Is anyone else having surgery in July?

Hope everyone is okay! Today marks a week post op and I have no pain, and I walk about 30-45 minutes twice a day! And i drink 2 bottles of water a day.. still having a bit of trouble getting down a whole protien shake through out the day, like they told me.. but I feel like there is just not enough time in the day!! And I have been eating the soup part of beans great iron! And protien! Took my first full shower today and washed my hair!! I feel great!

Me too, took so long to get the hair brush through! Has anyone changed their dressings yet. Just did two and was a bit icky so didn’t do the other three

Also have to wear my surgical tights for two weeks, so hard to get on

On 08/01/2018 at 12:12, Poppygirl said:

Me too, took so long to get the hair brush through! Has anyone changed their dressings yet. Just did two and was a bit icky so didn’t do the other three

My hair was so tangled but it didn't take long maybe in the shower for like 15 minutes, but my incisions have like glue on them this clear cover no tape or dressings! So i don't have to do anything to them

That sounds much more pleasant

18 minutes ago, mercmerc said:

Hope everyone is okay! Today marks a week post op and I have no pain, and I walk about 30-45 minutes twice a day! And i drink 2 bottles of Water a day.. still having a bit of trouble getting down a whole protien shake through out the day, like they told me.. but I feel like there is just not enough time in the day!! And I have been eating the Soup part of Beans great iron! And protien! Took my first full shower today and washed my hair!! I feel great!

So great to hear you're doing so well! I'm eagerly awaiting feeling as good as you are! I'm on my first full day home, had surgery on Monday at 7:30am. Walking for 5-10 minutes has been going okay, I'm having some pain and MAJOR bruising along incision lines, but I've been managing pretty well!

The whole drinking 1 oz very fifteen minutes thing is getting old, especially since I have to sit up straight to do it...I kept finding a comfortable/relatively painless way to sit/relax and then the timer went off again...getting up and down is what's been hurting most, I think!

Anyway, looking forward to incremental progress over the course of this week! Thanks for sharing what one week out has looked like for you!

On 08/01/2018 at 12:16, Poppygirl said:

That sounds much more pleasant

It is! I think since I got mine done at Children's Hospital that might be why no dressing are there cause kids move around! So for all surgery's they use the glue

1 minute ago, mercmerc said:

3 minutes ago, Poppygirl said:

That sounds much more pleasant

It is! I think since I got mine done at Children's Hospital that might be why no dressing are there cause kids move around! So for all surgery's they use the glue

I just have the glue as well! Some of them don't look great though...

On 08/01/2018 at 12:16, Herewego2018 said:

So great to hear you're doing so well! I'm eagerly awaiting feeling as good as you are! I'm on my first full day home, had surgery on Monday at 7:30am. Walking for 5-10 minutes has been going okay, I'm having some pain and MAJOR bruising along incision lines, but I've been managing pretty well!

The whole drinking 1 oz very fifteen minutes thing is getting old, especially since I have to sit up straight to do it...I kept finding a comfortable/relatively painless way to sit/relax and then the timer went off again...getting up and down is what's been hurting most, I think!

Anyway, looking forward to incremental progress over the course of this week! Thanks for sharing what one week out has looked like for you!

It get better I promise!!! I sort of stopped doing the drinking every 15.. i either drink more in and hour or less and double up the next! Walking will help with gas and pain! I did not have bruises but can't wait till your better!!

On 08/01/2018 at 12:19, Herewego2018 said:

It is! I think since I got mine done at Children's Hospital that might be why no dressing are there cause kids move around! So for all surgery's they use the glue

I just have the glue as well! Some of them don't look great though...

Also, clean hair sounds like a dream to me right now. I am nervous about showering as yet, might find some dry shampoo to see if that makes me feel slightly more like a person, otherwise I might have to shower tomorrow...

I also have glue on my incisions I took a shower when I got out of the hospital but I have a drain which is situated right in between my "girls" just a little lower and over to the left where the esophagus meets the stomach. Its super annoying! It swings a lot and just is a royal PITA. Gauze and surgical tape cover it and Im documenting how much fluid is coming out and when I dump it. Getting up and walking is a pain in the ass too. I guess I can increase my walking times since 30-45 mins x2. My mom helped me turn my treadmill back on since you cant do diddly squat right now only a few days post op. The gas is so annoying. I did get some chewable gas X since I wasnt able to find the strips and chewed that into a straight watery liquid so that might help a little. Im going to get on my treadmill and try to walk out this gas UH!

Who would have thought the joy of passing wind, at the moment it’s like winning the lottery!!

Might be TMI but I havent had any gas except for burping, and my BM's have been basically water/runny/diarrhea.

Edited August 1, 20188 yr by GeminiSky

I guess we are all different, I know that I have to walk after my 200ml of soup to make everything move! TMI haven’t been for number twos for seven days! Going to take some meds tonight ?