DivaNurse

My belly didnt start hurting or feeling sore til my staples came out, and man I tell you sore and itchy as heck. But I rub them and keep a going. i wouldn't be to concerned, unless there is redness in the are and it hot to touch and if you notice some oozing, in the meantime I would take it easy.

2/6 I think was my last group meeting/visit, I am sure you have seen me in the office. I was sitting in the front, clowning....lol

Thank you everyone for your prayers and good spirits. I am getting better everyday. Had my post-op follow-up visit this past Friday and it was was very good. Unfortunately , I developed a really bad painful rash in my groin area. due to be not about to do much more than lay in a bed for 5 days, but you know what I breathe and I am alive to feel the pain and for that I am grateful for this feeling. Some may think that is strange for me to say, but I through this experience don't thank anything for granted. I am being treated and time will heal that problem also. On a good note I was out most of the day yesterday and went to the hairdresser and had my due did and I feel great other than unused muscles being sore I feel pretty good. God is truly a wonder in my life and will continue to be......Thank you for taking the time to read my story/journey.

Thats what I did today after my follow-up appt. There is no way I can shoot for a thousand calories.....I have been gone all day I do mean all day...can you say EXHAUSTED, going to suck on some water and a protien tea and take my but to bed. I can tell you that today I was no where near my water intake, but tomorrow back on track, once I get back to work it wll be easier to get my fluids in protein and water....

That has touched me more than you know. Thank you so very much, thats all I wanna do is answer his call....Again thank you'

Another things my pots and pans are just to big. Biglot has a line a little pots, I am single and live alone so perfect for me. I will post a pic of my little play cooking set tomorrow....lol

Step I am gonna try some cottage cheese but i am gonna put a savory component to it and try it.....I can't really have any pineapples well no fruits at all til 2 months out

Glad I could help.........

THank you guys so very very much......God did truly work it out and still is everyday I wake up in the morning........Be blessed my friends

Yes I sure am we get together and work this loser bench like nobodies business....Will start going to the gym tomorrow and working my way to Onderland. Have you been sleeved already?

Thank you so much Towanda, had some small complication with sugar levels but i fixed that, got po-op followup tomorrow looking forward to getting on their scale...Walking into my appt is my and will be my Miracal Moment

Ann you are so right. Stories are not meant to scare but to help, reflect and to put somethings into perspective for others.

It is interesting reading with some can and can not have. I am not allowed any fruits or veggies til I am 2 months outs. Only Low Carb Greek Yogurt also..........I don't puree anything I was going to even brought a blender to do so, but I have pretty good knife skills and know how to keep it moist so I went that route. I guess every program is a bit different...Also no carbs til 6months out and then only adding certain whole grains 1 at a time. They gave us this wonderful binder with everything imaginable in it regarding your sleeve before during and way way after. The follow you for the next five years you are their patient, i love that

Thank you so much Sweet....I will tell you I am feeling better, the only thing is my throat is not wanted to cooperate still sometimes burning a bit and not really sure what to do about it. I find that I have become easily winded with some normal everyday functions, I fear I might have to make an appt with a Pulmonologist. My sugar keeping dropping, so I made an executive decision and started eating me some soft foods. I drink my shakes and my sugar would rise but after about 10 minutes and finishing the shakes sugar drops again. Not sure why I dont have peanut butter in my house that isn't crucnchy, but the peanut butter wasn't working any where that was I our go to in the hospital. So decided it was time to eat. I was supposed to wait til tomorrow at my post op appt but couldn't stand how i was feeling. So yesterday my fist meal scrambled eggs with a little low fat mozarella cheese (not doing that again) and chopped some of the chicken i braised earlier. It was okay my eggs got cold so the cheese seized so know more cheese. today I I had some more of the chicken, (that 1 chicken breast will last me for days....lol) had some sour cream and made a sauce with it, added a little fresh minced garlic a little salt and pepper could have used with a bit of acidity but all and all pretty good. For dinner eggs again without the cheese, with a couple of chicken vienna sausage and some of the sour cream sauce i made earlier. The sauce helps keep everything wet. Will be shopping more tomorrow, and creating more sauces to keep everything nice and moist. Gonna try some Carb Master Greek Yogurt and Cottage Cheese....

Heck I would get it, don't get to much, my dr told me if you are tolerating fluids wells you can move to the next step, so I would try some just don't over do it, very small small small bites....thats what I did. My sugar keep dropping i would drink my shakes but it would still drop, so i figure it is time for some vittles. So I scrambled me some soft eggs and had my way with them.....lol best thing i ever done, felt weird at first but it has helped keep my sugar stabilized.

