Monday, January 4, 2010

B-b-b-b-BANDED!

I'm officially in the cool-kids club now, with my very own Allergan band (as is my band-buddy Vanessa )! Everything went well with my surgery this morning, I have the notorious shoulder pain and a very sore abdomen and a crazy dry throat and mouth but otherwise I can't complain much.

I had some nausea after the surgery, so they added more meds for that in my IV (in addition to what they gave me during surgery) and it helped a bit. I was so scared to throw up, but so far, so good.

When my surgeon came in to wheel me to the OR, I asked how he was feeling and he said, "Ah, pretty shaky but I'm sure I'll be fine in an hour or so." Har har. I had a small hiatal hernia that he fixed, which will help in explaining the surgery to the nursery school moms. ;)

I came home around 1.30 pm and took a two-hour nap, so I'm a little behind on the fluids. My doctor told me 2 oz every hour, which is agonizingly slow when you're so thirsty. I've had mostly ice chips and water, but I had an ounce of IsoPure as well.


My husband is getting some miso soup for me to have for "dinner." He set the table. Guess which place is mine?

Now I need to get up and walk around for a few minutes.

I can't tell you how much all your good wishes mean to me. Thank you thank you thank you!