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kblbe98    53

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Surgery was Thursday August 6.....everything went great! The MD told my hubs to plan for an hour and a half, I was out in 45 minutes, then on to recovery! I remember nothing till I was finally in my room. And I don't remember much of that....????Good Drugs!!! I used my pain pump religiously and I slept a lot, which was exactly what I needed.

They took the pain pump away around 330 on Friday???????????? but it was all good, they started me on my oral pain meds and Pepcid, I was so scared of taking the meds, so worried something would get stuck, but it wasn't to bad. The pain meds are nasty so I haven't been taking them to much!

Home from the hospital on Saturday around 1....before that my electrolytes were out of whack and they had to keep changing my IV Fluids.

So I am home and feeling pretty good, a little gas pain in my left shoulder and some pain on my right side where my drain and my bigger incision is located. I slept in my bed all night and I am trying to focus on getting enough Water in! It took me about 12 hours to get in 8 ounces of a Protein shake but I know that will get easier.

Just wanted to document my story, the beginning of my new journey and my new life!!post-258796-14391325856028_thumb.jpg post-258796-14391325950351_thumb.jpg

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BrownEyedTxGirl    139

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Welcome to the other side! Glad very thing went well!

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Healthy_life2    8,324

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@@kblbe98

Congratulations~! Glad to see you are documenting as you go. Things will become a routine and will get better. hang in there.

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tjstark    74

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Glad it went well. You'll be feeling fighting fit in no time!

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kblbe98    53

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I had my surgery on the 5th of August and I feel great. I hope all goes well with you. Good luck

@@Tony Fowler glad you are feeling great! It's definitely better than I thought it would be but I am looking forward to stage 3 foods! Back to the surgeon on Friday for my follow up! Good Luck to you!

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