Finally home and banded!

adorkbl · January 21, 2008

Hi everyone... I am back in AZ finally.

Dr. K is awesome. I was so impressed with him. So talented with an excellent bedside manner to boot! I am so fortunate to have him as my surgeon.

My surgery was uneventful. I had a lot of nausea when I woke up. They maxed me out on the nausea meds and told me I had to eat Jello to get my blood sugar up. Jello just made me feel like vomiting. I was pretty miserable for the first hour or two after I woke up. I eventually got over the nausea and didn't have any issues with vomiting. Thankfully!

My port incision bled pretty heavily after a few hours of being home. I think I tried to do to much by myself. I got up out of the chair without help so I wouldn't bother anyone and I think that strained my incision too much. The front of my shirt was covered in blood and it took about 3 changes of gauze before it stopped bleeding through.

Dr K was great and called me right back. Had me come into the office the next morning and he cleaned it up and put a new clear patch over it. Everything looks good now. I just hope I didn't open myself up to infection. *cossing fingers*

My pain has been very good! I really am just more uncomfortable than anything. Gas pain in the shoulder sucked ass for about 2 days, but that is pretty much a memory now. My throat was sore and annoyed me a bunch too. Also now just a memory.

I thought I would feel worse than I do. Very pleased that I am able to walk around and move around pretty easily. I even cooked dinner for my in-laws the night after my surgery!

I am pretty tired right now. Been sleeping a lot the past 2 days. Lack of food I am sure is the reason. I am so sick of broth, juice and Water. Hubby picked up some V8 fusion for me today. I am hoping that will give me some more nutrition. I also had some strained out Soup earlier. Man that tasted sooo good. I can wait until I can move onto full liquids and add oatmeal into my daily intake!

So that is about it. Gas pain and throat pain were the worst part of it for me. Much much easier recovery so far than I thought it would be.

mini_me · January 21, 2008

Congrats!!!

greeneyez · January 21, 2008

Congrats LA! I also had nausea, but it settled once the pain meds stopped. With the liquid stage - tough it out - I'm still on it, but sure that it is worth it somehow!!

Take care,

Jen