Two months post op – disappointing.

Jan 02, 2011

On Tuesday will be exactly 2 months since my surgery and nothing to show for it.

The blood clot is still there, the leg is still swelling really bad and still limited to do activities.

 

The worst thing is that the scale is moving in the wrong direction! – I gain 17 lb since I got the blood clot on Thanksgiving Day. This is the worst thing I m dealing with. I don’t eat more than 500 cal a day and still gain the weight.

All the doctors are saying is probably fluid retention in my leg but this doesn’t make me feel any better.

 

I m able to eat better since the surgery. I can eat solid foods, since last week got even better.

I can eat salads now, raw veggies, all kinds of meats and cheese and even bread. I still can’t drink the protein shakes or add protein powder to soups since is giving me diarrhea big time.

I found Atkins mocha shake that I think is not as bad as the other shakes. It has 16 gr protein and I m drinking it every morning for the last past few days. Still run to the bathroom after I m drinking it but at least doesn’t keep going for the whole day like other protein shakes.

 

My surgeon said he will be happy if I can get in 35-40 gr protein in and avoid the shakes for now.

 

I can take in all the fluids, but I need to wait sometime 2 hours to drink after I eat, the 30 min waiting rule is not working for me. if I only wait 30 min and drink water that 99% chance would come back up.

 

On New Year Eve I even had 2 pieces of spicy tuna sushi and I was fine, no problem. But sometimes the food still come back up.

 

One day I could eat 800 cal w/o problem but the next day I couldn’t eat almost anything.

 

Yesterday I had ½ can of FLAT caffeine free diet coke and feel so good. I wanted to have it for long time and I was afraid but nothing happened so I was happy about that.

 

I think I could be okay with the surgery and that I can’t eat the way I used to only if the SCALE WILL COOPERATE WITH ME and I will actually LOOSE SOME WEIGHT!

 

Hope going back to work next week will help me at least not to get crazy if anything else will not change. And hope I will join the success stories of all other people in this community soon before I will end up in the nut house!

 

Wishing Happy New Year to everybody and hope this year will be better than last one for all of us!

 

If only I will lose some weight!!!!!

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