I'm home!!!!

Welcome to the loser's bench.  I'm glad everything went great.

I'm so glad you are home and had a good experience. I called and checked on you and they said you were doing great. I know you are glad to have that behind you. Remember to sip, sip, sip all day long.

I checked in at 9 a.m. and went into surgery at 1:15 and Dr. Broussard spoke to my DH and mom at 2:35 and said I did well.  After an hour in recovery, I was in my room between 3:30 and 4 p.m.  I have five small incisions and I'm held together with glue.  No staples or stitches.  I go back in two weeks to see how I'm doing. I was the last surgery for the day and they were running behind somewhat, but I was very patient and met a lot of wonderful staff there.  It is truly a remarkable place. I off to get some water and rest.

Congrats on making it to the losers side! Glad you are feeling so well!  Keep us posted on your progress! Take care, Dot

congratulations !!! It was so nice meeting you on Saturday , the gas will go away , you are doing all the right things , just keep it up !!!!    Take care, luanne

Hi everyone.    Day three after surgery is a lot better.  Hardly any pain, slept all night for the first time.  My mom and DH are taking great care of me. 

Glad post-surgery is going good.  Welcome to the bench!  Isn't it great??

Post-op hasn't been as bad as I had anticipated.  I have lost 4 of the 7 pounds I gained with all of the fluids from surgery.  Today has been a bad day due to soreness and overdoing it a little bit.  My highlight today was that my Dh brought over our 10 month old granddaughter for a visit.  It was fun, but I wished I could have held her but was to afraid of being kicked in the stomach area. My first week of liquids is almost over and one more week to go.  I'm anxious to get this part behind me and start on mushies.  By the time I get to mushies, I will have had tree weeks of liquids.  I'm trying to get in at least 60 grams of protein in with my drinks and lots of water also.  I have never seen so many colors of bruising on my stomach.  It is kind of interesting to see what shade it will be the next day.  Today is green and yellow which I've been told is almost healed.  This has been an interesting and growth experience to see that I'm a stronger woman than I have ever given myself credit for in the past.  I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Congratulations I am so glad you are doing well.