Good morning!
Phew. It was a rough night. It's all in the past, though, and I feel great now.
Same thing as last time happened. My back just isn't built for hospital beds. My back was aching all night, keeping me from resting.
It's so ironic that I have my stomach cut open and I can't sleep because my back is bugging me!
The actual cut doesn't hurt whatsoever. On the famous 1 to 10 scale of pain I am 1 or 2. Nothing really.
The nurses were busy last night, though. Quite a bit of fluid and blood had collected around the cuts, and it was leaking, making a mess. Obviously, they had to keep an eye on it, ensuring that everything was OK.
I also had some severe cold sweat moment, but everything point to this being me reacting to the anesthetics. It was rough to go through but it seems like it's over.
I threw up everything I ate yesterday, due to me feeling sick, so this morning, I was HUNGRY. They had me fasting this morning until the surgeon had taken a look at me, just in case they needed to do further surgery.
Fortunately, this wasn't necessary. It's all fine looking and just as it's supposed to be. Wanna see?
I say it looks pretty damn nice! Of course it's still all puffy and swollen, but that'll go away.
I'm wearing two CRAZY TIGHT elastic belts to keep pressure on the wounds. They're tedious, but necessary.
Anyways, the doctors cleared me, no further surgery needed, but I'm staying at the hospital one more day for observation. That's comforting. I don't want to go home until it's safe to go home.
I was also allowed to have breakfast. I was HUNGRY, and there was no chance I'd go with the Intermittent Fasting approach today. I threw up my food yesterday, so essentially I hadn't eaten in around 36 hours. I needed food.
Breakfast was rye bread with cheese, a small yoghurt, coffee and juice.
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So now I am out of bed standing up, and walking around a bit. I'm a lot more comfortable standing than being in that cursed bed. It hurts my back.
I also have a recliner here, and I might go for that one later, but for now I just wanna be on my feet since I can. I have zero pains anywhere right now, and have taken zero painkillers since last night, about 12 hours ago.
It's a great help that the cuts don't hurt at all. When they cut, they cut over the nerve endings, so it's literally impossible to feel pain.
The only pain people feel from this kind of surgery is when they have their stomach muscles tightened too. My muscles are in GREAT shape - the surgeons were actually stunned! - and needed no fixing, fortunately.
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I did do a weigh in, just for statistics. It's useless. It gives the strangest readings.
I went from 79ish to 84ish kilos since yesterday. I'm sure this is true. I find it hard to believe, though, that I went from a body fat percentage of 10 to 23. :-D
Even if the excess weight was pure fat, this STILL wouldn't be possible. I'm sure there's a lot of strange things going on in my body right now during recovery. It's fine. They're interesting numbers to follow. I'll keep recording them every day.
So, everything is really seemingly okay here. I'm gonna go walk the hallways a little, just move around. I wonder if I can make my 10,000 steps today? (KIDDING! Dont Worry!)
Today, im thankful for:
- Surgery done and over with.
- Today, I'm officially done with the weight loss journey, and stepping into the "get fitter and stronger" journey.
- Wife. She's been worried. I'm glad to tell her I'm okay.
- Everyone on Fatsecret! Thank you so much for all the comments. I appreciate each and every one of you!
- Breakfast! BOY, was I hungry!
Have a great day! Life is good!
