Surgery yesterday and already home

Nov 30, 2011

My RNY was yesterday at 3pm.  I had a hernia repair and ischemia so a small portion of my intestine was removed.  They also nicked my lung.  Even with all of that, I was up and walking by 11pm.  I itched so bad all night due to the Dilaudid the gave me, and I was miserable even with benadryl.  I did figure out that I needed to chill with the PCA and only push when I really needed it.  I slept an hour or so at a time since I am evidently sensitive to all narcotics.  I was so chatty, the nurses probably hated me.  Had my swallow test at 8am and started on my fluids around 10:30.  It was definitely hard to get in my fluids, especially when I took naps (I had to catch up.)  

One thing that I was really looking for prior to my surgery was an idea of what I would feel like on a scale of 1-10.  Well, everyone is different, but I can say that my pain was never higher than a 4-5 (although the itching was a 10.)  

It is 7:54 on the night after my surgery and I am totally comfortable at home.  I have the feeling that tomorrow is going to suck due to gas pain, but I am trying to walk and move as much as possible.  Pain right now is a 2 thanks to oral Lortab.  It really only hurts when i breathe deeply.  I just feels like I had a really intense ab workout.

I am really looking for some support to keep my positivity since I will be alone during the days until my husband gets off work.

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