6 Days Post-Op: The Hardest Part is Over... Right???

May 25, 2011

There.  That's me in one word or less.  The smiley represents it all. 

Although I'm fairly certain that I'll be able to come back months or years from now, view that icon and know exactly  what I mean(t), I'll elaborate anyway...

My wls was last Thursday, May 19th, I was discharged from the hospital right on schedule on Saturday, the 21st. The whole traveling to SF, having the surgery, and especially traveling back to Sac., was certainly as grand an adventure that I had anticipated - more on all that later, because, while I'm feeling much better, I'm not certain I want to get started on all that quite yet.

So... 6  days out and I'm cruising around the house pretty nicely;
6 days out and I had (finally) my first post-op bm (which was everything I hoped for in a post-op bm - no pain, just... results), so I'm happy about that;
6 days out and I'm still ridding myself of the gas, so every burp is a small victory;
6 days out and I'm weaning myself off my pain meds (mostly because I'm concerned that I'll use em all up and then find myself sol and REALLY needing them - at least this is what I tell myself..
and... that's about it for now I think..

6 days out... Yaaay. me. 

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