I had my surgery last Tuesday! This week has gone by very fast.... filled with excitement, filled with emotions, filled with most than anything, hope and positivism!!!

Some highlights of my process were:

• waking up from the sedation and the anesthesia is not a good feeling.... I tried to by alert very soon, and maybe I didn't let myself sleep it out as much as I should have, but I was eager to come back home. Since I was the first surgery of the day for my doctor, my nurse had told me that if everything went well, and I walked and went to the bathroom, I could be coming home as early as noon. I made that my goal (unconciously so), and I pretended to be more alert and ready than I was. My youngest child was with the babysitter and although I had made arrangements for her to be with him all day long if needed, I knew I wanted to come back to him. he has special needs and I have a big attachment to this kiddo.... Anyway, it wasn't that bad to wake up, but I'm just saying that it could have gone smoother if I had maybe given myself a couple extra hours. Even so, it was fine.

• I was a little suprised to see I had 5 cuts in my tummy.... I was expecting 3. Later found out that someone who works with my husband and had the band surgery too, also has 5.... who knew?
• I also thought my incisions were going to be lower.

• I became very thisty that day, next day too.... my mouth felt dry but I also had very thick saliva... later i realized by tongue was white and I brushed it. i kept brushing my teeth that second day, that help me feel my mouth fresh although the thick saliva lasted all day that day.
• i read somewhere in a blog that the whit tongue was common.... my conclusion is bacteria imbalance / yeast, due to the stomach shock and its process of trying to heal itself.
• on Thursday I was able to go to the bathroom... only skipped one day so I felt proud of myself
• because it's never a ggod time for it, I got my period on Friday, hooray.. NOT. I started confusing symptoms like having loose bm's that day. I didn't know if it was because of the surgery (again bacteria imbalance) or if it was my period doing that (which sometimes happens).
• I called the doctor on Saturday and the surgeon who was on call recommended to eat Activia to give my body probiotics instead of taking any medication for the diahrrea. I had some probiotics so i took one... I thought that would also help with the white tongue... It did!!
• I have kept taking a probiotic daily and I'm better but still no firm stools. No big deal for me.
• I have felt a tingling sensation in my ankles. This is not the first time I have felt this but it scared me to think it was blood clots related with anesthesia. I am scared of this!. I thought my period had something to do with this too, or the fact that I was not laying flat for days to sleep or rest since I had pillows propping me up. I will ask the doctor on my appointment tomorrow but I have been fine.
• I have been walking since day 1. Very slowly and carefully but walking walking walking
  
• Today I felt significantly better. I was feeling better each day, but today it was a leap. i believe it's because i'm less swollen. my tummy looks less bloated. I know I have gas in my belly but thank goodness it hasn't felt at all. that was kind of a surprise. i thought i would be fighting gas pains. Yayyyyy!!!
• I have lost 10 pounds this week, which I wasn't expecting.
• I re-started taking my multivitamins, I have my protein drink at hand all day and starting tomorrow I will take my calcium and iron.

I want to loose weight in a healthy way!!!! I'm soooo happy and motivated!!!!