13 Days Post-Op

Nov 15, 2011

Well, yesterday the 14th of November wasn’t a good day AT ALL.. I was ohh so sick. It was a day with never ending vomiting.. It wasn’t until today when I went to the Drs. office that i realized just how small my pouch really was this time around... It all started in the am around 9:30ish. I had bought my daughter breakfast before taking her to daycare so that I could continue resting. I grab 2 pieces of the scrambled eggs and ate them one at a time.. Either the chunks were too big or I didn’t chew it well enough but oh my goodness I was in pain and wanted it out!!..
 
I drove home and went straight to the bathroom to make myself throw up.. After about 10mins I was ok..about 1hr later I knew that it was time to take my medicine so I smashed the pills and added it to my tea.. I always dread to take these pills because they taste sooo gross..Not even 3mins I took them they too came up. But, this time I didn’t have to force it. I think I must have drank the tea to fast or too much of it, so that I could get rid of the taste in my mouth. So once again I was back to  throwing up for about 15mins this time..I began to get scared because I didn’t want my pouch to tear since it was still fresh and the staples were over scar  tissue..this time I waited 2hrs before I tried again.. This time it was Jello, something that I always eat.. This also made me really sick and I was once again forcing myself to throw up..After about 20mins of that I gave up and got my mouth a little wet with water and took a nap. Then around 5:30pm I began to drink my tea and seemed really fine.. I gave me stomach some rest for about 4 hrs. Then that evening about 7:30ish I went a grabbed some taco bells "pinto beans", just the beans no burrito etc.. I wanted to get some protein..after about 4 small bites I was sick again, this became the worst and lasted the longest I was sick until about 1am in the morning..

I then called my Drs. coordinator and she advised me to go to the ER so that they can do an UGI.. by this time I knew that I was too sick and too weak to drive myself since my husband was asleep with the kids and I didn’t want to wake them. So I held on because I knew that I had an appt the following afternoon. 

Today, Nov. 15. I woke up feeling much better the pain in my side returned back I guess from all the pressure of throwing up…So I arrived at the Drs. office hoping that I would hear some good news on my progress and get my drain and staples removed.. Nope.. good news was that I was down another 8pds, but once he seen my drain he asked what I was drinking.. I told him just tea and  water..But the color in my drain was dark, that I assumed was old blood.. But because my Dr. is the greatest and values his patients and their health he sent  me to the hospital to get a immediate UGI to see if there was a possible leak do to making myself throw up it could have caused a small tear in my pouch since as I stated was stapled over scar tissue..He stated once the UGI is done do not leave until they call me first..So after I left the Drs office about 4:50pm, I went straight over to the hospital where I had my surgery and had my UGI, and low and behold my Dr. and the coordinator Amelia came in the X-ray room to make sure everything looked good.. Now if that is not grade A service then I don’t know what is.. He could of just went home and waited for the results but he came instead.. But anyways back to my lil story the radiologist wasn’t available at the time to read it 100% but from what the Dr seen it looked OK, but just to be on the safe side he still wanted to wait until the morning to get it confirmed.  

So I will be going back to my Drs. Office tomorrow Nov. 16 to get the final reading and to see whether of not the drain and staples can be removed… BOTTOM LINE: My pouch holds about 10cc, when I eat chew until there is nothing left to chew, and take my time.. Even though it seems like a small amount STOP when satisfied so I do not go through that horrific pain again.

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