Post Op

Sep 01, 2011

I got my vertical sleeve gastrectomy on Aug. 30th.  
Also had a hiatal hernia repaired at the same time.
I went home day 2 after surgery.
I'm still pretty weak 3 days out.
You read about people being in the hospital a couple days then out shopping etc. in less
than a week out.  This is not the case with everybody.
This sugery really knocked the wind out of my sails!
I had GAINED 8 lbs while in the hospital due to all the fluids they pump into you
so don't expect to come home 10 lbs lighter post op. May not always be the case.
So my full time job for the next week is to sip, sip, sip water & protein drinks, walk,
rest, repeat.
Looking forward to getting through this phase.

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