I am back home and resting..

Went in the the hospital on Thursday morning fror my LAP RNY and everything was ready for me. Several visitors came by to wish me best of luck and then they pushed the "happy juice". I remember about 5 minutes post getting that injection in my IV port and the next thing I knew I was in recovery. My surgery ran longer than expected due to a minor complication, but nothing to be freaked out about. Dr. Williams said that he had to go behind the bowel and that takes a little longer. Something about makeing sure the connections were not tugging at all. Whatever he did, he did great!! I was rolled into surgery at 7:30am and finally in my room a little before 3pm. I was in recovery a good while due to nausea and such. The rest of Thurs is but a blur to me. I have no idea what I did. I know I walked but there were several people assisting me. Fri and Sat were long and my god does my butt hurt. Laying on my back for that long has done a true number on the ole glutes!! However, I have a donut cushion now and it feels SO much better. I was hoping to come home Sat and due to a temp issue and not passing as much gas as he hoped, I was kept yet another day. So I knew I was in for more butt pain and lots of walking. However, my goodness did the winds blow on Sat.. LORD HAVE MERCY.. I was "tootin" all over the place and even combined it with a bowel movement one time. Do you all REALLY need to know that ?? HMMM. But I love to share!!! I will say that I love "delotid" (if I am spelling that correctly). That pian med is the stuff. It was administered via direct IV push and nothing bothered me for 4 hours after getting it. The good doc came in this morning and everything was looking good so he released me to go home and I finally arrived here around 11:45 and have not been able to get really comfy yet. This computer chair is pretty darn comfy, I will tell ya. I weighed in at 308.2 the morning of surgery and when i was weighed yesterday morning I was t 302.1. Not too shabby.. I am still in pain and the pain meds are helping but every day will get better and better. I am a loser now and have my butt cushion in hand to sit on that losers bench.

Kevin, Welcome home.  Glad to hear that things went well for you.  Take it easy.  Good luck. Floyd

Welcome home: Rest,sip,walk,rest,sip,walk,repeat,repeat,repeat Kev-

Kevin Great to hear you’re home and on the mend! The IV Drugs are great aren’t they? The next couple of weeks are actually rougher as you transition away from "Pain Beyond Belief" with Awesome Pain Meds, to "Uncomfortable" with only wussy Pain Meds. Try a heating pad on the small of your back. That helped me a lot! Walk when you can, keep sipping tha****er, and rest! You need it to heal up inside. Hope to hear you’re doing better each day! Best Wishes- Dx

Sounds like you are off to a great start. Stay close and play by the rules. Walk, Rest, drink, rest walk, and did I say rest? It will be 2 weeks before you don't feel pooped.  Take advantage of the time. Oh,...and congrads on making it to phase I of the new you.