I'm home and feeling GREAT!!!

I had my surgery on 01/17/07 @ around 10am. The surgery and recovery went great. I never had an bad pain. I've had worse pain from cramps than I had after surgery. I realize that I am truly blessed. I was in the hospital 2 days and I have been home for 2 days. Still no pain and no other issues. I am still a little swollen. I got a little depressed when I was released. My pre-op weight was 362, surgery day my weight was 348, and my release weight was 357. When I seen that 357 I almost cried. The nurse must have seen it on my face and she explained to me that it is probably mostly fluid and the fact that I am still swollen. Anyway as of today I am at 345. That is a loss of 17, 3, and 12 pounds . Whichever one it is, it is a loss and I feel great. I'm going with the 12 pounds. Today will be my first day of walking. I was going to walk around my subdivision but it has been raining since yesterday. So I am going to pull out my Walk Away the Pounds and try the 1 mile. I want to thank EVERYONE for the emails, words of encouragement, and prayers. I really appreciate them and I believe they aided in my uneventful surgery and recovery.

Welcome back!! Glad to hear you are doing great and congrats on becoming a loser! Pearl

Congrats on your surgery! Sounds like you are recovering very well!

Glad to hear that you are doing so well, keep up the good work.

Wooooooohooooo!!! Congrats on becomming a loser!! I am coming to join you day after tomorrow and hope to be a blessed as you with the very little pain. Woooooot! You are going to do so great!!! Anna

Tomorrow is your big day. You will be in my prayers. I'm saving a seat for you on the other side

That's awesome Tricie. I'm so glad to hear you've had no trouble. You're headed in the right direction and I really admire your positivity. Keep it up!

I just read one of your emails just the other day on how your weren't sure if you were having it or not due to some financial stuff. i just happen to go into the January surgery dates because i just had mine on the 16th! i had really bad gas pains and i was very weepy and scared. weird. but now i'm better and better every day. good luck on your journey. I just wanted to say hi

Congradulations!!! sounds like your doing great!!! Walking around your subdivision, wow I had surgery on the 18th of January, and I do good to walk around the house!!!! LOL these drains keepin me sore sore sore!!!! Well keep up the good work Sonya

Sonya My doctors dosen't use the drain anymore. My biggest pain was the PICC line. The uppper part of my right arm is still a little sore and today is has turned from black to blue so I guess it is getting better. The biggest problem that I am having is whey protein. I think I am allergic to the soy. Everytime I try to eat it I start to fell puky. I am going to call my dietician today and see what are my other options. I KNOW I am not getting in enough protein daily. My favorite thing to eat during this puree stage is mash potatoes and I make them real soupy with cream of chicken soup and low fat milk. I make it real runny, but it taste great. Try it Stay in touch and congratulation on a successful surgery