angelakay2

I am envious! The last time I did anything like that was when I was couponing! Good for you!!

haha!

My drain is making me crazy!! I have not had pain anywhere else but my drain site is more and more painful each day and appears to have some sort of mucous-y stuff around it. My doc's office said they would call me back yesterday and still haven't heard from them. Has anyone else had this happen? Is this normal? Eeek!

Thank you for sharing! i would have bought it!

i am 8 days post-op and the gas pains are starting to subside! I walk, walk, walk and walk some more. I don't go on long hikes, I will make a couple of rounds about 5-6 doors down and turn around. I do that very frequently so that i do not get exhausted but am moving. I do it all day and night. I'm sure a couple of my neighbors wonder about the crazy lady in the robe! lol

Wow! That sounds like regular eating to me! I will be happy to get to that point! i am still on Clear liquid and popsicles but go to the doc on Monday. Hopefully he will advance me to at least some baby food! lol

You will want to walk! Get the rest you need and you will wake up, walk, fall asleep and start that process over again. Well, I did. Maybe not everyone. sorry.

My drain site is doing that and my surgeon's staff acted just the same. I reckon they don't realize how concerned we are for our own health and are not exposed to this sort of thing every day. Good luck with yours!!

Good for you!! I am 6 days post op and I would not have been able to do it! I am still so weak!

I don't have this problem but I would suggest planning and cooking a few days at a time even if you have to keep a cooler in your room until it's time to reheat. Good luck! you can do it!

I hope all went well!!! Let us know how you are when you can!

WOw! Thanks for finding and sharing that. My doc didn't specify but I will be asking...out of curiosity. I can't imagine my stomach being as small as even the highlighter!

I did the same thing to myself. I was seeking out the negative topics and almost talked myself out of it. I decided that I have been working so hard to get to the surgery date so I said a prayer and let God have it and you would not believe how calm I was the morning of surgery! You got this!

I used Dr. Waggoner at North Cypress Med Center (the new one on huffmeister and 290). I am feeling ok. I was on the liquid pre-op for 2 weeks and now a week post-op and a week to go. 4 weeks on the liquid is making me CRAZY!!! How are you and what area are u in? I am near 290 and Barker Cypress.

[quote name=McSleevy ' timestamp='1339009388' post='365907] That is wild! My best friend lives in Cypress and is school teacher in Cy-Fair. My husband and I just moved to Dickinson a year ago to be closer to family and our church. So is your surgeon in the Houston area? What hospital is your surgery going to be at? My doctor is Dr. Shernan Yu at TLC, (their commercials air all the time)... Lol So what is your PRE-OP diet? Hey Ladies! I live in Cypress! I was sleeved on 6/13!

I stopped my pain meds because my vision has been so blurry since I was sleeved on 6/13. it's alarming!

I saw a thread like that as well. I just tell people, "Jesus loves you". and I usually don't get a response back. hee hee. God is Good!!

I had my surgery on the 13th as well and I am on clear liquid for 2 weeks. I never thought I would be looking forward to the Protein shakes again but dang! I am! i would KILL some baby food right now!! That's desperate. I think it's because I was on 2 weeks liquid pre-op as well. I still feel groggy too. I reckon that's anesthesia.

I like to play with colors but I don't know how to color code a fart..unless it becomes a skid mark! Soooo, I am 4 days post-op and feeling a little out of it. I feel dizzy, naseaus, and bloated! However, I am happy to report that I was not in as much pain as i would have thought. My nerves had me worked up more than necessary. Surprise! My only pain really came from the gas. I have been walking at all hours of the day and night to get of some gas. My 10 year DAUGHTER heard me pass gas earlier and gave me kudos! I was a little more calm than i anticipated and sat through 4 attempts at an IV and a collapsed vein until the doctor finally came in and put it in my neck. eeek! The anesthesia made me feel super drunk...until it was lights out! i had a private room with a fold out couch and they let my 10 year old spend both nights there with me! The staff was great and the hospital was nice but everyone who came to visit grabbed the tv remote and I wanted to poke their eyes out! The sound of the t.v. irritated me! Neeext...I was not tolerating my liquids! If you think it hurts to throw up when you are not post-op then you do NOT want to experience almost 24 hours of throwing up with a stapled stomach. I firmly believe I was being given too much Morphine. I didn't have the pump but they were coming in like every 2 hours and sticking more in my neck! You could have drawn a chalk outline of my body when they hit me with morphine because I did not move when it hit my vein! I refused any other pain meds and have not taken any since then. Nor have I thrown up. I was kept an extra night to monitor liquid in-take. Now the gas? Wow! That was painful when it got into my chest and shoulders. I am still walking and walking and...you get the point. I am ready to get past the clear liquids for now.

It was pretty disturbing and still tender. I cringe at even having blood drawn because I am such a horrible vein carrier. I would have freaked a little coming out to an iv in the opposite hand. I reckon you can chuckle about it now. Oh yeah...it WAS the anesthesiologist who did mine. I remember thinking, "Oh, he's a doctor, he's got this". lol

Today was a rough day. I actually cried and anyone who knows me knows that I don't cry. I am so hungry!! i have been sipping, sipping and sipping on Isopure, chicken broth, popsicles and water. I have a whole week until I see my doc for my post op check up. Therefore, I have a whole week until I can be moved up to full liquids. I decided I would attempt to change the dressing on my bandage where my drain is. I was obviously doing this solo after my shower. First, I wasn't dry enough. Done. Now, I have to manage to hold the drain tube, a gauze and tape while I hold my boob up! I can say I need more tape! I couldn't see it do I did it in the mirror which had me all cattiwompus! I now have close to a roll of tape, several gauze and tape marks all over my stomach. Wow! Who would have thought that having boobs to throw over would ever come in handy but tonight they certainly would have!! :tongue2:

I did! I loved it! i wanted cake from a bakery so I got one and even had them write "Good Luck Angie Kay" on it! tee hee hee

This was my first bout of anesthesia. I feel thirsty even though I am drinking s much as possible. I still have some lingering gas and I am walking as much as I can. My problem that is causing me anxiety is how weak I feel. I still feel queasy, weak, dizzy and out of it. Should I be worried or is this normal? It's really making me anxious!