Well I had my surgery today. I'm not sure of the technical term but the long and the short of it is that I had my gallbladder removed. It was done via four small incisions including one through my bellybutton. The end result is that I am now home with, what I'm sure is, minimal pain in comparison to the traditional method of removal.
Beyond feeling like the right side of my torso has been used as a punching bag and some gas pains (they inflate your abdomen so that they can see better) in my right shoulder, I'm doing well. I have been prescribed some pain meds and have been assured that by moving about I'll dissipate the gas in my body. I'm still a bit drowsy which they said was to be expected and I'm on orders to drink lots of fluids (to help flush the anesthesia and other meds they pumped into me) and stick to my low fat and high fiber diet and include dried fruit and prunes. The down side to all of this is that I can't shower until Thursday. Other no-no's include baths, swimming, picking up my son, and working.
The baths don't bother me as we don't have one large enough for me. Not that I'm fat but I'm tall so either my top half or bottom half end up sticking out. Not comfortable for baths in my opinion. Swimming...we don't have a pool and it's easy enough for me to stay away from the lake. If we had a hot tub or a pool it might be more of a problem. Thankfully my DS is with grandma and grandpa now and will be til the end of the week. It seems I have perfect timing! Work has been put off until the doctor's say so.
I just want to say thank you for all the well wishes and prayers I received. I'm looking forward to being back to my old self soon!
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