Post-Surgical Update - Sleeved On Wed, 9/5

[JerzyGirl 25]

Hi everyone,

So I was sleeved on Wednesday, September 5th. Everything went well with the actual surgery and I woke up in recovery just fine. Started on Water and ice chips with no problems. While in the hospital, I was given anti-nausea medication, heparin injections, acid reflux medication, and pain medication. I had a doppler done the day after surgery and it was found that I had developed a blood clot so they decided to keep me an extra night. I came home on Friday afternoon and have been feeling pretty good. I take extra strength tylenol the majority of the time when I'm experiencing pain or discomfort, and only take the liquid painkiller (Roxycet) when I feel like I truly need it, which isn't often since I came home. I only had to take the anti-nausea medicine once so far. And then I'm on twice daily injections of Lovenox (which suck) for the next 4 weeks or so to treat my blood clot, acid reflux medication once a day, and a daily multi-Vitamin.

Overall, I'm surprised with how good I'm feeling. I've been able to keep Water, tea, sugar-free popsicles, and sugar-free Jello down with no problems, though I do have to ingest it very slowly otherwise i cramp up a bit. I walk several times a day and did the stairs up and down 3 times today with no problems. I have some right side pain and discomfort and find it hard to find a comfortable position to sleep in, and have minor pain from the gas pockets, but overall I'm surprised I feel as well as I do. I'm looking forward to continuing on my road to recovery and rediscovering an appreciation for food as vital to living and no other reason.

Here's hoping I continue to feel as good as I do moving forward!

[mamitalosingit 20]

Congratulations girl! Other than the blood clot, it sounds like things went pretty great for you! It's great to see threads like this. My surgery is Wednesday and I am getting quite a bit nervous for it but reading posts like this make me feel stronger and confident that i can handle all that is thrown at me . Thanks for sharing!!!

[JerzyGirl 25]

And the blood clot wasn't completely shocking to me either. I have a history of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) so had a filter inserted a week prior to surgery. It is entirely possible that the insertion actually caused the clot because the clot is at the site that the filter was put in, but I'll never know for sure. Either way, the filter will catch the clot if it tries to move towards my lungs and the Lovenox injections will dissolve the clot over time.

[Mensch 150]

Congrats! Welcome to the club!

[BKMama 179]

Congratulations on being on the losers bench now. :-) I hope you continue to feel better!!! I was sleeved the same day, good luck to you!

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[BellaRoma713 46]

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

[samsmom 54]

Congrats and good luck on your continued journey

[PiggyPantsPaige 10]

I too had the sleeve Wednesday!!! Goodluck(:

[iPrincess 39]

Best wishes to the both of you and hope you have a speedy recovery!!