Home from hospital, Thank you!

Hi everyone. I am home from my surgery. The surgery went well. The recovery is really rough. I had great nurses in the hospital and really appreciated them. Though they didn't let me sleep very much! lol I have had a lot of pain. My friend who is 2 years post op said to try and drink warm or room temp water/broth and not ice cold water. Which is my preference. Maybe that'll help. Have hicups and burping pretty bad and that can be really painful. I thought I'd recover really quickly from this like i did with my tubal. I guess I was wrong. This will take longer since this involves a lot of changes to my insides, not at all like my tubal. I should go easier on my self, It has only bee 5 days but I was up and shopping by now with my last surgery. However, I was able to eat normally and like I said, didn't have the extreme changes on the inside. I also wanted to thank all of you for posting such great thoughts and prayers to my surgery page. You have really encouraged me. I think about y'all and pray that I can someday look back to this time as a great thing because the results are so awesome! Thank you Carolyn for asking people to sign my page. Y'all are the best. I'll be in touch soon. Love, Robin S.

Congrats on your surgery Robin!! I will pray for a quick recovery and many happy healthy days ahead!!

Congratulations on having your surgery! I know this is a tough time in your recovery. Everybody kept telling me it would just fly by, but I didn't think so. I was completely bored and that made me focus on my problems more and more. I found that keeping myself busy was helpful. During my early post-op days, I bought a large box of multiple Thomas Kinkade puzzles and spent most of my day putting them together. I had to set a timer to remind myself to get up and walk every thirty minutes. I would also recommend really walking a lot. It really helps your recovery. Every day you will feel stronger and better. It is the best thing you can do besides sipping and breathing of course. I found the more I walked and kept myself busy, the easier my days were. I hope you have a great recovery and a wonderful weight loss journey. God Bless You!!! In Christian Love, Susan H