angieb77
Day 5 post-op
Jun 12, 2011
I feel like I have lots to write about this afternoon!
First of all my weight is down! Very exciting to see the scale going down. I weighed myself today and I was 323.6lbs. Yippy!!
So the water weight that I had gained from the i.v's in the hospital has gone away. I think it also helped the walking we did yesterday with my little trip to Walgreen's and walking around the house, etc.I had to call my Dr's pager # today. I have a vaginal yeast infection. Blah!!! It is from the antibiotics they gave me in the hospital to prevent infection. So that is a bummer.
He is going to call in oral medication to fix it. So in a little bit I will shower and get cleaned up and ready to run some errands with my husband. Walgreen's again is on our to-do list today.I tried a new protein powder drink today and I absolutely love it. Yesterday my husband ran into GNC and was going to pick up some protein shots. Because I figured I would get a little bit extra energy if I could start to get in some protein. The sales person that helped him convinced him to get some powder instead. He said the shots are no good and are not good quality whey. So my husband bought GNC Pro Performance AMP (Advanced Muscle Performance) Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60. He got a large 3lb tub of Banana Cream and a medium size 1.22lb bag of Chocolate. At first I was mad that he didn't get the protein shots and I was worried that this would not be an approved type of protein that I could take post surgery. It was not on our surgeon's list as approved supplements. But I did do research online and I found that several bariatric surgeons recommend this supplement and I found some reviews on here (OH). The reviews I saw were good so I felt a little bit more comfortable using it. It was pretty expensive for the 2 containers, 1 tub and 1 medium size bag it was just under $65. The bag has 21 servings and the tub has 51 servings. So that doesn't seem so bad when you figure how many servings you get out of it. I am just using 1 scoop to 8 oz of Lactaid fat free milk. The instructions say to use 3 scoops as a serving which gives you 60g of Protein. The recommendations I saw online for bariatric use is to use just 1 scoop at a time which will give you 20g of Protein. So we mixed up a 8oz serving of the banana cream this morning and YUM I love it. It tastes so yummy. Creamy and tastes like a banana shake. Smooth and no bad aftertaste and no chalkiness. We just used the shaker method but I am guessing if mixed in a blender this could be even more frothy and yummy. So I am going to try to take in 8 oz of the shake today and see how I do. It definitely feels like a little indulgence. If I tolerate it well I might try the chocolate flavor later tonight.
My incisions are itching a little bit today. I know it is part of the healing process.
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Blaine, MN
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47.6
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Surgery
06/07/2011
Surgery Date
May 16, 2011
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