My 7week post-op update

Oct 03, 2013

Wow I havnt posted in my blog in forever. Well, I'm 7 weeks out as of tomorrow.

My surgery went very smoothly. I was in the hospital for 2 nights (as predicted). I woke up in a LOT of pain. I was very out of it for HOURS but felt like I would rip in half if i moved too much. I was placed on a controlled morphine drip. That helped. My boyfriend stayed both nights with me in the hospital. By the end of the first night (day of surgery) I was walking. Hunched over and verrryyy slow, but I was walking! I wasn't aloud to have anything until the next night as far as "food" goes, not water, not nothing. Then I had my first meal Saturday night. Myfirst 2ounzes that took my forever to get down because I was so scared of how I was going to feel.

Anyways, the first 2 weeks at home were hell. I've heard it called "hell week" and now I know why. I was miserable, but mostly it was mental!!! I was just freaking out about what I had done to myself, I had regrets and a lot of crying. getting down my "food" was miserable because I didnt want anything in my mouth but here i was shoving "meals" and vitamins that all just was so gross. But everyday I walked, going a little further every couple of days.

I went back to work after 2 weeks. I was worried because just up until a few days before returning to work I was still sore. However I stopped taking my pain meds after my 2nd or 3rd day home (because it made me sleep too much and I didnt like not having a clear head). I'm glad I returned to work at this point. Getting back on a "normal" schedule made me feel more normal and that made things easier.

Through the progression of the past few weeks I can honestly say that THANK GOD stage 1 & 2 are behind me. Being able to add soft foods back into my diet boost the feeling of being normal again. I've been blessed that I have only thrown up twice, and it wasnt that big of a deal - not like I imagined. I'm able to tolerate so many things I read other can't... such as milk and eggs and very steamed veggies. It has been awesome. I feel great. I've lost 38 pounds and I'm happy with the weight loss and how its going. There are some days that go by (like 2 or 3 at a atime) that I havnet lost anything. I've finally stopped weighing EVERY day. I think it helps. I decided to measure 1x a month. so next weekend I will be updating that, bus as of what I know now I have lost 14 1/2 inches already! THAT made a bigger impact than the scale to my mind. anyways

That's it for now!!

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