Thursday, June 7, 2012

back home

wow, really tired...but I'm back home now. Surgery is such a trip. I remember they putting on an oxygen mask and then poof, I'm in the recovery room...moaning...and saying, "ouch, ouch ouch".  Thankfully they got the pain under control pretty quickly. I ended up staying an extra night because I spiked a fever. My white blood cells were fine (no infection), chest x-rays fine, no pneumonia or pulmonary embolism, ultrasound fine, no blood clots.  So no reason for the fever...except maybe my body's immune system went into overdrive because it was severely assaulted.

I have been having moments of "what the hell have I done".  But I get the feeling as I slowly heal I will be glad I did this. In the mean time I'm gong to get a lot of rest and heal.

7 comments:

  1. Congrats! Those feelings of what have I done are normal. I had them myself a couple of months ago (and still have them from time to time) when I had my gastric bypass. I look forward to hearing more from you.

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  2. welcome to the other side! Trust me...the first few days are rough but gets significantly better after that. Get well soon!

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  3. Congrats on your surgery completion! That is a big step.

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  4. Good job! Looking forward to hearing about your success. Hope the pain subsides for you real fast.

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  5. the first 3 days were the toughest for me...heres to wishing you a speedy recovery!!! congrats for coming over to the other side!!!

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  6. Glad to hear you are doing okay.
    Yeah, the first week or two suck. But you will be so glad you did this.

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  7. I was doing the "what the hell" for almost two months. :) It DID get better and even with all my problems I am so glad to have had it done. :)

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