Bambi 0 Posted January 29, 2010 My surgery was scheduled for 2:30pm on wed and ended up not happening until 6:30pm wed night. It was a long wait at the hospital. Entering recovery I was nauseous, they gave me medicine and it was gone instantly. I had some pain and again they gave me medicine and it was gone instantly. I had a tough time breathing, that took 2 hours and then I felt great....Got to my room at 3am and was ready to hang out and watch TV or read. Realizing the time, I decided it was best to lay back and rest. On Thursday, I went for a swallow study, saw my sleeve and was cleared for 1 oz of liquids every hour. By 10:30 I was sitting up in a chair and starting to walk around. I did very well Thursay and even better this morning....Right before I was supposed to leave the hospital I felt really uncomfortable and completely weak and exhausted. The nurse gave me some tylenol with codeine, it knocked me out for an hour and after the rest I felt much better about coming home...Now I'm home and just chillin' out. I realized walking is good, but don't overdue. I'm finding the liquids going down ok, I'm 2 ozs. every hour. Tomorrow I start back on Protein shakes...can't wait.....yummy... So far the recovery is not as bad as I anticipated....To everyone who is considering the surgery, so far so good, it isn't too bad at all, .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marci 0 Posted January 29, 2010 Congrats & welcome to the loser bench. Glad to hear things are going well for you!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee 19 Posted January 30, 2010 Hi Bambi, I'm thrilled to hear that you're doing so well. How is it to lay in bed to sleep? Are you able to get comfortable? I'm very excited to watch your progress! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bambi 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Thanks everyone!!! Bella - tonight will be my first night home in my own bed, so I will have to get back to you. I typically sleep on my back so it wasn't a problem in the hospital...Tylenol with codeine is working really nicely.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thinoneday 445 Posted January 30, 2010 Bambi, welcome to the losers side! So glad your home and doing well. . . and you know things are only going to get better from here on out! Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loosing 0 Posted January 30, 2010 I am so glad you are home and doing well. My surgery was Monday. I have had a few more issues but nothing major. Thankfully it has all settled down and i am thrilled that I did this too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bambi 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Bella - no problems sleeping on my back in my own bed. I used 3 pillows to keep myself propped up so my incisions weren't pulling. Other then that, no issues at all....I kept moving my lefs around when I was sleeping because of the whole blod clot thing, but that's just me being over cautious.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiffykins 673 Posted January 30, 2010 So, glad to hear you are home and recovering. Keep us posted ! ! ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
