Callmesunshine
Lost too much weight??
Aug 01, 2011
Here's a quick update. I had my surgery on July 20th. I went home two days later, was drinking everything fine. The next day, all of a sudden I'm dry heaving, have a fever, have chills. I page the nurse, who happens to be married to the doctor. He calls me 7-8 times that day. Finally, it's decided I will go into the hospital. He calls them twice so I get in. Then, on Sunday he comes and visits me, even though he's not on call, on his way up to take his girls 6 hours away to camp. GOOD DOCTOR!! So I'm in the hospital another 4-5 days, CT scan and Upper GI done. It was figured one of two things happened. 1. My tummy was too swollen 2. A pain pill was lodged right before getting to my stomach even though I cut it in half. I believe the later of the two was what happened. Anyway, finally was able to get out of hospital and was drinking fine. That's it though - water. I'm nauseous with everything else. So doctor yells at me on the phone - "your not complying -blah, blah, blah". I still like him even though he's mad at me.Today:
Went in for my week visit. I got on the scale and lost 40 lbs since I started my liquid diet on June 29. Dr. says, "you've lost too much". He said if I can't get my protein in then I will be back in the hospital and get nutrition through an IV. I'm scared, but am having a hell of a time getting this damn protein in. I know that I have to. The taste of everything seems to be changing for me, though. The smell of some things makes me nauseous. I'm on a new anti-nausea medicaiton. The other one (Zofran) was giving me diarrhea. UGH! It's been a horrible trip!
I don't know if I'd say that I'm happy for doing this RIGHT NOW, but I'm sure in a month, I'll be changing my tune. The effects are a little bothersome right this minute.
Anyway, that's it...I've got some protein to try to get down. Hope everyone else is doing better!
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About Me
Canton, MI
Location
32.8
BMI
Surgery
07/20/2011
Surgery Date
Jun 10, 2011
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