2 Weeks Post-Op

Sep 06, 2010

This week I made the turn around and feel like I'm back to my old self again. My breathing issues and nausea completely went away this week. My surgeon said he thought I was collecting fluid in the "third space" of my lungs, so I went to my family Dr. and was put on a diuretic, which did the trick. I also went for a chest x-ray which I will find out the results of tomorrow. I find I can eat quite a large amount of food at this point, which is really surprising. I still have to force myself to eat, but not being nauseous is a big help. I was told I have a 150cc stomach, and I can eat about that, even with the swelling. I worked really hard to up my food intake this week, but it's been a little harder increasing my fluids. I'm up to about 50g of protein per day, and 6 cups of water. Bad part is that I'm probably getting in 50g of carbs a day, which I need to start decreasing. I lost 7lbs at the beginning of the week, and didn't lost a single pound since! Infact I've gained a pound back. I don't get it. Very frustrating. I think maybe I had too many carbs this week, and not enough water? I don't know...I certainly hope I'm not in a stall already. One more reason why me and the scale need to part ways. On the msg board I always see the vets posting to increase protein and fat when you're not losing weight, so I feel like I've done that. But it goes against what I'm used to doing to eat more when I'm not losing. I'm really starting to get fearful about this surgery working for me........I'm going to try to not weigh myself this week (and actually follow through this time). I'm so glad to be feeling better, but if this weight would start coming off a bit faster I'd feel like a million bucks!

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