Grateful to be back!

I wanted you all to know that I finally have the energy to post!  My surgery was uneventful and successful! Yea!

I am so grateful to all of you... your wisdom, encouragement and advise has made this journey much more meaningful.  Thanks to Alice for coming to see me, and LaVette and Zanetta for calling... and so many of you who posted your well-wishes.

I am looking forward to seeing all of you at the next Raleigh Meet-Up... and I am looking forward to you all seeing LESS of me!

Smooches!

Welcome to the loser's bench Lisa.  So glad everything went well.  Can't wait to see a whole lot less of you very soon!!!  If you have any questions, feel free to ping me...

Dalton

Glad u r home and doing well..follow Drs orders and get plenty of rest and keep me posted

Hi Lisa, 

As Dalton said, welcome to the Loser's Bench! Be sure to follow orders and get plenty of fluids. You will need to sip, sip, sip and walk, walk, walk. It will go a long way towards helping  you through this early phase. 

We all look forward to seeing less of you soon!

 Believe it or not, there is only one day I did not get all my liquids in!  I am walking more every day... but it hurts to deep breathe... so I am practicing and taking it slow.   Thanks for everything!

Hi Lisa

The deep breaths will come easier and easier. When they are moving stuff around, sometimes the diaphragm gets a bit testy and once it calms down, the deep breathing should be much easier.  I'm glad to hear that you are up and around so much and that you are doing such a great job getting in all of your fluids. I don't know if you knew this, but dehydration is the number one reason that post-op patients are re-admitted to the hospital. Like you, I made sure to get my fluids in because I didn't want to be one of those statistics. I'm sure you won't be either. 

Keep up the good work. 

See less of you soon!

Glad to hear all went well!