I'm back!

So I fell out of blogging for the past week. I have been too tired and just relaxing and watching TV.

The surgery went great. I was all on track to go home on Wednesday as planned but the narcotics started to make me nauseous so they kept me another night and switched me to Tylenol. My nurses were great and made me feel very comfortable. I finally went home Thursday afternoon and stopped taking the Tylenol on Friday because I was down to a dull ache for pain.

I had my 1 week post op appointment yesterday and it was good and bad. I was walking quickly to get to the appointment because the hospital was busy and people were walking right on my heels and would not go around me. They took me in to draw my blood right away and as normal I got light headed but this time I was not able to breath through it. I passed out for the first time ever in my life and several nurses came in and they put smelling salts under my nose to wake me back up. When I woke up I started convulsing and I guess I had some sort of seizure. It was very scary but luckily I was okay. They put me in a recliner all the way back and wheeled me into another room and put a wet washcloth on my head for me to calm down. They took my vitals and everything was fine and I wasn't dehydrated so it seems it was just a combination of over exerting myself and then getting stuck with a needle right away.

I think my body is just sick of needles. I had to have 4 different IV's in the hospital because my veins kept blowing. They were giving me a shot to prevent blood clots every 12 hours and they drew blood every day. I am hoping that at my next appointment in 3 weeks I don't have an issue with the blood draw again.

I have lost 12 pounds since surgery which is great! I am very excited for what is to come. I am starting to get my energy back and I start taking my vitamins tomorrow so that will help a lot. I just wanted to do a quick update since I am feeling better and I am sure I will be posting more now. This is my first post on my phone so I am sorry if it looks strange.

I will leave you with a quote that I find fitting now that my reconfigured insides are currently healing....