The Surgery

Oh the things we will do to be thin. So I didn't go to bed until around 1:00 Monday night. I was a nervous wreck. I had to be there at 5:30 a.m. So we get there and because I had my surgery at Baptist, it was a lot different than Andy's surgery. At first they took me back to get a pre-op weight. 281.2! I am almost in a whole new set of numbers. After that, they took me back to pre-op holding and went ahead and had anesthesia to start my iv. this was nice because he numbed the area up first so it did not hurt that bad. They gave me some reglan and zofran iv, and a pepcid. All of this was to coat my stomach.Then, my doctor came in and talked with me and let me know what to expect and what to eat afterward. Then they let Andy come back. I would like to say that these were tender last moments, but we just sat there and joked and laughed. Then they whisked me off to surgery. When I woke up I was in recovery and extremely nauseated. They gave me some phenergan and I was still sick. I did not want to vomit because that can cause the band itself to slip. They took me down and did my swallow test and I was still about to vomit, but I held back and they finally took me to my room. I slept for probably two hours and then they wanted me to get up and walk. That first time up was so rough. I was nauseated and had that gas trapped in my shoulder. HORRIBLE. Andy did so great after his surgery that I truly thought I would bounce right back. Instead, I was sick and nauseated. I laid back down and my step mom came in to visit me. We talked a bit and I dozed in and out. When it was time to go home I was having a lot of pain with the gas in my shoulder and having a lot of nausea. I was also starting to get a migraine. I was batting 1000. Finally, we got home and I could not lay down on the bed. Thank Goodness we bought that new couch this year that reclines. That is where I have spent my last 12 hours. It is now 2:20 a.m. and this is the first time in the past twelve hours that I have been able to sit up for this long without a migraine and being nauseated. I feel a little better in fact. I am working with my incentive spirometer, and writing this. I went the first few hours I was home taking nothing for pain and just having a phenergan. I had to finally break down around 7:00 p.m. and take it. I had not wanted to take it because I felt like that was probably what was making me so sick. I am glad I finally took it, because that made it a lot easier for me to walk. I just took my second dose but I thought I would let everyone know how I was. A lot of you have called and I thank each one of you for your thoughts and prayers. Big Daddy has taken such good care of me and I love him for that. I am feeling a ton better for right now so I am hoping everything will keep looking up....Until next time...put those cheeseburgers away...NO one should have to go through this and I sure hope it is worth it in the end.