I'm finally on the Loser's Bench!

Well, I'm finally on the losing side. The conscious intubation thing was a piece of cake. Dr. Wendy Howard was amazing. She promised I wouldn't remember a thing, and I didn't. I didn't even have a sore throat when I woke up. Surgery wise, other than my blood pressure going up during the beginning of the procedure the whole thing went off without a hitch. I had it done laparscopic. My biggest issues in the hospital were feeling really sick from the pain medicine, trying to get my blood pressure down, and the gas from the lap procedure. Surgical pain was and still is minimal. Once they diconnected the pain pain pump, within a couple hours I perked right up and was walking a lot. That in turned helped the gas pains. I started sipping liquids late Wednesday afternoon and learned the difference between a sip and a SIP real fast. Little sips don't hurt, big ones do. I got home yesterday and am doing pretty well. I got up early this morning and started the day with 4 oz of Atkins. Got about 3 of it down and had to take a break. I'm just taking slowly and listening very carefully to my body. I will be sipping water and other liquids all day. I know I'm getting enough to drink because I certainly am peeing. I did get on my scale just out of curiosity expecting to have a gain from all the fluids they pumped into me, but instead I am at 224. Tuesday morning before I left for the hospital I was 229.5 so I was surprised to see this loss. I'm not going to be obsessive about the scale or my hubby and sister will take it away . But at 224 I now have less than 100 lbs to lose to get to my goal! I will update further as I move along in this incredible journey. Thanks again to everyone for your support.

HI DEBRA GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOUR SURGERY WENT WELL AND THAT YOU ARE DOING WELL ENJOY YOUR 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND TALK TO YOU SOON. I SOON WILL JOIN YOU ON THAT LOSER'S BENCH TAKE CARE NICOLE

Thanks Nicole. I seem to do better as each hour passes. Have a great 4th of July weekend. I'm just going to take it easy on the bench this weekend. Take care, Deb

Debra, Hun I am so glad all went well for you.....~Hugs~ It is nice to see ya posting so soon.... I know all about the gas pain, I had mine for about 4 days.....eewww.... I hope you have a great holiday weekend...~hugs~ Debra P

Debra, Thanks so much for your ~hugs~ and support. Yup, those gas pains are the worse part of this whole thing. But they are much better now. Although the belly certainly makes some new sounds now . You have a great holiday weekend also. All the best, Deb