench!

I think what you're feeling is pretty normal....sounds like you had a tough go of it - IV sticks are a pain!  Of course you're didn't do it to be skinny - you did it to get healthy.  You're on the way.  Keep us posted.  Glad you're home.

Great, something else new.... what are Heparin shots and why do you have to get them?

heparin shots are blood thinners.  I had them when I was in the hospital after my accident.  They really don't hurt me because I tell them to pinch the fat on the side of my stomach and I don't feel it at all.

I never felt the heparin shots, but I was always a problem child with the IVs. I had the same issue. I always dread the IV worse than any procedure. LOL! Anyway, all of the crying is normal too. It will get better, I promise. We've all been there in some form or fashion.

I had heperine bruises for about 3 weeks and the shots didn't hurt but the meds stung like hell. After the heperine bruises wore off the fingerprint bruises showed up , my doc must have had to push pretty hard on parts of my belly.
Before surgery he said, sorry to ruin your nice tummy tuck...believe me I don't care!!! the incision where the band came out is about 4 inches :( all the rest are little

Hang in there, Chelsea.  As you can see, I just had my surgery last week and I was feeling ALL of those feelings you mentioned.  I cried over everything.  I wanted to know what the hell I did to myself and if it could be taken back.  To be honest, it took me about 6 days before I felt better about it. 

Keep in mind that you had a major surgery and are coming off anesthesia, big time pain meds and your body has undergone something dramatic.  Be patient with yourself (and the hubby) because this is new for everyone involved.  I just recently (the past day or two) stopped with the tears.  It does get better. This, I can assure you. Just keep reminding yourself that what you feel now is only temporary.  Life will get back to normal.  AND....visit this site daily....several times a day, in fact.  That has been a huge help for me. 

Hugs, girlfriend and know that you are worth it.....

 Omg, I TOTALLY forgot about the heparin stomach shots!!  Wow--how does a person forget that??  Lots of narcotics, I assume.

I'm glad you're feeling better, and I'm sorry you had such a cruddy time. I hope everything starts feeling more normal soon!