So here's a little bit of what I wrote the first few days home from the hospital:
August 17, 2014
I'm freaking starving right now and I can't sleep because of it. All I can think about is food but I know I can't have any. My side aches from where the gas bubble is trapped near my major incision and I'm obsessing about all the things I'll be able to eat in a few weeks. Oh, and my stomach and intestines are making noises and I have to pee. This is the first night I've had trouble sleeping. They say this surgery and lack of food makes you exhausted. So far that's not the case. They say this surgery makes you nauseous, so far I've had very little nausea. They say that you'll have horrible gas pain; so far, there has been very little. Overall I'd say I've had a very easy surgery experience. This is so very much unlike anything I ever get to experience when it comes to surgery and the like. I'm usual the one who ends up with all the weird side effects with all the drugs and such. I'm the one that if it's going to happen, it will happen to me. But, it hasn't happened to me. I keep asking myself why? Shouldn't it be worse than this? Why is this so easy? Shouldn't I be punished for abusing my body for all of these years? And, while everyone else is going through this horrible period of missing food and having to adjust to everything and all the changes the only issue I'm having is whether or not I can keep down my protein shake which tastes like ass! I need to make an appointment to get back in to see my therapist as soon as possible but we'll see when I can afford it again after surgery. I need to discuss all of these changes going on. And, I really want to get back to work too! I'm so bored not being able to do anything around the house but sit around and watch tv and play online. BORING!
August 18, 2014
Day 6 and I still have to take pain meds when I wake up. This morning my major incision was burning and I'm not really quite sure what that's about. I'm really grateful that a single dose of the acetaminophen/codeine works to combat the pain. That first night home I tried to take a double dose and it basically made me feel like shit. I think that this is the stuff the the rappers use in the sizzurp recipe they take to get high. Well, actually I just looked it up and there is another medicine as part of it that is an anti-anxiety/anti-nausea drug. Ok, the weird stuff I think about while stuff at home with nothing to do but write and watch tv. LOL!
So, today's plan - walk every hour, sip my fluids to make sure I stay hydrated. I'm pushing for my 3,000 steps today. I almost made it yesterday. I didn't start walking early enough though so now I'm starting earlier and trying to make sure I get my walking in. I haven't been tired enough yet to nap but they keep saying I will be. So far that hasn't happened except the first day. I know I shouldn't compare myself to others but I do. My recuperation is going so different than any one else's. In fact, it seems to be so easy so far. I'm just so pleased with how easy in fact. I think part of it is due to how healthy I was in the first place - no high blood pressure, no high cholesterol, no high blood sugar. The only co-morbidity was the weight and sleep apnea. Looking at the internal pictures I do have a lot of internal fat which is not good to my health. That is why losing this weight is very important!
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