Debs!
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I am not sure if you count surgery day as day 1 or the next day – so today is day 5/6 !!!!
Well I am scared to jinx it but most of yesterday and for all of today so far, I have felt tired but no pain and indeed I feel almost normal - I am so not a normal person thus it means little but I hope you get what I mean!!!
I managed to get another 7-8 hours uninterrupted sleep last night which is a real boost and makes the whole day easier to manage I feel.
Showered today without someone being ‘on guard’ was nice and I can dress without difficulty. I have been able to sleep on both sides and my back since I got home, so this is also a real help as it means I don’t wake from pain on turning in the night. I do sleep with a maternity body pillow in the bed so I can rest upon it and I am still enjoying the single occupancy of a double bed – so again that’s a bonus! Not living with another adult normally was a worry – but my friend did stay the 1st 2 nights just in case – so we were only alone from Saturday and I was feeling much more ‘with it’ then.
I’ve been fortunate I think that my bruising is minimal and the keyholes sites are neat and seem to be healing ok so far. Considering I have had a number of prior laparoscopic treatments this is a relief as I did fear it would end up as open surgery – they warned me about this and I had to sign I would agree to it if it became necessary! In 1999 my gall bladder was removed, I have also had 3-4 hysteroscopy’ s from my fertility treatment days and I had open surgery to fix an incisional hernia back in 2006. So I expected plenty of internal scarring and adhesions. Clearly didn’t faze Mr Khan! I’ve attached pic of my tummy today (sorry!!) but just to give people an idea of the after affects after 5 days.
So todays progress – woke at 7.30. Loo without issue (still no constipation – I am blessed!), showered and dressed. Started to wade through the meds!!! Adcal-D3 chewed, 14 drops of the foul vile tasting Dalivit next – shudder, then Clexane jab to my bloated belly and sometime later the dispersible lansoprazole.
Made myself a mug of decaff latte with semi skimmed milk and a sweetener but added two big spoons of Marvel to boost protein. Since then drank 500mls of liquid which was 450ml water / 50ml pure orange juice. Just had a 0% fat Actimel drink just and feeling ok.
Meds:
As I mentioned before the sickness liquid prescribed was Metoclopramide Hydrochloride – every single time I took it I was sick within 30 minutes. Retching and being sick with a newly stapled stomach isn’t great I have to say! I took it once more at home and the same happened. I called my team and the bariatric nurse said – don’t take it anymore a few people say it makes them sick! I wished she’d said this before as I’d have stopped earlier! I only complied 4 times as I want to be a model patient! My GP popped round and checked on me and prescribed a pill which melts on the gums – called Prochlorperazine Buccal which I have used 2/3 times but is very reassuring to have handy.
The Clexane stings when injecting – Walsall have given me no less than 40 syringes and ask for 2 jabs a day. It’s ok – I have learned not to rub the area once I have done the jab as it only stings more and also bruises.
I gave up with the soluble Paracetamol deciding to have the pain than the sickness feeling from trying to swallow the foul concoction! That said, a fellow WLS patient had been advised to get liquid Paracetamol and it was perfect she said. So I got a sugar free 6 plus calpol and indeed it even gives adult dose information on the side. It’s as easy as pie to ingest and I have taken it twice to help with headaches.
The only other thing I have – again a tip from a fellow WLS patient tip – is Infacol! It is sugar free so not an issue for dumping etc and its far more pleasant to swallow if wind is a problem. Themain ingredient is simeticone which is an antiflatulent. It works as an antifoaming agent and joins small bubbles of gas in the stomach to form large bubbles. The trapped gas can then be easily expelled during burping or as wind. I’ve used it a couple of times when my arm windmills were not enough!!!!!
I am at the GP tomorrow to see what to do about my Metformin (for PCOS and insulin resistance) and my Irbersartan (hyper tension medication). I know I am to stay off metformin till solid foods and even then, may not go back on them. The BP meds we will have to see – I have not taken them since Monday 8th June as instructed by the hospital – but today my BP was 116/74 and yesterday it was 122/76 so who knows.
Anyhow that’s my lengthy day 5/6 update – Ive been able to sit for an hour or more at the PC so it’s been easier than working on the app via iphone. Sorry to have gone on, and on, and on!!!!!
