Whooohoooo, I'm on the Losing Side now!

Hi Everyone, I had the surgery on Monday morning and was released from the Elliott Hospital yesterday afternoon. I can't praise the staff at Elliott Hospital enough, they were very caring and attentive. All is going very well, I'm on the stage two diet and so far ( thank the powers that be!) have not had any issues. I really am not sure that they actually did anything except drug me up and make 6 small scratches on my belly! I expect that before too long there will be a reality check for me, but right now there is no pain (other than when I press directly on the incisions), I'm not hungry at all, but the other side of the coin is that I don't feel full when I do eat. I'm tolerating the food very well, and actually was able to get in 63 grams of protein and 62 ounces of water today! Whooohooo, all is on the right path at this point in time anyway! BTW, I entered the hospital on Monday with 12 prescription medicines for the various comorbidities, I left there yesterday with only 6 to worry about! The down side to this is that I have to crush all the pills, yucky taste, trust me! The next hurdle is getting used to the different pill schedules, although that could change very quickly. Dr Gould wanted me to see my PCP within a week to 10 days to monitor the diabetes, etc since it can change in a short amount of time. I'll check back with you all soon, but wanted you to know that I came through this and now am on the losing side! Hugs to everyone, be safe and be happy! - Trudi

Trudi, I am so glad you are doing so well! It's so great that you are off of some of your meds. What a blessing! Take good care of yourself, and keep us posted! Steph

Wow Trudi, you are doing AWESOME on your protein and water!!! I'm still preop and can't get that much in. So glad you are on the losing side. Blessings, Jaime

Congratulations! Glad you are not having any problems...I'm still post-op but, the people in my support group said that even if you feel great make sure you don't overdue it .....some people said they went back to work after a couple of weeks and even though they did not have problems they still regret they did not take enough time to rest and relax ....so make sure you rest and relax no matter what! Hope to see you on the loosing side soon (my surgery isn't until 7/31)!