Jeni Martin

I am 8 days post op and water is the worst for me. I have to have juice of some type mixed in even a few drops of lemon juice helps. Room temp is the worst for me.

I had my surgery on March 16th after 7:30 am it was supposed to be 7:10 but they couldn't get the IV in. I remember being taken to the operating room and placed on the table then lights out... I woke up sometime around noon briefly and fell asleep off and on until after 4pm. I was told I would be out of the hospital after 3pm the next day but that didn't happen, I was told I would be walking four hours after surgery that didn't happen. I went for a walk some time after midnight. I was having LOTS of chest pain and couldn't take a deep breath due the air pumped in the stomach and they did EKG and chest x-rays to make sure. After I started burping more that pain eased. Saturday and Sunday until about 3pm I could only drink about 8oz total. Sunday afternoon I could do a two to three oz every few hours. I slept alot. Most of the pain was getting out of the bed or in it... it was too high. I have one spot on my right side that aches the most and it is due to the internal stitches in the abdominal wall. Monday the 19th at around 8am one of the doctors told me he was going to release me.

I was sleeved on March 16 and my worst pain comes from my internal stitches, vertically located near one of my incisions