2 Weeks Out

Sep 09, 2011

 So, it was a long first week at the hospital.  I knew that this would not be easy, but I was not prepared for not being able to even drink a sip of water without being sick for the first 4 days...ugh.  But the good news...I have not thrown up since day 4!  I have been so tired though...I seem more tired in week 2 than week 1...but a nap in the late morning, and then another in the mid afternoon help.  I am hoping this passes as it will be hard to go back to work since I work 12-9pm.

I have been trying to decide what all I should be having at this point.  I seem to not have lost anything for this week :(  However, I am down 13 lbs since the week of surgery.  I was taken off my water pills, but still look like I am retaining water....
I am having a hard time writing down what I have eaten or drank each day.....am going to try a new site that was suggested by my support group last night.   I am still looking for a good powdered protein drink that taste good...I have learned that using more water than the almond milk dissolves the powder better than just the almond milk.  I am also able to add fresh blueberries that my daughter picked and froze for me before she left back for college this morning.

For exercise....I am starting to walk again.  Have not done too much, as I stated before, I get exhausted so fast but I have been walking about 20 minutes every day.  Time to start picking it up I think, knowing that I need to do everything I can to help the tool do its job.   The stitches are healing well....six incisions are looking good.  The worst part is that my stomach itches like crazy!!! (Hello Aveno lotion).

The other thing that I was not prepared for was either the feeling of loss as I look at my clothes and relaized that I will need to get rid of all of them.....and just the crying....My son and husband have stated I am short tempered..or snapping at everything. I have  been assured this will subside as my body gets used to all of the new changes....TIme will tell  

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