Day One & Two

Well, here I am! My lapband surgery was yesterday, June 12, 2008 and things went exactly as hoped and expected. Dr. Avila told Bob that things couldn't have gone better. I was pretty worried I guess I can admit now. The diet you have to follow for two weeks prior to surgery is enough to kill you. I swear if I had to eat two more eggs or anymore tuna fish I think I would toss everything out the window. The day before surgery I was really shaky. I had diarrhea for two days and because I couldn't look at that diet anymore I was pretty hungry, which I'm sure accounted for the shakiness. Anyways, I am glad to have the surgery over with.

I'm on pretty much water and clear liquids right now. Bob is so good to me, he boiled up a chicken and made some really filling and good broth for me to eat today. Then he made homemade noodles and chicken soup for the family as Adam and Brittany came from Utah for Father's Day and Cyndi and her kids came to hang out for a little bit. Needless to say, though Amy made Bob swear he'd save her and Stetson some soup, it was gone before the dishes were cleaned up. Bob's an amazing cook and I'm lucky to have him to take care of me, not just now but all the time.

I've been pretty sore, as I'm sure is to be expected. I've been taking two Vicotin 5 mg. every five to six hours just to stay on top of any pain. I'm only going to take one when I go to bed tonight and see if that won't take care of it. I don't want to run out before I'm supposed to. I haven't had much nausea and I haven't thrown up at all so I consider myself lucky there. I guess my major complaint would have to be the heaviness in my chest and the pain in my stomach. Not so bad!

I have five little holes, as far as I can tell, in my stomach. They are small incisions and should heal rather quickly. My stomach muscles are pretty darn sore. I can't get into bed or out of bed on my own, or move over, or adjust a pillow, or do pretty much anything when I' m on my back for that matter. It's just too damn sore!

Bob just came home with some more juices so I guess I'll go see which ones I can swallow. So far, white cranberry is not a favorite and neither is plain white grape although white grape with pear is pretty good. I always come back to plain old apple juice. So far, it's been the best.