One week Post op and I'm home

Hello all. just a quick note to let everyone know that I came thru surgery with Dr. Hone one week ago today. I had to stay an extra day, until Friday, before being released, but am home and getting around pretty darn good. Every day I get a little stronger, but I do believe every post I read pre-op about how hard it is to get the protein and water in. Thanks for your prayers and well wishes.... Terri

Hi Terri, Glad to hear that you are home and recovering. Just keep sipping and walking. You probably will struggle with the water and protein amounts for a while, but it will get better. Keep up the good work! Joy

Welcome home Terri! I hope you are doing well. I sent you a little care package but didn't realize you'd be gone so long, so I hope it got to you. Let me know if it didn't get to you and I'll duplicate it for you! Good to hear from you!! Dina

Oh Dina, Dina, Dina......you are a life saver......................!!!!! I got your package when I finally went and checked my mail on Monday. I had purchased "liquid" Centrum for my vitamin, and OMG.....it was so terrible, it seriously was the only thing that has even come close to making me nauseated, but boy was it.......I would just dread taking it because I knew I would be sick.. So along comes your package, with that added little suprise of those WONDERFUL vitamins. I actually said to my daughter, "there is a God" lol, and Dina is a life saver. I'm gonna make it now girl, I know for sure. Thank you so much. I weighed... one week out and 7 lbs down, I think that may be low from what I read here, but I'll take it. I had kind of a bad experience at the hospital, I'll write all that later, still really swollen and retaining a lot of fluid I believe. Let me know if you have the wonder cure for that. I'm so happy.....Thanks again Dina.....you're the greatest. Terri

Oh man - Liquid Centrum. When I tried that I remarked that I didn't know the FDA allowed anyone to sell VOMIT in a bottle! If you decide to try liquid again, go to Costco and get the one in the dark bottle. Can't remember the name of it right off, but they sell 2 and one is in a bottle that is similar to the Glucosamine and the other is in the dark brown bottle. It actually isn't bad tasting at all...pretty fruity. And you can add it to the Sunrise Orange Crystal Light (good replacement for Orange juice) and really get it down easy. I like the Pixie Stix style ones I sent you best. Just realize they have sugar in them, and although not enough to be a problem for me now, you might want to gauge how you are doing with it. Most probably wouldn't have a problem, but I didn't really think much about it until just now, so careful not to dump on them. Perhaps eating something first will buffer it. As for 7 lbs down, don't knock it. I lost 17 lbs in the first 2 weeks and then nothing for 3 more weeks. Not an ounce. Then it slowly started back up with the loss again. You have to remember they pumped you full of fluids in the hospital - perhaps more than some with you being in there longer. So you're going to lose that weight first, and if you are retaining water, you have a lot more water to lose. The only thing I can say for that is going as low carb as you can will help get rid of some of tha****er. And many people will hate me for saying this, but it works for me: caffeine. Enough iced tea and you'll pee a lot of it out. Let me know if you have other questions. This does get better! Dina

Glad to hear that everything went well for you. I'll be looking forward to your updates.

every day will get better. just do your best on getting everything in, and that will get easier day by day. The first few weeks, just sip, walk, rest, repeat. I'm eight weeks out and feel better than I've felt in years! Joe

Great tp hear you are home and working on your sipping. It does get easier to get the water in. The first few days it seemed like such a consuming chore, but once your up and about it becomes a routine habit. At this early stage your body is reacting to the surgery procedure itself. All that fluid increase, and feeling like your body isn't ever going to let it all out.....it does! I have a picture of myself at the two week mark, and it was already so visible how much better I looked. Not even thinner, but just so much healthier. Hang in there! Patty

Great tp hear you are home and working on your sipping. It does get easier to get the water in. The first few days it seemed like such a consuming chore, but once your up and about it becomes a routine habit. At this early stage your body is reacting to the surgery procedure itself. All that fluid increase, and feeling like your body isn't ever going to let it all out.....it does! I have a picture of myself at the two week mark, and it was already so visible how much better I looked. Not even thinner, but just so much healthier. Hang in there! Patty

Congratulations Terri! Just keep up as best you can with the water and protein...you won't get it all in to begin with but each day it will get easier. I hope to meet you before too much longer! Sharon