12 days post-op/reality sinking in.

Mar 10, 2009

So I am now 12 days post-op.  I have lost 24 lbs. since my pre-op appointment and that certainly feels good.  I have started walking and am doing pretty much everything I was before surgery including laundry...blach!  I am not lifting anything over about 10 lbs. and everyone I know, including my Dr. said I don't even look like I had surgery.  That makes me feel like I am doing something right.

The biggest thing for me has been the loss of the joy of eating that I am now dealing with.  It is not terrible and I am not depressed or anything.  It is just a weird thing to deal with.  I am caught up in the day to day drudgery of fitting in the protein & the liquid and that is not very pleasurable.  Likewise I am on the soft diet phase and I am fortunate to be able to have 8 or 10 food choices yet none of them thrill me much at this point.

I have definitely been a "foody" for many years and it is just a bit of an adjustment to this new way of life I have chosen & it is something I could not prepare for before hand.  So now I am just dealing with this reality that is sinking in. 

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