I'm baa-ack from the hospital!

Aug 29, 2009

Hello, hello! I'm back from the hospital. I went in on Wednesday at the crack of dawn and I got out on Friday. My ride picked me up at 3PM and we were home within an hour or so. I had the full RNY with the 1 large open incision ~ he took out my Gall Bladder and fixed my umbilical hernia. My incision is so nice and straight and clean. I'm very pleased with the way it looks! I have some kind of clear plastic over the wound, kinda like saran wrap....(!!), so I can see the whole thing as it continues to heal. I am sooo glad to be HOME! The hospital, as should be expected was sheer hell, but the nurses and staff were incredibly pleasant and helpful. I think I would have liked it a lot better if I didn't have to SHARE my nurses with anyone else.  but my own private nurse didn't come with the medicare package!!....lol... So, I had to "DEAL" like the rest of the world. Those 2 days of hell are over and the fast pace of healing is keeping me totally amazed. I have been drinking, having puddings,yogurt and protien drinks and I've been swallowing pills for pain. I've only taken one pain pill this morning it was more for the pain in my back than to relieve any incisional pain.. I am far from "pain free", and it changes hour to hour..I still have a lot of GAS from the surgery but I've started "tooting" and slowly but surely, the gas is going away. It is so uncomfortable and my skin feels stretched to the max right now! I am going to try to update this blog daily. We'll see!

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Boston Suburb, MA
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36.2
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RNY
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08/26/2009
Surgery Date
Jun 12, 2008
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