I see Dr. Rasmussen a week after being discharged from the
hospital. Things seem to be going well at this point. I am incredibly sore from
the incision and where the feeding tube comes out of my abdomen. I am overall eating pretty well at this
point. My weight is down a couple of pounds from my pre-op visit but I didn't eat
for a week in the hospital and I threw up everything else. The pain in my upper
right quadrant has seemed to mostly disappear. I have twinges every now and
then but nothing too alarming at this point. We discuss how much I should be
eating and he does not want me to count calories yet. I need to put the weight
back on but I want to do it in a healthy manner. I don’t want to eat high
calorie/fatty/sugary foods to put the weight back on. We discuss different ways
that I can do this. I will continue increasing the tube feeds until I reach the
1200 calorie mark. I am not to lift anything over 10 pounds for at least
another month or do any hard strenuous form of activity.
I will have to have the stitches replaced around the tube
and the feeding tube possibly replaced depending on how long we will be using
the tube. This can be done in Radiology and won’t require more surgery. My
intestines can also be left attached to the abdominal wall; I just run a higher
risk of having a bowel obstruction but no more of a risk than all of the other
surgery that was done. Dr. Rasmussen seems pleased with my progress at this
point and I will see him again in a month.
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