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stitchwhichI thought, you know, with all the whining, I should say something about the good that has come from my surgery already.
For the first time in I don't know how many years, I can sleep on my back. I've been sleeping on my sides for so long that I can remember being distinctly uncomfortable/nervous when my back was rebuilt and they wanted me to sleep prone. I couldn't relax, even when I wasn't nausous. It was that 'unnatural'. Since I got home, I find myself rolling over to sleep like that all the time and blissfully drifting back off again - heartburn-free.
I haven't had to eat Tums or Rolaids, of which I had a 1-3 tablet a day habit, since I got home. This will adversely impact my high-calcium diet but you know what? I'm just fine with that.
I'm sleeping through the night. Or mostly. And it is pretty obvious that once pain stops waking me up, I WILL be sleeping through the night. Like a normal person. How about that?
For all that it isn't the best way to do it, I'm pretty comfortable with the amount of weight I've lost. It's a little over 15% of my body mass, so no, it's not a healthy thing, but I have absolute faith that as soon as my tummy troubles are past, I'll be up and eating normally.
Exertion does not make me sick to my stomach. Can you even imagine how freeing it is to think that I can run, or exercise, or even go for a stiff walk, without wanting to throw up afterwards? I feel stronger already, as if the endorphines are gearing up for later on when I'm more fully recovered.
No more midnight belching. I hated that. Women do not belch. Neither do they snore. I know this, because my Grandmother taught me so. It was distressing that something so ingrained could not be maintained. And for those who read this and do have "middle of the night belching/pressure" - hie thee to a doctor. Because that is a classic gallbladder disease sign. Which I didn't learn until after I'd seen a surgeon. (He told me. The G.I. doc didn't!)
For the first time in I don't know how many years, I can sleep on my back. I've been sleeping on my sides for so long that I can remember being distinctly uncomfortable/nervous when my back was rebuilt and they wanted me to sleep prone. I couldn't relax, even when I wasn't nausous. It was that 'unnatural'. Since I got home, I find myself rolling over to sleep like that all the time and blissfully drifting back off again - heartburn-free.
I haven't had to eat Tums or Rolaids, of which I had a 1-3 tablet a day habit, since I got home. This will adversely impact my high-calcium diet but you know what? I'm just fine with that.
I'm sleeping through the night. Or mostly. And it is pretty obvious that once pain stops waking me up, I WILL be sleeping through the night. Like a normal person. How about that?
For all that it isn't the best way to do it, I'm pretty comfortable with the amount of weight I've lost. It's a little over 15% of my body mass, so no, it's not a healthy thing, but I have absolute faith that as soon as my tummy troubles are past, I'll be up and eating normally.
Exertion does not make me sick to my stomach. Can you even imagine how freeing it is to think that I can run, or exercise, or even go for a stiff walk, without wanting to throw up afterwards? I feel stronger already, as if the endorphines are gearing up for later on when I'm more fully recovered.
No more midnight belching. I hated that. Women do not belch. Neither do they snore. I know this, because my Grandmother taught me so. It was distressing that something so ingrained could not be maintained. And for those who read this and do have "middle of the night belching/pressure" - hie thee to a doctor. Because that is a classic gallbladder disease sign. Which I didn't learn until after I'd seen a surgeon. (He told me. The G.I. doc didn't!)
