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Phew!
Dec 16, 2009
Today is better, yay! My fever broke this morning and I feel like a new woman. Not sure what the deal was, but my body was apparently angry and wanting revenge. I'm just glad to feel more normal today!
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Yuck
Dec 15, 2009
Well, since yesterday I've felt like I hit a brick wall. I am SO tired I can't even describe...and feeling a bit nauseous. All today I'm running between 99 and 99.7 degree fever, so that's making me freak out a little. I really hope it gets better as I've spent a better part of the last two days crying. I feel like such a baby!
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Better every day?
Dec 14, 2009
Well, I'm one week out from surgery now and I guess I'm getting better every day. Some days it feels like it...some not. It seems like I wake up to find something new hurting..lol. The left side pain was getting better, but yesterday it came back with a vengeance. I can't sit for more than 10 minutes until it starts killing me. Yesterday I also started having this sharp pain in between my shoulder blades and left shoulder everytime I breathe deep, and when I hold my breathe, it hurts with every heart beat. Me being the hypo I am, started a mini freak-out, but it seems a little better today. My tummy also doesn't feel too good this morning...hopefully it gets better. Good news is, I'm down almost 23 pounds from starting weight (13 pre-op), 10 since surgery! I almost made my water/protein goals yesterday, got all the water and only 4 grams away from protein goal. Water is getting easier and easier, but the liquid diet is quickly getting boring. :) I also can sleep on my side now without support! Yay! That is a Godsend. I had my first venture out of the house yesterday to Kohl's for 30 min and I was exhausted when I got home, but it was great to get out. Onwards and upwards......
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Well...here goes...
Dec 12, 2009
First post to my journey. I had my surgery on Monday, Dec 7th. Pre-op week was actually pretty easy, to my surprise. On the day of surgery, got there bright and early at 5am...whew!! Dad and boyfriend accompanied me...kept my spirits up and me laughing...so glad to have them there. I remember a flurry of activity and then I was out. Next thing I remember was it was 10:42am on the clock in the recovery room and somthing hurt like hell. Nurse came over and told me to take this little remote button thingy that gave me morphine when I wanted it...needless to say, I kept punching it like crazy. They kept telling me to breathe deep, but I kept forgetting I guess cause my oxygen would drop and they'd tell me again. I guess I don't follow directions. :) Anyways, after 4 hours in recovery, they wheeled me to my room...it was nice! i was really surprised and soooo glad to see my family there. The next couple days were kind of a blur....everybody in and out taking vitals, giving me meds (thank God for hydrocodone!), giving me blood thinners and other shots. I got off morphine pretty fast...it didn't do much for me. I asked when I could walk...they said to just take it easy for a bit so I did. 4 hours for new meds couldn't come fast enough! lol. My body felt like I'd been hit by a semi....and I finally peeked at the artwork on my tummy. Wow! My boyfriend was scared to look, but did and cringed lol. Had a lot of pain from the gas they pump into you...the next day I tried to keep walking alot. It helped a little, but not as much as I was hoping...but I kept doing it anyways. Eating was way hard....but I couldn't get enough water down...was always thirsty. After two nights in the hospital, I went home in the morning. My mom had come up then (my grandma had broken her hip the night before my surgery, so she had been with her), and I was glad to see her. I was SOOO glad to get all the tubes etc out of me. And I'm REALLY glad they took the pain catheter out of my tummy before I went home. It didn't hurt, but it was a little disconcerting. It was kind of like the magician when he keeps pulling the handkerchief out of the hat....I swear there was 6 inches under there! But I'm glad it was there, I think it helped numb alot.
Through all this, I'm most thankful for all of my family/friends support. My mom left today...I cried a little...it was nice to be taken care of. I am SO thankful for them! I could not have done it without ALL of thenm!
So, now, I'm 6 days out from my surgery, getting better every day, and here are my short term goals/biggest wishes:
1) Stop looking/feeling like I'm 6 months pregnant! I swear there is a 100 pound alien baby growing in my tummy right now.
2) Walk more every day.
3) Accomplish the 48oz water and 60 grams protein (almost made it yesterday!)
4) Be able to sleep on my side..I realllllly want this.
5) Be able to take a bath...I hate showers.
Isn't it funny all the little things you take for granted when you can't do them as well anymore?
All for now!
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Through all this, I'm most thankful for all of my family/friends support. My mom left today...I cried a little...it was nice to be taken care of. I am SO thankful for them! I could not have done it without ALL of thenm!
So, now, I'm 6 days out from my surgery, getting better every day, and here are my short term goals/biggest wishes:
1) Stop looking/feeling like I'm 6 months pregnant! I swear there is a 100 pound alien baby growing in my tummy right now.
2) Walk more every day.
3) Accomplish the 48oz water and 60 grams protein (almost made it yesterday!)
4) Be able to sleep on my side..I realllllly want this.
5) Be able to take a bath...I hate showers.
Isn't it funny all the little things you take for granted when you can't do them as well anymore?
All for now!
About Me
Sachse, TX
Location
32.5
BMI
Surgery
12/07/2009
Surgery Date
Jun 11, 2009
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