Finally got out of the hospital, I was beginning to wonder if that was going to happen.  The day of surgery everything went smoothly, after recovery, I had to ask if I had had surgery because I wasn't feeling any pain...none....Oh my god but then on day 2 - I starting hurting, hurt to breathe, hurt to swallow, hurt to talk....etc. The Doctor seemed lost for a minute....Then I was doing pretty good on the liquids..nasty as they were I got most of it down....But, then came uncontrollable vomiting.....I was I swear I didn't drink that much....buckets after buckets....there was line of nurses from my bed to the bathroom, passing buckets....finally the meds kicked in and I could rest...oh but what havoc that caused....it felt like I was carrying a basketball in my left side.....they did an MRI of my chest and found I was bleeding in the old stomach...reason unknown...but it was filling I was vomiting it up....do then I had to endure another procedure to have a catheter put in to drain the blood....oh yes they knocked me out for that....ok so now we got that fixed...back to liquids....doing great....oh goodie maybe I can go home on day 4, oh no, now I can breathe hurt like hell to take a deep breath. The nurses failed to tell me about the little breathing thingy sitting on the night stand...and that I should have been using it hourly -- deep breathing...I was pissed. So I started that....and by then was able to get myself out of bed and start walking....I walked as often as I could...every time I got up for a potty run I would walk around the corridor. Dr. said the more active I was the quicker I would recover. So finally Sunday morning, Dr. said I think you can go home tomorrow….you will to keep doing the breathing techniques, walk often, take the Lovelox shots daily (for 10 days) and take all your vitamins and proteins….and of course water.

You know I have never been so happy to be back home….now comes to start of a whole new life. Proteins…that what the heck are those….lol

Wow! I'm so glad the fluids came off quickly for you!  I finally lost the fluid after I came home.  I'm still having a hard time keeping up with the recommended 1500- 2000cc of fluid intake though.

Good Luck to you!
Julie