Glorfindel
Six Month Post Op
Hello!
I had my bypass last Friday at Spire Roding under Mr. Mannur. I'm pretty new to the forums so this isn't so much an update on me - but rather that I'm just so excited that it is done and how my life is changing now
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The bypass went very well, despite a couple of mistakes along the way in my pre-op diet Mr. Mannur told me my liver was tiny and very easy to work with. Five tiny incisions, was on my feet on the first day (as soon as they let me basically) for very short periods which increased to walking the second day and since then I have been increasing it from walks around the garden to small walks down the road/round the block.
Unfortunately I experienced tachycardia (I think it is spelt) after waking up, which is a fast heart rate and low blood pressure. At one point it was dangerously low/high, so I ended up in the high dependancy unit after the recovery room till the next day. I think my heartrate got over 140 bpm at one point. Despite this I felt very good after the surgery, only had the paracetamol they gave me in a drip and one shot of morphine due to my back pain and being unable to settle down to sleep more then the stomach pain.
I've only experienced wind once - this was yesterday after drinking too fast I think (I am VERY careful to sip normally, but I had taken pain meds for my back and my brain was a bit fuzzy, I didn't think and drank too quickly) it actually felt like heartburn almost? Is heartburn normal?
Been doing the injections, but they are bruising me terribly, including the ones done by nurses. It has gotten to the point where I am nearly out of room, oops! Only one more injection to go thank goodness.
I'm really pleasently surprised how well I feel. I get tired much easier of course (which is great as normally I suffer from insomnia, being able to get to sleep is amazing) but the pain is practically gone, I'm taking the pain relief before bed, and these past few days perhaps once in the day.
How long was it for post bypassers before they felt comfortable enough to sleep on their bellies? I try to sleep on my back, but have started to sleep on my side very gingerly while hugging a 'V' pillow as I'm used to laying on my sort of...side belly if that makes sense.
Do you think it will be ok to go swimming two weeks post op also? I want to get exercising as early as possible to get in to the habit early and I enjoy swimming.
Finally - I'm on liquids for two weeks, mush for two weeks, textured foods for two weeks and then solids. Is that two weeks from the surgery (Friday), or two weeks from the day I came home (Sunday)?
Thank you to anyone who can help me out. I'm on such a natural high right now and cannot wait to embrace lots of home cooking rather then takeaways and much too large portions, exercise and lots of new clothes!
Mr. Mannur provides his patients with a DVD if they are interested, watched it two days ago, and found out I have blue sutures (he does a double procedure of stables and sutures) and even the name brand of the graspers etc. It was very surreal seeing my own stomach, liver and intestines let me tell you!
I had my bypass last Friday at Spire Roding under Mr. Mannur. I'm pretty new to the forums so this isn't so much an update on me - but rather that I'm just so excited that it is done and how my life is changing now
.The bypass went very well, despite a couple of mistakes along the way in my pre-op diet Mr. Mannur told me my liver was tiny and very easy to work with. Five tiny incisions, was on my feet on the first day (as soon as they let me basically) for very short periods which increased to walking the second day and since then I have been increasing it from walks around the garden to small walks down the road/round the block.
Unfortunately I experienced tachycardia (I think it is spelt) after waking up, which is a fast heart rate and low blood pressure. At one point it was dangerously low/high, so I ended up in the high dependancy unit after the recovery room till the next day. I think my heartrate got over 140 bpm at one point. Despite this I felt very good after the surgery, only had the paracetamol they gave me in a drip and one shot of morphine due to my back pain and being unable to settle down to sleep more then the stomach pain.
I've only experienced wind once - this was yesterday after drinking too fast I think (I am VERY careful to sip normally, but I had taken pain meds for my back and my brain was a bit fuzzy, I didn't think and drank too quickly) it actually felt like heartburn almost? Is heartburn normal?
Been doing the injections, but they are bruising me terribly, including the ones done by nurses. It has gotten to the point where I am nearly out of room, oops! Only one more injection to go thank goodness.
I'm really pleasently surprised how well I feel. I get tired much easier of course (which is great as normally I suffer from insomnia, being able to get to sleep is amazing) but the pain is practically gone, I'm taking the pain relief before bed, and these past few days perhaps once in the day.
How long was it for post bypassers before they felt comfortable enough to sleep on their bellies? I try to sleep on my back, but have started to sleep on my side very gingerly while hugging a 'V' pillow as I'm used to laying on my sort of...side belly if that makes sense.
Do you think it will be ok to go swimming two weeks post op also? I want to get exercising as early as possible to get in to the habit early and I enjoy swimming.
Finally - I'm on liquids for two weeks, mush for two weeks, textured foods for two weeks and then solids. Is that two weeks from the surgery (Friday), or two weeks from the day I came home (Sunday)?
Thank you to anyone who can help me out. I'm on such a natural high right now and cannot wait to embrace lots of home cooking rather then takeaways and much too large portions, exercise and lots of new clothes!
Mr. Mannur provides his patients with a DVD if they are interested, watched it two days ago, and found out I have blue sutures (he does a double procedure of stables and sutures) and even the name brand of the graspers etc. It was very surreal seeing my own stomach, liver and intestines let me tell you!
