strawberry1972's Journal, 23 July 2008

I haven't weighed myself in two days, and quite honestly, I have no desire to.

My stomach is sticking out like I am 9 months pregnant and I feel so bloated, I might float away! This is so frustrating, and I thought I would be well enough to do anything only a few days after surgery (as per what the doctor said)....

I am seeing now, that my hopes of entering into the Emperors Challenge in a couple weeks is going to be out of the question if I want to aviod a hernia from returning.

I have to really be good about things this time around because whenever I do things too early, I get hurt.

For instance, in 1994, when I had my gall bladder removed, I was told to be careful after the surgery. Yeah right! I had a 10 pound baby boy at that time and his father worked all day long. What was I going to do? Let him just sit there and cry? Right....

So, I ended up getting a hernia from all the lifting. Not a good scene. I was hurting so badly for so many years and so chicken to get the hernia operation, I waited until April of 2007 to finally get it!!!

And then, once I had that fiasco sorted out, my surgeon found out that I have Endometriosis from a polyp that was found at the site of the hernia.

So lucky me. I have too much to go through over the next few months...because a Hysterectomy is very probable.

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Don't bother weighing in yet. You'll be quite bloated from the surgery. All of the IV fluids and being sedated causes water retention. I hope you're feeling better :) 
23 Jul 08 by member: Keri15
the nice thing about being "pregnant" from food and water is that you eventually gotta give birth...it can't stay in there forever! I fought a battle with severe cervical dysplasia around Christmas time and had surgery to remove part of my cervix... I've since recovered and *so far* have been doing okay. I haven't had my kids yet, so the thought of being infertile from many surgeries is very hard to swallow. Anyway, just know that you are certainly not alone...there's a lot of support here! Take it easy for a while and don't weigh in yet...the last thing you need is to see artificially inflated numbers. 
23 Jul 08 by member: kdawg

     
 

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