I'm Home! :D

Ok, so I just got home and I was reading my last post... I see what happens when you feel like doo doo and have pain meds still in you... I wass typing jibberish.. sorry hehe. But everything I spelt and typed horribly was true.. and now im home. It turns out I am allergic to morphine and then last night, after enduring the entire day of tylenol with codeine... I find out I'm allergic to that... So, they gave me torridol.. or whatever it is.. and I had that 2x last night... its really mellow and its non narcotic, but it helped a lot... I guess I didn't need all the pain pills n stuff like I thought... This poor girl next to me down the hall had a ring around her stomach 11 years ago for weight loss.. and it disinigrated... so she was in a lot more pain than me. Anyways, the docter said I could have left last night, but then I saw him later and was cramping from the codeine, so i stayed... and then today i was up at 530 am thinking i was going home... well, its 4 pm and we JUST got in... my surgeon wasn't there, it was his assistant, but he's the founder of the program, so it was cool to have him discharge me anyways. So here I am, all in one piece, I think I'm gonna go take a shower n rest... lay in my room... I've got sooo many flowers,, and I realized that they sure do help... they make a big difference.. so yay. Now the next step is the liquids for 2 weeks... If u guys have any ideas of what u did, let me know... The doc. was saying to puree regular soups, rather than have creamy ones (like they gave me in the hospital!) because they stick and they hurt... so, for now I;m too scared.. I'm sticking with my Isopure and waters... THANK YOU guys for the prayers and support, it went wonderful... better than I ever could have hoped for. So thanks! Tty guys later, muah. I'll start replying to more posts later when I can sit more and be comfy.

Yeah torridol is pretty good. For my liquid diet after surgery I had to do just clear liquids your post op might be a little different. I had water, boullion (those cube things that you throw in the water), chicken broth, Glaceau Vitamin Water, Propel fitness water, sugar free popicles, sugar free jello. For some weird reason isopure didn't jive with my new stomach for some reason. Well I hope you are feeling okay. Now you can just sit back and relax.

CONGRATS GIRLY!!! IM SOOO HAPPY AND WERE ALL PROUD OF U TOO!!! FEEL BETTER AND GET WELL AND SKINNY FOR US LOL!!!! SMOOCHES JENN

Thanks guys... hey, wait, if u didnt like the isopure... and it didnt sit well.. howd u get in ur protein? I think all im gonna be havn is this isopure, and waters.. propell, blah blah.... i cant stand the thought of chicken broth.. ughh. So I had the torridol last night at the hospital, and by morning i mean.. it wasnt in my system .. and all day i havent had ne pain pills... is it just me, or do i feel like i got kipped on the pain pill, doped up part of this? haha.. finally like an hour ago i crushed some percocet.. but it tastes sooo horrible that it makes me want to vommit.. and then my stomach hurts.... And another thing... am i the only one who feels really sad n lonely? Like, my parents n family call n they are great.... my mom n dad will help when i need em.. but i dunno, i just feel blah. I feel so alone.. and i dont know... its just odd. I get in moods like this where im not in much pain, and im not tired, and then i get bored... maybe thats y i get all mopy... whatever, i just feel like i should be excited n happy.. but i know itll come.... If anyone wants to let me know there thoughts i appreciate it... Like, anything small u can think of that helped get through these 2 long boring weeks. Take cares, thanks again.

HEY HUN IM SORRY UR FEELING DOWN I GUESS THATS JUST A SMALL PART OF THE TRANSITION THAT WILL PASS, EVERYTIME U FEEL SAD OR LONELY OR WHATEVER JUST THINK ABOUT HOW LUCKY U ARE TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE UR LIFE HAPPILY AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CHEER U UP.... OR JUST THINK OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT UVE BEEN DYING TO DO BUT HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO DO B/C OF THE WEIGHT BUUTT THAT NOW B/C OF THIS WONDERFUL TOOL ULL NOT BE ABLE TOO.... I HOPE I HELPED IN SOME WAY FEEL BETTER SWEEETY AND REMEMBER WELL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR U !!! SMOOCHES JENN

Thanks a lot... I know, I'm really lucky and blessed to have this so young, and have everything be going so smoothly... I dunno.. it's just like... really lonely... maybe because I'm just at home walking around, trying to drink liquid, and so on, over and over... Maybe it's just normal and ill be emotional for a little bit... It helped I had a friend stay the night at the hospital, but even then, I was upset... so who knows. Thanks again for the support, ill prob. be writing on here a lot... because... this is the only place I have for now :D Thanks thanks thanks. Take cares!

I can definately relate to the feeling really blah and down afterwards. Even in the hospital, I had family and friends and others there, but i was just unhappy..and I was for the first 2/3 weeks maybe, because i was tired of the nasty broth, an all the liquids...the chicken brother is nasty, my mom went an bought a can of it when i got out, an i wantd to puke..to me it tasted like popcorn, with solid butter...i used to like popcorn an now i cant stand the smell...I am about 5 weeks out now...an most of the "blah" feeling is gone....honestly, i think you really feel better when you see the difference in your face and clothes when you start losing the weight...i've lost 46 lbs so far and the difference is huge...everyone else ahd seen it within a week or 2, an i didn't until my clothes started getting loose :P i hope you're doing ok an feeling good...if u have any questions or whatever im around. Shannon

yea.. i cant stand broth at all... My mom is going to the store right now and going to get some split pea and try to find some other soups... The morning after surgery when they brought mylunch..it was creamy soup... but then the surgeon said to get stuff more "liquid"y... well, its frusturating because i cant even get down the amount of water and protein they say... ive drank like 3/4 of a huge isopure today, and i feel sick... im sure its just sore... how long be4 u guys werent sore? I mean, i know its only my 3rd day, and im not on pain meds, but i hate the "delicate" feeling... And, if ne one has any good ideas for soups or liquids let me know.. Ohh,, and how much did u guys sip at a time after surgery? i feel like im all wrong. haha. Take cares everyone.

at least you're not on pain meds :p i think i took them 1 night after discharge an never needed them, i was never really in pain..just uncomfortable from the hospital bed. as for the liquids, we were allowed grape juice, apple juice (100% pure juice, no surgar added) sugar free popsicles, water, broth (they always reccomend the bouilon cubes or powders they are much much much better than the canned crap) an of course ice chips an water. Creamy soups weren't even allowed until like a week or so out. what did your doctor tell u were the amounts to sip when u first start out? my doctor pushed for a 1 oz medicine cup every 1/2 hour or hour (i dont remember an all my papers are at home) a good thing to try for ur liquid tho is the crystal lite, if u ever need flavor, it's got it! or even sugar free kool aid, it's really not that bad. i guess the only thing i can't stress enough is watch ur sugar intake...that sh*t messes with ur body really bad. hope this helps shannon