I'm home and doing well...

[Bambi 0]

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, ....

[Marci 0]

Congrats & welcome to the loser bench. Glad to hear things are going well for you!!

[Lee 19]

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!

[Bambi 0]

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....

[thinoneday 445]

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!

[loosing 0]

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.

[Bambi 0]

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....

[Tiffykins 673]

So, glad to hear you are home and recovering. Keep us posted ! ! !