babynurse1
6 Months out from surgery
Jun 20, 2010
It does not seem like it has been 6 months since my surgery, since my life changed forever!. .. I keep thinking back to that first day after surgery and how I was feeling, I knew something was not right, and by the next day it just got worse, and that night I felt as if I was dying and nobody was listening to me, I'm so thankful that as a nurse I knew that something was wrong and my 2 dearest friends who are both nurses at the hospital knew that I was not doing well at all, My dr was already gone for the weekend so one of his partners was there and just thought I needed to get up and move around, hmmmmmm not a good idea, the pain was to much for me, so for some reason I do not remember I was ordered to get 2 units of blood, all I remember was throwing up sooooooo much blood and screaming in pain all night long, the next day Sat. Dec 5th, i was being rushed down to surgery and screaming to the orderlies " Hurry and put me to sleep, to make the pain go away!" I was told i was screaming so loud doors were being closed, my family and friends were being told to get to the hospital ASAP!....that is all I remember until I woke up 5 days later in ICU, not able to talk { I had a breathing tube, was on a ventalator} and the pulmenologist was telling me to take a deep breath as he was going to take out the breathing tube and I may have a sore throat, ( which i did not have)...and all my family and friends were standing around me looking as if something was wrong,,,,( If I only knew )....most everyone was crying and kissing me and hugging all of my body .....I was still dazed as to why????........then i was told the story ...I had a central line in my neck with 6 IV's coming out of it, and I was sooooooo THRISTY, but i could only have crushed ice on a sponge, and my Dr came back from his weekend away as soon as he found out I was in bad shape, he promised me crystal light the next day , that was all I wanted. ( and once I got it....YUCK!) I stuck with sips of water.....lol........I spend another night in ICU , then back to my same room. my friends and family never let me stay alone , I finally got to the point where I said PLEASE go home i will be ok sleeping alone at the hospital.... Well for awhile that room became my new home, nothing was going right I had 6 openings on my tummy 3 were infected so I was also being treated for wound care, my potassium was low so that meant getting more bags of Potassium every few hours, along with antibiotics and pain meds, saline, and a couple other things I don't remember now, I never had to make any of my liquid or puree foods, since I was in the hospital everything was done for me, by the time i came home I was eating solid foods, well for a few days anyway, then I could not tolerate them anymore and went back to soft foods, which is pretty much what i eat now as I still can not eat reg. foods, not sure why it "just hurts" but everyone tells me what my poor tummy went through no wonder it hurts...I think right now the hardest part for me is losing my hair as it is coming out in clumps,,,,so I started taking Biotin and I think it is finally helping, it does not seem as Im losing as much, but I do not wash it everyday and try to comb it out only twice a day. I have NO ENERGY!.. I was told I would get my energy back.....that is something I need to talk to my Dr about in July when I have another post op....Yes i do take ALL of my vitamins and my monthly B-12 shot which I will get tomorrow, ( i take those at home). I get asked alot would you do it again ?????? if i could be assured that I would not have any complications I would. Yes I love that I'm in a size 6 now....and look much better, except my mom tells me I look terrible because Im so tired looking all the time.....hell I'm tired all the time.......Since this is my first time blogging about my RNY I wanted to give a brief history.........Oh and by the way , I was never heavy until a few years ago, my family is very thin and Ive been very thin, 3 yrs ago I had a bad accident that left me unable to do anything physical and so when you just sit at your job and eat, and do nothing,,,,,well you know what the outcome is going to be......I was not 100 lbs over wt. like i heard your suppose to be to have this surgery, I had other conditions that helped me get this surgery, I never had any problems with insurance or getting approved it all went so smoothly, as I have heard some bad stories about getting approved for this. My story just got comlicated after my surgery!..... Now I'm trying to find reciepes and foods that I will like and that will taste good, and to make sure I get my protein in daily , I get plenty of liquids daily that is not a problem...... One of my goals is to blog as much as I can about this new chapter in my life.........so until then..........goodnight
