Supersecret

Thanks for all the encouragement guys, it's nice to know I'm not the only one going through this. I discovered the pain meds make it really easy to sleep though so that's all I've been doing the past few days. Also I finally passed gas this morning and it feels so much better! I'm still in pain, but it's starting to get to the point where it's bearable. And I'm down 11 lbs!!!!! I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel

I had my surgery on Monday July 1st. It is now Wed July 3rd, I'm at home and I am in so much pain! I expected to be uncomfortable, but I didn't expect anything near this level of discomfort. Laying in bed on my back hurts, sitting up hurts, taking a sip of water hurts, and taking pain medicine hurts. The incisions hurt, my intestines hurt, and everything inside of my chest cavity hurts and feels wrong. I had an appendectomy a decade ago and recovery was maybe 1/10th of the pain that I'm experiencing now. I can't say I regret the surgery because I needed it, But I am starting to wonder how much longer I will feel like a mangled piece of meat. And I feel foolish for not expecting it to be this bad. Was it this bad for all of you guys too? How much longer did it take for you to feel better? A silver lining is that for the first time in years I have zero interest in food, so at least it fixed my overactive appetite. Please tell me it's worth it and it gets better?

Good point, it's not even a lie! That's so true! They'll just assume I wasn't trying before ? This is genius! I can't tell you how many times people have put pressure on me to eat unhealthy food. I'm really excited to try this and turn the tables on them ?

That's crazy! This is exactly the type of person that I don't want to know about it. I can only imagine what kind of weird opinions they would share if you told them the truth ?

Hi all, I'm scheduled to have the surgery in a couple weeks, and aside from my husband, I plan on telling absolutely no one about it (people can be so judgemental!) I'm nervous about all of the questions that will come, like "why aren't you eating anything at my dinner party?" Or "how did you suddenly lose weight so quickly, is that safe?" Or "where have you been for the past couple weeks?" Or "a little bit won't hurt you!" I would love to hear how some of you have fielded these questions, and also if there were questions you were asked that caught you off guard so that I can be prepared for them. As much as I would love to say "none of your business" to family and friends, I think that would only make them more suspicious. Thanks for your help!