krisbk
my first blog entry
Jun 05, 2011
Hello, this is the first time I have posted anything on here. My RYN surgery was on May 2, 2011 so I am almost 6 weeks post op, and for some reason I am just now starting to feel a little better. I remember being so tired and week...not wanting to do anything, not being able to breath right and just feeling down right yucky. I had to do puree food for 4 weeks....I thought that I would not make it through....I felt so frustrated with my family for just eating. I was having a very hard time eating the puree food so i just didn't eat, every time I would drink it seemed to be very uncomfortable. Then I discovered how nice a small glass of milk went down...so then I started drinking that. Prior to surgery I was searching for a protein drink so I read up on what others were drinking and it all kept coming back to unjury chicken broth, so I bought a bunch of it....well lets just say I hated it...to me it did not taste like chicken broth at all...so now I am really feeling like there is something wrong with me... I was always saying, why did I do this to myself...the only problem I had was that I was fat....now I am sick all the time my back has started hurting and I am gassy.
I had watched alot of you-tube videos and read some posts on here, and I have not heard anyone feeling like I was. I was starting to feel like I was the only one. some of the videos I was watching these people were like I feel wonderful there second and third week post op...I never herd or read anything about people feeling so yucky like me. Even my visiting nurse said that she never heard anyone describe it or say that they felt it like me. They do seem to tell you alot of things prior to surgery to prepare you for what it going to happen...but knowing it and hearing it is so different then actually having to do it.
Finally now I am able to eat solid food now, so I don't feel so different from everyone else, but to be completely honest I do get a little frustrated at times on how little I can eat. I am still learning my portion size because I eat less then my 5 year old daughter...and it does get frustrating when I over eat because it happens so fast. but I swear it has to be one of the worst feelings in the world not like anything you have ever felt before. Luckily I Have not had that dumping yet....I am so scared to have that so I make sure I watch everything that I put in my mouth. I do need to start getting out and exercising more than I am, but when I feel good and make an attempt my back starts to hurt and I can't move. like I said before I had never had back trouble before. So here I am now...about 30lbs lighter but still don't have lots of energy and just now starting to feel a little better. I can't wait for the day when I will be happy that I did this to myself. It would be great to know that I am not alone and others have had the same experience as me.
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I had watched alot of you-tube videos and read some posts on here, and I have not heard anyone feeling like I was. I was starting to feel like I was the only one. some of the videos I was watching these people were like I feel wonderful there second and third week post op...I never herd or read anything about people feeling so yucky like me. Even my visiting nurse said that she never heard anyone describe it or say that they felt it like me. They do seem to tell you alot of things prior to surgery to prepare you for what it going to happen...but knowing it and hearing it is so different then actually having to do it.
Finally now I am able to eat solid food now, so I don't feel so different from everyone else, but to be completely honest I do get a little frustrated at times on how little I can eat. I am still learning my portion size because I eat less then my 5 year old daughter...and it does get frustrating when I over eat because it happens so fast. but I swear it has to be one of the worst feelings in the world not like anything you have ever felt before. Luckily I Have not had that dumping yet....I am so scared to have that so I make sure I watch everything that I put in my mouth. I do need to start getting out and exercising more than I am, but when I feel good and make an attempt my back starts to hurt and I can't move. like I said before I had never had back trouble before. So here I am now...about 30lbs lighter but still don't have lots of energy and just now starting to feel a little better. I can't wait for the day when I will be happy that I did this to myself. It would be great to know that I am not alone and others have had the same experience as me.
