6 days Post Open RNY
I posted the below the day after I returned home on my AZ board.... thought it might be a little helpful. Yesterday was my first full day home and I still only managed to get in 18 oz of fluids - never understood how that could be so hard, but now I get it - it is just hard getting in much liquids when you are just sipping drops at a a time!! Looking forward to that getting better!! Officially 6 days Post-op!
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Hello fellow losers! I got home from the hospital last night. Had my Open RNY on Tuesday at 12pm.
I had a couple of very rough days with being nauseous and just plain feeling awful. I think taking the swallow test aggravated my tummy more. (only had the swallow test because I was so sick to my tummy and having dry heaves)
also my hubby said he thought I was taking too big of sips - which I thought I was taking small sips - but maybe my drug induced brain wasn't running fully charged!
Now the turn around occurred when I started walking religiously every hour regardless of how I felt, plus taking extreme baby sips - so more like taking little droplets of water.
I'd say for those just undertaking this - make sure you walk regardless how you feel, because amazingly it does make you feel better and take the most insane smallest sips of water - you can always take bigger sips as your pouch tolerates - but I think this was one factor really upsetting my tummy. I was even to the point of thinking I would not be able to tolerate water, but the key was just taking in droplets. I've never heard it worderd that way until I though of it myself - everything I've read says sip - sip - sip - but everyone's sips are different. Play it safe and take in droplet size amounts until you can move up to a sip.
I'll update more later.
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Hello fellow losers! I got home from the hospital last night. Had my Open RNY on Tuesday at 12pm.
I had a couple of very rough days with being nauseous and just plain feeling awful. I think taking the swallow test aggravated my tummy more. (only had the swallow test because I was so sick to my tummy and having dry heaves)
also my hubby said he thought I was taking too big of sips - which I thought I was taking small sips - but maybe my drug induced brain wasn't running fully charged!
Now the turn around occurred when I started walking religiously every hour regardless of how I felt, plus taking extreme baby sips - so more like taking little droplets of water.
I'd say for those just undertaking this - make sure you walk regardless how you feel, because amazingly it does make you feel better and take the most insane smallest sips of water - you can always take bigger sips as your pouch tolerates - but I think this was one factor really upsetting my tummy. I was even to the point of thinking I would not be able to tolerate water, but the key was just taking in droplets. I've never heard it worderd that way until I though of it myself - everything I've read says sip - sip - sip - but everyone's sips are different. Play it safe and take in droplet size amounts until you can move up to a sip.
I'll update more later.
Hi There "Loser" Friends : Before long we'll be amongst those other "Losers". I am having LAP RNY on Wednesday the 19th. Good luck to you with your sipping and walking. I know that has been said over and over so I intend to take others' advice and do just that.
"One Sippy Sippy" "Two Sippy Sippy" "Three Sippy Sippy" LOL Might as well make a game out of it, eh?
Sandy
Lap RNY 11/19/08
"One Sippy Sippy" "Two Sippy Sippy" "Three Sippy Sippy" LOL Might as well make a game out of it, eh?
Sandy
Lap RNY 11/19/08
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