justvalhere

I just read Freedoms banding story and loved how positive it was. Basically I had the same surgery experience she did.
The morning of the surgery I wa so hungry...I was glad to be getting this done. The nurses were so cheerful and careful with my IV...numbing my hand first and everything. There was no pain at all for that, and I am afraid of needles so I really appreciated that.
They gave a dose of what they called "happy juice" which supposedly relaxes people until their turn in the OR. Well I am VERY sensitive to medications and I dont remember anything from that point on until I woke up after surgery.
My first thought was that it was hard to take a breath in, but the pain wasn't terrible. I had to wake up and walk around and pee before they would release me. I was sore...kind of like being kicked in the gut by a horse...a little breathless, but really not bad.
I had a 45 minute ride home that I remember being miserable for, but once I got home and took my pain meds I felt so much better.
The day of surgery I had awful shoulder pain, but by the next day that was gone.
Today is day three and I'm doing great. I wish I had Freedoms family support. All I have had is merciless teasing, and everybody eating food in front of me and cracking jokes. I'm really quite sick of them.
I hope you all have as good of a support system as Freedom does.
Oh yeah, Ive lost 4 pounds already...YAY!!!