Well I had my takedown yesterday morning and everything went smooth. I'll post everyday how I'm feeling and things I do so maybe new pouchers can get an idea of what to expect after takedown. I know I loved reading everyone's story and taking a little bit from each one to keep my hopes up.

Surgery- no catheter(yay!), I was asleep for about 2 hrs, I was a little sore and grouchy when I woke up but they got the pain meds working right away. For most of the day I jut relaxed and drank clear liquids. Finally around 8 pm I decided to get up and walk around the 8th floor. I was surprised at how easy it was and walked for about 30minutes with no pain. They were giving me dilaudid thru IV so that helped a lot. No bowel movements this day but that's expected.

Today(day after surgery) woke up a little sore this morning because I had not been pushing the pain killer button all night. I actually think I could go without the pain meds just fine. I'm going to quit using them and see how it goes. All in all I feel pretty good and energetic! Hungry for real food but still on the clear liquids as I have still not had a BM. It's only 9:30 AM so hopefully later today things will wake up. My dr. Warned me that things could come fast and furious at first especially with just taking liquids but he said that will get better with time. Gettin ready to order some more chicken broth and jello haha then I'm gonna get up and go for a walk. I can't believe how good I am feeling. I was prepared for the post surgery fatigue and pain but this is much better!