Were do i start. Am I going to start. As many of you know I was sleeved on the 19th of Feb, the surgery went quite well, my Dr said my liver was lovely. The problems for me started after the surgery and boy did they start. They went to remove the intubation tube and then it started, vocal chords started to spasm, fluid started to fill my lungs, throat begin to swell, the it shut down, clamped closed. I WASN'T BREATHING!!!!!!they were able to reintubate me breathing begin again. I guessed they tried again to remove the tube later and again I WASN'T BREATHING!!!!!!!!! (long pause, this is very emotional for me) after 2 attempts ti reintubate me to help to breathe I was placed on a vetilator, I COULD NO LONGER BREATHE ON MY OWN!!!!!! For 3 days I was on the lifesaving machine and in the ICU for 3 days. on that morning I was able to be moved to med/surg and on the floor for 5 more days. My blood sugar stayed in the medium 60's nothing they did would keep it elevated for more than 10 minutes at a time, we had to do something. In addition my blood pressure stayed dangerously low, heart rate seemed to race just because it was 2 o clock. My throat was very very sure and felt as if something was stuck there. Which was very very possible due to all the trauma it endure ...BUT I WAS ALIVE, I WAS ALIVE!!!!!!!!! It seemed has though one problem gets fixed another erupted. Drinking anything even sucking on ice chips was a major task not because of the sleeve but because of my throat, yes you guessed it I WAS DEHYDRATED, SEVERELY DEHYDRATED!!!!!!!! so what do you do increase IV fluids, that seemed to pose another problem within itself.....THE FLUID WAS NOT LEAVING!!!!!!!!!They really wanted me to take in fluid on my own, not possible I told them, I felt like something was stuck in my throat, I was feeling full up to my nose ok, FULL UP TO MY NOSE!!!!!! All I did was watch trays come and go come and go. My urine output was disgustingly low, no where near what it should have been for all the fluids I was taking in. I forgot to mention I hadn't had a bowel movement since the day before surgery. So nothing is MOVING NOT GOING ANYWHERE. but guess what I WAS BREATHING AND I WAS ALIVE BREATHING WITHOUT ANYHELP!!!!!!!! Despite those problems I m still thankful to be alive. I could barely walk for various reason , being lightheaded and dizzy due to low sugar and blood pressure, pain my entire abdominal region, my vision was effected also it sucked it sucked to be me........BUT MY GOD I WAS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!! so what did I do I got up and walked when physical therapy came in. Could I walk on my own BUT OF COURSE NOT!!!!!!!!SHE CAME IN WITH A WALKER......OMG A WALKER.... But I kept pushing.......I WAS GOING TO SURVIVE AND SURVIVE VICTORIOUSLY. There was no way I was walking out of that hospital with a walker, a cane, or oxygen....I neglected to tell you my oxygen level keep dropping down in the eighties.........BUT PEOPLE PLEASE LISTEN TO ME I AM ALIVE TO TELL HOW I BECAME A MIRACLE!!!!! This got really long and I am sorry. SOLUTIONS: how do we control the sugar fluids with D5 to keep sugars stabilized ...yes working, Blood pressure....still stumped on this one, increase the fluids, ahhh but a problem it is not leaving.....it's not were it is supposed to be either because my blood pressure is still low. feeling full to my nose, ahh lets try a suppository, embarrassed because someone now has to place something in my bottom, nope and why you ask, I AM ALIVE AND I BREATHE ON MY OWN... but guess what it didnt work, so what do we do , lets try 2 suppositories then, okay guess what nothing i mean nothing, but I am walking a little further now, refused to use the walker, just me a nurse and the trusty IV pole. I notice something strange though as i increase my walking distance, nurses, hospital staff members whom all see to know me were happy to see me up and walking, and so happy for me and how they prayed for me. I was none as the nurse in the ICU that works in corrections...During my 5 days on the medsurg floor those miss days from my life slowly begin to get filled in. One nurse Natalie even told me she was complaining to me one day she knew i would understand because i was a nurse, i asked her what I said she said i shook my head in agreement and went back out....But to finish up before I put you all to sleep, things got better slowly, I had a moment one evening wasn't pleasant, there was lots of tears lots of crying from me my nursing caregivers...my emotional stability was on the verge of eternal decline. I was nausea extremely nauseated, once i started vomiting which amounted to almost nothing except fluids were coming from everywhere, the pain during this episode was incredible, i was embarrassed wishing i had never done the surgery, hating myself for putting myself through this torture But all that was endure during was my turn around, my breaking point so to speak, after 2 days and night sleeping in a chair because laying was to painful and uncomfortable, that wonderful nursing staff at St Joseph East Hospital cleaned me up, restarted my iv which gave up after 4 days of fluids meds and blood draws had to be redone, dressed me in a clean gown dabbed my head with cool towels, held my hands, hug me cried put me to bed and assured me all is going to be okay as i cried and sniffled they covered me up with a sheet and my afghan brought from home, told me they love me and try and get some rest.....(crying now),things begin to get better.........and eventually i came home this week and have been reflecting over the past fews days and the changes that are going to take place in my life. Surprising to some reflecting doesn't really include loosing weight, it's going to happen that's why I had the surgery, but because I had a life altering experience living as i did prior to 2/19 can not be the same and will not be, am i going to crazy and start wilding out HECK NO, to old for that.......but life now has become even more precious to me than before and I am going to treat it as such...........I went in for a sleeve and came out with a new lease on life....................................

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You know I have no memory of writing whAt I wrote about day 6 lol

Your welcome girl anytime, thinking about expanding my nursing into counseling, because I really do like that part of my job. Check back with me and let me know commit goes.

The key 4my is not stool softner but water hydration. Keep your fluid intake adequate keeps your bowels moving along with walking .my motto is a body in motion stays in motion. You become dependant on stool softener for a bm and that can cause more problems down the road. Just a little nnurse perspective

Hey sweet hope all is well with you aside from the problem you mentioned above. I'm am going to ask you a question and I pray you don't get offended by it. Why do you care how she feels or what she is blaming you for? You didn't marry you married her son and the only concern should be what your husband thinks and feels. And from what I am reading you and your husband have a great relationship. Any man that stands up to his momma for his wife is a great man. You do what you need to do for you and Jr marriage. If you are feeling bad about your weight talk to your husband about it what she says and feels doesn't matter. Here is a tip for you the next time she says anything negative about ur weight ask her when she would like to start walking with you because it sounds like you really are concerned about my health and I appreciate it so much, so when shall we start walking together. Thks is a perfect way to counteract someone who is trying to embarrass u in public. You turn her negative comments to u into a positive responds to her. And as the commercial says never let them see you sweat. She will either quit acting so childest and grow up or not fool with you at all which should be ok with you any way it goes. When she begins to accuse of and blaming you for something negative concerning her son you say nothing to her s you let your husband handle her, you never want to be accused of being mean and nasty to her. Hope I helped a bit.

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