Thank You for all of the well wishes!!!!

I made it home yesterday from my hernia reapir surgery.  Yes I did end up staying the full 7 days, but I am so happy staring at my 4 walls.  And a night of uninterrupted sleep.  Not that I slept uninterrupted, ha ha.

I had a hard time with nausea in the hospital, so, over the weekend, when the doc came in to see me, I threw up in front of him, and I think he was anticipating sending me home the following day.  Then, it took a little longer to step me down from the iv pain meds to the oral pain meds.  The process took a day longer, so, instead of coming home sooner than the 7days, I ended up staying the whole 7.  Oh well.  Just glad to be home now.

My instructions from the doc were to do exactly what I had been doing in the hospital.  Laying in bed, resting, walking, and keeping hydrated.
So, as a typical woman, I came home yesterday, after being gone from home a week, and overdid it.  Imagine that!!??!!

I am sore, and my activity is in small amounts.  but leaving 2 boys home?  UGH

My mom came and picked me up from the hospital, and brought me home, and caught me up on getting the laundry put away.  Hubby will wash, and dry, and lay flat on the folding table.  But the putting away part........... well...........  It's all good, though!!!!  Only 1 dirty load waiting for me.  I am a very lucky woman, indeed!!!!

No driving........... Hmmmmmmmmmmm............ So, I told my hubby "Guess what you get to do everyday when you come home?  Yup, take me for a ride!!!!  Woof!!  Woof!!"  Makes panting noises!!!!

Mentally, I had such a difficult time with this surgery, the week prior to surgery I was really, really struggling.  Thought of my mortality were close, too close.  I was terrified.  

My surgery was supposed to be 5 hours (I know it could go longer if they ran into problems).  So, when they wheeled me into recovery, and it was there at 3hours and 50 minutes, I was HAPPY!!!!  Had a HARD HARD time with my pain control, and had to switch out my pain meds............. doc & I discussed dilaudid, and we agreed at my pre-op............ "It works" is my motto.  And I think just out of sheer habit for the doc, he wrote for morphine.  Like giving me sugar water.  Did NOTHING for me.  I was in ******G AGONY.  And the doc was in another procedure.  ****   Finally, got an order to switch the pain meds.  Then with them pushing all my guts back into my abdimonal cavity, sewing my muscles over that, closing my skin, and 2 abdominal binder on top of the pain meds....... my breathing was shallow, and that was MAJOR cause for concern from my nurse, and all involved.  My sister, and mom had already left, I believe.  But I pulled through, and I have successfully gotten my hernia repair, and abdominoplasty all in one~~giving me back the integrity of my 2003 abdominoplasty back........ minus MORE SKIN!!!!  WOOT!!!!!!!!

I am 2 pounds heavier today then the day prior to my surgery date, not too shabby for all that trauma.

I am mostly over on the proboards website, and have been since the majority of the vets went there in December.
http://weightlosssurgery.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk



Thank You again, everyone!!!!!!!

Hey! Welcome home. Thank you for updating us on how you're doing. You've been through it so TAKE IT EASY!  :)

--gina

Thank You Gina!!!  Been puttering off and on today, mostly just off, though!!!!

Glad you're on the road to healing, Jamie. I totally know what you're going through, so kudos to you.

My surgery was 4 hours and I was in the hospital for 21hrs. It was tough.

Keep us posted.

Thank you, Gail.  Only 21 hours in the hospital?  WOW!!!! What a trooper!!!!

Just glad to be home, and have the surgery behind me.

What an ordeal.  You seem to have kept your sense of humor throughout - good for you!

Just glad to be this far out from my revision that I fought so hard for, now, I hope I am done geting my complications straightened out, and a boring recover, with no more hernia's for me!!!!

Hello, Jamie!  Thank you for the update.  I was just on the proboard site and read your post there also, but I didn't reply until now.  I know it's a mixed bag with such pain, but I am glad you are on the mend, and the worst shoud be over.

Thak You!!!!  I am looking forward to being healed, and my body finally beng able to concentrate on my DS, not concentrating on trying to heal my hernia that I foun back in March, and had to wait to have repaired.

But, through it all, LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!   And so are ALL of the tremendous supporters of the very boards!!!!!!!

 Great job Jamie. I sent you a regular email, not sure I have your right email address.  Now that you are home and things seem to be on the mend, WOOT WOOT! And a tummy redone too!

Karen