hopeful9
3 weeks post op
May 31, 2010
It's been a while so here goes!! I had my surgery and must say it was harder than I thought it would be. 2 nights in the hospital that I don't remember much of. I do remember being very uncomfortable and wishing they had a more comfortable chair for me to sit in. The ones they had for visitors had bouncy backs and at my size I sit and it'd lean me way back. ouch. So I had to wedge the chair up against the wall. For the first 4 days home I took my liquid vicodin pretty regularly except at night and could really tell when I was due to take it. again ouch. I stressed because I filled my drain for the first 5 days and it only began to slow down the day before I got it out. I was sure I'd need more surgery because I was bleeding too much. Silly me, the next day out came the staples and the drain. It was a little pinchy but didn't hurt. (one staple was killer. The skin had started growing over it.)I already feel so much better!! My mind is so much clearer than it has been for years!!! I'm off of half of my old meds and 2 that I'm still taking are a much smaller dose. I thought I was getting alzeimers but after talking to the pharmacist he said with all of the meds I was taking it could have fogged me up. I feel so much better already. I walk everyday. Saturday my oldest boy graduated from High School. I walked from the parking lot to the football field and up the bleachers, in the heat, without getting winded! It's like a miracle.
We sat for 3 hours in the heat and while I was hot and did get a bit too much sun..especially on my part, I wasn't 'dying' and didn't end up with a headache and just being plain miserable. I actually enjoyed the rest of the day! The next day I was a teeny bit stiff but this time last year I would have woken up feeling crippled and miserable.
I'm also stressing about the scale. It doesn't seem to be moving as fast as my surgeon seems to think it should be and that's stressing me. I think I'm doing everything right but will double check with the nutritionist. I know I'm early out but this may be the best thing I've ever done. So that's where I'm at right now!
Need to stop stressing about the scale and just keep on, keeping on.
