Hillbe
Back from hospital and technically 5 days since bypass surgery
Sep 23, 2008
Summary:
Today is Tuesday 9/23, and yes I survived the surgery and the hospital stay. I think the next 2 weeks at home may be the worst. BUT, I lost 6.4 lbs since surgery which I am shocked because I am still so puffy and bloated. I wasn't going to weight myself but the scale was there after my 1st night home, I did.
Anyway details: I lived through the surgery which was my primary concern. Sounds crazy but it was. I even lived through my sister telling me all 2 hours before the surgery, she wished I did this at a different hospital and a different doctor and really not alt all and can't believe they let me do it because I don't weigh enough. Yes I am lucky some might say to be only 230 lbs at 5'1" before I started this so a BMI of 43+, I realize other may be wishing for that but for well over a year I felt like crap and my co-Mobutu's were affecting my health and every day life. The doctors, surgery staff were great A+++, the nursing staff were 50/50 based on people personality and the AM Morning interns, I wanted to kill. This group of over-egoed 20 something that spent less than 3 minutes a morning in my room were the worst. I want to even go back there when I'm stronger and give them a piece of my mind as a patient, a person and as a mother. If I could slap each one of them across their faces and tell them to what I think of their bedside manner and that they aren't all that I would, but sadly them will have to grow up first. or gain a few pounds after the roll in 30 or 40 somethings.......
More to come, tired but you'll love this...... one of my customers and friends that leave several states away that knew I was having surgery but not what kind of surgery sent me this afternoon a gift basket that includes mostly food snacks and chocolate band-aids and chocolate aspirin - LOL!!!!!
Today is Tuesday 9/23, and yes I survived the surgery and the hospital stay. I think the next 2 weeks at home may be the worst. BUT, I lost 6.4 lbs since surgery which I am shocked because I am still so puffy and bloated. I wasn't going to weight myself but the scale was there after my 1st night home, I did.
Anyway details: I lived through the surgery which was my primary concern. Sounds crazy but it was. I even lived through my sister telling me all 2 hours before the surgery, she wished I did this at a different hospital and a different doctor and really not alt all and can't believe they let me do it because I don't weigh enough. Yes I am lucky some might say to be only 230 lbs at 5'1" before I started this so a BMI of 43+, I realize other may be wishing for that but for well over a year I felt like crap and my co-Mobutu's were affecting my health and every day life. The doctors, surgery staff were great A+++, the nursing staff were 50/50 based on people personality and the AM Morning interns, I wanted to kill. This group of over-egoed 20 something that spent less than 3 minutes a morning in my room were the worst. I want to even go back there when I'm stronger and give them a piece of my mind as a patient, a person and as a mother. If I could slap each one of them across their faces and tell them to what I think of their bedside manner and that they aren't all that I would, but sadly them will have to grow up first. or gain a few pounds after the roll in 30 or 40 somethings.......
More to come, tired but you'll love this...... one of my customers and friends that leave several states away that knew I was having surgery but not what kind of surgery sent me this afternoon a gift basket that includes mostly food snacks and chocolate band-aids and chocolate aspirin - LOL!!!!!
Tomorrow is D-Day
Sep 16, 2008
I'm scared, excited and VERY nervous. Hopefully finishing up work will keep me busy waiting for "the call" to know when tomorrow. My sister (the nurse) is coming with me for support as my husband would be more nervous than me. I am just also wondering about what will come after. I have read and talked enough about this for over a year, but untill you live through it, you don't know. I pray for pre -op valium to be strong and post op meds to be enough as I have a high tolerance to pain meds and I am such a baby......
I also hope God lets my Mom loose for the day to watch over me in surgery. I miss her so. I hope my kids don't worry so much either.
My sister says she's nervous she's gping to gain 20 lbs. worring about me. She supports my descision but personally beleives as a burse do anything but surgery for anything.... but I have so I am OK with it and we joke about her already not liking the doctors :)
PS Updated my weight today - thought it would be a good thing to do as I sip on my clear liquids. I started this process over a year ago, but was officially weighed in just after the New year at my 1st nutrional meeting at 230 lbs for my 5'1" bidy - BMI 43 and change. I have had some comorbities creeping up on me so that helped for my approval. But since my program at Fallon Community Health Plan make you attend nutrition and behavior mod classes and lose between 5% and 10% of your weight to be approved for your surgery, I updated what I have lost till today so I have a clean start as of tomorrow. I now weight 202lbs, so I lost 28lbs since January, so I think that;s great and proves to myself with this new added tool I will be receiving tomorrow, I can suceed in my path to better health. I will not do this again in 5 or 10 years. and I will read back on this note when I have trouble - which I expect - along my journey.
Thanks to all those on the forums and blogs that never knew me as I was a silent reader. You helped so much!!!!
Beth
I also hope God lets my Mom loose for the day to watch over me in surgery. I miss her so. I hope my kids don't worry so much either.
My sister says she's nervous she's gping to gain 20 lbs. worring about me. She supports my descision but personally beleives as a burse do anything but surgery for anything.... but I have so I am OK with it and we joke about her already not liking the doctors :)
PS Updated my weight today - thought it would be a good thing to do as I sip on my clear liquids. I started this process over a year ago, but was officially weighed in just after the New year at my 1st nutrional meeting at 230 lbs for my 5'1" bidy - BMI 43 and change. I have had some comorbities creeping up on me so that helped for my approval. But since my program at Fallon Community Health Plan make you attend nutrition and behavior mod classes and lose between 5% and 10% of your weight to be approved for your surgery, I updated what I have lost till today so I have a clean start as of tomorrow. I now weight 202lbs, so I lost 28lbs since January, so I think that;s great and proves to myself with this new added tool I will be receiving tomorrow, I can suceed in my path to better health. I will not do this again in 5 or 10 years. and I will read back on this note when I have trouble - which I expect - along my journey.
Thanks to all those on the forums and blogs that never knew me as I was a silent reader. You helped so much!!!!
Beth
