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Okay...it feels good to be an official "LOSER!!" 
So as I discussed earlier, my surgery started one hour late which was fine by me because that gave my mom a chance to see me before surgery. That felt great to talk and joke with her before I went under. Pre-op they gave me medicine to "take the edge off of my anxiety" and to make my mouth very dry so that I wasn't slobbering and drooling during the procedure. Now when I say my mouth was dry, I mean there was NO fluid in my mouth and every time I tried to speak, the inside of my lips stuck to my teeth..LOL! I never experienced such a thing. Okay here was my experience with surgery..
I went under in no time..LOL! It was just like I took a very brief nap. When I woke up, I heard "Telisha, honey can you hear me? How do you feel?". As I tried to answer I started coughing uncontrollably. Thank goodness I remembered to hold my belly as I coughed. My throat was RAW and mouth DRY. They gave me a breathing treatment and said my oxygen was 100%. I was still having trouble breathing without coughing though. The nurse got eye level with me and said " Telisha, look at me, your oxygen level is at 100% so I'm just gonna walk you through breathing". She started a breathing pattern of short shallow breathes in and out with me. OMG! That was awesome because she got me to breathe without coughing alot AND gave me a cup of water that had a straw type thingy with a tiny sponge at the end. She told me to wet my lips and my tongue but don't swallow. That helped my cotton mouth. I was given an once of water to make sure I could keep it down without it coming back up. I could. Later I was given an ounce of liquid medicine and 1 ounce of apple juice (watered down of course). The only pain I felt was on the left side of my belly where the port was and I had sharp pains throughout my belly. I was told it was air. I drifted in and out throughout the day. Once my pain was under control I was able to walk and use the restroom. I had NO idea I was holding so much fluid! LOL!
I am now to take in 4 OZ of fluids every 1 HR which is going very well! I keep an ice pack on the incision where the port is. Feels awesome. I am definitely staying on top of my pain meds. My tummy seemed to have gone down some thanks to unexpected burbs here and there..LOL! Overall my experience went great...Way better than I thought it was gonna be!!! I have a one week follow up scheduled and then in 4 weeks I'll have my first fill.
I am thrilled the surgery is finally done and I can move forward. BTW, I thought I'd feel my band or port and I cannot feel either which is cool.
Thank you everyone for the messages and support. I really, really appreciate it. Also I have a couple of pics posted from today.
See ya later,
Telisha
So as I discussed earlier, my surgery started one hour late which was fine by me because that gave my mom a chance to see me before surgery. That felt great to talk and joke with her before I went under. Pre-op they gave me medicine to "take the edge off of my anxiety" and to make my mouth very dry so that I wasn't slobbering and drooling during the procedure. Now when I say my mouth was dry, I mean there was NO fluid in my mouth and every time I tried to speak, the inside of my lips stuck to my teeth..LOL! I never experienced such a thing. Okay here was my experience with surgery..
I went under in no time..LOL! It was just like I took a very brief nap. When I woke up, I heard "Telisha, honey can you hear me? How do you feel?". As I tried to answer I started coughing uncontrollably. Thank goodness I remembered to hold my belly as I coughed. My throat was RAW and mouth DRY. They gave me a breathing treatment and said my oxygen was 100%. I was still having trouble breathing without coughing though. The nurse got eye level with me and said " Telisha, look at me, your oxygen level is at 100% so I'm just gonna walk you through breathing". She started a breathing pattern of short shallow breathes in and out with me. OMG! That was awesome because she got me to breathe without coughing alot AND gave me a cup of water that had a straw type thingy with a tiny sponge at the end. She told me to wet my lips and my tongue but don't swallow. That helped my cotton mouth. I was given an once of water to make sure I could keep it down without it coming back up. I could. Later I was given an ounce of liquid medicine and 1 ounce of apple juice (watered down of course). The only pain I felt was on the left side of my belly where the port was and I had sharp pains throughout my belly. I was told it was air. I drifted in and out throughout the day. Once my pain was under control I was able to walk and use the restroom. I had NO idea I was holding so much fluid! LOL!
I am now to take in 4 OZ of fluids every 1 HR which is going very well! I keep an ice pack on the incision where the port is. Feels awesome. I am definitely staying on top of my pain meds. My tummy seemed to have gone down some thanks to unexpected burbs here and there..LOL! Overall my experience went great...Way better than I thought it was gonna be!!! I have a one week follow up scheduled and then in 4 weeks I'll have my first fill.
I am thrilled the surgery is finally done and I can move forward. BTW, I thought I'd feel my band or port and I cannot feel either which is cool.
Thank you everyone for the messages and support. I really, really appreciate it. Also I have a couple of pics posted from today.
See ya later,
Telisha
