Slowly improving

Feb 11, 2017

It's Monday morning and I am supposed to be back at work on Wed.  I don't feel so great, but each day is a little better so maybe Wed will be fine.

The fever went away; they had me get some bloodwork done and it didn't indicate infection.  Whew!  So glad for that.  The fever has not come back, either.

Yesterday was low-grade nausea and everything tasted absolutely terrible.  I've seen enough people talking about this post-surgery to know it's normal.  Awful taste in my mouth. Yuck, yuck.  I mostly sipped water and for sure did not get enough protein in as a result.

Today is better:  I got down some mint tea this morning and will finish it up here shortly.  Maybe 3 oz of pureed bean soup with a dollop of plain greek yogurt.  Tasted pretty good!  I do need to see if I can get a protein drink in today though.  Either 8 oz of protein drink or 8 oz of plain Fage yogurt will give me 20g of protein.  My goal is enough liquid and enough protein today.

A 35 min walk yesterday around the little lake on our walking path.  At the pace of a turtle mind you, but I made it.  Will walk it again today at the warmest part of the day, when it might hit mid-50s with sunshine on my head.  Get the blood circulating.

I was able to turn over both directions in bed last night, very very carefully.  That's a huge win -- the muscle spasms have been preventing it and they still kick in from time to time, but not having to get in and out of bed to change positions is a big deal.  Here's hoping that improves so that I can go back to rolling around.  My body aches when I sleep in one position too long.  Probably due to the weight.

Today I will try to look for photos of myself so I've got a couple "before" pics to put in here.  

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