Banded and Home!

Got banded Wednesday by Dr. Wolff.  All went pretty good.  Home resting.  Still pretty sore but glad I did it!!!!

Glade to hear you are home. How was your overnight in the hospital?  I am 1week and 3days post op. How is the eating going? It's hard to get in the fluids huh? I had some problems with it. Linda

I tell ya...That is not my favorite hospital.  I don't know what it is over there but to me, it seems like the quality of nursing care dramatically drops once you hit the aftercare room.  The ones before surgery and during and then in the recovery room were great.  But the ones in the SSU not so much.  There were a few that were ok that I saw.  But I swear, maybe it's me but I seem to attract the ones that get easily frustrated.  Asking for a heating pad.... WOAH... ya'd think I'd have asked for a new lung.  I got snapped at by the CNA at night with clenched fists... she says "yes, I can but just not right now"...through clenched teeth and shaking fists at me over the end of my bed.  I was just like "oooo kaaayyyeee".   I was half in the bag of course so I had no words until she left the room of course... delayed reaction I guess.  I don't know.  After that I tried not to ring my buzzer for anything and deal with stuff myself.  I had actually called her in because the leg compresser thing started beeping and since she was there I asked for a heating pad and I got the wrath over that.  Finally got one though...an hour and a half later. HA... this nurse that was in the ASU had on a clip that said "ask me about magnet".  So I did and when she explained how that hospital acheived magnet status (excellence) in nursing I almost fell off the stretcher.  My husband and I just looked at each other stunned saying "woooWWW".  That's nice.  I figure it must be fore her certain area because it could not have included ALL of the nursing staff.  Not when I hav run into the rudeness factor on 4 occasions at the same hospital now.  I must attract them.  Either that or I expect to much after being in a hospital that truely had excellent nurses a long time ago (in a different state). Sorry... did I go on and on. ?  It was nice having a private room but they had me right at the end of the hall and they kept banging in and out of them with stretchers half the night.  AND I was on the side with the construction going on so that woke me up bright and early.   I am drinking as much as I can.  I have eaten very few things.  I ate applesauce in the hospital the first night.  Not all of it... just a few bites.  Then the following morning I had a few bites of cream of wheat and applesauce again.  They gave me cranberry juice through out the night which tasted sooo good to me I drank all of that along with water and ice chips.  That's what I liked the most.   Since I have been home I have only had a little bit of butternut squash soup last night and then this morning I had some cream of wheat.  I haven't eaten anything else since.  The nurse called me from the clinic yesterday to see how I am and told me to concentrate on the water mostly so that's what I do.  I will try to put something on my stomach (maybe more soup) tonight.  I just don't like taking all the meds I am on with an empty tummy.  It hurts enough as it is. How long did you have pain?  Is it all gone for you now?  I pretty  much need to be on the move again by Monday when my husband must go back to work.  I hope I am.  I feel pretty crummy now.

The pain wasn't bad or should I say isn't bad except when it comes to getting into bed. The pain pills that was given to me I only used two. I went back to work one week later and doing fine. i have a home day care the only part i have is lifting the baby from the floor but it's only when i bend over. how is eating going for you? Linda

Well you must have a higher tolerance for pain than I do.  I am pretty uncomfortable still.  Of course I am only 3 days out.  I hope I am able to lift my son on Monday.  I have no choice.  I'll have to.  He weighs 26+ pounds. I really don't know what the heck to eat.  I've been eating cream of wheat for breakfast.  I haven't really been eating lunch.  I had some yogurt a bit ago.  Dinner...I've been eating soup... campbells butternut squash soup.  And not much of it.  Mushing up stuff together doesn't excite me.  I don't know what I'll have tonight.