AliSarah
4 Weeks Ago, Yesterday!! :D
Aug 27, 2010
I can't believe it's been 4 weeks since I had my surgery. I just figured I'd take the time to write another one of my, "Where am I now" type posts!
Physically, I feel great, I have a lot of energy when I'm awake! I'm still napping or sleeping in depending on whether I had a nap the day before. I have no need for pain pills although the Hiatal Hernia Repair in my shoulder does sometimes still twinge a little to tell me I drank too much at once. My incisions are all healing nicely. The 2 largest incisions still have 2 tiny scabs left on them, but the rest have healed over and are looking great!
I've lost 24 pounds since the surgery, and quite a few inches, including 3 off my waist and 2 off my chest! My under chest measurement has gone down almost 6 inches, which is pretty impressive as well...
Emotionally, I am doing pretty well! I generally have been trying anything soft that sounds or smells good... I have put quite a bit of stuff into the puree machine (including my beloved tacos, lol). So far, I haven't gotten anything stuck, or had any kind of gastrointestinal rejection of anything I've introduced to the system! I'm quite regular which can be a huge problem after surgery and have not had too much gas, which is also good.
I do not feel hungry. I do not feel full. I do not have thoughts about food unless I smell something I want or especially don't want. So, that is a pretty weird thing for me. I am eating with the family at this point, but not always eating what they are having... IE... I made a noodle free lasagna Wed night. I also cooked a pot of elbow noodles for them. I ate the lasagna without the noodles, they mixed theirs with the elbow noodles. It was a great compromise and the leftovers haven't gotten soggy in the fridge! So, we are working it out!
I think I did "dump" once when I put half a banana and half a serving of peanut butter in my protein shake. It was a weird feeling, and a very unpleasant one. I ended up sleeping it off. I was a little skittish to have another protein shake after that, but I'm fine.
As far as my protein and water go, it is a struggle every day to get enough protein and water. I have made it quite a few times on the water, but not once on the protein. 100 grams of protein is a LOT when you can only eat 1/2 a cup at a time, lol... I need to get in the groove of drinking a protein drink in the mornings to get me headed in the right direction. Protein is what I'm working on these days!
Other than that, I'm able to do what I want to do, like walk all over the mall, or the neighborhood! I'm able to go with the family to anywhere they are all going. I can sit in any of the couches in the house now! AND, I can feel my hip bones and if I put my head just right, I can see my collar bones... Both of those are pretty strange for me, lol...
Yesterday, it was weigh day and I FORGOT to weigh myself, which is pretty amazing! I'm feeling so well that I am not developing any kind of scale obsession.
I've had some stress with my sewing machine breaking in the middle of a project and so on, but none of the stress I have been going through has sent me to the fridge, so that is good! I still find my major trigger to eat when I should not is boredom. More than anything, I need to break the habit of opening the fridge door when I'm bored. Lately, I've just been opening it, looking in, closing it and walking away. That's better than before, but still not good enough! But, I'm getting there...
So, yeah, I'm all sunshine and rainbows now, lol...In 2 more weeks, I'll be able to go swimming, immerse myself in a bathtub, and go bowling! I am trying to think of a way to do all 3 things on one day, lol...
Huggles!!
~Sarah~
