Having a Nice Couple of Days

Aug 08, 2011

I'm happy to say that since my surgery, yesterday and today have been virtually tummy pain free!!!    I worked Friday and Saturday nights and my pain was pretty raw.  I actually had to wear a support band Saturday night because of the pain.  However, yesterday I was feeling so good and managed a trip to the gym.  Did some treadmill until I started to feel a little odd in my tummy and stopped and spent a good 20 minutes in the sauna to rest.  But today I did crawl out of bed for the first time without having to hold on to my tummy.  I'm feeling pretty much back to normal.  However, I'm still a little fuzzy headed but that's just because of my limited calorie and water intake which I'm still working on.  I managed a little more "solid" foods last night.  I had a little munster cheese wrapped with a slice of sliced burbon chicken deli meat and it was fabulous!  Sure it took me 15-20 minutes to eat (I chewed until it was liquified and rested between bites) but it was great to actually chew on some food.  
But I've noticed that food isn't having the effect on me it used to have.  This weekend when I was working, I saw all of my favorite dishes and served them, but had no desire to eat them.  They didn't make me hungry (I never feel hungry anymore).  When I went to the grocery store to stock up and yogurt, all the crackers, cakes, breads, pizzas, etc... didn't have an effect on melike they used to.  In fact when I started to imagine the fat content and calories in them, I was a bit repulsed!  Wow!  Right after surgery I sooooooooo wanted to eat things I shouldn't.  I realized my stomach had had surgery, but my brain hadn't.  I think now my brain has finally caught up with my stomach. 

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