Well I am scared to jinx it but most of yesterday and for all of today so far, I have felt tired but no pain and indeed I feel almost normal - I am so not a normal person thus it means little but I hope you get what I mean!!!
I managed to get another 7-8 hours uninterrupted sleep last night which is a real boost and makes the whole day easier to manage I feel.
Showered today without someone being ‘on guard’ was nice and I can dress without difficulty. I have been able to sleep on both sides and my back since I got home, so this is also a real help as it means I don’t wake from pain on turning in the night. I do sleep with a maternity body pillow in the bed so I can rest upon it and I am still enjoying the single occupancy of a double bed – so again that’s a bonus! Not living with another adult normally was a worry – but my friend did stay the 1st 2 nights just in case – so we were only alone from Saturday and I was feeling much more ‘with it’ then.
I’ve been fortunate I think that my bruising is minimal and the keyholes sites are neat and seem to be healing ok so far. Considering I have had a number of prior laparoscopic treatments this is a relief as I did fear it would end up as open surgery – they warned me about this and I had to sign I would agree to it if it became necessary! In 1999 my gall bladder was removed, I have also had 3-4 hysteroscopy’ s from my fertility treatment days and I had open surgery to fix an incisional hernia back in 2006. So I expected plenty of internal scarring and adhesions. Clearly didn’t faze Mr Khan! I’ve attached pic of my tummy today (sorry!!) but just to give people an idea of the after affects after 5 days.
So todays progress – woke at 7.30. Loo without issue (still no constipation – I am blessed!), showered and dressed. Started to wade through the meds!!! Adcal-D3 chewed, 14 drops of the foul vile tasting Dalivit next – shudder, then Clexane jab to my bloated belly and sometime later the dispersible lansoprazole.
Made myself a mug of decaff latte with semi skimmed milk and a sweetener but added two big spoons of Marvel to boost protein. Since then drank 500mls of liquid which was 450ml water / 50ml pure orange juice. Just had a 0% fat Actimel drink just and feeling ok.
Meds:
As I mentioned before the sickness liquid prescribed was Metoclopramide Hydrochloride – every single time I took it I was sick within 30 minutes. Retching and being sick with a newly stapled stomach isn’t great I have to say! I took it once more at home and the same happened. I called my team and the bariatric nurse said – don’t take it anymore a few people say it makes them sick! I wished she’d said this before as I’d have stopped earlier! I only complied 4 times as I want to be a model patient! My GP popped round and checked on me and prescribed a pill which melts on the gums – called Prochlorperazine Buccal which I have used 2/3 times but is very reassuring to have handy.
The Clexane stings when injecting – Walsall have given me no less than 40 syringes and ask for 2 jabs a day. It’s ok – I have learned not to rub the area once I have done the jab as it only stings more and also bruises.
I gave up with the soluble Paracetamol deciding to have the pain than the sickness feeling from trying to swallow the foul concoction! That said, a fellow WLS patient had been advised to get liquid Paracetamol and it was perfect she said. So I got a sugar free 6 plus calpol and indeed it even gives adult dose information on the side. It’s as easy as pie to ingest and I have taken it twice to help with headaches.
The only other thing I have – again a tip from a fellow WLS patient tip – is Infacol! It is sugar free so not an issue for dumping etc and its far more pleasant to swallow if wind is a problem. Themain ingredient is simeticone which is an antiflatulent. It works as an antifoaming agent and joins small bubbles of gas in the stomach to form large bubbles. The trapped gas can then be easily expelled during burping or as wind. I’ve used it a couple of times when my arm windmills were not enough!!!!!
I am at the GP tomorrow to see what to do about my Metformin (for PCOS and insulin resistance) and my Irbersartan (hyper tension medication). I know I am to stay off metformin till solid foods and even then, may not go back on them. The BP meds we will have to see – I have not taken them since Monday 8th June as instructed by the hospital – but today my BP was 116/74 and yesterday it was 122/76 so who knows.
Anyhow that’s my lengthy day 5/6 update – Ive been able to sit for an hour or more at the PC so it’s been easier than working on the app via iphone. Sorry to have gone on, and on, and on!!!!!
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