Rny tomorrow-Getting Cold Feet Normal?
Surgery was great. Had some complications, however. Temp went from 99 degrees to 102.6 post op day 4. I have ATELECTASIS it turns out. (An area of one of my lungs didn't reinflate) after I was taken off the ventilator during anesthesia. This can turn into pneumonia, so pushing myself hard to do every single thing I'm supposed to perfectly. Also had pain with bending over immediately post-op, the pain is deep inside & the surgeon told me it's due to the way he overlapped the muscle he stitched back together. This seems to be getting a little better now that I'm on day 5 however. Diarrhea is chronic is was always explosive & now just chronic. Also, STRANGELY,I did not pass gas what so ever while in the hospital! No bowel sounds til mere hours before discharge too! No shoulder pain either! Was quite cool!!! I did however walk the halls at least a 50 times Ide say. I walked each hall about every hour to three hours at least 2 times as well as throughout the night at like 1am & 3am like a freakin' mad woman!!! And that wasn't due to gas pains or shoulder pain, just to mitigate chances of a blood clot! Anyway, still ended up that I have this lung issue now and also due to the bodies natural stress levels from surgery, I have hundreds of cold sores on my lips going up to my nose. I'm taking a Lysine (amino acid) several times/day which is greatly helping. Otherwise, I'm just sleepier than normal. The good news is that I don't need pain meds, though I have them on hand! Day 1 was also already off my BP meds too and CPAP machine!! Woo-hoo!! Benefits for me started day 1!!!
