Another Surgery-13 months post op

Jan 11, 2011

It all started 4 months ago or so....pain in my upper right chest area...then it moved to my back....upper right shoulder blade.  There is where it hung around for months. I failed to see my surgeon for follow up at 9 months post op. Naughty!  I did make it to see my surgeon for my year post op visit. He was convinced without even seeing an ultrasound that I indeed had gall stones. 3 days later an ultra sound confirmed, yes, you have gall stones.  Surgery was scheduled for after the first of the year due to vacation and the holidays.

I am now 4 days post op from my gall bladder removal. I must say, I am recovering pretty quickly. I was so nervous to have surgery again after having such a traumatic experience with original my WLS doctor. Terrified would better describe my feelings before the surgery Friday morning.  My doctor assured me I would be fine and that I was in good hands. He was not kidding. I can't even compare the two surgeries to each other in any way!  Yes, gastric bypass is much more complicated, but I still have 3 incisions and they went through my belly button to remove the gall bladder. Come to find out, it was full of stones!  The surgery itself took just as long as my original gastric bypass, 45 minutes. I actually went home 2 hours after surgery.  I was a little shocked they just push you out the door, but now I think it is the absolute best way to recover. At home, in your own bed, sleeping without constant interruptions. I got up and walked around the same night because I felt like I needed to. Mind you, I was on some great pain meds. Yes, it did hurt! Not quite as bad as WLS though. Today is the first day I am switching to Tylenol for the pain and it seems to be manageable. My eating has not returned to normal yet. I can eat 1/4 of the amount of food I use to eat. Eating makes me nauseous. Anything heavy makes me nauseous. Anything sweet makes me nauseous, including unsweet tea. It kind of reminds of me eating after right after WLS......I welcome this change because I needed something to shake things up a bit for me so the scales will start moving again. It kind of puts WLS into prospective for me as well.  I am hoping over the next several months I will reach goal.

Here is too a speedy recovery!

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