Daniellewi

I am 4 days post op. I stayed in the hospital for one day before discharge. They had me eat lunch and dinner before they would let me go home on pureed diet. I ended up going to ER yesterday because I had Breakfast of 1 hard boiled egg that I pureed with Water. I ended up having the the most horrible pain on my right side chest area that just kept getting worse and worse. Since it was Christmas day I had to call the hospital where I had surgery and have the resident on call. I have a great pain tolerance and this was at least a 9 out of 10 on the pain scale. I spoke to the resident and since the pain was in my chest area they told me to call 911. I wasn't about to do that so I headed to the local ER. They hooked me up to IV and gave me some heavy duty pain medication. Did CT scan, EKG and labs were done. All came back normal. I don't think I will puree an egg and eat it ever again! My incision site where they removed my stomach still hurts like someone is poking at it with a hot piece of metal so I'm still on pain meds to "take the edge off". I was told not to I have any more food for the rest of yesterday. I had my breakfast this am and it all went good. This was definitely a Christmas to remember! I don't know how I'm ever going to be able to get near the Protein and water numbers they want me to have. They also discontinued my allergy meds (ZYRTEC ) so my eyes, ears , and body have been so itchy.
So far this has really sucked but I'm keeping my eye on the prize! If anyone thinks this is the easy way out to lose weight they have no idea how hard this is!!!!!!!!

I am scheduled the next day. I see it as starting a new life in the new year☺

I am scheduled the next day. I see it as starting a new life in the new year☺

I am going through this right now. I'm scheduled for 12/22 and have only told 3 people. After reading people's experiences with this I have decided not to even let my close friends know for fear of being judged constantly. I told my co-workers I'm having a different type surgery done (which is hard since I work in health care and they have all kinds of questions). I hate lying but I can't take it back once the cats out of the bag and don't want to regret telling everyone.

I am going through this right now. I'm scheduled for 12/22 and have only told 3 people. After reading people's experiences with this I have decided not to even let my close friends know for fear of being judged constantly. I told my co-workers I'm having a different type surgery done (which is hard since I work in health care and they have all kinds of questions). I hate lying but I can't take it back once the cats out of the bag and don't want to regret telling everyone.