I need to complain for a sec...

[JengaBee 38]

5 days post op. I feel awful. I don't know how I thought I'd feel, but I feel yuck.

I'm keeping track of my Fluid intake to stay on top of it, so I'm not dehydrated, but I feel like I have the flu. Which I totally could because my kids are totally sick. My baby has had a fever for the last three days.

I'm dragging myself around, feeling nauseous and wiped out.

Okay, complaining over. Maybe I just need to watch a Christmas movie.

Merry Christmas!

[rking 484]

Do you have fever? Find out. How did you feel at the hospital? Do you still have pain meds you can take?

[JengaBee 38]

I don't have a fever, but I'm freezing. I felt fantastic in the hospital! I couldn't believe how great I felt.

I started feeling yuck after getting home.

I do have pain meds, but my pain is minimal.

[Dar200 285]

I felt great in the hospital and then about a week later I was wondering what I had done to myself. It lasted a few hours of being freaked out about feeling so rotten. But then the next day I went to the doctor because I felt like I had a virus and I had bronchitis. Never had much of a fever, but yuck! Hope you feel better soon and have a wonderful holiday. Oh, I was going to say that one reason I felt well in the hospital was I was on IV fluids, antibiotics and pain meds all on IV. Once i was home a couple of days without that IV support I felt sort of wrecked. But it passed.

[Pedro Valle-Inclan 275]

Hi, well I hope by now you're felling better after you wrote that post.

my surgery's in 45 days, and I'm a mix of excited, nervous and a little scared but that could change dramatically as it gets closer. I have an ex-wife/best friend who is the only big naysayer who is almost pleading for me to cancel it. That's not the most comforting thing in the world.

I'm definitely expecting this to be pretty tough, that I'll feel awful for a while and probably have my "No Pain Meds" dictum put to a real test. I'll have 11 days post op (February school vacation)and then have to be in front of my high school classes, which I expect to teach sitting down for as long as needed. That's my biggest worry, that it'll be real hard being back at work, especially without anything stronger than liquid Tylenol.

Well feel better, and I'm right behind you here! Merry Christmas to you all!!! pedrito

[JengaBee 38]

@@Pedro Valle-Inclan

Honestly, I would say take the pain meds while in the hospital. You're body will be going through enough trauma. Rest is vital to healing and you won't get much rest if in a ton of pain.

Then when you leave, no more. That's what I've done and it's totally doable.

I am feeling...better-ish. Drinking white grape juice has given me the boost I needed. I think I was focusing on being sugar-free a little too early.

I still think I've caught something from my baby. I slept in pants, socks, a long sleeved shirt, and a jacket. Plus I was under a bunch of blankets. Even then I was freezing.

Edited December 24, 2015 by JengaBee

[Ashlegal 525]

@@JengaBee

The yucky, icky feeling you are experiencing being only five days post op is relatively normal.

Think about what your body has been through; poked, prodded, pumped with air, insides re-arranged, sewn on the inside and realize that is a lot of trauma for a body. My surgeon told me to compare it to a minor car accident. It is the days following that hurt the most, are the most uncomfortable and make you feel like poo.

As long as you are meeting your Fluid requirements and getting enough Protein in, you'll be fine as the days progress.

[Dar200 285]

Hi, well I hope by now you're felling better after you wrote that post.

my surgery's in 45 days, and I'm a mix of excited, nervous and a little scared but that could change dramatically as it gets closer. I have an ex-wife/best friend who is the only big naysayer who is almost pleading for me to cancel it. That's not the most comforting thing in the world.

I'm definitely expecting this to be pretty tough, that I'll feel awful for a while and probably have my "No Pain Meds" dictum put to a real test. I'll have 11 days post op (February school vacation)and then have to be in front of my high school classes, which I expect to teach sitting down for as long as needed. That's my biggest worry, that it'll be real hard being back at work, especially without anything stronger than liquid Tylenol.

Well feel better, and I'm right behind you here! Merry Christmas to you all!!! pedrito

Maybe it will help to have your ex-wife read about metabolic syndrome (explains why obese people can't lose weight for good without WLS) and read about success rates of people who have weight loss surgery versus people who try to lose weight without it. This information changed my mind about having surgery. Success rate without surgery - 5%. Success rate with surgery - I think was 80 to 85%. I wish I could tell you the article where I read this. It was my aha moment. I'm also curious why she is pleading with you to cancel. Is it out of fear you may die from it? I know in my case I was more certain I would die of a stroke or heart attack before long. Also, my bones and joints were wearing out and just couldn't carry all of my weight around any longer. I always felt like I was a failure if I didn't lose weight on my own. I finally decided I had to have surgery when my pain management doctor told me I would be in a wheel chair on a morphine pump within about a year if I didn't have the surgery right away. That blew me away. I'm now 2 months post op, down 51 pounds and like everyone says - best decision I ever made. Good luck and have a wonderful holiday!

[Pedro Valle-Inclan 275]

Dar, you have NO idea how much I needed to hear that, I actually got teary. I kin d of vaguely had heard those things but couldn't verbalize it to myself exactly let alone to Alice, who I love dearly but just has no clue about this issue.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.... and yes I do intend to take any pain meds in hospital and even have roommate take them home in case I'm really hurting. We're good, folks.. Merry Christmas!!!!

[samcl1 52]

I'm 9 days post op, I had the "reluctant support" of my grown children

They were concerned because with me " there are always complications ". I'm happy to so "so far, no complications ", I've had a couple of "what have I done" moments, but then I think long term. It's hard, your body goes through a lot, this isn't a simple little surgery even if it is laprascopic! Take your pain meds, this is not the time to be a martyr. Getting the fluids have been the hardest thing for me so far. I haven't made the 64 oz goal once yet. I try, but I start getting nauseous if I try to force it. But, I don't feel or look like I'm getting dehydrated. ( I'm a nurse, and know what to look for).. I'm just now starting to feel hungry and all the Christmas dinners going on are hard, going to one tonight with my liquid protein...

I had not told anyone I work with what I was having till my last night at work because I was afraid of negative comments. I was overcome with emotion when I told my co-workers and they were so supportive. Saying "what do you need from us" "we're here for you".

You have to do it for you. If you get support its great, but you know what??? Even if you don't, you be your own support system because in the final analysis it's your body and you have to do what is best for you. No one else lives in your skin. Hang in there.

[Dar200 285]

Pedro - keep reaching out or just reading on this forum. I learned more here than anywhere else. And you will always find support here. Merry Christmas to you!

[rking 484]

I find I feel crappy if I don't get enough fluids.