Good To Go!

So I know I never really finished my surgery story. Partly because I feel like I tell it all the time and I highly doubt that anyone wants to read about it too. But I'll try to finish it in this post.

I wake up from my second surgery in the ICU. I don't remember a lot, but looking at the clock and seeing that it was 6am. I remember signing tube and trying to figure out when it was going to be taken out. I was in the ICU for 2 days. I had family come visit and a few really close friends - no one else was allowed in. After I was transferred to a regular unit. I was warned that after my second surgery, they had to put in a gastric tube. The tube connected straight to my bowel and came out on the side right my left breast. That tube was to release evreything in my bowel into a bag. I had to have that tube for at least 4 -6 weeks. The tube was the hardest part to deal with as it was stitched right into my skin and it hurt every time I moved. Thankfully my bowel started to work a week after my second surgery. If it didn't, I may of had the gastric tube for life or had to have a third surgery.

With my second surgery, I was cut from Breast bone to belly button, and it was stapled shut, well it decided to get infected. Since I have a lot of fatty tissue in my stomache area (hense the RNY) I am at more of a risk to get infections from open wounds. And that's what happened. It got infected, in two places. So instead of just having it heal, they had to open up my wound in two different places and "let it air out" I was in the hospital for two weeks after my second surgery and had to deal with my wounds for another 2 months after they were first opened.

It was quite the experience, but honestly, I don't regret my decision. I started my weight lose journey at 360lbs or 163kgs. As of today, I am at 267lbs or 121 kgs. That is a total weight loss of 93 lbs to date. Honestly, I can't believe how far I really have come. I have lost the size of a little person - or the size of the non-verbal boy that I watch. That is just CRAZY!

So after everything, I saw my surgeon on a pretty regular bases. But today when I saw him, I got the all clear! I don't need to see him again unless there is a problem and that is something I am definately not planning on.