sandysellers
Recap day 2 post op
Sep 03, 2010
This is my first blog after surgery. I'm sure I haven't been through anything that other sleevers haven't already been through. I don't want to remember the worse parts with too much clarity, so I put off recording for a couple of days.It was a rough night, but I did manage to sleep from 2 am to 730am. I am still on percocet. I had some cream of mushroom soup as a midnight snack. I only made 1/2 cup of it and had to reheat it because it took so long for me to eat it. It did taste really good. I think I needed something salty. I need to try to get some healthy calories in. They may help me to have a little more energy.
I can still feel resistance every time I swallow. Fluid goes in, gas comes out. The pain isn't so intense, but I sure feel my stomach opening to accept fluid from my esophagus with each swallow. I am still doing ice chips between little sips. I got about 58 oz of fluid in yesterday. And I walked 1,980 steps around our neighborhood just after sunset. Nice cool evening. The fresh air was wonderful!
I did get some Gas-x yesterday evening and tried a couple of doses. Jury is still out as to its effectivness. I took one of the bariatric chewable vits yesterday. I got a few samples from my Doc. I know I need to get some calcium citrate. I have been taking calcium carbonate. I was working on getting my iron to a good level as well as my vit d. I was really amazed that the pre-op testing showed me deficient in those.
I have been hanging out at the OH forum. I have to be careful when I comment...those pain killers make me kind of ditsy. I also spend some time watching old episodes of Bariactric TV. The gals on that show crack me up. I am learning to embrace my "Inner Freak".