It's In!

ok so i had my surgery and here are the details:

friday: got up at 3:30AM and showered, put on yoga pants and an oversized t-shirt and black flip flops, packed my laptop, phone cord and giant purse and kissed the puppies on the noses. grabbed the hubby and headed off to mom's at 4:45am. got to mom's, left the jeep, my purse and my keys and headed off to the hospital. got there at 5:15 and waited for godzilla, the check in monster to finally realize we were there to be admitted. got a room and changed into my giant hospital gown and left my stuff with my mom and hubby. got wheeled over to pre-op and was given lots of drugs. got wheeled over to the or and was given more drugs. i didn't like that room. i remember looking up and seeing the lights and noticing how ugly it was and depressing it was and i just got an icky vibe. out like a light. woke up to the shouts of my surgeon yelling at me and accusing me of not dieting at all because he claims my liver was so big and bloated he almost cancelled the surgery. i told him i ate solid food AND the shakes and never went over 10g of carbs a day but he didn't listen. he just yelled some more and walked out and i passed out again. he called my hubby and told him everything went very well and there were no complications or issues at all. at that point they told me they were keeping me overnight because the insurance thought it would be a good idea. but first they had me go to radiology and drink BARIUM so they could see if my hiatal hernia really was fixed. it was so they wheeled me to my room. my room. wow. my suite is more like it! i don't know how i rated this room but it was amazing! hardwood floors, 2 leather couches, plasma tv and the view was insane! AND there was enough room for 2 more beds! they finally found mom and don and escorted them to the room and i was becoming more coherent when they brought breakfast. i told them i was only supposed to have ice chips but they said no, i had to be on a liquid diet. so breakfast was clear broth, orange jello, hot tea, and some protein powder in skim milk. i didn't want it so it sat for a couple of hours. finally at about 10 i ate/drank it (but not the jello). then an hour later they brought me lunch. more of the same but with the addition of a s/f popsicle and crystal light lemonade. the soup tasted awful...like warm water with a brown crayon in it. my dad and sister showed up right at lunch and stayed for a bit. everyone left at about the same time and i fell asleep again. later on, mom came back with laura and the kids and they had some accident in the parking garage (some doc speeding in without paying attention) so i barely saw my mom. the kids and i walked the halls so i could get my circulation going and then it was time for them to leave. i got my laptop out and went on facebook and posted and watched a little tv and fell asleep again.

saturday: don came back for me and mom stayed downstairs anticipating a quick discharge - no such luck. she eventually had to park and come up and wait. i was dressed and ready to go and was getting very antsy to see my daisy dog! finally they released me and off we went to my mom's. we stayed there and i had half a protein shake and broth while they ate whataburger. i played the sims, watched tv, chilled out, took a shower and the best part was that my daisy dog was there with me! don picked her up when we stopped at my house for my shower things! he said she spent friday at the door waiting for me so i had to see her! we finally went home and had to fight the dogs off of me with a stick! they all wanted to sniff my tummy! i had some more broth and we went to the store so i could walk around. i bought s/f calcium chews, s/f jello and one a day gummy vitamins.

how do i feel? hungry, hurting, bloated, tired and stiff. luckily i have 2 huge bottles of liquid vicodin to ease the pain! i can't laugh, i can't cough, i can't sneeze and i cannot exorcise this demon gas out of me. and i can't eat. and i can't play my guitar because i'm afraid it'll rub me the wrong way and my tummy is swollen. right now i do have pangs of regret but i know that this needed to happen. the immature part of me is throwing a fit because i can no longer eat whatever i want but the mature part of me is counting all 10 toes on 2 very long feet. and that's the reason i did this. my feet may not be flawless, but they're in tact, healthy and mine! and thanks to this silicone belt around my tummy, they'll stay that way!
today, i've eaten 1 protein shake and 1 cup of soup. and one s/f popsicle.
i'm hungry but it's a different kind of hungry...i can't explain...oh well, more tomorrow!