I slept last night. It wasn't a straight-through-the-night extravaganza that I am so used to, but I slept 4 hours; rolled for a half hour; slept another 2 hours and got up before 6 am.
I took TWO melatonin pills instead of one. It seemed to work and I will be doing this again tonight.
I see my doctor this morning for a 5 day post op visit. My pain isn't much (it never really was); my incisions seem to have healed and are just tender; I have been sipping water and have been urinating but still no real GAS coming out. The GasX strips are good and I have taken them when I feel complete pressure in my abdomen (yet nothing ever emits). I still feel the side effects of anesthesia... fatigue more so than usual. Nap day later on.
Last night at dinner was rough. I had my 1 tablespoon of Chinese Egg Drop Soup and don't know if I can sit at the table with my family for a meal for a while. I think I was actually hungry? It took all I had to contain myself from leaping across the kitchen table and grab the fork and taco salad from my husband and scarf it down! Next I was eyeing my youngest daughter's bean burrito and I was getting so upset. (Poor Jenni looked a little put off too. She is physically slower than an army of turtles marching through molassess on any given day, and I told her that she'd BETTER guard that burrito with her dear life -or momma would make it disappear!!) I sipped my spoonful of soup down and left the table nearly crying. WTH is that about all about? I may have felt hungry... but NOT THAT hungry. Its too hard to sit with them at dinner. Maybe soon.
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