Hi everyone! I know it's been so long since I posted so I want to give you an update. I had my gastric bypass surgery on Feb. 27th. Everything went great and I was discharged on the 29th. By March 4th I was in a lot of pain and had to call the surgeon. She determined that it was probably an infection so I went to see her on the 5th. She needed to re-open one of the incisions a bit and drain it. From there I had a visiting nurse who came every day to change the packing and dressing on the wound. I saw the surgeon again on the 12th and the infection wasn't getting better and she needed to open the incision some more. Boy, did that hurt! I had another week of the visiting nurse and on the 16th she trained my husband on how to pack and dress the wound. Talk about true love.
On the 19th I went back to work. Yes, 3 weeks post-op might have been a bit premature, but I have a desk job and thought I could handle it. I had a friend drive me every day so that I could take my pain medication late in the afternoon. The pain is from the wound infection. By the end of day Tuesday I was exhausted. I called in sick on Wednesday. Then went back Thursday and Friday. Mind you, on Friday I started to get a terrible head cold with lots of coughing and congestion and sinus pressure. That weekend I barely left the bed.
That brings us to today. I still have the head cold, but it's not nearly as bad. My wound infection is still the same. It doesn't seem to be getting better or worse. It's about 2 inches deep and really hasn't changed much. My surgeon said on the 12th that she expects it to be almost healed by the next time I see her. Well, I see her next Friday and I don't think it's even close to healing. I will probably e-mail her today.
My nausea has mostly subsided. I still get a little nauseous in the morning sometimes, but I think that's common. I have been having a protein shake for breakfast, 2-3 oz. of chicken, fish or meat at lunch and at dinner. I haven't had a problem eating (no gagging or vomiting) so that's good, but I chew everything real good and I eat real slow.
I promise I will post a before picture and monthly progress pictures. I just haven't felt like doing much lately. My goal has just been to get through the work day.
Well, that's all for now!!
