Post surgery update.

Mar 26, 2010

Well I was told it is time for me to update my profile and let everyone know how things went.  Ironically I was stalling and not doing this update because I had heard some tough recovery stories and knowing my own health issues I kept waiting for the doom and gloom to happen...I am a just over a month out now and so far so good.

February 22nd, 2010 I got to the hospital after having my surgery canceled just two weeks before and was a bit nervous that something would happen and we would not be able to move forward, but things went smoothly.

The Dr. Aldridge came in to see me, went over what he and the neurologist had discussed again, and asked me if we had any other questions.  Then he shook my hand said we are set to go and he would see me again when I woke up after surgery.

The surgery was both the RNY and a Gall Bladder removal, the proceedure went picture perfect and it seemed like only a couple of seconds to me and I was out of surgery.  I don't remember recovery at all and the next thing I know I am in my hospital room.

I was up and walking within a couple of hours and the pain was minimal.  Surgery was on Monday and Wednesday I went home with a fist full of pain meds.  I ended up only taking 1/2 of a pain med and that was it for me, no more after that, I felt much better when I was of the pain meds.  Friday my hubby and I went to the club to walk on the treadmill, and we have walked daily since then.

The only bump in the road along the way...I did develop a rash on my tummy that the doc's think was a delayed alergic reaction to meds and tape...I am aparently alergic to most of the pain meds they gave me in the hospital and the tape on the steri strips, based on the way the rash appeared and my symptoms of itchiness after taking the pain meds.

That said, it has been the only bump in the road so far.

I still have the neurological symptoms and headaches that I had prior to the surgery, but it is still my hope that the weightloss will help decrease some of that.  I go have another surgery on my brain on 4/5/2010, to determine if my stents are doing well, and what the next course of action will be.  So that is just around the corner, I am quite nervous about this proceedure as they are planning on keeping me awake for it...they are doing a angiogram, they go up through my femoral artery, through my heart and into my head...I really don't want to be awake or even remember any of that.  So I am a bit anxious about it.  When they placed the stents in my head they knocked me out...ugh I am nervous!

At any rate back to WLS...  So I started out pre-surgery at 295lbs and lost 21 lbs before sugery. Surgery day I was 274 lbs, and today 1 month +4 days after surgery I weigh 234 lbs for a post-surgical loss of 40 lbs.

At first I had a hard time getting all my protien and fluids in, but now I am doing very well at this.  I know there will be stalls and slowdowns during the process but I think I am prepared for that. 

All in all the surgery went much smoother and less painful than I expected, and I could not be happier with the choice to have this done. I am posting my 1 month picture update, although I can see the change in my face, I don't see it elsewhere, my family says they CAN see it though.

I wish you all the best!

Jackie

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