First day after coming home from the hospital
I'm doing MUCH better than I was doing the last few days.. I didn't really ever believe how much the gas pain was going to be.. but it was horrible!! No kind of pain medication helped at all. AT ALL!! :(
I was finally able to fart Wednesday morning and was able to sleep last night. (I didn't get any sleep from 13-15th. The pressure was that bad)
Today is much better and now I've had two premier proteins, a propel, and water so far today with my chewable vitamins. 2 neat side effects from surgery is that I don't have hunger and my body temperature (funny story, I thought I was having a fever but once I used my thermometer, I found out my temp was 97.5!). I'm officially a cooler person! :D
Hopefully the main port pain (more of a mild burning sensation if my binder rubs it wrong or I move just wrong) will go away soon. Thanks for all the nice comments that I saw when I was suffering!
(Btw the hospital rainbow jello was nasty, so was the beef broth)
I'm glad you're home. The first few days stink, but it will be a little better every day. Just remember, you had major surgery, and eating very little, so it will be a while before you really feel back to normal.
Walk and drink. You may not feel like either. Do it anyway.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Its amazing how surgery makes the little things more important. Like passing gas, bowel movements and temperatures. LOL But I am glad you are doing better. Its hard the first few days but it very quickly gets easier. And now you can make your own jello. :) Like everyone says, walk walk walk, sip sip sip. Get plenty of sleep and try to remain calm and relaxed about everything.
LapBand Weight 460 (2006) | Panni Removal Weight 200 (2008) | 3rd kid (2009)
Revision to RNY Weight 355 (June 2015)
Glad your home. I have heard the gas pain is horrible. I guess I was a lucky one and didn't have that. I was extremely sleepy for days following my surgery. After the first week I started feeling more normal again. My first week I was on nothing but clear liquids. So no premier shakes that first week. I could not stand the clear protein drinks. I got out of the hospital after just spending one night in the hospital. All I had at the hospital was a bottle o crystal light lemonade and it was so sweet to me I had to water it down.
Everyday does get better!
Doingitright2015
HW in life 282 HW265 at start SW 244 CW170
