Gastric Bypass Surgery Support Group
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Folks.... I just cannot imagine taking this journey without all of you!! I mean this so VERY SINCERELY!! Being in the hosp the last couple days and unable to come here and chat really brought home for me how much I depend upon all of you!! Thank you to each of you!!
Special thank you's to Linda and Joy for being my support thru the hosp stay! It was so nice to have someone right at my finger tips to chat with!! Thank you you two!! I am forever grateful!!
Surgery went well. It did take much longer than expected due to old scar tissue from previous surgery. She said she made a channel in my internal fat to lay my intestines in (Weird, I know!) and of course cleaned up all the scar tissue....
My temp tried to climb a couple times, but all I had to do was walk walk walk and breath deep a lot.... then it would come back down.
Getting the approval to have water and ice was like Christmas morning! LOL!
I walked every chance I got... and became known as the hall walker at the hosp :) In fact, when surgeon came to find me this AM... I was walkin the halls and he (my surgeons partner is who released me) had to hunt me down!
I got home today at 11am... drinking is super easy! Had a protein drink, syntrax fuzzy navel mixed with ice and a bit of Mio. Plus just had my 1st soft food per docs instructions to move to stage 2, a sf pudding and i mixed some unflavored protein pdr in it. So I am up to 28 gms my first day and I didn't get home till 11 :)
As for liquids, when I finish the one I'm on now, I'll be at 39 oz and that does not count what I drank at hosp before I left :)
If things continue this smoothly, I hope to be up to the requirements by 1st of the week.
My biggest issue has been passing gas! LOL! Just ain't moving like I wish it were! But I'll keep walking and hoping that will help! :) Once I can get the gas to pas... I think the pain I have will be much less!
I feel like I have missed out on so much around here... so many posts I've not seen yet! But I will catch up over the next few days.
Hugs to all! Thank you again for the support and well wishes.... big HUGS to Linda and Joy!! And Linda, I look forward to returning the hand when your turn arrives!!
Love you guys!!
Special thank you's to Linda and Joy for being my support thru the hosp stay! It was so nice to have someone right at my finger tips to chat with!! Thank you you two!! I am forever grateful!!
Surgery went well. It did take much longer than expected due to old scar tissue from previous surgery. She said she made a channel in my internal fat to lay my intestines in (Weird, I know!) and of course cleaned up all the scar tissue....
My temp tried to climb a couple times, but all I had to do was walk walk walk and breath deep a lot.... then it would come back down.
Getting the approval to have water and ice was like Christmas morning! LOL!
I walked every chance I got... and became known as the hall walker at the hosp :) In fact, when surgeon came to find me this AM... I was walkin the halls and he (my surgeons partner is who released me) had to hunt me down!
I got home today at 11am... drinking is super easy! Had a protein drink, syntrax fuzzy navel mixed with ice and a bit of Mio. Plus just had my 1st soft food per docs instructions to move to stage 2, a sf pudding and i mixed some unflavored protein pdr in it. So I am up to 28 gms my first day and I didn't get home till 11 :)
As for liquids, when I finish the one I'm on now, I'll be at 39 oz and that does not count what I drank at hosp before I left :)
If things continue this smoothly, I hope to be up to the requirements by 1st of the week.
My biggest issue has been passing gas! LOL! Just ain't moving like I wish it were! But I'll keep walking and hoping that will help! :) Once I can get the gas to pas... I think the pain I have will be much less!
I feel like I have missed out on so much around here... so many posts I've not seen yet! But I will catch up over the next few days.
Hugs to all! Thank you again for the support and well wishes.... big HUGS to Linda and Joy!! And Linda, I look forward to returning the hand when your turn arrives!!
Love you guys!!
WELCOME HOME!
So glad everything went so well, and glad you got rid of that fever!
Sounds like you are already raring to go girl!
I'm very proud of you..Now, sip, sip, rest, rest, walk walk...LOL!! Aren't you glad now we can TELL YOU to do that?
Hugs,
Betsy
JJ
Take it easy this weekend when you travel up to Salem. We will be in Eugene tomorrow hopefully ordering kitchen cabinets, counter top, two new windows, etc. Will probably start at Jerry's (our favorite home improvement store) oh, and have to go by Costco before we go home, I need more protein shakes for sure. Wish we had more time, could may have been able to stop and see you, but I know that would be pushing it for us. Maybe next time =)
Purple swing... My program requires a 2 night stay for RNY and sleeve as a standard, 1 night for the lap band. I did the RNY, so it was a 2 nighter for me :) :)
Shelley