And the verdict is........

Sep 20, 2012

SOFT FOODS!  Ooh yeah

Anything I can cut with a plastic fork!  What am I eating?  Potato soup.  Thin, mostly liquid and I'm chewing the very small chunks of potatoes like a fiend!  One of the chunks isn't even the size of the surface of one of my molars, so you can imagine how hard it is to chew 25 times!! 

And I'm down 18 from pre-op according to their scales!  I stayed the same again today, but that's okay.  I feel okay about it.  Going to this post-op appointment really helped me understand some things.  I was able to talk to others who are the same length of time out as me, one who even had the same date and same hospital as me, so it was good to know that I'm "normal" in how things are happening. 

I did find out, though, that I am allergic to the sutures and that's why my belly itches so much.  Not a little, a LOT.  like...two benadryl plus benadryl cream as a topical, but it's because the sutures are dissolving UNDER the skin...I just have to deal with it.  I am SO GLAD I didn't do lapband now because I"m already allergic to neoprene which a lot of athletic braces are made of, plus shoe insoles, and other random things, so with my luck, the lap band would've been made of a material I'm allergic to!

The emotions!  While I didn't talk to the doctor about it (he seemed rather rushed...) I did talk to his nurse and she said it is completely normal because of the release of hormones, but if it concerns me, talk to my PCP or therapist about increasing my current meds temporarily.  I think I'll talk with my PCP tomorrow.  I don't want to get so down that I can't get back up.  I do think that foods will help, though.  Foods have always been my thing, so taking those away from me completely was tough, plus the surgery, plus everything else....I think it will help tremendously.  BUT i'm not going to assume that is the case.  I'm going to be proactive and talk with my doc. 

Fatigue...yep, talked about that one too!  They said (as "G" said in a previous comment!) that it can take about a month to get back to where I feel "normal."  So i'm just going to keep on trucking and if I have to go to bed early, I'll go to bed early...like tonight....

Hmm.  What else??  Wait...Did i blog yesterday about my new cookbooks AND PB2??  if I did and this is a repeat, SORRY!!  If not, holy COW i'm so excited!!  I'll be up to 4 Bariatric Specific cookbooks and my coworkers are talking about doing recipes from them for our next potluck!!  how sweet is that!??  They think that my having the surgery will help them focus, too.  I hope so!  It will be a good thing going into the holiday months.

Now...The exercise.  He wants me up and sweating!  Well, with my fatigue the way it is, it's hard to be UP let alone sweating!  I'm debating on rejoining the gym, but we didn't exactly part on good terms this last time.  besides, that's money I may not want to spend...perhaps I want to spend it on clothes or other supplements OR put it towards a tummy tuck later in life!  Lets see ...$40/month x 24 months = $960 which is a fifth of what the TT would cost me! 

Anyway.  I did sign back up for NetFlix and I know they have lots of exercise videos there I can watch/do while running Netflix from my Wii.  That's probably what I'll do for a little while.  We'll see.  :)  

Also, my grandmother, who I didn't mention publicly, has been transferred to a local rehab facility after having full hip replacement.  She had fallen and my dad found her outside in the flowerbed.  She's lucky he went to her house that day....he usually doesn't on Tuesdays. Divine intervention that was! So she's being taken care of by professionals now and at 88, she had a long run of it.  Now she gets to boss people around again 24 hours a day!  She is EATING again!  I'd like to see them put about 20 lbs on her frame.  She's definitely underweight, even for an elderly person, but depression and dementia don't mix well.  She would either forget to eat or not eat because she didn't feel like it.  It's a good thing, but...it'd be a good thing regardless.  If she passes, it's a good thing too.  She'll be back with my grandfather who passed earlier this year after breaking his hip as well!  I know that a broken hip in an elderly person is typically a death sentence.  I know that and losing my grandfather that way earlier this year just brought that reality all the more home. 

Anyway, wow ramble ramble.  I'm going to get on the treadmill now.  Just met my new neighbors...well they've been my neighbors since june.  yeah, i'm a bad neighbor.  I was robbed and don't trust anyone.  but they were nice.  SO!  enough of that.  I'm outta here!!  :D :D 

love to all!

Sarah
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