Feeling Better

Jul 09, 2009

I had the RNY gastic Bipass and I feel great.  I thought that I would be in a lot more pain then I am.  I can get up and wlk all around the house, I can take the stairs and make my own meals.  Yesterday was my first full day home and I didn't even need a pain pill, I just took some tylenol.  I'm sooo glad that I made this journey.  I'm read for the changes it will bring to my life...On the flip side I also can't wait to eat solid foods again...these liquids are getting tedious...I swear I would still eat healthy as long as it's SOLID!!! lol  Bt all in all I'm thrilled with how I'm recovering...I had a pretty bad start o my surgery.  I forgot that the hospital needed a urine sample the morning of so I called before I left for the hospital and they said it was okay cuz I could just o there after all I would be there 3 hours pre op.  I got my butt down to the hospital after scrubbing myself down rigorously with an antibac body wash...twice.  After the nurses hooked me up to fluids I finally peed...yay!!  The nurses cme to get me early because the surgery before mine backed out...(poor thing) and when I get down to the OR waiting room I find out that the lab put my urine through the wrong machine!!!! This means that I have to try to pee again which i of course couldn't do so they had to put a catheter in while I was awake which is a totally embarassing totally painul experience...it delayed my surgery an hour and a half!!!  I couldn't believe it.  When They finally got the pregnancy test back..and it was negative (big shock I'm a lesbian...) I was ready to roll.  Literally...they rolled me into the OR and that's all she wrote...I woke up in recovery in a ton of pain where they promptly gave me morphine...3 viles. and then the rest of the hospital stay pretty much sucked...Now that I'm home I'm doing fabulous and loving it.  I wish all the 7'6ers and everyone having the surgery the best of luck!!

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