Re: DONNA! 3 days on the other side!

[Guest guest]

Donna,

Sorry for the delay--Just saw your email.

R U Nuts?

You are walking A LOT--too much for a fresh postop! I mean, 3 days

after this kind of surgery you're still healing big time and barely

eating or drinking. You should be doing 10-15 minutes of walking max,

then rest. You are way too early to be walking this much. No WONDER

you're tired!

You can increase your walking after 10 days or so. But for now, just

do a little walking to get fresh air and move your circulation around.

Don't expect to be anywhere close to normal for 3-4 weeks, and don't

push the water, protein, or supplements too hard. No one can take in

all the required water, protein, calcium, vitamins, etc. right away.

Everyone seems to worry about this and they need to be told again and

again, YOU WILL GET THERE.

Good luck!

Martha Silverspring, RN

RNY 2002, KSSF, now size 6 (from size 28)

>

> Here I am three days on the other side! So far so good, the ony issue

> I have is getting extremely tired about every 4 to 5 hours. I have

> managed to get my walking in in between naps. Yesterday I walked just

> under 2 and 1/2 miles, today was just over 2 & 1/2 miles. Yesterday

> morning I thought,I would save the prescribed pain killer for bed time

> at night, but that thought began to be revised during my first walk,

> then by my second walk I knew that there was no way I was going to

> make it until the evening, and keep moving. I realize that some of

> the tiredness is due to the lortab, and will pass as I ween myself

> off that stuff. I can feel the fog beginning to take over. I had a

> couple of questions, but they will have to wait until later. Take

> care everyone! It is great to be on the other side! Donna

>

[Guest guest]

Miss Martha RN- it is always nice to be reminded of certain things.

I am 6 weeks out and still can't eat as much as the menu suggests. I

do try and drink all my water, I am faithful with my vits, I try and

drink some protien drink daily but I am afraid that I am not getting

enough protein. Most of the time the drinks just gag me. BUT I FEEL

GREAT! I am back at the gym and I even started some light ab

excercised today. And again I FEEL GREAT! Do I need to worry about

not eating enought?

PEGGY

> >

> > Here I am three days on the other side! So far so good, the ony

issue

> > I have is getting extremely tired about every 4 to 5 hours. I have

> > managed to get my walking in in between naps. Yesterday I walked

just

> > under 2 and 1/2 miles, today was just over 2 & 1/2 miles. Yesterday

> > morning I thought,I would save the prescribed pain killer for bed

time

> > at night, but that thought began to be revised during my first

walk,

> > then by my second walk I knew that there was no way I was going to

> > make it until the evening, and keep moving. I realize that some

of

> > the tiredness is due to the lortab, and will pass as I ween

myself

> > off that stuff. I can feel the fog beginning to take over. I had

a

> > couple of questions, but they will have to wait until later. Take

> > care everyone! It is great to be on the other side! Donna

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Martha, thanks for the reality check. What a perfect time for me to

read your email. I was just beating myself up for only walking about

a mile and a half today! Again thanks! Donna B

-- In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients ,

" nursefera2 " wrote:

>

> Donna,

> Sorry for the delay--Just saw your email.

> R U Nuts?

> You are walking A LOT--too much for a fresh postop! I mean, 3 days

> after this kind of surgery you're still healing big time and barely

> eating or drinking. You should be doing 10-15 minutes of walking max,

> then rest. You are way too early to be walking this much. No WONDER

> you're tired!

> You can increase your walking after 10 days or so. But for now, just

> do a little walking to get fresh air and move your circulation around.

> Don't expect to be anywhere close to normal for 3-4 weeks, and don't

> push the water, protein, or supplements too hard. No one can take in

> all the required water, protein, calcium, vitamins, etc. right away.

> Everyone seems to worry about this and they need to be told again and

> again, YOU WILL GET THERE.

> Good luck!

> Martha Silverspring, RN

> RNY 2002, KSSF, now size 6 (from size 28)

>

>

>

> >

> > Here I am three days on the other side! So far so good, the ony issue

> > I have is getting extremely tired about every 4 to 5 hours. I have

> > managed to get my walking in in between naps. Yesterday I walked just

> > under 2 and 1/2 miles, today was just over 2 & 1/2 miles. Yesterday

> > morning I thought,I would save the prescribed pain killer for bed time

> > at night, but that thought began to be revised during my first walk,

> > then by my second walk I knew that there was no way I was going to

> > make it until the evening, and keep moving. I realize that some of

> > the tiredness is due to the lortab, and will pass as I ween myself

> > off that stuff. I can feel the fog beginning to take over. I had a

> > couple of questions, but they will have to wait until later. Take

> > care everyone! It is great to be on the other side! Donna

> >

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