3 days post op

[tiffanyjo 12]

Consult weight 237.6

Surgery date weight 229.2

Home and feeling pretty good. First day after surgery I was not able to walk as I was so loaded up on meds. 2nd day had severe back pain but walked 6 times that day and was doing much better. I did have major issues with high blood pressure even in recovery room. My bp was 220 over 105 so they kept me in recovery longer. Then next 2 days in hospital room my BP kept sky rocketing. I was able to come home but I have 24 hour care till post op on the 11th to keep an eye on my bp. Even with all that I say this is the best thing I have done for my health. Feeling well, walking, stretches and liquids. Definitely make sure you get a knack for the liquid diet prior to surgery because it makes it easier post op. You definitely can't gulp or drink quickly and slow and easy is the way to go. Leak test was not as bad I thought. Good luck and if you have any questions I am happy to answer

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[Djmohr 6,965]

Glad to hear you are home and doing ok. Hopefully the blood pressure thing will get better for you.

Before surgery I had high BP and took medication every day for it. Now I have the opposite...I have low BP and very low heart rate.

They figured out they needed to get me off the BP meds when I went in for spine surgery 9 months after my bypass. My heart rate and BP was running so low it was freaking them out. They ran multiple EKGs before I went to the operating room. So we discontinued BP meds.

Then 2 weeks after my 3 level cervical fusion, I went to get up out of a chair and woke up on the floor. Thats when we discovered that I really do have low heart rate and bp. I still get black outs so I simply wiggle my feet for a few minutes before standing up and that regulates it.

I know it is low because my watch tracks my heart rate and I am regularly in the 30s and 40s while sitting. It is crazy how your body changes once the weight comes off.

Best of luck on your recovery and I am so glad that you are happy you did it. For me it was the best thing I ever did for myself.

[Berrybaby 13]

I've never had high BP... but 2 days post op it sat round 190/110, we think due to pain, but I wasn't exactly climbing the walls. Since then I've had postural hypotension (ie it tanks when I get up from sitting and makes me dizzy). Weird things or bodies do!

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[teedsg 250]

Consult weight 237.6

Surgery date weight 229.2

Home and feeling pretty good. First day after surgery I was not able to walk as I was so loaded up on meds. 2nd day had severe back pain but walked 6 times that day and was doing much better. I did have major issues with high blood pressure even in recovery room. My bp was 220 over 105 so they kept me in recovery longer. Then next 2 days in hospital room my BP kept sky rocketing. I was able to come home but I have 24 hour care till post op on the 11th to keep an eye on my bp. Even with all that I say this is the best thing I have done for my health. Feeling well, walking, stretches and liquids. Definitely make sure you get a knack for the liquid diet prior to surgery because it makes it easier post op. You definitely can't gulp or drink quickly and slow and easy is the way to go. Leak test was not as bad I thought. Good luck and if you have any questions I am happy to answer

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Congratulations on your surgery! I'm glad your doing better.