Re: baron speaketh: Re: Update

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Baron,

You mention copious drainage with both your abdooominoplasty and

this most recent surg. Do you not have drains? I have lots of drainage,

but with the TT it went inot 3 drains, and now the LBL has 5 drains. While

they are not fun, they do contain the fluid outside my body, rather than in,

and allow me to just wear baggy clothes to cover them up.

Chin up!

Carolyn

baron speaketh: Re: Update

>Hiya Friends:

>Just made a quick trip to my local Walgreens to get a package of depends;

>remember....I am a " drainage king " . What a drag.....I am leaking out like

a

>broken faucet; the doctor says better out of my body than in my body. The

>infection I am dealing with is lessening but has really kicked my

shrivelled

>prunelike butt. I have not really bonded with my new humpless bod......I

am

>scared stiff by what has gone on with my navel. In essence, it is hanging

by

>a thread, and I virtually have a slit in my belly where there should be a

> " button " . Very scary stuff......having a hole like that. I am getting my

>strength back and am basically confined to quarters here at " Casa baron " .

I

>really should not have gone out for the diapers earlier but other than that

I

>have stayed totally housebound. It is hard having to rely on others for

>everything; humbling, which I guess can be a good thing.

>

>I AM AFRAID.........

>Yesterday at the doctors office when I saw that the belly button resew did

>not take totally I started to go into a bit of a panic attack. I was not

in

>the mood to get sewn up again.....though I figured that was what he was

gonna

>do. I just could not seem to catch my breath; I can't remember the last

time

>something like that has happened to me. Anyway....the tissue is too

inflamed

>to be sewn....it is like sewing toilet tissue together......won't hold.

>

>So......I have quite a lot of healing to do, quite a lot a rest that I need

>and quite a lot of support these days. That is why I write to you folks.

>This body seems almost alien to me. In December I had the apron

>removed......recently I had the abdominoplasty.....my gosh.....the

difference

>in proportions is startling. One day at a time I cannot wait to be up and

>around again......something I took for granted my first week out and am

>paying for now.

>

>Enuff rambling........I need to eat....something the doctor has emphasized

>but I am having trouble with. Like a true dysfunctional....when I am

binging

>I am not worried about weight gain and/or calories.....but now that a

doctor

>is telling me to not count calories and eat as much and as often as I

>can......I am freaking....LOL. I just have to laugh at myself and the

>insidious and sneaky nature of compulsive eating.

>

>Well.......think I will pray for the willingness and go lay down for

awhile.

>

>With love........baron

>

>RNY ......4/29/98..........535lbs

>Current..............................195lbs (which I still cannot believe)

>

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