Sleeve Story

[Khy 16]

I had my surgery July 26th. I had 2 big scares but now they seem funny. My doc tends to do all bands one day and all sleeves the next day and all gastric bypasses on another day. My doc had switched my surgery date within one week several times so the idea of getting the wrong surgery had in the late night hours already insinuated itself into my head. The nurse that takes care of you in recovery is not necessarily the one that is in the O.R. . In recovery I told the nurse I was having trouble breathing. I was a little scared about that. She called the anesthesiologist over and said "this lady just had a gastric bypass and she can't breathe." I was still foggy and did not yet have control of my mind or mouth. I shouted " I sure the *%$# did not! I better not have had a gastric bypass." The nurse looked startled for a moment and then said oh right... u had the sleeve. Anesthesiologist remarked that I seemed to be breathing just fine... The first day after they gave me dilaudid and so again I was not thinking clearly. Lab person came in and said he needed to do a blood sugar. OK.. gave him one of my fingers to stick. "Hmm" he said," it is 191." What???? He wanted to know if it was not normally that high. NO! I said I am not diabetic! "Oh" he said you aren't? You should get that checked out." No! I refuse to be diabetic (like anyone has a choice). Turns out they were giving me glucose in the I.V. and he took the blood downstream of that. If I had been thinking clearly I wouldn't have worried all night about it....So 2 days post op I have some incision pain. I am walking around right now like I am a twin to Quasimodo. I know I am supposed to sip but the sugar free Jello seems to slip down so easily. I do not have gas pain but it sounds like a war going on in my guts. It is so loud it embarrassing.

Khy

[Sleevie WonderLand 41]

Thank you for that quick laugh (I almost spit out my tea when you cussed about the gastric bypass!). Glad to hear you're recovering well, and dont have diabetes!

[SeattleSue 25]

Hahahaha I'm laughing with you. Keep on breathing!!

[Dropping 0]

Funny.....