Sucha Pretty Face
My first couple weeks Post-Op
May 01, 2010
I didn't know where to start, so I've been postponing it. I decided today, I need to log some of this before I forget.
Had my surgery on 4/5/2010, the day after Easter. (Man I wanted to make a ham)
I came home on the 9th. My hospital stay was very tiring, I was roomed with someone who yelled all night, so sleep was very precious to me. When I came home, I slept SO good! I sleep in a water bed, nice and warm and a pain to get out of after surgery, but I didn't care!
Well, on 4/14 I was more then ready to attempt food, I didn't care that it had to be puree and could only be certain things, it was FOOD. Well, I decided to try carrots. Made them nice and runny and ate about one and a half teaspoons in total. Did it feel and taste good, food, mmmm.
Well, within a half hour, my stomach began to hurt. Within an hour, I was calling the Dr's office, it was really hurting. By that night, I was at the Emergency Room on a stretcher being admitted. That was the night from hell! The ER staff was very cold over all, but that's another story. I couldn't stop vomiting and I had to force down fluids and have Xray's and CAT Scans and all that wouldn't matter if I didn't feel like I was dying! The pain I felt can't even be put into words, and I was scared.
Well, it turned out that my intestines had swelled closed, so I was back in the hospital, and starting my diet from scratch again. No, worse then scratch, I couldn't have ANYTHING to drink period! Not even ice to wet my throat.
When I came home, another 4 day's later, I couldn't tolerate any of the protein drinks. I still have a hard time meeting my goal (have not met my daily goal once) due to nausea. I can get in nutrition, but those drinks just make me sick now, even the plain unflavored protein added to foods. This is something I'll address at my next apt.
Over all, I feel great and I can't wait till this nausea is all just a bad memory.
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Had my surgery on 4/5/2010, the day after Easter. (Man I wanted to make a ham)
I came home on the 9th. My hospital stay was very tiring, I was roomed with someone who yelled all night, so sleep was very precious to me. When I came home, I slept SO good! I sleep in a water bed, nice and warm and a pain to get out of after surgery, but I didn't care!
Well, on 4/14 I was more then ready to attempt food, I didn't care that it had to be puree and could only be certain things, it was FOOD. Well, I decided to try carrots. Made them nice and runny and ate about one and a half teaspoons in total. Did it feel and taste good, food, mmmm.
Well, within a half hour, my stomach began to hurt. Within an hour, I was calling the Dr's office, it was really hurting. By that night, I was at the Emergency Room on a stretcher being admitted. That was the night from hell! The ER staff was very cold over all, but that's another story. I couldn't stop vomiting and I had to force down fluids and have Xray's and CAT Scans and all that wouldn't matter if I didn't feel like I was dying! The pain I felt can't even be put into words, and I was scared.
Well, it turned out that my intestines had swelled closed, so I was back in the hospital, and starting my diet from scratch again. No, worse then scratch, I couldn't have ANYTHING to drink period! Not even ice to wet my throat.
When I came home, another 4 day's later, I couldn't tolerate any of the protein drinks. I still have a hard time meeting my goal (have not met my daily goal once) due to nausea. I can get in nutrition, but those drinks just make me sick now, even the plain unflavored protein added to foods. This is something I'll address at my next apt.
Over all, I feel great and I can't wait till this nausea is all just a bad memory.
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04/05/2010
Surgery Date
Jan 03, 2010
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