I was wheeled into the operating room and found lots of people milling around waiting for me. Three nurses, one anesthetist and two surgeons. It seems I commanded quite a crowd.

The first IV didn’t seat properly but the second one did and soon I was fast asleep. I remember barely being awake and the breathing tube being removed and then I remember waking up again in the recovery room. What I don’t remember was any pain.

When I got back to my room I had pain and quite a bit of it but it wasn’t from the surgery — it was from the gas that they pump in the stomach area so they have room to work. When the gas moves around (like the bubble in a level) it’s painful but I’m told it will disappear over the next couple of days. The spots where the lap tools went in are not painful at all. A bit of discomfort is it. I can move around just fine.

I got ice chips and water yesterday along with an IV drip that was in until I left the hospital this morning. I was given 1/4 litre of the salty sugary stuff every hour – so I got up to use the toilet a lot, but with no pain other than the gas.

For breakfast I got a glass of apple juice and lemon-lime jello – they call it jelly here. I can drink all the clear liquids I want today and starting tomorrow I have 3 meals a day of anything I can pull through a straw. I’m not hungry.

The experience I had at the hospital was terrific and I don’t have one complaint at all.

That’s it for day 2.

Don’t forget to leave me some comments – I need moral support.

Ok, I got up earlier than I thought I would. I did sleep but not a lot. I’m ready to leave for the hospital now. It really begins today.