My not exactly textbook postop course so far

[2goldengirl 2,076]

Anybody wonder where I've been? Well.

I was sleeved on Thursday, 3/10. I went home Friday afternoon (the following day). Before I'd been home 15" I fell in the garage (I missed a step cause I wasn't looking where I was going). I fell forward, and bruised my ribs in the front. By midday the next day I couldn't keep anything down and everything came back up nearly as soon as I'd swallowed it. Called the on-call surgeon, who told me to go to ER. They did a CT scan and I hadn't hurt anything in my fall, thank goodness - other than severely brusing my dignity. I got admitted and put back on IV fluids and meds.

What happened was, the swelling from the fall combined with the postop swelling about my hiatal hernia repair site, and nothing was making it past my esophagus. The only solution was to keep me in the hospital until the swelling subsided. I came home today.

I never had any nausea. I never had any gas pain. I did get motion sick from my wheelchair ride down to the car and on the way home today. My worst pain immediately postop was trying to get in and out of bed, especially my incision site on the right-hand side. After my fall, my worst pain was from bruising my ribs on both sides when I fell.

A note on weight. I was loaded up on IV fluids during my first stay (everyone is), and came home 9 lbs "heavier" than preop. All I had to do was the math (and look at my feet) to know that. I've had another five days of IV fluids, about 600 calories a day (each liter of basic IV Fluid is about 200 calories from the dextrose). Fortunately, I have a body composition scale. I weigh a total .4 lbs more than my day of surgery - but here is the other info: my total body Water has increased by a bit more than 11 lbs.

As a healthcare professional, this kind of thing is very familiar to me. Someone else might have gone through all this and panicked, thinking that they'd gained weight after 5 days of eating absolutely nothing. A scale that measures only weight isn't telling you the truth, because it can't. Honest.

Edited March 18, 2016 by 2goldengirl

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I am so glad you are home and hydrated and that your fall didn't hurt you more.

Take care of yourself!

[GibbsGirl 483]

Glad your home and on the mend. No more craziness though, be safe.

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

Since we do have the "like" button, it would be nice if it gave the opportunity to be specific about what one likes. For me it's your being a health professional, therefore, not freaking out about weight so soon after surgery.

I was wondering how you were doing the past few days. It's good to see you again so that I can tell you that the garage is off limits for the coming week. So are the monkey bars.

Edited March 20, 2016 by WLSResources/ClothingExch

[2goldengirl 2,076]

Since we do have the "like" button, it would be nice if it gave the opportunity to be specific about what one likes. For me it's your being a health professional, therefore, freaking out about weight so soon after surgery.

I was wondering how you were doing the past few days. It's good to see you again so that I can tell you that the garage is off limits for the coming week. So are the monkey bars.

Yeah, My husband already told me the garage is off limits before he agreed to drive me home. He did allow me to walk UP the stairs from the garage into the house when we got home. I'm contemplating a very short walk outside early tomorrow morning, but I think Huz would likely take a dim view of me heading down the two steps outside without a spotter, and he doesn't get up as early as I do.

[Babbs 14,681]

Glad you're doing okay! Be careful, lady!

And yes, we need to pin your post about your post op weight loss (or lack thereof) for all the newbies to see. There really is a reason why it happens, and nothing to be discouraged about!

[2goldengirl 2,076]

Glad you're doing okay! Be careful, lady!

And yes, we need to pin your post about your post op weight loss (or lack thereof) for all the newbies to see. There really is a reason why it happens, and nothing to be discouraged about!

Aww, thanks, Babbs!

As it happens, all that Fluid vamoosed in a big fat hurry. I have now lost 10 lbs since my surgery date 10 days ago. That's partly because, like most fresh post ops, I can't get in all my Protein and fluids yet. My new sleeve may have had an extra week to heal, but it hasn't had any more experience handling input than a brand-new one. It's a process.