Crystal Minta

I had the RNY Oct 23.

Thank you so much. I ended up going back to the hospital on Friday for two bags of fluid and a catscan. Catscan shows normal results. Swelling, fluid, gas, enlarged liver and spleen but no bleeding and no blockage. So I at least felt content with that. The surgeon put me on Miralax and today is day three in a row of that. It is not really helping to free the gas that is built up. Neither is Gas X Chewables. Today is the first day though without taking any Tylenol and I was able to walk further without the pain being AS agonizing. I think it will just take time to dissipate. On the bright side… I am down 11 pounds in 6 days! lol ♥️

I had bypass done on Monday. They kept me in the hospital until Wednesday mid morning. They were managing my pain via iv intake, and crushing pills if needed. My first full day home is today and the pain is miserable. I am taking 1000mg of tylenol every 4-6 hours and have to take the oxycodone 5mg pills they gave me to sleep. They only send me with 5 pills and they wear off at 4-5 hour mark so I need two to make it through the night. The pain is mainly in my stomach itself. On the left side. Pain when walking. Pain when drinking. This has been much harder on me than I would have imagined it to be. My throat is also scraped up heavily from the intubation tube so it hurts to swallow as well. Right now Im in misery and praying that tomorrow brings me some more relief. I have kept a binder on and it definitely is better than not having one on. Im failing to keep up on fluids and if I cant improve tomorrow I will be heading in for another iv. In this moment down and out crying wishing I had not done this… but I know if I can power through it… it HAS to get better.