sararob23
New Member
Well, I've done it! I thought I'd start a diary because I've been through so many emotions in the last few days I wanted to record them!
I had originally decided on a band for my choice of wls. I was a bit apprehensive about this because of all of the adjustments and refills so changed my mind when hearing of the plication. At this point I had only heard of the plication's as wraps which were mainly done in Europe but after a tonne of research I found out that Prof. Ammori was conducting the operation in Manchester. This made my mind up and I booked my consultation for later in the week.
Two months later I was booked in for the op. Up to a day before the op I was so excited with no nerves. A day or two before I started getting a little nervous but the excitement still won through. That was until I was lay in the anesthetic room about to go under. The emotions that went through my head were scary! I imagined never seeing my little girl again, I thought of the financial strain I had put us under to pay for the op and I thought can I give up my food, it's sad to say it but it had always been the most important part of my life it was my main thought, could I give it up? None of these thoughts had bothered me up to now, and the horrible dependence on food was the main reason I wanted the op in the first place. I just put a picture in my mind of my beautiful little girl and waited for them to put me under, but believe me I almost told them I didn't want it!
After being woken up I was pretty much in and out of it until the morning. I felt barely any pain or wind at this point so when Prof. came to see me in the morning he was happy for me to go home after lunch! That's when the pain started, the wind pain was terrible and my port sites were hurting from the moving around I was doing trying to get rid of the wind. The drive home was painful and since being home I have really struggled to get comfortable. I am happy enough knowing the wind pains will eventually go and I'm trying to move about as much as possible. I have been weepy in and off mainly after struggling to manage two sips of runny soup and hurting afterwards!
I'm setting myself some small term goals to keep me going. Firstly saying good bye to the wind! And secondly managing more than 1 sip of fluid at a time!
I had originally decided on a band for my choice of wls. I was a bit apprehensive about this because of all of the adjustments and refills so changed my mind when hearing of the plication. At this point I had only heard of the plication's as wraps which were mainly done in Europe but after a tonne of research I found out that Prof. Ammori was conducting the operation in Manchester. This made my mind up and I booked my consultation for later in the week.
Two months later I was booked in for the op. Up to a day before the op I was so excited with no nerves. A day or two before I started getting a little nervous but the excitement still won through. That was until I was lay in the anesthetic room about to go under. The emotions that went through my head were scary! I imagined never seeing my little girl again, I thought of the financial strain I had put us under to pay for the op and I thought can I give up my food, it's sad to say it but it had always been the most important part of my life it was my main thought, could I give it up? None of these thoughts had bothered me up to now, and the horrible dependence on food was the main reason I wanted the op in the first place. I just put a picture in my mind of my beautiful little girl and waited for them to put me under, but believe me I almost told them I didn't want it!
After being woken up I was pretty much in and out of it until the morning. I felt barely any pain or wind at this point so when Prof. came to see me in the morning he was happy for me to go home after lunch! That's when the pain started, the wind pain was terrible and my port sites were hurting from the moving around I was doing trying to get rid of the wind. The drive home was painful and since being home I have really struggled to get comfortable. I am happy enough knowing the wind pains will eventually go and I'm trying to move about as much as possible. I have been weepy in and off mainly after struggling to manage two sips of runny soup and hurting afterwards!
I'm setting myself some small term goals to keep me going. Firstly saying good bye to the wind! And secondly managing more than 1 sip of fluid at a time!
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