Post Op

I didn't see the doctor after surgery but he told my husband everything went as planned. It took about an hour for the surgery. They wheeled me in and put me under a little after 8 am. When I woke up in the recovery room I remember seeing the clock at 10:40. I am sure I was in there a while before I realized I was awake. They took 2 x-rays right after I woke up. That was a little painful trying to roll over. I don't think the first one was good, that's why they came in for a second.

Once they wheeled me to a mini room my husband came in. I had the TV on but I was kind of sleeping but it was very uncomfortable. I asked to walk around and go to the bathroom which made me feel a little better. They asked if I wanted to go home and I definitely did. I could not get comfortable there.

We came home at 2:30. My husband went to get my prescriptions filled. It was very hard to try to find a position that was comfortable to me. I ended up sleeping a little on my side on the couch with my upper body propped up. I did a lot of pacing all night but I managed to get some sleep in. The Loritab prescription came in huge pills. You would have thought they would have given me something smaller. So I just crushed them before I took them.

Tuesday was a little better. I was in bed most of the time, folded a little laundry. I thought all the gas pains were gone already. I have eaten sugar free popsicles, a little SF jello, and some organic veggie broth.

Today, Wednesday, I now know that the gas is still in there. I am in a lot more pain than yesterday. My stomach seems to be swollen under my breast bone. And it is harder to get things down. I can only have 2 spoons full of jello, a half of popsicle, or a couple sips of any liquid. I just took a pain pill and I feel like it is in my throat.

I think I may have over done it by making dinner and doing laundry today. I am just going to sit around tomorrow so hopefully I will heal soon.