1 week Post Op, and down 9.8 Ibs!

Feb 08, 2017

I was 304 at the start of Opti, 281 the day of surgery, and am 271.2 today, so that's 9.8 Ibs lost in my first week post op, and 32.8 Ibs altogether!  It's actually 1 week and 1 day since surgery but I only had access to my scale since last night, and I was so tired after my late flight was delayed by an hour that I just went to bed when I got home.

It is really good to be home.  As soon as I walked through the door late last night, my parrot Smokey yelled, "Hi Kathy!"  I said, "Hi Smokey, how are you?"  She said, "Not bad; how bout you?"  I cracked up, as saying "not bad" is new, and something she obviously picked up from my father, lol. I asked her if she had missed me, and she said, "Ya!"  My Dad told me she tried to bite him when he filled her food and water dishes every day, so I asked, "Did you bite grandpa?" and she said, "Hahahahahahha!  Ya!"  She's such a funny girl, and so smart.  She made it so much easier to come home to a house without Benji.  His little chair was bare, no pillows, no doggy stairs leading up to the chair, no blankies, and no Ben.  I know he was old and had a good long life; I just wish I could have been with him at the end.  He went peacefully in his sleep, so that brings me comfort.

We only have 1 washroom and it is upstairs.  The stairs are long and steep and it just about killed me to climb them, so I will be staying upstairs for a few days, until the pain is gone.

Every day the pain is a bit better, but walking up stairs is hard and walking down them is worse.  So I'm all set up in my old bedroom, with my computer and phone and my Mom will bring me my ice water and protein shakes.

I am lucky to live in a border city because I was able to order Premier Protien in 5 different flavors at the Walmart on the US side. I don't know why Canadian Walmarts don't carry it.  So I ordered it and paid for it and my Dad went to pick it up for me, and now I have Premier Protein in Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberries and Cream, Banana Cream, and Caramel.  I was only able to get in one protein shake in Toronto before I left for the airport yesterday, so I had a Strawberries and Cream shake when I got home last night, and it was yummy.  I had a sip every time I woke up in the night, and finished it by 5 AM, lol.  I'm looking forward to having a Banana cream shake for breakfast/lunch.  It takes ages to drink one; I pour it into those tiny little medicine cups that I was given by the nurse at the hospital, so that I won't overfill the pouch or have to feel uncomfortable, and it really works.

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