Day 1 Post-Op

By evening, my upper body began aching a lot, especially shoulders, neck and the six entry wounds of the laparoscopy. Sitting down/getting up was a task as my heavy belly was pulling me downwards. Took painkiller and went to bed around 9 pm after eating a pot of crème caramel. Took photos of my belly and stitches for memory. Read a bit then fell asleep for about 4 hours. Got up for toilet and then thoughts flooded my brain and was unable to go back to sleep.

Nevertheless, for first time in months if not years, I had no back pain after rising from bed! Perhaps even losing a tiny bit of weight helps? Or is it the painkillers than numb some sensation? A mosquito was buzzing around my head in the living room where I had transfered to the sofa, but I had no strength to do anything about it. I finally slept for a couple of hours, woke up, and went back to bed for another couple of hours after a brief stint on the internet.