5 Days Since my Surgery!

Oct 05, 2008

Hi there ... well, sorry i'm so late in posting, but i've been busy!!  ha, ha, ha ... i've been out shopping actually!  yes, i packed for warmer temps, and it's been absolutely freezing here in Ann Arbor so i had to stock up on some warmer things.  oh well.  Target had some good deals!

Anyway, the surgery went off without a hitch!  all went so smoothly.  i am so pleased that i came through the surgery with flying colours!  maybe because i didn't have too many complications going into it helped.

my stay at the Barix was fabulous!  i still don't believe how comforting and consoling they are.  they are truly the best people to have look after you during your immediately recovery.  

so, my surgery was tuesday ... and i was discharged friday.  yeah, stayed that extra day ... just as a precaution, especially since i would be on my own for my recovery.  

i ended up going off the pain meds on day 2, at least i think it was then, if not a little sooner.  i had no pain, but what i did have was major gas pain.  and this is even though i was doing major laps around the halls.  seriously.  i was doing figure 8's so as to cover more ground!  still, no movement of the gas.  so ... on night 2 i had to have 2 suppositories.  phew, what a difference.  that did the trick.

now that i'm back at the hotel i'm doing great.  loving the quiet time and solitude.  yes, maybe i'm weird, but i do enjoy my own company.  there are times that i do get a little lonely, but comfort is only a phone call or email/msn away.  surprising how comforting msn'ing your support person can be.  Mel has been absolutely amazing for me.  she is 2 weeks ahead of me which works out perfectly.  so i know ahead of time how things can go.  ha, ha, ha!

anyway, yesterday i had my first real bowel movement.  yeehaw!  passing gas with no problems!  another yeehaw!!  ha, ha, ha!!  i actually felt so good yesterday i went out shopping to a few stores, as i mentioned above!!  yeah, needed some warmer clothes.  then i did some more grocery shopping.  might have overdone it a little, but i survived.

if someone was to ask me how i feel ... i could honestly say that i feel like i have majorly over done stomach exercises.  that's it.  it feels like my muscles are a little sore from exercising, that's about it.  wild eh?  i know, i'm impressed too.  

but, this is just the beginning of my journey ... each day will be another test.  especially when it comes to introducing new foods.  that will be a little scary.    so far so good though!  not getting tired of the full liquid diet.  guess cause i've got lots of choices here.  yeah, choices are a good thing.  then you don't tire of stuff.

anyway, that's about it for now ... stomach swelling is going down.  still a little bloated though.  i find that each time i wake up i feel that much better.  surprising how our bodies heal eh?  pretty amazing actually.

i see Dr. Schram on wednesday ... and if all goes well he'll give me the go ahead to drive home!  yeehaw!  with 1 stop it is a 6 to 7 hour drive, so i can only imagine how long it will take me.  oh well.  that's fine.  i will just make sure i'm rested up and stop as often as i possibly can.

take care ... and i'll update again soon!

Sharon

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