Hi guys, and thanks so much! I just got home about a little before 8:00PM Eastern time tonight from the hospital. I'd been home earlier, but they wanted to make sure I was going to the bathroom properly and was able to walk OK.
Actually, I did a lot better with this than I did when my appendix was taken out 18 months ago in the ill-fated RNY attempt. I'm sore around the incisions where the banding was put in, but other than that, I feel great. Of course, I can't bend from the waist or carry anything heavy for awhile, but that's only temporary.
"Meals" for the next few weeks will consist of clear liquids; I need 64 oz of liquid daily..but here is the good news--I got taken off FOUR of my meds! Yippeeeeeeeeeeee! The rest I have to crush up or take out of the capsules, since my stomach is now about the size of an egg and won't hold too much.
Right now I am having a "late dinner" of chicken broth and a little bit of bottled water. LOL.
Hopefully in a few weeks I can start exercising, especially now that the weather is finally getting decent. But I am allowed short walks right now. And no sponge baths--I'm allowed to shower!
I go back to the surgeon for a check up in about a week; hopefully things will continue to go as well as they had been. I didn't even have the sore throat from the tube down my throat during surgery like I did last time, or feel any post-effects of the anesthetic.
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