TO ALL THE UP COMING SURGERY'S!

HI GUY'S I JUST WANT TO WISH EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU A FAST AND SPEEDY RECOVERY. ALL OF YOU WILL DO JUST FINE. FOR ME IT WAS LIKE I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL WENT INTO SHORT STAY AREA WERE THEY TO THE SURGERYS, THE NURSE CAME IN AND GAVE A GOWN ASKED ME SOME QUESTIONS PUT A IV IN ME, FEW MINUTES LATER THE (ANEST)THE GUY WHO PUTS YOU TO SLEEP LOL.CAME IN AND LETS YOU NOW THAT HE WILL BE IN THE O.R.WITH THE DOC. THEY WALK YOU TO THE O.R. PUT THE MONITORS ON YOU. MY DOCTOR WALKS IN AND SAYS ARE YOU READY? I SAID YEAH AS READY AS I'LL EVER BE. THEN THE (ANEST) TELLS ME TO TAKE 10 DEEP BREATHS INTO THIS MASK. I WAS OUT! IT FELT LIKE I HAD JUST SLEPT FOR A MINUTE THEN WOKE UP? I WAS IN RECOVERY I COULD HERE THE NURSE SAY HI CECELIA ,YOUR SURGERY IS OVER YOUR IN RECOVERY. AT THAT POINT I WAS SO RELIEVED, I SAID TO MYSELF WOW !I MADE IT THANK YOU JESUS! THE RECOVERY WAS PROBABLY THE WORST. BECAUSE MY MOUTH WAS REALLY DRY,MY BACK ACHED. I WAS SO UNCONFORTABLE. BUT, ONCE I GOT TO MY ROOM MY PAIN WAS REALLY MINIMAL THE STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL THAT I STAYED IN WERE WONDERFUL. ONCE THEY LET YOU GET OUT OF BED WALK AND WALK AND WALK AS MUCH AS POSSABLE IT WILL HELP YOU PASS GAS, AND HELP WITH YOUR BOWEL MOVEMENTS. AND THATS WHAT THE DOCTORS LOOK FOR. IF YOU DO REALLY WELL THEN MOST LIKELY THE SECOND DAY THE DOC WILL PUT YOU ON FULL LIQUIDS. I WAS SO HAPPY WITH THAT. BECAUSE IT WAS MORE FILLING, MY STOMACH GRAULED ALOT. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO EAT FULL LIQUIDS THE GRAWLING WASN'T SO BAD.BUT, ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT BEFORE MY SURGERY I ALSO WATCHED WHAT I ATE AND WALKED EVERYDAY. DOCTOR HAD ME WORRIED HE WAS TELLING ME THAT IF I GAINED , THAT THERE COULD BE A CHANCE THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO OPEN ME UP. WELL, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I WANTED I WANTED IT TO BE LAP, SO THAT I WOULD HEAL FASTER I'M FIVE DAYS POST-OP AND I'M ALREADY WALKING 2 TIMES A DAY EACH WALK IS ABOUT 2 MILES. THATS HOW GOOD I FEEL. I WAS ALSO DIABETIC, HAD HYPERTENTION, CHOLESTROL. I TOOK MEDS FOR ALL OF THESE ILLNESSES. I NO LONGER HAVE TO TAKE NOT ONE. MY SUGER LEVELS ARE AT 95 IN THE MORNING, AND EVENING 80 TO 110. MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS A 120 OVER 85. MY CHOLESTROL WILL BE DRAWN ON THE 27TH WHEN I SEE MY DOCTOR. I'M DRINKING ALOT OF WATER DURING THE DAY AND IF I REALLY DON'T FEEL HUNGRY I MAKE IT A POINT TO DRINK MY SHAKES THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T FORGET. ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR HYDRATED. GOOD LUCK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON YOUR NEW DAY, AND NEW LIFE, SEE YOU GUYS ON THE LOSING SIDE.IF ANYONE WANTS TO E-MAIL MY FEEL FREE TO. I GOT 5 MORE WEEKS ON MY HANDS TILL I GO BACK TO WORK.TALK TO YOU ALL SOON.

Thanks for your surgery story. Mine is tomorrow. Last minute nerves are setting in. It helps to hear how others did, so I wanted to say thanks for sharing. I am glad you are doing so well. Julie