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I Have been looking for a post from you, thanks for the update. Glad that you are home. It sounds like it was a adventure for you. You will feel better in a few days, just sip, sip, sip, walk, walk, walk.....Look forward to chatting when you are up to it.

I am finally home, and very happy to be here.

My surgery was Tuesday afternoon.  Tuesday night until Thursday morning, I was pretty miserable - until I figured out that what they were giving me for pain wasn't helping that much with the pain and was giving me a killer headache.  Also, in spite of best efforts of the anesthesia and nursing teams, I was still very nauseated post-op for about a day and a half.  They had given me meds pre-op, during surgery, and post op (and as often as needed once I was awake) to keep me from vomiting post op.  Mission accomplished on no vomiting; only the 2nd time in my life I've had general without intractable vomiting afterwards.  Still, the nausea didn't add any fun to the party.

When they switched my pain med and added something specifically for my headache, I started to improve.  I was discharged Friday and spent Friday night and Saturday night in a local hotel with my family (in case a complication arose).  We made the 4 hour drive home today.

I'm still sore.  I'm still struggling getting in enough ounces of fluid and grams of protein.  It blows my mind that I feel stuffed all the time.  I have such a hard time putting something in when I feel full to the brim.

The main reason I had this done was to fix my severe GERD.  The weight loss will be a super bonus.   The surgeon said the tissue of my esophagus and stomach was so fragile, he put in a N-G tube (down my nose, into my pouch and hooked up to suction).  That stayed in for over a day, so even as they were making me drink stuff, it was coming right out the tube.  The surgeon wanted to give my pouch extra time to heal.  Not a normal part of Roux-en-Y surgery, but if you have severe GERD don't be surprised if you wake up with one.

I have five incisions, each about an inch long.  I also have an incision from where my drain was hooked up to a bulb-like collector.  The drain came out Thursday night.  I still have a Band-Aid over the site; it's still oozing slightly.

Also, I take a ton of meds for my auto immune disease  - and I am having trouble adjusting to having crush 90% of my meds. Some do come in liquids.

That's my story.  Sorry I was offline this week, but I'm back now!! 

Karen/Dukemom

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Pam I continue to pray for a quick recovery. Im sorry you are going through this. Thank You for posting your issues. People need to be aware of potential issues. Stay positive and I am sending prayers your way.

Shannon

Diane, Hopefully the difficult part is behind you. I dont think you are complaining at all. People need to hear the good all the way to the bad. You can look forward to each day getting healthier and better. Remember why you did thus. Welcome to the loosers bench.

Shannon