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".   

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