1/20/11 ----- Day 10 Post-Op and I'm feeling good!

Jan 20, 2011

I don't want to jinx myself but....this hasn't been too hard so far. I haven't had any problems with nausea, vomiting, dumping, or pain. I'm tender but I wouldn't call it pain.

I haven't been hungry at all during the day but the funny part is......alot of my dreams at night are now about food!   How hilarious is that! I found a way to cheat and eat McDonald's, brownies, fudge, etc and not suffer any side effects.......I do it in my dreams! Sometimes, though, I do still yell at myself in my dreams ---- "No no no, don't eat that! Dummy, now you're going to dump or puke!" ---- 'cause I REALLY hate throwing up.  Even when I know I'd feel better if I just let my body go ahead and throw up, I'll fight it. (In the past). But I've had zero problems with that since surgery. Thank goodness!

I think I've done so well so far because I've followed my doc's guidelines obsessively to a T. Eat (well, "drink" right now since it's the full liquid stage still) really slowly, small sips, no water with meals but drink water constantly anytime else, move/walk/exercise as much as possible every day (I do a slow walk around the block twice a day...I'm sure the neighbors think I'm weird), and keep track of my food/meals and meds.

I worked up a really easy and convenient tracking sheet in Word, if anyone wants to use it. I just plug/write in the numbers as I have each meal and total it at the end of the day. Those of you who have fancy I-phones, maybe you could store it on that. My doc loves it and says I'm the most organized patient he's ever had. I think he really means I'm anal-retentive when it comes to details and organizing information, but he's being nice. :-)

So, so far, I'm down 22 pounds. Lost 12 in the pre-op diet and 10 more in the 10 days since coming home from surgery. I think that's pretty good progress! :-)

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