Debs!
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Hello everyone. Thanks for dropping by and please never worry about as many 'side conversations' we can cram in - I love reading them so never worry 
This is my update for Tuesday 16th - day 6 posted late as I fell asleep holding the phone !!!!
Overall generally I am well. Honestly I feel a billion times better every day.
I have visited the doctor today - all wounds examined and are fine - he was surprised at the minimal bruising and also at the fact my jabs are not bruising more. The top incision near my bra line was the gunky one and I asked him. He found an internal stitch half pushing out and said it was acting like a splinter - the body was sending gunk to push it out. He removed it and took a swab to be on the very safe side.
My blood sugar was 5 and he has taken me off metformin now and will review regularly. I have been on metformin since 2002.
My BP was 128/72 and my pulse was 54. He has taken me off all blood pressure medications for now. I have been on BP meds since 2008. He is asking me to monitor daily and record and he will review this every 2 weeks so it could be brought back if needed.
GP thinks I am a stone less in weight - he weighed me today at 110kgs. I was 111.4kgs when I was operated on last Wednesday so it would seem I have lost that fluid weight and possibly 2lbs. He hadn't weighed me since before my pre op so he was more pleased than was justified!!!
I am not going to stress the whole weight thing for a couple of weeks as for now, I just want my stomach to heal, wounds to heal and to get back to tip top. I have one day's work on 25/6/15 which he said I would be fine for. He decline to issue a sick note as he felt was ok for reduced hours in an office type role. So no SSP for me - lol!!
I can also drive!!!!!!!!!!!! He suggested short journeys to start with but he at least made me medically legal if did need to drive. I have a single baby to care for - lol actually my baby is my 16 year old daughter and sometimes being able to ferry her about would be handy. We live alone so there are few other options.
I stupidly locked myself out of my sharps bin yesterday - only me. So got a new one. So stupid.
Meds went down ok today. Don't like the jabs twice a day - it stings slightly and I really don't like the vitamin drops - but it's an irritation only.
Breakfast - milky hot drink (with a spoonful of marvel) and an actimel 0% drink.
Lunch - oxtail soup thinned with milk and strained.
Dinner - protein shake (Fortimel)
I had plenty of tea and no added sugar squash. I carry a 500ml sport bottle everywhere and it is filed and refilled during the day.
My tummy is still bloated and skin remains taught. Weird!!! I am burping for England. Indeed if burping was an Olympic event I would be a gold medal contender!!!!! So rude of me but I can't help it. I won't detail how many trumps accompany the burps! I have no wind pain in shoulders just an inflated like a 'taut drum' tum and burps.
Toilet wise all remains as day one - all elements working ok. No diarrhoea yet and no constipation. It's far easier to pee now. At the beginning it was like I couldn't focus of what muscles to use to actually pee. I would sit there and have to concentrate. Now we are back to unconscious competence at peeing. How accomplished am I !!!!!
Exercise wise - I put the washing on and pegged it out. Walked to the doctors and back and later in the day went for a walk to the park to try and work on walking out the wind. Slow and steady pace - was overtaken by an OAP but In my defence I suspect she is using performance enhancing drugs! Ended the day on 6500 steps.
I am really scared something is going to emerge that brings me down with a bump as I am surprised that I am not so poorly. I feel guilty as others are having a really tough time and I seem to be fairly ok.
That's Tuesday's update.
This is my update for Tuesday 16th - day 6 posted late as I fell asleep holding the phone !!!!
Overall generally I am well. Honestly I feel a billion times better every day.
I have visited the doctor today - all wounds examined and are fine - he was surprised at the minimal bruising and also at the fact my jabs are not bruising more. The top incision near my bra line was the gunky one and I asked him. He found an internal stitch half pushing out and said it was acting like a splinter - the body was sending gunk to push it out. He removed it and took a swab to be on the very safe side.
My blood sugar was 5 and he has taken me off metformin now and will review regularly. I have been on metformin since 2002.
My BP was 128/72 and my pulse was 54. He has taken me off all blood pressure medications for now. I have been on BP meds since 2008. He is asking me to monitor daily and record and he will review this every 2 weeks so it could be brought back if needed.
GP thinks I am a stone less in weight - he weighed me today at 110kgs. I was 111.4kgs when I was operated on last Wednesday so it would seem I have lost that fluid weight and possibly 2lbs. He hadn't weighed me since before my pre op so he was more pleased than was justified!!!
I am not going to stress the whole weight thing for a couple of weeks as for now, I just want my stomach to heal, wounds to heal and to get back to tip top. I have one day's work on 25/6/15 which he said I would be fine for. He decline to issue a sick note as he felt was ok for reduced hours in an office type role. So no SSP for me - lol!!
I can also drive!!!!!!!!!!!! He suggested short journeys to start with but he at least made me medically legal if did need to drive. I have a single baby to care for - lol actually my baby is my 16 year old daughter and sometimes being able to ferry her about would be handy. We live alone so there are few other options.
I stupidly locked myself out of my sharps bin yesterday - only me. So got a new one. So stupid.
Meds went down ok today. Don't like the jabs twice a day - it stings slightly and I really don't like the vitamin drops - but it's an irritation only.
Breakfast - milky hot drink (with a spoonful of marvel) and an actimel 0% drink.
Lunch - oxtail soup thinned with milk and strained.
Dinner - protein shake (Fortimel)
I had plenty of tea and no added sugar squash. I carry a 500ml sport bottle everywhere and it is filed and refilled during the day.
My tummy is still bloated and skin remains taught. Weird!!! I am burping for England. Indeed if burping was an Olympic event I would be a gold medal contender!!!!! So rude of me but I can't help it. I won't detail how many trumps accompany the burps! I have no wind pain in shoulders just an inflated like a 'taut drum' tum and burps.
Toilet wise all remains as day one - all elements working ok. No diarrhoea yet and no constipation. It's far easier to pee now. At the beginning it was like I couldn't focus of what muscles to use to actually pee. I would sit there and have to concentrate. Now we are back to unconscious competence at peeing. How accomplished am I !!!!!
Exercise wise - I put the washing on and pegged it out. Walked to the doctors and back and later in the day went for a walk to the park to try and work on walking out the wind. Slow and steady pace - was overtaken by an OAP but In my defence I suspect she is using performance enhancing drugs! Ended the day on 6500 steps.
I am really scared something is going to emerge that brings me down with a bump as I am surprised that I am not so poorly. I feel guilty as others are having a really tough time and I seem to be fairly ok.
That's Tuesday's update.
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