Tina Fisher
One month, and one week post-op.
Mar 24, 2013
I am still on foods that I can mash with a fork. I haven't found much that I can eat, but I can't admit that I've been trying much, either. I tend to buy what I know works. I am tired of the Greek yogurt, though. The Dannon Fit and Light with fruit was my favorite, but I just have lost the taste for it. Maybe it'll come back, later. I have tried Hormel's turkey chili without beans, cottage cheese, turkey meatballs with turkey gravy, baked chicken, and grilled shrimp. Oh, also tuna and egg salad. I can't eat the tuna salad, but was able to get the egg salad down. I am pretty much only able to handle 2 oz. of anything, sometimes 3 if I take it really slow. My worst thing is trying to not drink anything until half an hour after eating.
I started my vitamins last week. I was taking my Calcium Citrate in tablet form, but found that I can barely get them down! I am to get 1200 mg in a day, but could only find 1000 mg chewable tablets. I am still waiting for that order to arrive. The liquid mutlivitamin has some of that in it, though. I think next time I am at the bariatric center to see the surgeon's assistant I will check their pharmacy. I've been told their vitamins are much cheaper than at Walmart or elsewhere. I didn't have time to look last appointment, because we thought we had to meet with his aunt and uncle the same night. It's almost a two hour drive to the center, alone, due to weather and construction work on the highway. Anyhow, I found quite a few deals on Amazon for my other vitamins and supplements. I was prescribed Vitamin D to take once a week and Actigall for my gall bladder.
Maybe TMI, but I was having regular bowel movements even without taking Miralax and Colace. Today's was very hard so I'm back on both. I think my lactose intolerance kicked back in because I drink my soy milk with the dry milk in it to increase the protein content. That and I've been drinking the high protein Ensure that was recommended to increase my daily protein intake. Although, I am still having a hard time getting all my protein in. I am to get about 64 oz and am only getting 51, even if I'm able to physically eat a third meal. The Ensure is meant to supplement, not replace a meal, but unfortunately I have been doing that. Yesterday I didn't get my Ensure in, so that might be why I had troubles with today's bowel movement.
Onto better things, I have lost about 100 pounds since I started my weight loss journey in October of 2012. I'm about 46# down from surgery. I took the weight off my last appointment with a doctor, which was last Wednesday. I haven't weighed myself at home since. I see another doctor on Wednesday, so I will see then. I posted recent pics in my photo albums. I was wearing a 5X Just My Size T-shirt and size 4X Just My Size Capris. Both barely fit, but I will soon be able to wear them! Finally, I can shop at a regular store and not have to order my clothes online! I think when I feel up to it and have a little extra cash, I will hit Goodwill. My friend is going to give me some size 26W jeans, which probably won't fit, but still will be nice to have. My 3X pants from OneStopPlus, online, are starting to fall off of me and the only other pants I have are 1X and I wasn't able to wear those just yet. The 1X is pretty much equivalent to the 4X JMS. I think they are size 26W's. I still am in 5X shirts from OneStopPlus, although a few of the newer ones were too big! They were really cute shirts, too. I might try to sell them on eBay because they are so cute and I only tried them on! I do fit into a Torrid size 5! Which was really cool, because I could wear my Big Bang Theory Soft Kitty T-shirt on date night, where hubby and I went to see Paleyfest at the movie theater, with the cast and producers of the show! It was nice to get out and I was able to get around with my walker more easily than I ever have!
I still feel like crud, though. Most the time I am tired and just want to sleep. Hubby doesn't understand it, because he thinks I should be feeling better already. Maybe I should. I might call the surgeon's office tomorrow to see if I can start back up on my Zytrec that they took me off of prior to surgery. My allergies are starting to kick in and I'm sneezing several times a day. They are small pills so I don't see why not. I also want to take Biotin again and try some of that chronium glucosamine(however it's spelled) for my joints. I am around the same weight I was diagnosed with degenerative joints in my knees. Maybe I can also get a cortizone injection again! Once I put on 100#, their needles weren't big enough to get into my joint, so they stopped working! I just want to be able to get around again! I'm so tired of not being very mobile or having to use my inhaler after just getting out to the car! I also want to drive again! I haven't done so in over a year!
