I am almost a week out now

Wow.....I can't believe it's been almost a week now since my open RNY. I had my surgery done on Tuesday, December 14th did really well. I weighed today just because I was curious and I have lost 12 pounds already. Amazing since my stomach is still swollen. YAY.... and tomorrow is my week anniversary! I am doing wonderfully, much better than I expected. I will tell you the worst part about this has been the gas pains after the surgery. They are horrible. I haven't had any pain really except for the gas pains from them inflating my stomach for surgery. Oh, sneezing and coughing hurt really bad at first. Anyway, my scar looks great too and it's 9 inches long. My mom and I measured it a few minutes ago. Haha I thought it would be smaller but oh well. I am getting a little tired of mashed potatoes and sugar free pudding but it's not that bad. It's amazing that I would rather have water to drink than other stuff and I love chewing on ice from Sonic...America's Drvie-In! I will quit rambling now and post more later.

I had my surgery the day after you...what a long week, eh? My surgeon doesn't have me on full liquids and mashed potatoes yet...still clear liquids for me...I salivate at the sight of something else, though. Aahhhhh. You had yours open? How is that going for you? I had mine lap so I've been up and around a lot already...just get tired really easily. I go in to see the surgeon tomorrow...can't wait to see how much I've lost. Congrats on everything. Hope it all goes well.

Thanks so much. Yeah, I had open because insurance wouldn't pay for lap...they say it's too experimental. Oh well, I am just thankful I got to have the surgery at all. It's going great too. I am doing amazing. Today was the first time I have been out of the house since I came home from the hospital. I had to do a little Christmas shopping for the family before Friday so I used today to do it since I felt so good. I was in Wal-mart doing great and then I got sick because I hadn't eaten enough for the day. I came home, ate a little bit and felt so much better. What is really interesting is the fact that I haven't been hungry once yet and my stomach hasn't growled at all. It's crazy and weird. I will talk to you soon I hope. I would really love to chat more sometime. I have AOL,Yahoo and MSN messengers. AOL- MusicLv849 Yahoo- akw1268 MSN- [email protected] (email address too)

Hey guys... im 3 days post op today and OMG am i totally agreeing with the gas pains thing... THEYRE HORIIIBLEEEEE....but walking sort of helps ... i cant wait to go on full liquids the jello is just not sitting well with me... and pureed omg i cant wait i thought i was gonna hate the pureed stage but right now im dying for it.. i had OPEN also and i think my inscision is 9 inces too but im not sure ... im still pretty tired so im probably gonna go sit down now good luck everybody!!!! and happy holidays!!!! smooches jenn