It's over!!!

Aug 08, 2010

Well, I had my surgery Thurs afternoon and all went well with no complications!!  Yeah!!!!!  So, here's how things have gone.

I woke up in recovery really hating that feeling.. No pain except in my chest I guess from the gas.. I got back to my room and my Mom and my sister were there waiting for me and I was so glad to see them!!  As I woke up, I was feeling better and better, no real pain at all!!  I had my pain button but didn't really use it all that much. I felt really good that evening and slept ok when I could that night. I was able to get up and walk with no problems and did really good according to the nurses.

Friday morning they did my labs and I needed some iron and got some extra fluids but I still felt pretty good. I was working pretty hard on getting my fluids in and seemed to be able to do that pretty well. By that afternoon, I was starting to get uncomfortable because I stopped pushing my button around 5am. I didn't like the way it made me feel and wasn't really having all that much pain. All my afternoon labs checked out good and I was discharged to go home. I got home about 3 or 4 ish I think. I was doing ok but was really starting to get uncomfortable with the gas pains.  That evening, I could not find a comfortable spot and had a little mini breakdown because i was so exhausted and the only place I could get relief was standing up. I tried taking one of my pain pills but it was huge and I couldn't get it to go down so we finally dissolved a half pill of it in a tablespoon of water. YUCK!!!  Oh yeah, and also, I weighed myself and came home from the hospital and had gained 12 pounds! What, are you kidding me????  I guess that was all fluids and gas but still.. Anyways, around 9:30 I was able to find a position on my bed that worked and I was able to get some sleep and I actually slept really good!

I woke up Saturday feeling pretty good.  The gas was still there, but not nearly as bad. My stomach wasn't even close to being as distended as it was the day before and I lost 8 lbs overnight so I obviously was getting relief!   I felt much better all day long, did my walks and my water really good. I started having headaches but that was about it. I am taking liquid tylenol for them and that's the only pain med I am taking at all. My belly doesn't hurt hardly at all. I took 3 little naps throughout the day and several walks and was so thankful that I was feeling so much better!! I got a good night's sleep.

Today is Sunday, my 3rd day post op and I have to say, other than being a little shaky from lack of food, I feel pretty dang good!  I have been having headaches the last couple of days but I think they are related to my sleeping position, but I feel MUCH better!! 

The one thing I wished I had been prepared for was the gas pain.  I was thinking of the gas pain you get when you have a stomachache or something like that. What I experienced on Friday was from my boobs to my crotch and from my left side all over to my right side I had 1 giant gas pain. My stomach was distended like I was 7 months pregnant and I could not get relief. I was burping and farting and just not nearly enough to get it out. Something magical happened Friday night and relieved a lot of it but let me say, Friday was hard!! I had one of those "that the heck did I do" moments.

I will post more as I progress, but that is my story so far.

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