7 Days Post Op

Jul 01, 2009

Hey Everybody:

Well today marks one week since I have had surgery.  My first three days at home were great.  Day 4 was a real bummer.  I had a fever of 102.00 and I also had chills. Kind of stayed in the bed all day that day and ate on popsicles and ice chips.  I am still having a hard time consuming protein and 64 ounces of liquid a day.  I do eat chicken broth, applesauce (no sugar), and jello, but I just don;t see where the time and what my stomach can hold will absorb all of this.  I must admit, it is kind of stressful.  Then, with the protein thing, I just just find a cliff and jump off.  You know, during the two week period when you are suppose to be getting your protein from the milk you drink, well, I am not a milk drinker, so my bariatric nurses told me to buy something called Bene Protein, which is orderless and tasteless and I can put in my food as well as my drink, well the internet says that Walmart, CVS, GNC and Walgreens carries it......guess what.....they don't.  So by the time I found it online, it would take three - five business days to get to me and by that time, I would have gone to my two week post op appointment.  So, in a nutshell, I am still struggling with getting in plenty protein during the day.  I find myself sipping or eating a popsicle every two hours, other than that...all is well.

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