Slenderella's Adventure Begins...in 12 Hours

[Nina88 73]

I and my leak test this morning and passed' date=' so it's on to liquids. I was so,so glad to finally get to take a sip of Water. I've got my little 1oz cups that I'm supposed to drink every 15 minutes, and I'm sipping of chicken broth in between.

The liquid going down is a a weird sensation, and each sip is followed by a little burp. I'm not in a ton of pain, but I definitely am tender and achy. When my belly feels all "crowded" I get up an walk, something about standing up straight seems to relieve the pressure.

If all goes well I should be headed home by 1:00pm.[/quote']

Good morning, I'm still waiting to see my doctor so he can okay liquid. I haven't been told anything about a leak test.

I agree about the walking up right it feels better. But I get tired very fast. I'm glad to hear you are doing good. Here's to day 1.

[Slenderella 153]

Wowser, yesterday was rough! I got home from the hospital at 1:30pm, and I was still very bloated from surgery and uncomfortable. For some reason all of that gas wants to be released with burps, and with the hernia repair that causes some pretty painful pressure-hopefully that will end soon because it really hurts! Oh how I love me some Gas-X!

I also had some nectar Protein as soon as I got home, and it became obvious my tummy wasn't quite ready for that yet. As long as I stayed away from liquid Proteins, and only drank Water and broth, the cramping was manageable. I think my total was around 30 oz. maybe not too bad for my first day???

My swelling and bloating has gone down considerably and with that so has the pressure pain. Now if I could just take a sip of liquid without feeling like I'm swallowing rocks I think I might live. Last ***ht I had some Water go down the wrong hole and I thought I was going to drown!!! A little dramatic...maybe...but between trying to get the water up, and the 5 gallons of saliva that I had to choke down for said drowning event I was a little freaked out for a minute or two. LOL!!!

All in all I'm glad yesterday is over, because it sucked. Today I'm just going to focus on non-protein liquids and maybe to***ht I will try my nectar again. I'm going to try sleeping too..hahah! I went to bed at 8 but only slept off and on, decided to just get up around 12am.

I'm also ready to be less irritable!!! Man, I'm so irritable and impatient right now that I just want to be alone with my bad self. I'm sure the fact that we are moving and closing on our house next week isn't helping either. Talk about timing, huh? Oh well, in a few more days things will be much more calm and peaceful.

[Sherry77 166]

So glad your doing well. I agree the hernia repair seems to hurt worse. Hope all is still well.