Hi Everyone,
It’s been a while since I’ve been on here. I’ve been traveling for more than a month and have finally settled back down at home.
Thank you, Alynn for checking on me! I’m sorry it took so long to respond. I guess I should have taken my laptop with me but I felt like I might not be able to carry it all after surgery.
First of all, I had my surgery on May 23rd…Yay! Absolutely no regrets so far, even though I hear almost everyone goes through a regret phase at some point.
My Surgeon is Dr. Toby Broussard in Oklahoma City at Weightwise. I traveled from Washington State to OKC for the surgery and I stayed at a hotel for a little over a week after just so I felt more comfortable to fly and I could do a one week follow up with my surgeon and dietician on site.
I can’t say enough about all the people at Weightwise. I absolutely love, love, love my surgeon. He’s so real and down to earth, I feel comfortable with him and that’s a very good thing because we will be having a long-distance relationship with regular check-ins and such, just like you would as a local patient. The dieticians are absolutely awesome and I felt like I came away empowered. Again, it’s another relationship I’ll maintain very closely on this journey.
This coming Tuesday (6/6/17) I will be at the two-week mark (soft foods phase) and I feel fabulous at the moment. I have tons of energy!
A quick snippet about surgery day and the day after: This is the very first surgery I’ve come out in tons of pain. Not to scare anyone, but the first hour or two was absolute hell for me and I’ve never had that happen in any of my previous (two stomach and others) surgeries. It was the gas and once I got walking I felt much better. Now here’s the other part I didn’t really know or understand, I had to drink 96 fluid ounces after the procedure before they would release me. I think I thought it would be like my other surgeries where I’d get up and walk a bit, flip through some channels, read some emails, etc., etc. Nope. I worked my a** off to get those fluids down 15ml at a time, and in order to do it, personally, I had to also walk. If I sat or laid down, I couldn’t get it down. I wish I had been wearing my Fitbit because I’d love to know how far I walked! Now I don’t think that was true for all the patients that were there that night.
Each and everyday post surgery has gotten a little better. I think I handled it all very well and I am still working my a** off to get 96 ounces of fluids in every day. It’s freakin hard! But, my surgeon and dietician tell me it’s a must!
This Tuesday I can take a bath (Yay!) and I can have Greek yogurt, eggs, string cheese, cottage cheese, etc. Honestly, I have only had the feeling of hunger a couple of times in the last two weeks, but I am looking forward to moving forward. In fact, the night I got home from OKC I made my husband and sister grilled steaks and clam chowder and didn’t even flinch! I served them their food and I had a cup of broth and was perfectly happy.
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