3rd Month Post Op Appt

Aug 25, 2009

I went for my 3 month post op appointment yesterday and my PA was very well pleased!  She went over my blood work and everything was great with the exception of my potassium being a little low and my vitamin D being a little high.  I'm down a total of 76 pounds, feel great, blood pressure was 108/68. 

There are some things I still need to work on.  Fluids some days are still a problem and I'm only getting around 60 grams of protein per day and need to push it to 80 grams.  I guess I need to add more unflavored protein to my unsweetened tea.  That would kill two birds with one stone.  I'm eating around 1/2 cup of food per meal which she was okay with but my total calorie intake is around 700 and said I need to work on increasing that some.

Honestly, I'm not exercising enough and have to work on toning, toning, toning.  It's been so hot here and the heat has been killing me but I've got to work on that.  Hummmm, got to set that as a priority goal.  Other than that I feel the best I've felt in many, many years.  My husband told the PA he's having a hard time keeping up with me.  He worked this past weekend so I took advantage of his absence and packed up all my "to big" clothes.  It was funny when he opened the closet and asked where all my clothes were.  I simply said that's all I have to wear.  What a wonderful feeling!  I'm so thankful for my second chance on life. 

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