March 2011 Sleevers
I am finally here
Hi All!
I am finally here on the losers bench. It has been a very loooong week. I returned from TJ, Mexico on Thursday and drove home on Friday. When I left TJ I was unable to keep anything down. It wouldn't even make it to my stomach and it would be up before I knew it. I spoke with my surgeon and he said it was not unusual to vomit for the first few days and that it would subside. I really don't think he realized how much I was vomiting. The vomiting didn't subside, it just got progressively worse. I finally went to the ER and they admitted me and I had EGD done. The doctor thought maybe something was stuck in my esophagus and that was causing all of the vomiting. They scoped me on Sunday and didn't find anything besides inflammation in my stomach. Once the scope was done and I was awake, I told the nurses in the recovery room that I was passing gas. Where before I thought it was odd that I never had gas pain or passed any gas from the surgery. I was never nauseated either. Once all of that was flowing I was feeling so much better. Within an hour I was able to keep fluids down. Thank God!
The worse fears were going through my mind. I thought what have I done to myself. But the doctor assured me that I did do the right thing and that I would be just fine. So here I am finally on the infamous losers bench.
Thank you all for your well wishes before my surgery. I really appreciated it. I hope everyone who I have missed before their surgery is doing great. I'll chat with you all soon.
I am finally here on the losers bench. It has been a very loooong week. I returned from TJ, Mexico on Thursday and drove home on Friday. When I left TJ I was unable to keep anything down. It wouldn't even make it to my stomach and it would be up before I knew it. I spoke with my surgeon and he said it was not unusual to vomit for the first few days and that it would subside. I really don't think he realized how much I was vomiting. The vomiting didn't subside, it just got progressively worse. I finally went to the ER and they admitted me and I had EGD done. The doctor thought maybe something was stuck in my esophagus and that was causing all of the vomiting. They scoped me on Sunday and didn't find anything besides inflammation in my stomach. Once the scope was done and I was awake, I told the nurses in the recovery room that I was passing gas. Where before I thought it was odd that I never had gas pain or passed any gas from the surgery. I was never nauseated either. Once all of that was flowing I was feeling so much better. Within an hour I was able to keep fluids down. Thank God!
The worse fears were going through my mind. I thought what have I done to myself. But the doctor assured me that I did do the right thing and that I would be just fine. So here I am finally on the infamous losers bench.
Thank you all for your well wishes before my surgery. I really appreciated it. I hope everyone who I have missed before their surgery is doing great. I'll chat with you all soon.
Kati
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