My journey has begun!

Dec 04, 2009

The time is just flying on by since Monday!!  My surgery went very well.  Dr Baker is just absolutely fantastic!!  I guess it only lasted about 45 minutes too.  Of course I was in recovery for a little over an hour (which is very much a blur to me....).  I am appreciative to my mom and dad who were there and my girls and my friend Karin (who took the day off from work!!). It was wonderful to see them all in the hall as I was wheeled to my room!!  The staff at Blodgett is wonderful!  Other than having to get up every 4 hrs (yes even in the middle of the night) for labs, B/P's, and walking, I have to say my stay was very nice.  I was amazed at how good I felt even the first time I was up to walk.  They wanted me up by 2pm the first day but I was up at 1:30 to use the restroom and decided, I might as well get the walking out of the way.  I can honestly say, the pain is not bad at all.  My stomach really wasn't and still isn't painful however, my abdomen has been a little uncomfortable.  Nothing terrible though.  I have 6 little pieces of tape covering the areas where the laproscopic tools were used.  it will hardly be noticeable once healed.  

I have felt a little tired and the liquid pain medicine they give you knocks me out for a couple hours.  Probablhy a good thing, as I would probably overdue it otherwise cause I do feel really good.  The only thing that has been frustrating for me is getting my nutrition in.  Once I was able to begin the protein, I was very nauseous.   I hate that feeling!  I guess I am lactose intolerant now, go figure!  So, I have to stick to lactose free protein supplements. The nausea has gotten better but I still struggle with getting all the fluids and protein supplements in everyday.  They said that is normal. Each day I am getting more in so I am sure it's just a matter of time until I am where I should be.  Otherwise I feel as good as can be expected. 

when I got to the hospital on Monday morning and they weighed me, I was down 5 more lbs!!  So, my total pre-surgery weight loss was 17 lbs!!!  I was totally geeked!  I can't wait until my 2 week check to see how I am doing.  My goal is to be under 300 by Christmas!!  As of Monday I was 308.5.  I think that is a pretty realistic goal.  Maybe I will be suprised and it will be better than that!!  I did make sure to get my before pics done just before we left for the hospital.  I now have to get them posted. 

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