5 days post op

Hello everyone,

Surgery was on Feb 28th and I am 5 days post op and feeling quite a bit better today.  Having rough nights though with cotton mouth and not sure if that is the norm or not but waking me up about every 1.5-2 hours with having to whish some water around in my mouth and take a few sips.  Took a shower this morning which pretty much zapped the energy quickly.  I am not hungry at all so having to really watch the time and make sure I get in my 3 protein drinks and at least 3 cups of water. 

I am very thankful for the belly binder though as it helps to keep the tummy tight and not shuffling around too much.  I haven't had any pain medication since day 2 but with all the horrible dry heaving and nausea the first 3 days that was enough for me.  All of that is gone as well. 

Looking forward to another small walk tonight.

Blessings,

Mikka

Congrats on being on the loser's bench!  Glad you are feeling a bit better, keep sipping dry mouth is an indication of dehydration.

Congrat!!! Sounds like you are doing great!

Congrats on getting your surgery done. It sounds like your recuperation is going well. If your mouth is dry, keep pushing the fluids as uh as possible so you don't dehydrate. Glad you are on the loser's bench now!

Karla

Thanks everyone I will keep pushing the fluids and see if that will help.  Doesn't seem to bother me except at night.  I did also go and get some Biotene so maybe that will help as well.

Hi Mikka,

Glad your feeling much better.   Keep a water bottle by your bed that way you'll have a quick access to water if you wake up with "cotton mouth"  It is totally normal to be tired for quite some time after surgery.....I think I was really tired for a month or so after mine but everyone is different.    Glad to hear your off the pain meds.   IMHO...they always make me feel bad so I rarely take them at all.    Sounds like your doing well and I look forward to hearing  more good news soon.

 

Hugs and blessings ~~~~ Vivian

You are doing great!  Each day will get easier, and when you go for your first follow up appointment with your surgeon and see how much weight you have already lost, none of this will seem as difficult as it does today.  Just remember, you are in that wonderful phase that starts right after surgery.

It is easy to think this phase is about losing weight, and it is.  But more importantly, at the same time it is your "metabolic do-over" phase.  It does not go forever, and it is important to use it for all you can.  It will be easy to restructure the way you eat during this time.  Experiment doing things you might not have done before.  Get comfortable specifying how you want things made in restaurants instead of just trying to guess what is the best choice the way they make things.  Order stuff you never ordered before, like a chefs salad with no lettuce on a plate (they'll bring you the meat, cheese, boiled egg, tomato, olives, etc, which is a pretty good healthy meal).  Get comfortable ordering that hamburger without a bun and steamed veggies instead of fries.  Learn how to send things back if you ordered them cooked dry and they come slathered with oil.  Let those you cook for get used to the healthier cooking choices you are going to make for all of you.These are not things on your "to do" list for losing weight, but they are the more important things on your "to do" list for not ever gaining it back.

Be sure to examine and face head on those things that are not food, but are a part of what made us each morbidly obese every bit as much as food did.  Things like stress and stress eating, what challenges your self-esteem if you let it, what energizes you, and also what drains your energy.

Right now, your metabolism and the rest of your life are a wonderful blank canvas.  It is up to you what is painted.  Paint the masterpiece you know is within you.  It is the real you.  It is the you that chose surgery and changing your life.

Hey Paul,

Thank you so much for the wealth of wonderful information as I had not looked at it that way.  Your post was very much an inspiration to do things the "right" way this go round and really has my thought process going. 

Many blessings,

Mikka