Going on 4th day post op

Jan 14, 2010

Just finally got the chance to get online to report on how my surgery went.  Everything moved so quickly once I got wheeled back to my room.  My mom and daughter came back for about 1/2 before they had to take me into the operating room.  Once I was in the room on the table they started to prepare me, and the next thing you know I wake up in recovery.  I don't even remember them telling me that they were injecting the anesthesia.  That kind of bothered me...but all went well. 

I actually felt pretty good for the first 12 hours after surgery.  Of coarse they wanted me to do the Spirometer every so often which made me cough.  That hurt to cough and even laugh!  After the anesthesia wore off is when I started getting miserable.  Like people have said in past blogs...you never realize all the muscles that it affects when you have surgery.  For a person who can tolerate pain pretty well...the pain was a little over threshold for me.  Thank god it's almost completely gone today.  Sleeping was the most difficult part to tackle, as I alway lay on my stomach.  Not going to be doing that for awhile.  I did the liquids for the first and second day.  Now I am doing low fat vanilla pudding, popcicles, and Baby Cereal.  YES...baby cereal.    It's really good.  Just mix it with skim milk and put a little splenda in it and it's great!  I have not felt that hungry at all, but I am sure once the swelling goes down...I may start feeling hungry!

Another thing that everyone was right about was the incision where the port was put.   That port incision is really tender!!  The others feel okay...just itchy.

I too had those moments of "what in the name of la di da, did I do".  But now I am doing good and don't regret it at all.

Thanks for all of your support!  I will be adding my before photos in the next couple of days.

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