Lisa H.
July 11 2009 12 days post op
Jul 10, 2009
Today it has been 12 days since my surgery. I am still feeling really good. Still having a little pain around a couple of the insisions, but nothing major. My insisions are really healing nicely. Which I am thanful for... I was scared about having scars on my tummy. The gas pain (from the air they used to blow up my chest cavity) seems to be gone also. I seriously think the pain from the gas was much more worse than the surgery... lol!! So far I am loving my band and not regretting my decision. Right now I am looking forward to my Husband coming home in a few months and seeing a totally different wife than the one he was used to seeing. Can't wait to see the look on his face!!Yesterday I did something really stupid and I now know not to ever do that again! I was on the road traveling pretty much all day. So I didn't eat anything, instead had a protein drink. Well, I get to my destination and was finally able to eat (chew) something. Well.... you know how you are supposed to take 30 min to eat your food and not drink anything while eating it. I ate mine in about 10 min and had water to drink with it. Boy oh Boy will I never do that again! I was so stuffed, bloated and hurting from eating to fast. It really hurt... and it hurt to even walk! It lasted for a good 15 min. But it was a lesson learned and I now know not to EVER do that again.
Lets see... I am on pureed foods right now for 3wks. I have to say that it really isn't too bad. I am eating what everyone else is eating except I put it in my Magic Bullet and mix it together. Definitely can't eat much but I am satisfied with what I am eating. My favorite thing so far is Egg Drop Soup and Refried Beans with salsa, sour cream, and Mexican white cheese sause mixed in. That is really YUMMY! I seen a lot of people post that they were eating this during the pureed food stage and decided to give it a try. I also like canned chicken breast and Ranch dressing blended together. Tonight was a little hard as far as dinner goes. It was my Dad's bday and we all went out to celebrate. He wanted to go to The Waffle House (yeah, he's not to picky... lol) and everyone was having cheeseburgers and hashbrowns. It looked sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo GOOD!! I ordered a scrambled egg and mixed in some salsa and it was really good. I have to admit, I really did want to eat that burger. But I knew I would pay for it later like I did last night. So I stuck with my egg and was actually pretty satisfied and full.
Well all my Bandsters and soon to be's ... I hope you all are doing well and continuing to have success!
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About Me
washington, IL
Location
38.8
BMI
Surgery
06/29/2009
Surgery Date
May 28, 2009
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