One week post-op

Mar 09, 2011

Whew!  I feel like it's been a month but surgery was last week.  The first several hours after waking up in recovery were really rough.  I was definitely uncomfortable and sort of out of it but by that evening I was feeling much better.  Every single day after that has been better and better!  I spent two nights in the hospital and was able to walk the halls quite a bit.

Once home things were a little shaky for me just because then it was different being solely responsible for getting my medications in.  My surgeon doesn't want me to swallow any pills until the puree stage so I've had to crush tablets and mix them in thinned yogurt to take them.  Yuck!  But, I just do it and sip, sip, sip afterward like a good soldier.  I just keep telling myself that it's temporary.

I went for my 1-week post-op visit today and have lost 16 lbs from 2/21/11 to 3/9/11!  Woo Hoo!  I was told that I've lost 13 percent of my excess body weight.  If that's the case, by my calculations my doctor has a goal weight set for me at 122 lbs!  Whoa!  That's skinny!  I was figuring 135 lbs which would be totally thrilling.  We'll see how that goes.

I'm amazed at how good I feel and how smooth my recovery has been going.  Something to be thankful for, for sure!  So, I'm just plugging along with my full liquids and looking forward to starting purees on Saturday.  That will be wonderful with the added variety but I also know that it's a new challenge because I'll need to start separating fluids and meals.  Wish me luck!

Take care everyone.

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