Post Op

Hi everyone its elly,

I had my surgery on the 3rd and i was discharged from the hospital yesterday. Im not quite sure where to begin my stomach hurts Alot but thats pretty normal. I couldnt keep anything down untill just a few minutes ago and i was sipping on water and luigi's italian ices.

The surgery day was crazy most of it is fuzzy because of the pain meds and anti nasea meds they give you. When you are in the hospital make sure they give you the antinasea medicine first!! i spent alot of time dry heaving and trying not to throw up because i dint wanna open my stitches.

im very tired and thirsty but i cant drink too much or i get sick and trying not to throw up is Harrrddd

The excitement of the surgery has worn off and been replaced with a sense of shock not just to my body but to my mind. Things that used to be easy like putting on a shirt or going to the bathroom is harder to do with so many stitches. I was lucky because my doctor used existing laproscopic scars to get in. The scarriest part for me was the drain. Seeing them empty stuff and when they took it out Good Goddsss does it hurt. I closed my eyes tight as i could n hung onto my mothers hand like a lifeline its easier when you dont look at it.

I was incredibly stubborn about using a bed pan which they tried to make me use instead i got up and walked to the bathroom I believe that really helped my recovery time. Who says vanity is a bad thing ? I found that if i could do it once i could do it again and instead of spending a number of nights in the hospital getting woken up pricked and proded i only had to stay over 1 night and got to go home after my drink test in the morning. And can i just warn you all that stuff is Disgustingggg make sure they give you something for nasea before they make you drink it. I was very sick afterwards.

well im getting really sleepy ill blog more later

Good Luck Advice welcome !!

~Elly