Any February 2014 Sleevers?

[SuperFab 689]

Hi everyone. Just wanted to give an update. I had surgery yesterday but they couldn't do it laparoscopic so they had to cut my belly. I won't get out of here till tomorrow or Sunday. My pain level is a manageable but up there.

Hang in there girl!!!

[sammyblingss 84]

Girls. I learned a valuable lesson today. Be kind to your abdomen. Baby it. For a long time. Cause one day, you might be putting on your boot, and then be in level 2000 pain. And you'll call your doc and talk to a nurse. She will then tell you it sounds like you probably pulled/ripped apart the muscles that are starting to heal and grow back together. And she'll ask you how bad the pain is, and your response will be: it hurts to even live right now.

Holy. Sh!t. I wasn't even in this much pain after surgery. I can't move and it hurts to breathe. Back to pain meds and at some point when I can move, the couch. Uggggg.

I was gonna finally drive today!

Omg I'm so sorry !! How far out are u??

[Sarahjane79 397]

Omg I'm so sorry !! How far out are u??

9 Days. It's ok! I learned my lesson.

[sammyblingss 84]

9 Days. It's ok! I learned my lesson.

Omg I'm 10 days out and get a little too over confident with what I think i can do. Did u take time off from erk for this ? I go back Monday. I was off for 2 weeks.

[Sarahjane79 397]

Omg I'm 10 days out and get a little too over confident with what I think i can do. Did u take time off from erk for this ? I go back Monday. I was off for 2 weeks.

I'm not even sure what I did. Hah. I just either stepped wrong or turned wrong. But holy hell did it hurt!

I'm actually in school for nursing, and this week has been my spring break. So I purposely scheduled surgery the day before break started for me, so I'd have as long as I could to recover. I have to go back Monday. Which was totally 100% fine, until I did whatever I did today. I could have gone back to class any time this week, really. Hopefully if I take it easy this weekend, I'll be fine to go to class Monday.

[Sarahjane79 397]

And as of now, being a bump on a log on my couch doesn't hurt one bit. It's standing up and walking that do me in. Gravity pulling on it is a real b!tch. Haha

[sammyblingss 84]

Aww that's tough. I mean I do go out at least once once a day to a supermarket or a store to walk around and try to get my exercise in but the getting up and down is is the hard part. Getting out of bed is like ugh roll to the side and then slowly push myself up. And my incisions are itchy as heck. Did u have staples or glue ?

[sammyblingss 84]

Aww that's tough. I mean I do go out at least once once a day to a supermarket or a store to walk around and try to get my exercise in but the getting up and down is is the hard part. Getting out of bed is like ugh roll to the side and then slowly push myself up. And my incisions are itchy as heck. Did u have staples or glue ?

[cwang2680 79]

Hi everyone. I'm home. I'm not feeling full. I feel like I can eat anything. Anyone feeling this way. I'm on day 3 so I still have surgical pain. I've not tried to eat. Sticking to my diet but I keep hearing people say the struggle with getting their Protein & Water in. I've slept a lot today but any time drink I'm not feeling full.

[sammyblingss 84]

Hi everyone. I'm home. I'm not feeling full. I feel like I can eat anything. Anyone feeling this way. I'm on day 3 so I still have surgical pain. I've not tried to eat. Sticking to my diet but I keep hearing people say the struggle with getting their Protein & Water in. I've slept a lot today but any time drink I'm not feeling full.

Sip some and put the cup down. U will know when ur full. Notice when u start to burp and stop for a few mins.

Welcome home!!!

Edited March 1, 2014 by sammyblingss

[Sarahjane79 397]

Aww that's tough. I mean I do go out at least once once a day to a supermarket or a store to walk around and try to get my exercise in but the getting up and down is is the hard part. Getting out of bed is like ugh roll to the side and then slowly push myself up. And my incisions are itchy as heck. Did u have staples or glue ?

Yeah. I've been out everyday since 2 days after coming home from the hospital. I just twisted or did something. The nurse said its easy it do. Thankfully I was still camping out on my couch, so it looks like I'll still be there! Ha. And until today, Ive had very little pain and was doing really well healing. Uggggg.

I have a couple internal and one external stitches on the left 2 incisions, the other 3 or 4 of them were glued shut. My belly is also itch as heck. The incisions and just my skin from my binder.

[Sarahjane79 397]

Hi everyone. I'm home. I'm not feeling full. I feel like I can eat anything. Anyone feeling this way. I'm on day 3 so I still have surgical pain. I've not tried to eat. Sticking to my diet but I keep hearing people say the struggle with getting their Protein & Water in. I've slept a lot today but any time drink I'm not feeling full.

Yay to being home! I can get liquids (water and gaterdade g2) down pretty easily. Protein Shakes and pudding and yogurt fill me up much faster, and the shakes gross me out. Lol

I only struggle getting liquids in because I have no hunger or thirst, so I tend to forget, or I just don't want to. But I'd say I can easily drink 5-10 ounces of water/g2 in a few minutes. I've asked the nurse at my docs office and she said its fine, just that I'm healing a little faster than normal.

Edited March 1, 2014 by Sarahjane79

[sammyblingss 84]

Ooh I had staples on my incisions. They were taken out 2 days ago but now there are tiny pieces of tape banding them and they come off themselves he said. How are the incisions healing for u?

[Sarahjane79 397]

Ooh I had staples on my incisions. They were taken out 2 days ago but now there are tiny pieces of tape banding them and they come off themselves he said. How are the incisions healing for u?

Yeah. I think I still have 2 steri strips hanging on. The rest have fallen off. I have one stitch left in the incision my drain was in. I assume it'll get removed Tuesday by the nurse at my 2 week appointment. And they're healing really good! The smaller ones are just like a scab. The 2 bigger ones are still tender, but they look good. Itchy. Hah but that's good. Means we're healing.

[sammyblingss 84]

Awesome !! There is one that the incision is closed but black on the healed line of it. It's weird to me but they day that's good it's healing. That one was the main one they he must've pulled the stomach out of. It's the largest one and and the rest are still light color and no puss or anything.