I did it!!

Feb 12, 2010

Feb 8th was the day of my surgery.  I weighed in at 300 pounds.  I wasn't to nervous, but I was ready to get the show on the road.  School was cancelled due to the weather, so my little girls came up with me to the hospital.  I think they were somewhat scared.  Finally around 130pm, i was being wheeled into the operating room.  I started breathing in that gas..and that was it.  I woke up in recovery...moaning and feeling like i had been run over by a truck.  The nurse kept telling me to take deeper breaths (sure my stats were low)  so i followed instructions.  I kept drifting in and out of it.  I got wheeled into my room on 5west around 4pm.  My family came with me, and the girls were feelin better because I had made it out of surgery.  However, I was NOT A HAPPY CAMPER.  I think the morphine wasn't helping me and i had terrible pains in my upper back.  I couldn't get comfortable whatsoever.  I was irritated to say the least.   My sister rubbed my back really hard and that seemed to help. I had great nurses, and the hospital stay was wonderful.  I did my swallow test, and was released later on that day.  So, I was in the hospital a total of 1 1/2 days. 

I rested at home, and walked around, and did light chores just to keep myself busy.  I don't like to just "lay" around.  I didn't have any hunger pains, and I got most of my fluids and vitamins in.   I started adding protein to my diet on the 18th.  I can tolerate alot.  The only issue i seem to have right now, is some pain on the left side of my stomach.  I think it's normal, and I just take some tylenol and it seems to help some with the pain.  I go back to work on the 22nd, and i have to say i can't wait.  Perhaps, if the weather was better, I wouldn't be so happy, but I don't like just sitting at home.   I weighed this morning and i'm down to 280.  YEAH...I haven't weighed that in forever!! 

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