Amber K.
First day Post Op
Jan 09, 2015
Hey everyone!!
So today is post op day 1 and its been nothing like I imagined. I'll walk through yesterday and then kind of touch on today.
They require you not to eat or drink after midnight on the night before surgery. I stopped drinking at 11:30 and I wasn't really hungry when I got home form work but I ate a spoon full of peanut butter at about 6:00 to tied me over. Then it was surgery day!! Yesterday I arrived at the surgical suite at 8:15 and by 8:30 they were prepping me. They required just a little bit of pee in a cup (I'm assuming pregnancy test) and then I went to my room and changed into my gown. Let me just say that the nurses were the nicest people and made the whole prep before surgery so nice. I wasn't nervous at all! I got my IV in and they kind of just asked me the generic: Are you allergic to medicine, if you were in need of blood can we give you a transfusion, etc. Before I knew it I was off to surgery (this was at about 9:00)! This is where it becomes slightly fuzzy lol I remember laying on the table and being put to sleep slowly. That's about it :P After I came to though I kind of glanced at the clock and could kind of make out 10:15, my vision was pretty blurry still and my nosed itched so bad... But every time I went to itch it I hit the oxygen mask and the nurse could tell I was getting upset so she itched my nose lol. I then dozed off and on for about an hour and my mom (who is my biggest supporter) was able to join me in my room. Now something I was not prepared for was the tube they put down your throat while you're asleep. They do tell you before hand but it does leave your throat really sore ( I spoke funny all day yesterday because of the soreness). At about 11:30 when I was up walking and used the restroom once they allowed me to go home with compression cuffs for my calves (These basically just apply slight pressure to your calves to make sure blood clots do not develop, you wear them when you aren't being active for 7-14 days post op). Bumps were my enemy on the way home but it wasn't like I was in a lot of pain per say ( I got a nice dose of pain meds and nausea medicine for my trip home) it was more an agitation. I picked up my meds from the pharmacy and spent few hours sleeping off and on. I spent the majority of the night just resting and taking it easy.
Today I have been up and about. I was easily able to take a sponge bath and clean my hair. and at about 1:00 I attempted to eat some sugar free jello with only 5 calories. Now it's been close to if not more than 40 hours since I last ate anything but honestly I'm not even hungry. I know that I NEED to try to eat something just to get something in my stomach so I chose something very simple. I've drank 17 of my 60 oz of water which hasn't been hard to do. It pretty much fills you up which is why I am not hungry. I'm in very little pain today, although walking up and down the stairs does cause some discomfort. I've not been violent ill or sick to my stomach at all the key I think is to really just take it easy sipping on your water and when attempting to eat anything! I did photograph my bandages, which I'll upload later :) I need to still take my picture and measurements so I can accurately document my weight loss! I think that'll be key to see what I've accomplished. I'll try to touch base as I move on to each milestone from post op and try to describe it as best I can. OH! The lap band that the Dr. put in is the Allergen Lap Band. He said he's seen faster weight loss with this model versus the Realize band. ^_^ can't wait to see results!
