checking with with September surgeries

Nice to meet you Chickita! Good to hear you are not having any problems! It is nice when the DH takes care of us! I could get used to that. Have a great day. Holly

Hi, everyone! I had laproscopic RNY on September 15. No real complications from the surgery - just a yeast infection from the antibiotics, but it is gone now. I spent 2 nights in the hospital. I was on clear liquids for about a day, then full liquids. Pureed foods for a week. Now on soft foods, though I have been able to eat chicken and do almost daily! I went back to work after a week off. This week I have been able to start back on my vitamins and I am feeling the energy return. I had lost 11 pounds at my post-surgery appt which was 5 days after my surgery. I am still not getting exercise in and I know that is something I have to make a priority. I have just never been very active and it is really difficult at 60 years old to start new routines! I still have to work at getting all the protein and fluids in. I keep a daily journal of my food and water intake. I will add exercise to that as soon as I start something regular. My clothes are really starting to droop, sag, bunch up and just plain look dowdy! I hope to go through the closets this weekend and clean out the too big and dig out the ones that didn't fit before! Each day just gets better and better! Pat

Pat, Nice to meet you. WOW on the awesome progress you are making. I finally broke down and went to fitday.com and am pretty surprised how easy it is to track your food (also tracks your protein,carbs, etc) and excercize. loose clothes are so cool! Have a great day! Holly

Hi Pat, Glad to hear you are doing well! I can definately feel you with the exhaustion, when people ask me how I am doing, I have to tell them, "if I weren't so tired, I'd be great". I am so glad I decided to take close to six weeks off, I can't imagine trying to work and being this tired. I am getting in exercise everyday. I figure I'll be tired with or without it! It's fun having clothes not fit, my hubby and I found some great sales at Kmart and Walmart. Also JC Penny is having a huge sale this week. Good luck and keep us posted on how you are doing! Holly

Hello, I had my LAP RNY surgery on September 7th. Tomorrow will be 4 weeks out for me. The only problem I have had with anything to date is the pain from the surgery for me was pretty bad and didn't really go away until the third week (last week). Everything I have tried to eat has gone down and stayed down and came out on the back side normal. LOL. I had some problems drinking liquid the first 4 days, but then I was able to drink two protein shakes a day and get in all 64 oz of my water, and I can take a gulp of water with no problems. I can't chug it obviously, but anyhow, no problems drinking and eating. Some things I eat, no matter how much I chew it I can only eat small amounts, other things I can seem to eat more of and this worrys me. I have lost 20lbs since surgery and 52lbs overall if you count my presurgery diet.

Hello Rocco, 3 weeks of surgery pain that sounds brutal. Sounds like you are doing good with your liquids though. I seem to be getting about 50 oz of liquid now and I know 64 oz would be much better. I know what you mean about worrying if you are eating too much, I worry too. Even though I am barely eating anything it seems like sometimes I can eat more than a 1/4 cup and I worry about that. Gloria

Hi Rocco! I am so glad your pain finally went away, that alone would make me exhausted and less than fun to be around! Great job with the fluids, I wouldn't worry too much about the food part yet, your pouch is still healing and I understand that if you eat dense foods, you eat less of them. 20 pounds is awesome! especially since you lost so much pre-op. Good luck and I hope you continue to feel good! Holly

Thanks Gloria and Holly. Best of luck to you two.

Rocco, Nice to meet you! I can't imagine being in pain for 3 weeks, you are a true champ I am kind of like you, I haven't had any eating problems and am doing great on my water. good luck! Holly

Halleleuia! What a relief! I had my surgery on 9/19 and spent 3 nights in the hospital. I would have been out in 2 but I couldn't pee after they took the foley out so they had to put that damn thing back in and the next day whadda-ya-know...we take it out and I can go!!! Yeah!! Foley's are from the devil I know it, lol! I dont really remember much of the first week or so. I was pretty medicated. I remember I did great walking laps at the hospital. At home lately I just feel super , SUPER fatigued and weak. Sounds silly but honestly I feel so weak sometimes it almost hurts...my muscles feel like mush. (I am a pretty strong active person, so this is really, really hard for me). I've been working with the docs on it and they took me off of almost all my pre-op medications and that seems to be making an improvement. Somedays I just feel like I could sleep all day and all night (and I almost have a few times). I am not depressed at all it's just the weak feeling, I'm not sure how to really describe it. I was in the hospital Wednesday for IV fluids. Seems I may have a touch of the flu too. I had been having Montezumas Revenge, lol. BAD!! At the hospital they had me drink this humongous (like 40oz cup!! seriously) of contrast dye for a cat scan to check on my R kidney and my pouch. I thought I was gonna hurl my pouch was so freakin full and tight, but I didn't I made it. That is until they sent me home that night. It was the first night Jason had gone back to work at the base (he took 2 weeks off to stay home and take care of me, so sweet). My mom and dad had kept the kids overnight because I was SO wiped from the hospital visit. I was actually feeling pretty good with the IV fluid boluses in me, evidently I was a bit dehydrated. So...no kids...thought I would just curl-up and go to bed eary so I did about 8:30pm. At 11pm I awoke with horrid cramps and literally projectile, water diarrhea...THANK YOU CONTRAST DYE! Not so much!! I was in the bathroom until J got home the next morning around 7:30am....I guess I scared him (by that time I was going at both ends!!) he immediatly got on the phone and was calling the surgeon's clinic. I dont remember much but they got me in and rehydrated...turns out contrast dye has that effect on some people...lucky me. LMAO I had not had any vomiting or diarrhea at all from the surgery itself...some nausea but honestly except for the weakness until that point I felt like I was pretty good. That night on the porcelin goddess I was crying and wondering what the HELL did I do this to myself for! !! BUT....Today I am feeling pretty good. No nausea, no diarrhea...and even a little more energy than usual. I hope this is all evening out so I can get down to the real good stuff about this surgery and lose some inches. I have been kind of upset with myself for not getting out there and taking walks every day, but honestly it's all I can do some days just to be up and around in my house. Just taking a shower and I am overheated and done. I hope this will pass very soon. I would really like to get some good walking in! Ok 'nuff moaning and groaning. Bottom line I am glad I had the surgery (now 2 weeks out), and it will only get better from here right?! BIG HUGS! ~Tomi