6 days post-op
Checking in after surgery on the 9th. No complications!! Big relief! Not even the dreaded "gas" pains. I was up walking in the recovery room to the bathroom and then over to the barium swallow x-ray where they check to see if the band is still in the right place and that fluid will flow to the lower portion of the stomach.
They took me to my room and I walked from the transport bed to the bed in the room. Thereafter, I got up about every two hours and went for a stroll -- short ones at first then by the 6th hour post-op, I could lap the unit without feeling shaky. I continued this thoughout the night. It is difficult to sleep in a strange bed. By the next day, I was lapping the unit twice in one walking session.
I'm up to 20 minutes a day at home and am going for 30 minutes today.
As for being nervous prior to the surgery, I've had a number of surgeries in my 65 years on this planet, but this was the only one that I felt unsure about and more than a little nervous. In fact, as I waited to be called back to the pre-op area, I almost changed my mind. But, I knew I didn't really have a choice if I wanted to have quality of life for my remaining years. And, I pretty tired of keeping track of all my medications on an exel spreadsheet.
Bottom line. It is normal to be be nervous--even a little scared--maybe even a lot scared. But I'm no "shrink".
I just know that what I was most anxious about was whether I could stick to the "program". Whether the surgery would be something that I would do and not fall back into the cheating that I've done in the past when I tried to lose weight. I am committed to being healthier in the future than I have been these past 10 years.
They took me to my room and I walked from the transport bed to the bed in the room. Thereafter, I got up about every two hours and went for a stroll -- short ones at first then by the 6th hour post-op, I could lap the unit without feeling shaky. I continued this thoughout the night. It is difficult to sleep in a strange bed. By the next day, I was lapping the unit twice in one walking session.
I'm up to 20 minutes a day at home and am going for 30 minutes today.
As for being nervous prior to the surgery, I've had a number of surgeries in my 65 years on this planet, but this was the only one that I felt unsure about and more than a little nervous. In fact, as I waited to be called back to the pre-op area, I almost changed my mind. But, I knew I didn't really have a choice if I wanted to have quality of life for my remaining years. And, I pretty tired of keeping track of all my medications on an exel spreadsheet.
Bottom line. It is normal to be be nervous--even a little scared--maybe even a lot scared. But I'm no "shrink".
I just know that what I was most anxious about was whether I could stick to the "program". Whether the surgery would be something that I would do and not fall back into the cheating that I've done in the past when I tried to lose weight. I am committed to being healthier in the future than I have been these past 10 years.
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