What a Difference a Few Days Make!

Jun 02, 2011

I am now 8 days post surgery and (knock wood!) feeling really, really good :)  This is my 3rd day without percocet and yesterday & today not even a Tylenol.  I literally have no pain...amazing.  My incisions are itching like crazy so I imagine they're nearly all healed.  I'm sleeping so well at night and only resting in the day; no naps since Day 3.  Went for a very short walk today and enjoyed being outside.  My one worry is that I'm still not cosuming  what is recommended at this stage.  I get about 1/2 of what is listed for the whole day and that is pushing it.  I have no desire whatsoever to eat (well, drink really).  And I must admit that I'm getting a bit bored with the same bland flavour of everything.  I'm really looking forward to the puree phase.  According to my home scale, I'm down 23 lbs since the start of Optifast but I can't bring myself to believe that number; just doesn't seem possible.  I'll believe the scale at the clinic once I get there for follow up :)  My friends tell me they see a difference already.  I don't really see it but I do feel a difference - my feet & ankles have not been swollen since about day 2 after surgery and that is a totally foreign feeling for me.  And my bra is a little loose, which I love because I can stand to knock off a couple of cup sizes :) 

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