passionflower
Surgery was surgery..painful,unpleasant,not something I want to do again for many years!
The antibiotic wiped out my normal flora in the bowel and I was left with a nasty diahrrea from
Clostridium difficile(also a normal flora bacteria)...I hafta take liquid vancomycin for 11 days
every 6 hours.
I had the sleeve gastrectomy so I have 4 incisions all above the navel,plus one scar where
the drain exited.
So far(I am at 2 weeks post op) I have had no problems, post op gas pains, or even sore
muscles. My incisions are a tiny bit itchy but that is it. First I was on clear liquids for 4 days,
and then full liquids for the next 2 weeks. Tomorrow I graduate to pureed meats, vegetables,
banana.
Though I've had a smooth post operative course I strongly recommend anyone interested
in this surgery to cut their calories down to 1000cal/day with 80-100grams of protein a day, and
80 ounces of water a day and lose the weight without surgery.
