Home from hospital
Hi everyone , I had my surgery eight days ago and am doing pretty well now . Since my hospital was almost 3 hours away , we stayed in St. Louis until today for my follow-up appointment . I did have a minor setback on Tuesday . I was in the hotel room and getting dressed after my shower and all of a sudden felt so very cold , colder than I've ever felt in my life . I laid down and covered up to try to get warm and noticed my breathing was really funny and started feeling some chest pain . Called the doctor and they told me to go to the ER right away . After a slew of tests they discovered that I had a partial collapsed lung and thoughts that my diaphragm had been irritated during the surgery . They put me back in the hospital for 24 hour observation . I just need to keep using my incentives spirometer for deep breathing and Walk more. I saw the doctor this morning and I'm doing great , just need to keep deep breathing . And , I've already lost almost 13 pounds ! We're home now after making a three hour trip this afternoon and I'm feeling great , not even taking pain pills anymore . Will write more later but thank you all for your good thoughts and support ! Blessings , Gretchen
Gretchen Barron
HW 410; SW 378, RNY October 20, 2016
Monthly WL: M1=40 lbs; M2=28 lbs; M3=18 lbs; M4=8 lbs; M5=12 lbs;
Glad you are moving forward.
My surgery is the 21st. All set ready to go. Then I get a bill for thousands of dollars saying all the Psychiatric visits are my responsibility. Provider billed medical insurance they denied. Finally got to bill behavioral health insurance and they denied. I could cry. I am not going to stop having the surgery. But sure wish these bills would disappear. Any suggestion, words of comfort ?
