1st and start of 2nd day home

[Guest guest]

Surgery Fri March 5th

Monday March 8th

My first full day home.(no pain medicine since 8pm Saturday evening ) .was

spent thinking " i feel Fabulous'..(like billy crystal says) I had to take my

first pill open into crystal light...was not to bad, then had to drink that

antacid medicine which doesnt make sense to me...but was too scared to do the

chewable flintstone vitamin..thinking i have time to get that in....I started

with my first protien shake...what a joke..i drank about 3 sips and decided that

the shake i loved so much before my surgery...was not so fabulous..lolol but

low and behold i had supplied my cabinet with different kinds of

protien...grin...

I Have something called attain that i had my husband order for me from

melaluca, it is 13 gr of protien for 8 oz which is really the same at adkins

which

is 20 gr. of protien for 11 ox..wow 11 oz is like a gallon to me now!!!! i

love my sugar free popsicles...the keep my mouth wet..

I had some chicken broth about 1/4cup..it is really amazing to me how you can

feel everything in your stomach..something i had not felt for 25

years...somehow we learn to shut off everything associated with our stomach..and

after

surgery your stomach and how it feels is " Right in your Face " .. My husband took

the day off and walked with me around our cul-de-sac...it felt like a mile to

me..but i was determined to make it all the way around...it was about 3x the

length of the hospital hallway...the last couple feet..i could have

crawled..thank god he was there to hold my hand...lololol

He made eggs and sausage for himself and the smell made me so nausaus i could

hardly stand it...he laughted at me..since this was my breakfast of

choice...when ever i could have it....Later in the early evening he made

nachos...again they didnt smell great...wow no one told me that after surgery

everything

you loved to smell would make you think you were going to be sick...a bonus i

guess!!!

I napped quite a bit during the day..my work called me to see how i was

doing...and i tried to really focus on trying to get my liquid in...it can be

all

consuming..the whole fluid thing...but i just keep thinking...dehydrated...NOT

ME...

I think i got in maybe 28 gr of protien my first day home. 3 -1/2 sugar free

pops and about.. 4- 8oz cups of water...(I like with ice) so i will try to do

better tomorrow...

March 9th, 2nd day home Day 4

I woke a couple times during the night having to go to the bathroom and

needing to get something to drink ,...around 3 am i had a popsicle and made a

protien drink made with milk...that doesnt seem to go down very well..so i didnt

drink it...I am at 280 this morning from 289 the day of surgery...wonderful to

see and know that after my next meal that it would not go back up to the

starting number..that is how i have spent my entire adult like...losing weight

and

then eating a regular meal and putting it all back on..Remember a real meal to

me was a plate large enough to feed a family of 4.... lolol..I

I finally got up around 6am and started my morning ritual...( well it will be

now...i took my antacid...opened my pill into my crystal light and decided to

be brave and chew my first flintstone complete vitamin....but.,,,,,i

remembered that i had read here on the posts that if a pill gets stuck then to

drink

something hot,..so i made my chicken broth first and stood in the kitchen

chewing my flintstone vitamin like i have never chewed before!!! I did not

want

to have any problems with my hole being covered....I also passes another

milestone this morning I took my first BM ...how exciting..lolol well it was

for

me...it is nice to know that everything is working well....So i am off to take

a shower and might go for a ride down to my work and say hello to everyone...i

will see how i feel...it is hard to be home...

Dawn6ft@...

Surgery March 5th

Cape Cod, MA

289/ 280 this morning

[Guest guest]

Surgery Fri March 5th

Monday March 8th

My first full day home.(no pain medicine since 8pm Saturday evening ) .was

spent thinking " i feel Fabulous'..(like billy crystal says) I had to take my

first pill open into crystal light...was not to bad, then had to drink that

antacid medicine which doesnt make sense to me...but was too scared to do the

chewable flintstone vitamin..thinking i have time to get that in....I started

with my first protien shake...what a joke..i drank about 3 sips and decided that

the shake i loved so much before my surgery...was not so fabulous..lolol but

low and behold i had supplied my cabinet with different kinds of

protien...grin...

I Have something called attain that i had my husband order for me from

melaluca, it is 13 gr of protien for 8 oz which is really the same at adkins

which

is 20 gr. of protien for 11 ox..wow 11 oz is like a gallon to me now!!!! i

love my sugar free popsicles...the keep my mouth wet..

I had some chicken broth about 1/4cup..it is really amazing to me how you can

feel everything in your stomach..something i had not felt for 25

years...somehow we learn to shut off everything associated with our stomach..and

after

surgery your stomach and how it feels is " Right in your Face " .. My husband took

the day off and walked with me around our cul-de-sac...it felt like a mile to

me..but i was determined to make it all the way around...it was about 3x the

length of the hospital hallway...the last couple feet..i could have

crawled..thank god he was there to hold my hand...lololol

He made eggs and sausage for himself and the smell made me so nausaus i could

hardly stand it...he laughted at me..since this was my breakfast of

choice...when ever i could have it....Later in the early evening he made

nachos...again they didnt smell great...wow no one told me that after surgery

everything

you loved to smell would make you think you were going to be sick...a bonus i

guess!!!

I napped quite a bit during the day..my work called me to see how i was

doing...and i tried to really focus on trying to get my liquid in...it can be

all

consuming..the whole fluid thing...but i just keep thinking...dehydrated...NOT

ME...

I think i got in maybe 28 gr of protien my first day home. 3 -1/2 sugar free

pops and about.. 4- 8oz cups of water...(I like with ice) so i will try to do

better tomorrow...

March 9th, 2nd day home Day 4

I woke a couple times during the night having to go to the bathroom and

needing to get something to drink ,...around 3 am i had a popsicle and made a

protien drink made with milk...that doesnt seem to go down very well..so i didnt

drink it...I am at 280 this morning from 289 the day of surgery...wonderful to

see and know that after my next meal that it would not go back up to the

starting number..that is how i have spent my entire adult like...losing weight

and

then eating a regular meal and putting it all back on..Remember a real meal to

me was a plate large enough to feed a family of 4.... lolol..I

I finally got up around 6am and started my morning ritual...( well it will be

now...i took my antacid...opened my pill into my crystal light and decided to

be brave and chew my first flintstone complete vitamin....but.,,,,,i

remembered that i had read here on the posts that if a pill gets stuck then to

drink

something hot,..so i made my chicken broth first and stood in the kitchen

chewing my flintstone vitamin like i have never chewed before!!! I did not

want

to have any problems with my hole being covered....I also passes another

milestone this morning I took my first BM ...how exciting..lolol well it was

for

me...it is nice to know that everything is working well....So i am off to take

a shower and might go for a ride down to my work and say hello to everyone...i

will see how i feel...it is hard to be home...

Dawn6ft@...

Surgery March 5th

Cape Cod, MA

289/ 280 this morning