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So I haven't been on here since the night before so I guess I'll explain my whole process. So the surgery went well, I woke up in a lot of pain (my doc said I was cursing like a sailor lol) but once I got the pain meds I was feeling better I suppose. I was walking 2 hours later taking a stroll into the hallway which was nice and cool and refreshing and I even asked if I could stay out there but that was a no. So the incisions hurt a lot and I didn't have a room so it was hard to rest with other patients screaming and moaning. That night was rough I was gagging and breathing really deep, I figured it was too much pain medication because I would hit the button a lot, fall asleep, then wake up feeling horrible. That nurse was worried about my breathing but its just the way I sooth myself. So the next day was getting just annoying, they eventually took me off the I.v. pain meds and then I started hurting a lot. I took a dose of liquid morphine and that just made me nauseous, making me throw up blood and foam for the rest of the day. That night I got moved into an isolation room in the same place which was better then nothing. I had a flat screen t.v. and I was close to the bathroom which was nice because at that point I started having to pee very frequently. They gave me a different pain med that night a lot with anti nausea and that was probably the best I felt in the hospital. I was able to take down some liquids, not a lot at all though. My favorite was the watered down apple juice. I didn't have any protein in the hospital :/ so the 3rd day I woke up just ready to go home and I could drink without it coming back up so I waited for my doctors approval. Around 5 I was able to go home! I felt kinda bad that night but not too much pain. The next day I got the prescription of liquid morphine and I toke a dose which helped my incision pain but it completely made me feel like **** and I started throwing up for the rest of the day, I wasn't sure if that was the cause so I took another shot 4 hours later and again made me feel worse. Saturday was the worst day, I guess it was me coming off of the morphine and my stomach started cramping so bad, it was probably the worst pain I was in. I finally started to go to the bathroom which was not fun at all. This morning I finally felt so much better. The cramping comes but at least it's gone in about 3ish minutes. I couldn't get hardly hand protein in yesterday but today I'm trying. It's so hard I'm not sure how to get a lot in. I had a powdered peach mango which really isn't my cup of tea and its only 15gs of protein and I have about a half a cup a day. And the isopure is no different. It makes my mouth dry which really doesn't help. I seriously can't wait till I can eat! The day I can take a bite of fish or chicken I will be so happy! I can't take these protein drinks. I wish there was a vitamin with a whole lot of protein so I can just focus on getting my liquids in. But I feel good right now the only time I'm in pain is the cramps every once in a while or getting up or down from sitting at this one incision. But I can't wait for the future! I wish I could just fast forward a month