I'm switched

Oct 03, 2011

So on September 20th 2011 I had my DS done by Dr Ranjan Sudan in Durham NC. The procedure took about nine hours because he discovered my gall bladder was full of stones and had to come out. Otherwise it would have been more like six. My poor husband was frantic out in the waiting room.

Due to the gall bladder being removed I have five incisions instead of four. The central incision being a little larger than the others and its been giving me some problems. Nothing major but enough that it warranted a trip back over to Durham when my local surgeons wouldn't touch me. Proper wound care is all it seems to need but it will take a while longer to heal which is a bummer since I'm a swimmer and I want to get back in the pool!!!

The other hiccup I have had is while I was in the hospital the IV lines kept failing bacause my veins are so skinny. If you are a tough stick or you know you have skinny veins insist on a PICC line. It was kind of freaky at first when the lady came to put it in but it is SO worth it!! THey can administer meds and draw blood from it. If I ever have to go back in the hospital I am insisting on one so I don't come out looking like a domestic abuse case!!

So far I've only been allowed liquids and hopefully after my appointment with Dr Sudan next week I can move on to mush. Yay mush!  LOL After most of the last four months being on liquids (the last month that's all I've had) mush sounds like haute cuisine. Actually there are lots of variations to try and I am chomping at the bit to try some. My system is tired of liquids and I feel like I have to go #2 every single time I go potty. I'm not sure that is normal but I imagine it just because there isn't anything solid to hold it together so it comes out faster. Yuck...but that is part of becoming a DS'er I have noticed. Poop talk is pretty common. I just hope this feeling of having to go all the time isn't going to be my norm from now on. 

I've lost about twenty pounds (according to my scale) since the day before surgery and I'm happy with that since I'm only two weeks out. I'm trying not to get on the scale all the time because I don't want to be obsessed with the numbers. Its a rush to finally see the scale going down though after all that I've tried. I'm beginning to fit into clothes I have had in my closet for ages and I can see changes in my face already. So far, even with the hiccups and the liquid diet, I am loving my DS!!

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