SOON 2 B SLINKY SUE
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....... to tell you about my bypass - but i am all done and dusted!!!Where do i start, well its 4 weeks on Wednesday since my op and i am feeling absolutely great. I am not going to lie, i was a bit ropey for the first couple of weeks, but i don't think it was entirely because of the bypass. I also had my gall bladder removed and the surgeons told me that it was "a difficult surgery" - they didn't elaborate on what "difficult" was, but i felt like they had all been jumping all over my belly like a tramoline, lol :8855:
Anyway i will start from when i went into Hospital, (i am doing this because i love reading peoples experiences, and hope you do too!).
After doing my pre-op diet for 2 weeks and loosing 16 lbs (which i was over the moon with!!) i had a BMI of 34 on the day i was admitted for my op.
I had to be in hospital for 11am on 15th July at the Spire Hospital Murrayfield. I would just like to say at this point that they were all unbelievably fantastic!! I can't thank them all enough! I was treated so well and they put me at ease when quite frankly i just wanted to leg it out the door! lol
Anyway i got there at 10.45 and straight away i was taken to my room. It was lovely with my own en-suite too - woo hoo!.
Within the first hour i had had my blood taken, blood pressure taken, and all the usual tests and forms completed, when in came the lovely Mr MacAdam (i will be eternally in his debt!). He told me i was the only surgery that day for him and asked me would 1.30 be ok?? Well of course that was great as by now it was 12.30. Flippin' eck, i only had a hour to wait.
I popped on the surgical gown and lovely paper knickers and before i knew it i was walking to the theatre. I said good-bye to my wonderful hubby (broke my heart
), before i could get too upset and run after him lol the theatre staff wisk you off to the theatre room. That was deffinately bizarre, walking into the theatre and getting on the table. Again there is no messing, they are like a well oiled machine - needles are in, blood pressure cuffs are on and they made sure i was lying comfortably. They then put a mask on me and told me it was just a bit of oxygen, but tbh it smelt like the gas they used to give you at the dentist (if anyone had that) - i dont remember anything else!........I woke up shaking all over after 6 hours of surgery. I think i remember someone saying "we need to warm her up" , and then feeling warm air blowing under the blanket i had on me. Then "now give her some pethadene" .... dont remember anything else again.
I have to say that i have been a bit sore after the op, but they told me the bypass was straight forward it was my gall bladder that caused the problems, so anyone about to have the bypass please do not worry!!!!
I was in hospital for 3 days which i didnt want to be in for that long, but tbh it was great because i copied the meals that i had there when i got home. It showed me the amounts i should be having too so it was very helpful.
Within the first 4 hours my blood sugar dropped steadily to 5.5 and the nurse said "there you go, theres the diabetes gone!!) - that was the best feeling i have had in years.
Now , nearly 4 weeks on, i am feeling fantastic. Still dont feel well enough to go back to work (manual job as a builder!) so heavy lifting is not an option at the moment. At least my children are off school so it was perfect timing for me to be off work with them.
I have been on minimins everday reading all you stories, i just havent felt upto writing anything, hope i havent bored you.
Good luck to everyone on our various stages of WLS. It will deffinately be worth it in the end!
I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone on minimins for your support - i realy would have been lost without you.
