So I'm home

I am hurting, and the meds are only helping for about an hour and i can only take the liquid lortab every 4 hours.  I am pretty exhausted. :( I just can't get comfy at all. The pain medication is making me itch like crazy so I took a Benadryl too but sheesh.

I'm havin to start from the beginning again with clear then full liquids , soft/mushies and the solids. It was definitely the afferent limb so she separated that and had I had ALOT of adhesions so she cleared that up and fixed it tool. Ugh I finally dozed off a couple hours ago but im awake with pain and im not allowed my pain meds for about an hour.
Thanks so much for the prayers and good thoughts. I LOVE you guys.

Misty, I am glad to hear you are home and that the surgery is over and behind you.  I know recovery isn't much fun either, but it is a time to be pampered and to think of yourself.  If the pain meds are only helping for one hour that is not a good thing.  I would call your doctor and see what  else they can give you.  When I had my WLS the liquid Loritab was great and did a fine job, but when I had my hernia surgery this past June (18 months later) they found out I was allergic to the Loritab.  It is a derivitive of morphine and they gave me that in the hospital.  I felt like I was crawling out of my skin!  I itched everywhere within about 30 min after getting it!  They had to give me Benadryl in the hospital, and told me to add morphine and all related to it to my list of allergies.  I would call your doc.  They want you to be comfy so you can rest.  Don't forget to walk a little so you don't get a blood clot.  Hugs and prayers.  Karen

Thanks!

Misty, I am so glad that the surgery is over and things went well. I am sorry however that your having the pain and the all. I will continue to keep you in special prayers that the pain leaves and it won't be long before you are up and moving more and back to being Misty again.

Thanks a ton. I think the pain would be a lil easier if I wasn't soo nauseated and heaving some. Theres really only a few areas that hurt. The other 3 incisions aren't tooo bad.

Im glad you are home and on your way to recovery.  You know the routine after this surgery.

heh yea, Rich was teasing me bout starting over with liquids and advancing again, but it doesn't bother me because 95% of  "food" I've consumed in the past week are back in full liquids.

Misty, I am so glad that everything went well. It was nice chatting with your mother last  night.  Now, just rest easy, and don't rush back into anything at all for a few days.  Take care, and call me if you need to chat.  I will call you back when I get a break!

Oh Misty I feel your pain!  I would call the dr also and see if there was anything else they could give you to help with the pain.  There isn't any excuse for being in pain....the dr's are there to help with that and wouldn't want you to be in pain!!!!

So do you now have to start back at square one with your diet?  If I were you I would be up and walking ASAP because I was told walking is good for the pain. 

You are in my prayers!  Get well soon!

I've been up walking every hour just around the apartment because I'm still kind of unsteady some what.

Thanks.