Another Newbie...Surgery Scheduled

[Tiffykins 673]

Congrats Kerri ! ! ! I can't wait to hear all the details of your experience. I'll keep you in my thoughts for tomorrow. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[mommaof4yoopers 3]

good luck!

[FabBy50 0]

Hi Kerri

Welcome to Verticle sleeve talk! Good luck on your surgery tomorrow, you will be fine! The sleeve is very easy to adjust to, I love it!

Waiting for you on the losers bench!

Bernadette

[Kabranda 0]

KerriFr - good luck with your surgery. Today I'm 5 days out and doing good and will be eager to hear how you are doing after surgery.

[KerriFr 0]

Well...morning of surgery. Bad headache (likely due to nerves) and very nervous. I am sure lots of people have doubts the morning that you are scheduled to get part of your stomach removed. ; ) Also excited and know everything will be fine. Thanks everyone for the support!

We are now ready to leave. See you on the losers bench!

[LAN2k 18]

Im sending prayer out for you Kerri may your surgery be smooth and recovery a piece of cake! (well maybe not cake)...hope all goes well.

[MINI-Me 196]

Today's the day, today's the day!!! ... looking forward to hearing your experience.

[KerriFr 0]

Well...things didn't go as well as I had hoped. Surgery went fine but ended up getting admitted to the hospital due to concern of dehydration and not being able to keep anything down. Day 3 in the hosptial and finally able to keep broth and juice down. They are giving me steroids to help with swelling, indegestion meds, meds to help with nausea, and fluids. I will post more when I get home...difficult to type on phone.

[Barbara278 9]

Well...things didn't go as well as I had hoped. Surgery went fine but ended up getting admitted to the hospital due to concern of dehydration and not being able to keep anything down. Day 3 in the hosptial and finally able to keep broth and juice down. They are giving me steroids to help with swelling, indegestion meds, meds to help with nausea, and fluids. I will post more when I get home...difficult to type on phone.

Kerr, sorry to hear you had some issues. Good thing they were on top of it. Praying for you to have a speedy recovery and be able to go home soon. Keep us posted when you can, I know those cell phone keyboards can be a pain.

[LAN2k 18]

Hey Kerri, Don't be discouraged it's not always easy immediately after surgery but since your keeping your fluids down now I think you will be on the mend from here on out. I too will pray for your recovery.

[KerriFr 0]

Thanks...I am home now and feeling much better. Unfortunately, I just started passing some blood in my urine. Not sure if this is common or not...I posted another thread about this in the post - op forums. I am finally able to keep fluids down and the nausea is gone. :thumbup:

The procedure went extremely well but unfortunately I had quite a bit of swelling. I came home on Tuesday but by Wednesday was not able to keep anything down and was dry heaving constantly. :sad0: So I went back to the hospital and was admitted. Thursday at noon I was finally able to have ice chips (prior to that was nothing by mouth...which was not fun). Thursday I still couldn't keep anything down besides ice chips. So they started me on several meds to help with the swelling. Finally....on Friday I was able to keep my broth and Jello down. Doctor came to see me about noon and said I could stay another day in the hospital or go home (assuming I was able to keep the fluids in). I made the decision to come home....I feel 100% better. :scared0:

To be honest...from Tuesday to Thursday, I was thinking I made a huge mistake and was starting to get depressed. But Friday was the turning point. I am a bit tired and low on energy but otherwise am feeling great. Due to the vomiting and no Fluid intake for a while, I think I am down about 10-12 pounds since Tuesday.

That's my story so far....off to fix some lunch. Yummy chicken broth and Jello.