Hola!
So it's been one week from today since my surgery. Things went pretty well!
I was very nervous when I got to the hospital and opted for the nerve stuff the anesthesia guy offered. I don't remember anything about the recovery room except that they told me I needed to keep breathing...and I remember some pain and telling them I was in pain and them telling me that until I started breathing regularly they wouldn't give me anything more. I don't remember getting to my room, only that I slept a lot that first night. They didn't make me walk, but did get me up in a chair.
The second day was a bit more eventful. I had had two albuterol treatments the first night and no issue...but the third one about mid morning the second day was not a good thing for me. My heart rate went up to 155, the rapid response team had to come in and I was hooked up to all sorts of monitors. Of course my mom had arrived for her visit about 10 minutes before all that happened so I royally freaked her out. Because my heart rate didn't come out of 130's within the allotted time, I bought myself a day and night in the ICU unit but not before they ruled out everything else but the breathing treatment (they did a contrast ct scan for a leak, chest xrays, etc). I had to keep refusing the breathing treatments because I knew they'd do the same thing and even had the lung doctor come in and chide me a bit and each time I had to use the little inspiratory breathing thing to show them I was ok so that was kinda annoying.
I was released Saturday night late and had to get all my prescriptions before heading home and that was also kinda annoying. Things have been really kinda ok since getting out. I didn't get my fluids in Sunday but have everyday since then. I'm struggling with protein shakes because they are sooo sweet and gross. I have a whole thing of the unjury chicken soup but it killed me the first night so I'll have to try it again tomorrow morning to see if I have the same reaction. I have only been able to get about 1 and a half in a day. A whole one for breakfast and then a half after "dinner" - I'm on liquids for two more weeks. Supplements are ok - I haven't gotten a full day but I've gotten at least a dose of everything in and today might be my first day for getting everything in.
First impressions....my stomach makes the most ungodly noises when I eat something it doesn't like. I mean it literally sounds like a toilet flushing inside me. Gross. I can't imagine having that happen in a meeting. I've had maybe 3 incidences of paint peeling gas..otherwise it doesn't really smell like anything yet. Poos were liquidy early out and then hard to where I took some fiber. I'm hoping they come out somewhere in the middle but I think it's too early to tell yet. I don't go frequently but again, I think it's probably too early to tell what they will turn out to be on average.
I find I'm lactose intolerant right now - I made the mistake of having two ounces of cottage cheese for lunch and I swear it is going to perforate my seams of my stomach with all the bloating and gas UGH. Won't do that again! :)
So all in all, I'm alive, switched and have dropped 16.5 lbs in a week. Whooo hooo!Hola!
So it's been one week from today since my surgery. Things went pretty well!
I was very nervous when I got to the hospital and opted for the nerve stuff the anesthesia guy offered. I don't remember anything about the recovery room except that they told me I needed to keep breathing...and I remember some pain and telling them I was in pain and them telling me that until I started breathing regularly they wouldn't give me anything more. I don't remember getting to my room, only that I slept a lot that first night. They didn't make me walk, but did get me up in a chair.
The second day was a bit more eventful. I had had two albuterol treatments the first night and no issue...but the third one about mid morning the second day was not a good thing for me. My heart rate went up to 155, the rapid response team had to come in and I was hooked up to all sorts of monitors. Of course my mom had arrived for her visit about 10 minutes before all that happened so I royally freaked her out. Because my heart rate didn't come out of 130's within the allotted time, I bought myself a day and night in the ICU unit but not before they ruled out everything else but the breathing treatment (they did a contrast ct scan for a leak, chest xrays, etc). I had to keep refusing the breathing treatments because I knew they'd do the same thing and even had the lung doctor come in and chide me a bit and each time I had to use the little inspiratory breathing thing to show them I was ok so that was kinda annoying.
I was released Saturday night late and had to get all my prescriptions before heading home and that was also kinda annoying. Things have been really kinda ok since getting out. I didn't get my fluids in Sunday but have everyday since then. I'm struggling with protein shakes because they are sooo sweet and gross. I have a whole thing of the unjury chicken soup but it killed me the first night so I'll have to try it again tomorrow morning to see if I have the same reaction. I have only been able to get about 1 and a half in a day. A whole one for breakfast and then a half after "dinner" - I'm on liquids for two more weeks. Supplements are ok - I haven't gotten a full day but I've gotten at least a dose of everything in and today might be my first day for getting everything in.
First impressions....my stomach makes the most ungodly noises when I eat something it doesn't like. I mean it literally sounds like a toilet flushing inside me. Gross. I can't imagine having that happen in a meeting. I've had maybe 3 incidences of paint peeling gas..otherwise it doesn't really smell like anything yet. Poos were liquidy early out and then hard to where I took some fiber. I'm hoping they come out somewhere in the middle but I think it's too early to tell yet. I don't go frequently but again, I think it's probably too early to tell what they will turn out to be on average.
I find I'm lactose intolerant right now - I made the mistake of having two ounces of cottage cheese for lunch and I swear it is going to perforate my seams of my stomach with all the bloating and gas UGH. Won't do that again! :)
So all in all, I'm alive, switched and have dropped 16.5 lbs in a week. Whooo hooo!
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