Hello everyone,

Today is exactly 1 week post op. High: 315, Starting 269.0, Surgery: 259.5, Home from hospital: 267.9, Currently: 258.6.

1 week makes such a huge difference. In this one week, I had surgery, passed my swallow study, ate mash potatoes at the hospital, discharged home, became very dehydrated and had an ambulance have to come get me off the side of the road because I was too stubborn to ask for help and almost wrecked because I was near faint, had 2500ml of Fluid put back in, unable to tolerate foods/proteins, and have now seen the doctor that wants me to do a pedialyte challenge and if I feel better I won't need to go back to the ED. I am exhausted, frustrated, nauseous, I wish I could stop and rest for a few minutes but even resting feels like work. Today I have maintained 8 oz of Water and 4 oz of pedialyte and 2 oz of chicken broth. I am going to get better even if this kills me first. I am going to succeed!!!!!! I am trying to maintain my humor and positive spirit, just a little defeated at the moment and needed to journal this out. Thank you everyone for just listening and I hope you all are doing much better than I.

I'm sorry to hear that you are having such a rough start. It will get better as you heal, keep sipping all day long. Stay hydrated. The hospital gave you mashed potatoes?! I had a week of Clear liquids only and then two weeks of full liquids. After that was pureed foods for a week.

Yup 1st day post op once i ate them i could be discharged.

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