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Well, surgery went well on the 24th. There was a little glitch, and somehow the hospital had me scheduled for 10:45 instead of 9:30, so I didn't actually go into surgery until 11:00. After testing my band, the doctor determined the leak was in fact in the port, so all he had to do was the port revision. I was in very little pain when I left the hospital at 3:30. We went to my sister's house for dinner. My parents stayed with me at my house on Monday night. When I woke up Christmas morning I had a huge bruise (about the size of a softball) and a tremendous amount of pressure. I called the doctor's office (thank goodness the surgeon is Jewish, I didn't disturb his Christmas
), and he told me to meet him at the hospital. They had to take me back into the OR and open the incision to let out some of the blood and stop the source of the bleeding. I came home last night and slept with an ice pack on the incision. It looks so much better today, and other than being a bit sore, I really have no pain.Thank you all, again, for your good thoughts and prayers.
Oh, and since they only had to do a port revision, the surgeon gave me a fill (in my Lap-band) while I was in surgery. I can already feel the restriction again, and can only have very small amounts of things at a time. I feel the way I am supposed to feel, and how I felt before all this leaking business started. Now I can focus on eating healthy again. Here's to a happy, healthy 2008 ~ for myself and everyone!
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I just wanted to say thank you for all of your prayers and good wishes. They mean so much to me. Over the past week, whenever I started feeling down, I came back and read these posts. Cried several times too! I feel better and am optimistic that my problem will be resolved with a simple revision. But, if it turns out that they have to replace everything, then I will look to the Lord, my family, and my extended (read: SG) family for support.
My surgery time tomorrow has been moved up from 12:45 p.m. to 9:30 a.m., so I should be able to post sometime during the afternoon to update everyone on my condition.
Thanks again, and lots of love to you all!
