Post Surgery Update

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!!