One week ago today!!!

Well i have made it One week!! Dr. Boss is AWSOME!! He was very good at calming my pre surgery nerves.  His nurse that was with me she was SO nice. Iam vary happy that i picked Dr. Boss to do my surgery..Iam not in to much pain the last pain meds i had was mon or tuesday.. Now the staples are bothing me SOO much i  cant wait to get them out tomorrow when i see Betty. And see how much weight i have lost.. I have been drinking lots of water and milk i have tryed all the protein drinks that Andrea told me about but none of them sat well with me and the last thing i want is a pissy pouch!!  I do have a few questions tho..  I get very out of breath just walking alittle ways from my bedroom to the kitchen for example will this get better?? I didnt have this problum before surgery I have been doing deep breaths sometimes that helps and sometimes not.  And i  have been feeling alittle out in space i dont know if this is from the drugs they gave me or what has anybody else had these problums??? Iam going to talk to the NP tomorrow and see what she has to say..... liz

Liz, I was really wiped out for about 6 weeks after my surgery.  Rest and don't overdo...it does get better...you might need to use your lung exerciser (did they give you one at the hospital?) Rosemary

Hi Liz, I'm 2 weeks post op so I can try and answer some of your questions.  First I'm going to ask you one.  Did they make you walk a lot in the hospital?  I had my surgery around noon and after recovery I had to walk 5 times that night.  Every time I couldn't sleep I would get up and walk so whenever you get the chance...walk.  It really helps to build your strength.  Rosemary is right about the breathing thing they give you in the hospital...that should help, too. Spacey...oh yeah...definitely the first week.  It gets better though.  I'm feeling much better that way now.   Blessings to you!