Re: Big Red transforming into Little Red...

[Guest guest]

Thanks Red. You sound sooooo good. Looking forward to hearing about

the transforming you.

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-- In MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com, " Gloria Dean " <gdean1325@e...>

wrote:

> - Surgery 8 am Monday Sept. 25th (lasted 34 minutes)

> - In my room by noon and walked to the bathroom at 12:30

> - Used the morphine pump once every 30 minutes up till 9 pm and

then

> nothing but the Vioxx tablet every 4 hrs.

> - No gas pain, no incision pain (just itching from the bandage

> adhesive), no nausea, jello and broth and water went down ok

> (just not very much),and pluming was working well!

> - Walked the halls and visited everyone as much as I could.

> - Discharged at 9:30, dropped in on 9 am clinic for a few minutes

> and home by 12 noon (spent 1 hour going to different pharmacys in

> Chapel Hill looking for Carafate....found 100 ml at CVS and they

> had to order more)

> - We stopped at Burger King for lunch for everyone else and I sat

> at the table and the food didnot look appealing at all! Normally

> fries would send me into an eating frenzy! This is weird!!

> - Sleep sounder than I have in a long time and on my back (I have

> always been a stomach sleeper)

> - Removed my bandages this morning and everything looks good...

> hardly any bleeding on bandages and the only bruise I can see

> right now was caused by the bandage irritating the skin.

> - I have been working on a 4 oz yogurt since 9 this morning....

> maybe I'll finish by tonight! Wow, this is weird!

>

> If anyone would like me to be their contact, just email me

> (gdean1325@e...) your questions and I will respond as

> soon as I can! You can also reach me by phone at home

> (I screen calls so let me know who you are).

>

> Hope to see everyone at the picnic Saturday!

>

> Gloria

[Guest guest]

So happy to hear that all went well Gloria!!

Tricia in iL