Getting better each day

In case you don't know, or don't remember, my pain threshold is fairly low. So you can imagine I've had a rough few days since the surgery. I wasn't prescribed any pain meds, which had to have been an oversight on the doctor's part. But, this morning, things are looking up and I'm feeling better.

The surgery was a great success. Dr. Melniczek said my liver was beautiful, the most beautiful one he'd seen today. The pre-op diet is to shrink the liver, so that made me happy that that was a success. He also told me I had skinny insides. When I asked what he meant, he said I didn't have a lot of fat around my organs. Which may be why I've been able to carry so much excess weight without developing other life-threatening problems, or co-morbidities as the medical community calls them. The only co-morbidity I have is sleep apnea, which it's anticipated that I will no longer have once some of the weight comes off. Hopefully that's the case.

The nurses were really nice. There were just two patients and two nurses staying overnight in the surgery center. We were both LapBand patients. The other lady was from Utah, her brother was the anesthesiologist working with Dr. Melniczek. I thought that was a pretty good vote of confidence to have his own sister come have surgery with his colleague.

Now we're just wrestling with the liquid diet and trying to get in enough protein and fluid. So far so good.