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Monday, April 24, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Home from hospital
I has surgery on monday 4-17 at 10 am, i don't recall much of monday except that i did hurt some where the tummy was transected, and i was drugged most of the day...at 6 pm i got up to go potty and that is when they started giving me the liquid loratab. I got up one other time to walk monday night. They were concerned because my heart rate was fast but by tuesday it had dropped into the 90's. Tuesday doc came to visit me in the morning and asked how i was doing, told him i was feeling okay just a little pain in the tummy area still, he told me they were going to treat me as if i was at home and see how i did. When he came to visit at 5 pm he asked if i wanted to go home, i said that would be nice but i had to wait for my ride at 7:30...which was no problem for him. I see him again in 2 weeks for my follow up.
Last night i went to bed around 10:00 pm and slept until 5 am, so i went for 10 hours between pain meds. Right now i'm feeling okay and i'm not going to take the loratab.
My starting weight at my inital consult was 265 day of surgery was 253. we'll see how well i do losing the weight. ¶ 1:54 PM 0 comments
Last night i went to bed around 10:00 pm and slept until 5 am, so i went for 10 hours between pain meds. Right now i'm feeling okay and i'm not going to take the loratab.
My starting weight at my inital consult was 265 day of surgery was 253. we'll see how well i do losing the weight. ¶ 1:54 PM 0 comments
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Tomorrow's the day
Well, here we are, one day away....it's about 1 am on sunday and i've yet to go to bed .... so technically i have 2 wake up's to go....My surgery is scheduled for 10:30 am on monday, I have to be at the hospital at 8:00 but my dad will be dropping me off (he wasn't able to get time off to be with me, but it's okay) before he goes to work, he works at 6:30 so i'll be at the hospital around 5:30 am. It's all good though, cause what if the first surgery person chicken's out and I could have gone sooner? well I want to be there to be ready just in case.
Today, well i mean saturday, I went and got a pedicure and manicure, i know they will probably take the polish off my fingers but it was my way to do something stress free....and for dinner i went to my fave steak place, I LOVE steak and am gonna miss it until I can have it again.
I am currently on liquid only, but I am hoping I will do okay. Well I should end this and head to bed, i have to get up around 9 am so I can drive home (i'm visiting my sister for the weekend since she had to work and couldn't come see me before I had surgery.)
Here are my pre-op pix
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Today, well i mean saturday, I went and got a pedicure and manicure, i know they will probably take the polish off my fingers but it was my way to do something stress free....and for dinner i went to my fave steak place, I LOVE steak and am gonna miss it until I can have it again.
I am currently on liquid only, but I am hoping I will do okay. Well I should end this and head to bed, i have to get up around 9 am so I can drive home (i'm visiting my sister for the weekend since she had to work and couldn't come see me before I had surgery.)
Here are my pre-op pix
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Sunday, April 09, 2006
Counting down
Well down to 8 days to go....Saw my surgeon on the 6th and was given the go ahead for my surgery. I'm kinda nervous but not to the point that i'm doubting that this is the correct thing to do
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Saturday, April 01, 2006
I have a DATE
Sorry for the delay in posting, but I was given a surgery date of April 24th then just last week I was able to get the date moved up a week to the 17th.
I'm excited and can't wait to get on the 'other side' as it were.
I had my 37th birthday on March 15th and that weekend went and bought myself a bicycle and have been able to get in rides where as with walking I couldn't go very far, each time I've ridden I've tried to increase the distance.
So as of today I only have 16 days to go. ¶ 12:56 PM 0 comments
I'm excited and can't wait to get on the 'other side' as it were.
I had my 37th birthday on March 15th and that weekend went and bought myself a bicycle and have been able to get in rides where as with walking I couldn't go very far, each time I've ridden I've tried to increase the distance.
So as of today I only have 16 days to go. ¶ 12:56 PM 0 comments
