Autumn Jensen
POST SURGERY DAY 4
Mar 10, 2012
OK, GOT TO HOSPITAL AT 4:30 AM, WAS PREPPED AND JUST GOT DONE BEING SETTLED TO WAIT TO GO INTO SURGERY WHEN WE FOUND OUT I WAS THE ONLY WLS PATIENT FOR DR. RAWLINS THAT DAY SO I FELT PRETTY SPECIAL. THEN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WATCH GREYS ANATOMY HERE IS A KICKER: MY ANETHESIA DOC, LOOKS JUST LIKE DR. YANG. SHE IS A FIVE YEAR RESIDENT GETTING READY TO BE KICKED OUT INTO THE WORLD. SHE WAS SO VERY KIND AS WAS EVERYONE ON STAFF AT DECONESS HOSPITAL. OK, I GOT TO HAVE THE ATTENDING ANETHSIA AS WELL AS THE FIVE YEAR WHO WE WILL CALL DR. YANG. I ALSO FOUND OUT I GOT TO HAVE 3 SURGEONS TOO. TWO OF THEM WERE OF COURSE STUDENTS WHICH ONE HAPPENED TO HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME AS ME. PRETTY COOL HUH. OK, JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO GET WHEELED INTO SURGERY MY HUSBAND STARTED TO CRY BECAUSE THEN IT REALLY HIT HIM THAT I WAS GOING INTO SURGERY. I TOLD HIM THAT I LOVED HIM AND THAT I WAS DOING IT FOR MY HEALTH AND THAT I WANTED TO STICK WITH HIM FOR THE LONG HAUL. SO, I WOKE UP IN RECOVERY AND TALKED TO MY DOC BUT BARELY REMEMBER MUCH EXCEPT HIM SAYING THAT I CAME THROUGH PRETTY WELL EVEN THOUGH I THEY HAD A ROUGH START WITH THE CUTTING THROUGH ALL MY FAT. THEN IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING. WHEN I WAS FINALLY WHEELED UP TO MY ROOM I GUESS THE NURSES WERE PRETTY SHOCKED THAT I SCOOTED MYSELF OVER TO MY BED WITH OUT THEIR HELP. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT BUT MY HUSBAND TOLD ME THAT LATER. OK, ON TO DAY ONE POST OP. GOT MY CATHETER TAKEN OUT AND WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I ASKED IF I COULD HAVE IT OUT BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND GO TO THE BATHROOM ON MY OWN. SO THEY HAD ME PEE IN A HAT. WAS TOLD I PASSED THE PEE TEST, SO GLAD ABOUT THAT. LATER THAT SAME DAY, HAD A BM. SMALL PEBBLES, NOT NORMAL FOR ME, BUT BETTER THAN NOT HAVING ANY BM AT ALL. MY OXYGIN WAS PRETTY LOW AND THEY WERE TALKING BOUT ME STAYING AN EXTRA NIGHT BUT WAS ABLE TO GET RID OF ALL THE "KNOCK OUT" MEDS FROM OPERATING ROOM. PRETTY NASTY STUFF. OXYGIN WAS MUCH BETTER ON DAY TWO THEN ON DAY ONE. I ALSO HAD/HAVE A COLD WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE STARTED ON THE MORNING OF SURGERY. BIG BUMMER CUZ I HAD A STUFFY NOSE DURING THE HOSPITAL STAY. RIGHT NOW, IT IS RUNNY BUT SO MUCH BETTER. HERE IS THE AWESOME NEWS!!!!MEDS BEFORE SURGERY:
CYMBALTA
GLIPIZIDE
LANTUS
HUMALOG
METFORMIN
MULTI VITAMIN
VITAMIN D3
LISINOPRIL
SIMVASTATIN
MIGHT BE MISSING A FEW BUT NOW THE MEDS AFTER SURGERY
CYMBALTA
METFORMIN
MULTI VITAMIN
CALCIUM CITRATE
CALCIUM
LISINOPRIL
SIMVASTATIN
IRON AND YOU KNOW ALL THE REST OF THE SUPPLEMENTS TO TAKE.
I AM NOW OFF OF GLIPIZIDE
I AM ONLY TO DO MY LANTUS/LONG ACING INSULIN IF MY NUMBERS ARE GREATER THAN 150
SAME GOES FOR HUMALOG/FAST ACTING INSULIN
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING THE METFORMIN AND WILL ASK MY NURSE WHEN I SEE HER. MY NUMBER LAST NIGHT WAS 120 AND HAS BEEN CONSISTANT WITH BEING BELOW 150 SINCE THE SURGERY. SO, I AM PRETTY HAPPY WITH ALL THAT GOOD NEWS. I AM SO HAPPY THAT I WENT THROUGH THE SURGERY AND I AM THANKFUL THAT MY HUSBAND IS HERE TO SUPPORT AND TAKE CARE OF ME.
OK, ON TO DR. RAWLINS:
I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT HE IS SUCH AN AWESOME SURGEON!!!!! I WOKE UP WITH VERY LITTLE PAIN DOWN ON MY RIGHT SIDE AND THEN EVEN AFTER I GOT HOME I HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE PAIN IN MY SHOULDERS AND NECK. HE DID SUCH AN AWESOME JOB PUSHING A TON OF AIR OUT OF MY BODY AFTER SURGERY. THEN WOKE UP WITH NO STERI STRIPS. ONLY DERMABOND AND THE WOUNDS ARE LOOKING AWESOME TOO. OK ENOUGH FOR NOW.
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About Me
Lind, WA
Location
39.8
BMI
Surgery
03/06/2012
Surgery Date
Jan 13, 2012
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