One week later!
Just wanted to let everyone know about how its
been exactly one week later since my surgery. Well I
survived so far!! It has been a pretty rough week but
looking back now I see that I’ve been thru alot for the
short while. I really didn’t want to leave the hospital
but the doctor felt it was time to go. So my first
day home I did puke and thought I would die and still
dont know what I did wrong. I think it was the
combination of the ride home, having to take that liquid
antibotic almost as soon as I got here plus it was time to
drink liquids and I guess I did too much too soon or
something. Dont want to make that mistake again however!
Been eating soft foods now for two days and so far
everything has stayed down…such as grits, macaroni and
cheese, cottage cheese and peaches, apple sauce and such.
Still not drinking as much as I need to but working on
it. Still not walking as much as I need to but heck I
am still in PAIN but working on that as well. Oh
yeah…them vitamins are killers….gosh they are AWFUL!!!!
Oh well…its only for the rest of my life!! I still
need help in and out of the bed but proud to announce
I can now get on and off the potty. Not bad after a
week, huh? Theres so much more to look forward to!!
April 15th, 2003 at 10:20 am
Hi Debra, <br>After surgery don’t wait too long
to eat or drink something. You will have a build up
of saliva that will prevent you from keeping
anything down. Make yourself some tea if you wait too
long, try Peppermint it naturally helps with digestion.
<br>Walk only as much as you are comfortable with. don’t
push yourself to walk too much or as much as someone
else has. Everyone recovers differently and at a
different rate. <br>Think and treat yourself as a baby,
baby steps and baby bites. Take care<br>George