6 days post surgery

Haven't updated since the morning  before surgery because, well, I've felt like death.  I was all hopped up on pain meds in the hospital and then went home on Wednesday and had a fever Thursday and slept something like 18 hours straight and then was still having a lot of pain on Friday.  This surgery is no silliness.  It's very intense and comes with some serious pain.  I'm struggling with burp pain.  My pouch feels like it's full of air, even when I haven't eaten anything which is not exactly painful, but more horribly uncomfortable.

My senses are heightened.  I can smell things that I couldn't smell before.  This, I'm sure, will end up being a bad thing because I already had a heightened sense of smell and now it's worse.  My husband had four beers last night and I can smell the stale beer smell on his breath as I type and I'm sitting almost six feet away from him.  This is no bueno.

I'm not sure if I've lost any weight because I don't have a scale with a battery in it.  Isn't that ironic?!  HAHA!  It's kind of funny.  I will work on that today.  I would like to know but don't want to feel discouraged either.  There is still swelling and I'm sure that will add to the weight. 

I don't regret my decision yet, so that's something.  I just feel like the recovery has been worse than I thought it would be.  I think I should have taken into account that it is a major operation, I'm almost 42, and I somehow thought I was superwoman (turns out I'm not).

Anyway, I will keep updating as we go and hopefully I will end up with favorable results for all the pain. 

Oh, and when you leave the hospital, make sure you're not high as a kite when you pack.  I left my laptop cord and my cell phone charger both at the hospital.  UGH.

Happy Holidays,
Cody