Surgery Done & Ready for return to work

Apr 11, 2010

I had laproscopic RNY on February 23, 2010 in Seattle performed by Dr J. Hunter. First off he is fantastic and so is his team.
The surgery went well however i was under alot longer than expected due to an issue with my Pancreas that Dr Hunter needed to work on before completing the surgery.

Spent 2 nights in Virginia Mason Hospital and a 3rd night at the Hotel across the street and Dr Hunter gave me the ok to head back home on the Friday morning.

I must admit the overall recovery hasnt been that bad. The hardest part initially was really getting the liquids in and as much liguid protein as possible. I havent done well with whey powders so far, think its the texture I'm struggling with. I was very tired for the first two weeks and took nap every day but thats the body healing itself.

As for the diabetes, I left the hospital only taking Metphormin pill. NO INSULIN! and I was taking alot of Insulin. However in the last few weeks the Metphormin has taken its revenge on me, its so hard on the stomach so we decided to drop the pill and take one Insulin but a very small dose and all seems to be working out.
This was one of the main reasons I did this surgery, health imporvement!

Everyone is right when they say take as much time as you can off work, not really for recovery but to learn the new ways you need to eat and to get routines down about taking all the vitamins.

So I'm little nervous today, I'm starting back to work tomorrow. I tried working at home few days for half hour this past week, but getting up at 4am and driving to work etc is a whole other challenge. I'm sure in the end it will be fine, I just need to remember to pace myself and not overdue it.

Cheers to this new beginning!!

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