Well – It’s done!  We went in first thing Tuesday morning and I had my Gastric Bypass surgery.  I was very happy that my nurse listened to me and put the I.V. where I told her to. I have the worst times with those and nurses not listening to me.  My husband and my Grandma was there with me before I was taken back.  I remember being wheeled back, but I don’t remember anything else until I was being rolled down the hall to my room.

I loved they way they were able to move me from the rolling bed to the bed in my room.  They inflated what felt like a raft underneath me and just lifted me over!  I was thinking I was going to have to move myself like I had always in the past  That was really nice. 🙂  The first 24 hours I had a morphine button I could push whenever I wanted.  I was told to just keep pushing it as much as I needed, it was set where I couldn’t over dose myself and would only dispense every 10 mins or so.  I took FULL advantage of that!  I think they were surprised I didn’t use it as much as I could though.  I know they were wanting us up and walking when we could, so I asked that evening to get up and walk the halls.  They said I was ahead of the curve.

Next day they brought food.  I tried eating it, but it was NOT GOOD at all.  I think I got a few bites down from each meal on Wednesday.  They also took away the morphine drip that day and replaced with pain meds in my I.V. and some pills.  Dose is two pills at a time, but only one is enough for me.  I got up and walked about 7 or 8 times that day.

Thursday they wanted to see how I handled breakfast and then they’d most likely send me home.  I told him I hoped the food was different   They said it was, it was more like what I could eat at home.  I did a lot better with those meals.  I really liked the nurses I had at St Lukes Plaza location.  I think Tommie was happy that I came home though, because he didn’t have a good time navigating around the place. 🙂  He’s not the best with directions. 🙂

Tommie’s been doing really well taking care of me.  He’s made me all my meals and has been tracking everything.  Encouraging me to eat, drink and walk.  Today was the first time I showered since the morning of the surgery.  I think my eyesight has gotten better today too.  I was trying to read words on my cell phone, but it was just a blur of things.  Was sort of worrisome.  Tommie looked it up and found out what was causing that.  There was this anti-nauseous patch they put behind my ear before surgery.  One of the side effects was blurry vision and the other was severe cotton mouth.   It was so bad!  I felt like my mouth was sticking together, it was REALLY bad. It DID give me the desire to drink though, which was very important.  When they took me off the I.V. I guess I wasn’t drinking enough, because I had a couple bouts of nausea.  Luckily I didn’t throw up, but they put another bag of fluids through me and I felt better.  I haven’t had that feeling again so far.

I’m still pretty tired and worn out, but I’m getting through.  I’m feeling lucky that I’m not having hunger pains.  I know this probably isn’t new news to anyone, but I haven’t felt like updating much the past few days and at least I a little down. 🙂