Welcome home! Glad to hear you're recovering well. I'm finding the pain meds less and less necessary.. Thank God! I still have some serious soreness but nothing like what it was on days 1 and 2! Get some rest, sip, sip, sip, walk and remember that protein! Merry Christmas! Julie

I think you ought to trust your doctor. If I had to guess I'd say that your body is looking at things (right now) like starvation and is attempting to hold on to stuff to live. Also, you probably have a lot of "stuff" still stuck in you. I know my doc filled me with saline at the end of the surgery on top of all of the gas during the surgery. I feel like my belly is much larger right now because I can't hold it in. Give it time, stick to the program.. get your protein in and I"m sure you'll be fine! It'll start coming off soon!

My gas started on the second day after surgery and was accompanied by the oh so lovely diarrhea. Fortunately, a friend had warned me that I would "poop on myself" so I was afraid to pass gas anyhow! LOL I managed to do all my gas passing in the bathroom. It has been pretty consistent, about every 6 hours. ANd wow.. the LOUD rumblings in my gut woke me up last night. It didn't hurt at all but boy was it every loud. It was a good warning to head to the restroom... again! lol Today, I'm still sore but don't feel quite as much need for the pain meds. However, one of my incision sites feels very sore and I am REALLY itchy from the binder. I don't want to take it off, though, because then my insides hurt really bad. But boy does it ever itch! I've scratched holes in my skin in some spots. Probably not good, eh? I haven't tried pudding. I"m worried that it might be too thick. My doc said to get one protein drink in per day right now. Then, after day 11 I need to shoot for 2. He said that I should definitely NOT do it in the morning because it will cause nausea AND it will make me so full I won't do my other liquids and then I"ll end up dehydrated. So.. I've had jello, water and coffee with equal. I'll be taking my protein shake with me. Other than that.. all's well on the farm. :-) I won't get to see my doctor until 4 weeks out because he had the nerve to take vacation during the third week! lol I did give him a hard time about that too! In any case.. I'm glad to be back here and looking forward to sharing success stories with everyone!

Glad to hear that you are home and doing well. Take care and have a nice holiday!

hugs,
Brenda

 

welcome back apryl....im so glad that everything went well...and thanks for checkin in the day after your surgery.....i wish you much sucess on your journey....