Finally reporting in after Surgery

[Sky2015 7]

I had surgery 04/28.had some complications and ended up being in surgery for 9 hours. the doctor later told me that because of my anatomy surgery was a little more complicated and he didn't like how things looked when he finished up, so he basically did everything over. Because of all this I was in the hospital til 05/01 first couple of days were really hard but it really does get a little better each day ????

[dhrguru 1,238]

Man that must have worried your family half to death!!.

I'm glad it's getting better and you are home!

I had surgery the same day and am doing well.

[Djmohr 6,965]

I am sorry to hear you had complications but glad to hear you are now on the mend. Be good to yourself during recovery and keep us posted on your progress!

[Sky2015 7]

Dhrguru, glad to hear your recovering well, I'm still struggling with sleeping on my back(I'm a side sleeper) whenever I try to turn to my side a feel like my intestines are being pulled out. I'm also struggling with the 80 grams of Protein. Currently only having 40-50 grams. But I take my multivatimin and Calcium religiously every day. How are you doing with these things?

[Sky2015 7]

Djmohr, thanks for the support trying my best to do things the right way and trying to keep focusing on improving a day at a time.

[dhrguru 1,238]

Dhrguru, glad to hear your recovering well, I'm still struggling with sleeping on my back(I'm a side sleeper) whenever I try to turn to my side a feel like my intestines are being pulled out. I'm also struggling with the 80 grams of Protein. Currently only having 40-50 grams. But I take my multivatimin and Calcium religiously every day. How are you doing with these things?

My Protein goal is 60 grams, but I'm not getting anywhere near that yet. I HATE my Protein powders with Water, and until today I couldn't have milk. So now that milk is back in my diet I will work at getting more Protein in. I haven't started my calcium yet, my doc doesn't start them till after the first post op visit. I'm getting my Vitamins, tums and others meds in fine. I'm propped up on a lot of pillows to sleep semi upright. Im a little more comfortable sleeping on my side now but use a small pillow under my stomach area to avoid that feeling of my intestines pulling. My bed looks like the queen of sheeba's with all the pillows LOL.

This morning I had cream of wheat, it was like heaven! What's weird is I made one serving (about 1.5 cups) per the instructions (made thinner per my NUT's orders), and ate just about 2oz. I used to make 2 servings and eat it all!

[aelovelady 243]

Congratulations! You are doing great! It does get better and I hope the worst is behind you!