dkorb01
1 week Post-OP BPD-DS w/Gall Bladder Removal
May 29, 2015
Okay folks I am now 7 days post surgery, I came home 3 days ago, I had a laparoscopic operation so I have 7 incision lines on my stomach. when I first came out of surgery I could not dink more then a medicine cup of water 30 ml. I refused the first request for me to walk because I hadn't slept much the night before and after surgery I just wanted to sleep. CPAP machine going I went to sleep. 4 hours later they wanted me to eat something and walk. I ate a full bowl of beef broth with no problem, I had a full cup of water in 5 small 30 ml cups and ice chips. I was fine with that then I had this one nurse who insisted I should start drinking the protein drink pushed by the hospital called Optisource. It was strawberry flavor and I was able to get a full shake down over time, then they turned off my morphine and wanted me to take 5ml of oxycodone. I tried the oxycodone with nursing the Optisource, that's when the trouble began. I could not take the Optisource and my Oxycodone together at first, every time I did I started gagging and throwing up. So I followed the advice of my friends from the forums that if protein drinks didn't work start back with water. I was able to hold down the water, but I could no longer stomach the Optisource with or without medicine. Around day two I started having bowel movements, these were not pretty, and OMG what a smell. I had a potassium drip, and a saline drip with potassium mix feeding into my IV. I had this one nurse who seemed as if she was punishing me for not drinking the Optisource protein drinks after that as she was pushing my wife to push me to drink the shakes, but I resigned myself to wait to go home and drink my premiere protein drinks as I had been stomaching them for 8 months. There was a point in which the nurse raised the pressure on the potassium drip causing a massive arthritis like attack in my hand, hence why I thought she was punishing me. Anyway I am home now, over the past 4 days I was waiting forever to have a bowel movement, I passed a lot of Gas but no Poo which concerned me, but I finally had a good poo this morning (liquid) keep in mind liquids in liquids out. I got some advice on my protein shakes that a good rule of thumb is 30 grams of protein each of your first 30 days, 60 grams each of your 2nd 30 days and 90 thereafter. Today I was able to drink a full 11 oz 30g protein drink, a fudge bar, and 1 liter of water so far. I walked around the corner and back.
