Post-Op

Well today is post op day 3. It has been good so far. I got to the hospital at 530 and was only in Same Day for about 2 hours before they took me back to the OR. The only thing I remember is the nurse and CRNA discussing Words With Friends...haha go figure. I told them I needed drugs and he said he'd already slipped me something (thank gosh). I remember getting onto the table and that's it..no strapping down or anything. So whatever it was that he slipped me must have been pretty good stuff. Woke up in recovery and wasn't in as much pain as I thought I would be. Blah blah blah...I ended up getting home around noon. I was miserable then because they had given me a Lortab 7.5. They make me nauseated and I was so scared to throw up. Thank gosh for Phenergan. I have 5 pretty ugly incisions on my stomach, worse than when I had my Gallbladder removed. Slightly freaking out over one of them because it's draining a little...YUCKKK!

The first day was ice chips only. Second clear liquids every 30 minutes. Third day I've been alternating clear liquids and full every 15 mins. I've never been so excited to drink a Boost! I will have to continue doing full/clears for the next week or week and a half. Then possibly start moving to soft foods. Dr. Crawford told Eric I could start soft when I felt like I was ready. He also said that the first 6 weeks are focused on letting your stomach heal and figuring out what foods you can tolerate rather than focusing on weight loss. I must say, being a member of the Scale Whore Club...I will focus on both...haha. As of this morning, I've lost 67lbs total. I know it's coming off quick now because of drinking only liquids, but hey...it's coming off.

Speaking of Dr. Crawford, I must say he has impressed me beyond what I expected of a General Surgeon. He (not his nurse) called me on Saturday night to check on me and get my email address to send me a link to keep up with progress. I was surprised. What Dr. is going to call you on a Saturday night at 7pm?? Not many of them!

I would like to thank mankind for the invention of Gas X, Colace, and Prevacid! Seriously, don't know how these last few days would have been without them. I have so many questions about this whole thing still and so hopefully my nutritionist will call me back today. Of course, there's loads of info on the Internet, but I think I'd rather hear it from her.

I just read back through this and thought to myself...WOW, I'm way too open about myself! Till the next one!