Had my VSG surgery yesterday YEY!!!
I just had my surgery yesterda afternoon.I am in soo much pain cause they won;t give me pain killers (they don;t do that in Israel, only tylenonl for whatever reason).
And there is soo much pressure in my chest that it's hard to take even a sip of water cause after enything I put in my mout I throw up. Not good for the stiches.
But everyone around me is soo great. The hospital staff (they are all interns, Like on Gray's Anatomy) abd so there r a lot of young staff here. And my boyfriend has been the best, spenging the night in an uncomfertable hospital chair with me and taking me for walks.
Last night I was panicking that I would never have my stomach back again. That there was no way to reverse whatr I just did, and it's kind of scary knowing the finality of it all.
But hopefully the pain will go away, and I will leave the hospital, and exercise enough that I wont have any excess skin and everything will work itself out.
Is it bad that I'm stil ashamed to tell anyone. Like my cousins and grandparents dont know. And I told as few people as possible. But eventually I will have to tell people..won't I ? People will notice that I'm loosing a lot of weight, but I just don;t like talking about it and thinks it;s a very personal thing. All I told my office, was I was having surgery..
And there is soo much pressure in my chest that it's hard to take even a sip of water cause after enything I put in my mout I throw up. Not good for the stiches.
But everyone around me is soo great. The hospital staff (they are all interns, Like on Gray's Anatomy) abd so there r a lot of young staff here. And my boyfriend has been the best, spenging the night in an uncomfertable hospital chair with me and taking me for walks.
Last night I was panicking that I would never have my stomach back again. That there was no way to reverse whatr I just did, and it's kind of scary knowing the finality of it all.
But hopefully the pain will go away, and I will leave the hospital, and exercise enough that I wont have any excess skin and everything will work itself out.
Is it bad that I'm stil ashamed to tell anyone. Like my cousins and grandparents dont know. And I told as few people as possible. But eventually I will have to tell people..won't I ? People will notice that I'm loosing a lot of weight, but I just don;t like talking about it and thinks it;s a very personal thing. All I told my office, was I was having surgery..
congrats!!!
im sorry ur in pain, you'll be fine in no time you´lll see.
about the panic of no having ur stomach back i had the same for about 2 months or so. till i understand that i was gonna lieve n i would be fine lol.... ur gonna love your new stomach! u dint lose one u have a new better one!.
n about telling people u can tell whoever you want u don´t have to tell anyone u don´t want to its ur body n u can do what ever u want with it.
I love telling people about my surgery everyone seems so supportive n interested about the subject.
well hope everythings gets better soon. n wish u a speedy recovery
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im sorry ur in pain, you'll be fine in no time you´lll see.
about the panic of no having ur stomach back i had the same for about 2 months or so. till i understand that i was gonna lieve n i would be fine lol.... ur gonna love your new stomach! u dint lose one u have a new better one!.
n about telling people u can tell whoever you want u don´t have to tell anyone u don´t want to its ur body n u can do what ever u want with it.
I love telling people about my surgery everyone seems so supportive n interested about the subject.
well hope everythings gets better soon. n wish u a speedy recovery
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Grats on having your surgery~!
Well i had duodenal switch 3 weeks back, and vsg is part of it so i can kinda understand where you are right now. Pain meds have never worked on my moms side of the family . . . so morphine made me see double but honestly after day 3 they took me off and there was no difference at all. You'll be amazed though. Honestly day by day it starts to hurt so much less. The first 2 to 3 days were hell though . . . I teared up when they made me get out of bed to move around or use the bathroom.
And you still have your stomach its just the new and improved version of your stomach. Its gunna retrain you to live your life in a brand new way. So as soon as they let you start sipping your liquids and try to walk as much as you can. And when things hurt just hug your pillow . . . it helps some. -still sleeping with mine- =3
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Well i had duodenal switch 3 weeks back, and vsg is part of it so i can kinda understand where you are right now. Pain meds have never worked on my moms side of the family . . . so morphine made me see double but honestly after day 3 they took me off and there was no difference at all. You'll be amazed though. Honestly day by day it starts to hurt so much less. The first 2 to 3 days were hell though . . . I teared up when they made me get out of bed to move around or use the bathroom.
And you still have your stomach its just the new and improved version of your stomach. Its gunna retrain you to live your life in a brand new way. So as soon as they let you start sipping your liquids and try to walk as much as you can. And when things hurt just hug your pillow . . . it helps some. -still sleeping with mine- =3
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Hey,
Thanks you guys. It helps soo much to come on this forum. Everyone is so nice and supportive.
I can walk around easily enough. I mean it's not the most difficult thing. It's the drinking water thing that gets me. It hurts soo much. All the air in my chest, that no matter how much I walk still wont go away. I really hope things get better quickly, cause I am just really regretting this whole thing. I don't do well with pain.
But the peopl eI have told have been soo supportive.
My bofriend spent the first 2 nights with me in the hospital. Holding my hadn and rubbing my back and helping me in and out of bed. I wish he were still here. It's so much easier when it's jst my friends here rather then my family. Theyt annoy me. All the typos is due to being totally out of it, sitting in the chair next to my hospital bed.
How long did u gys stay in the hospital, after ur surgery. It doesnt look like i'm going home anytime soon.
Thanks you guys. It helps soo much to come on this forum. Everyone is so nice and supportive.
I can walk around easily enough. I mean it's not the most difficult thing. It's the drinking water thing that gets me. It hurts soo much. All the air in my chest, that no matter how much I walk still wont go away. I really hope things get better quickly, cause I am just really regretting this whole thing. I don't do well with pain.
But the peopl eI have told have been soo supportive.
My bofriend spent the first 2 nights with me in the hospital. Holding my hadn and rubbing my back and helping me in and out of bed. I wish he were still here. It's so much easier when it's jst my friends here rather then my family. Theyt annoy me. All the typos is due to being totally out of it, sitting in the chair next to my hospital bed.
How long did u gys stay in the hospital, after ur surgery. It doesnt look like i'm going home anytime soon.
Hello!
Congrats on your surgery!
I stayed in the hospital 2 days, though if I would have known that I don't tolerate morphine, I would have been released the next day. It all depends on how you are doing and what your surgeon does that will determine how long you stay in the hospital. My surgeon likes to have you eating your clear liquids and have at least one bowel movement before he releases you but every hospital and surgeon is different.
The first few days are miserable, but every day will get a little easier, so hang in there!
~Emily~
Congrats on your surgery!
I stayed in the hospital 2 days, though if I would have known that I don't tolerate morphine, I would have been released the next day. It all depends on how you are doing and what your surgeon does that will determine how long you stay in the hospital. My surgeon likes to have you eating your clear liquids and have at least one bowel movement before he releases you but every hospital and surgeon is different.
The first few days are miserable, but every day will get a little easier, so hang in there!
~Emily~
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What bowel movement? Nothin comes out of that end. I think they will realease me today or tomorrow. They might have even realeased me today if I didn't complain about the pain, but the pain is soo bad (I have a very low threashold for pain) that he said I could stay another day.
Today I'm starting on juices. Though I've probablly only drank about 2 cups of water since the surgery. But I fell like today things will be easier..
Today I'm starting on juices. Though I've probablly only drank about 2 cups of water since the surgery. But I fell like today things will be easier..
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