browngathers
Post Op Blues
Jul 26, 2009
Today I am 19 days Post Op. Not a happy camper. I think that my expectations were somewhow distorted. Perhaps I read too many accounts by OH members who said they were up and bouncing around within days after their surgery. Of course the pain from my wounds has all but subsided. And my little incisions are healing beautifully. One of them is already just a lil browm spot, soon to disappear. No problem there. But NOOOOOO energy! And for the past two days I had such severe gas pains and discomfort. Then this morning I got up with a terrible pain on the right side of my back. It's hard to move. I suspect it's the gas moved to the back. I
asked myself, if I knew what I now know, would I have had the courage to go forward with this procedure. Needless to say, I know that I have lost weight. Clothes that have not fit since January are now fitting just fine. Bad breath is also a factor coupled with bad taste in mouth. There is also a numbness and tingling in the left thigh.Tomorrow is my post op appointment with my surgeon. Spoke with him on the phone the other day and he said sounds like I am doing just fine.The problem for me is that I have never been sick other than a cold. So I have never experienced anything like this.
All of my OH buddies tell me that it gets better. I believe it. I am also a very positive and optimistic person. Just that now, I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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About Me
Brooklyn, NY
Location
21.6
BMI
Surgery
07/08/2009
Surgery Date
Mar 05, 2009
Member Since
