one week later!
One week has passed since my surgery. I am feeling a lot better and can be independent again, it's just soreness constantly especially around my belly button area.
I am out of drugs too ( I was prescribe Oxycodone - holy shit powerful stuff) and Mom has left so now I am just bored and healing. :P
I go back to work on Nov 4th - I should be okay by then!
The surgery itself was successful but took longer because the gall bladder was still infected and inflamed. The cuts are a bit bigger too.
It was chaos after I awoke. I was so violently ill and was released home (no overnights after gall bladder surgery for some reason) where I continued to be violently ill the entire day. The two days after that I was plagued with headaches and massive pain, hence the drugs. I couldn't get out of bed, barely ate because I had zero appetite( I lost 15 lbs in 3 weeks!!!), slept constantly (which is good I know), and was stiff everywhere.
Thank goodness Mom was there to take care of me! She cooked for me , cleaned for me, etc. She was amazing.
Also, many thanks to Sandra for picking me up from the hospital and driving us home. She has now seen me at my worst but still loves me. ;)
My appetite is back but not eating a lot. My stomach shrunk and it hurts when I am full. It also hurts when I get hunger pangs so I am trying to eat a lot of smaller meals throughout the day. Its a blessing in disguise for the current weight loss journey I am on. I can basically eat whatever I want but I have to be careful with fattening/greasy/junk foods because the organ that is able to break it down is now gone. In a nutshell if I eat those foods I will need to be close to a toilet. Nice eh? Not socially awkward at all.
Thanks for the messages, calls, e-mails, etc. I have some pretty awesome friends and family members. I definitely like the attention and will enjoy it while I can because I am never doing any type of surgery ever again!!!
xoxo
Jooolz
I am out of drugs too ( I was prescribe Oxycodone - holy shit powerful stuff) and Mom has left so now I am just bored and healing. :P
I go back to work on Nov 4th - I should be okay by then!
The surgery itself was successful but took longer because the gall bladder was still infected and inflamed. The cuts are a bit bigger too.
It was chaos after I awoke. I was so violently ill and was released home (no overnights after gall bladder surgery for some reason) where I continued to be violently ill the entire day. The two days after that I was plagued with headaches and massive pain, hence the drugs. I couldn't get out of bed, barely ate because I had zero appetite( I lost 15 lbs in 3 weeks!!!), slept constantly (which is good I know), and was stiff everywhere.
Thank goodness Mom was there to take care of me! She cooked for me , cleaned for me, etc. She was amazing.
Also, many thanks to Sandra for picking me up from the hospital and driving us home. She has now seen me at my worst but still loves me. ;)
My appetite is back but not eating a lot. My stomach shrunk and it hurts when I am full. It also hurts when I get hunger pangs so I am trying to eat a lot of smaller meals throughout the day. Its a blessing in disguise for the current weight loss journey I am on. I can basically eat whatever I want but I have to be careful with fattening/greasy/junk foods because the organ that is able to break it down is now gone. In a nutshell if I eat those foods I will need to be close to a toilet. Nice eh? Not socially awkward at all.
Thanks for the messages, calls, e-mails, etc. I have some pretty awesome friends and family members. I definitely like the attention and will enjoy it while I can because I am never doing any type of surgery ever again!!!
xoxo
Jooolz