My surgery story so far

[ChaoticBliss 113]

So it is done. I had surgery on the 10 th and it was more difficult than I anticipated. My blood pressure skyrocketed and I was in recovery for 3.5 hours before getting moved to my room. My poor husband waiting and pacing. I had horrible nausea and dry heaves. The dry heaves were the absolute worst. You are scared that you are going to injure your staple line or you suture sites. It's miserable, and scary. I developed an agonizing headache in the night so now I had nausea and headaches. I would dry heave every time I got out of bed. I did do some walking. The next day my headache finally waned and the nausea was better controlled with phenergan (sp). The follow up test went well and I finally get the bariatric diet tray, now it's been 36 hours since I had Water or even ice chips. That was extremely frustrating, I just wanted something to drink. Sipping was definitely welcome even with the bit of discomfort. I was able to walk and my stomach and incisions didn't hurt at all, just kind of tender. I.got released from the hospital around 4 pm. I did have some nausea on the way home but didn't quite dry heave. We picked up my prescriptions and went home. I went to bed. I woke around 9 pm, time to take medicine and such. One sip of water and I heaved it back into the sink. Took my mess and back to bed I went. On the way home from the hospital I began having very strong chest pains, but figured it was just gas pain. It continued through the night whether I sipped or not so I became worried. I could breathe just fine but I was beginning to worry. I was ready to go to the ER the next morning, but waited to call my doctor first. I explained to the nurses what was going on and the next thing I knew I was on the phone my surgeon directly. After explaining the pain, a tightening and then subsiding in my chest. He said that it is a known phenomenon, having to do with scraping the stomach from the diaphragm and to jus watch it and make sure I don't have shortness of breath. That made me feel a lot better. I think my anxiety was making it worse. My full day home went pretty well. I moved around some, did take some medicine to control pain and nausea but all in all I felt pretty well. Today is my second day home and I start full liquids and getting in my Protein. I feel pretty well, I do still get the chest pains but my breathing exercises are still good. The nausea is all but gone (thank goodness). Everyday does get better. I am excited about the positive changes this will have in my life and so thankful for an amazing doctor and hospital staff and supportive husband, and no complications.

[Arts137 1,811]

GLAD it is getting better. Sorry for the rough spots!

[Richard Foor 655]

Enjoy the journey it's not always easy but it gets better as time goes by. Good Luck.

[Beach Lover 1,084]

Hang in there! Your journey can only get better and better now!! Keep us posted!

[nmck 68]

Thank you for posting this! My surgery is Friday and it's good to know what yourroad bumps felt like. I hope you continue to improve smoothly from here!

[ChaoticBliss 113]

Thank you guys for your support and comments. This is such a great venue for learning from others experiences and every one is different.

[ChaoticBliss 113]

Good luck neck on your surgery nmck! I do believe I told myself a time or two, everyday gets better. And it does.

[krissi 5]

Thank you for your post. I am new and sleeved on the 11 th. my first full day home and I have the worst gas pains and with each swallow I feel throbbing gas! Other than that surgery went well.