3 days post op...WOOSH!

Jul 23, 2010

So I meant to get on the night before my surgery, but too many things to do before we left to the hospital.  I was so nervous on the 2 hr. drive to the hospital.  Very mixed emotions but mostly just scared...did I make the right decision.  Well now that I have come through surgery and am on day 3...Yes, not as bad as I had expected.  I have had two previous OB surgeries and one  C-sec, this surgery was not as bad to recover from as any of those.  The hardest thing I have found is making sure I drink 1oz of clear liquid every 15 mins. as my fear of being dehydrated is huge.  The other fear I have is a blood clot, all preop classes appts. w/ Dr. seemed to make a great deal of it, which is understandable, but man I am afraid in the back of my head.  When I wake up in the middle of the night I make sure to walk around the house a few times just to reassure I did everything I needed to prevent it from happening. 

Anyone else have problems taking their vitamins?  For some reason I have been so scared to take them while on the clear liquids.  Tomorrow I start my stage 2 soft food diet for two weeks.  I am going to re-start my vitamins then with dedicated results.  I am going to my first support group tomorrow, which hopefully they can answer a few questions that have come up since I have actually had surgery.  Anyone have any great different ideas for stage 2 soft food diet?  Has anyone used a Vita mix with stage 2...if so what did they make with it??

I really hope through this process I can over time heal my brain from mindless eating.  I think if I can figure that out it will help with my success life long.  It is so interesting how much I snack ate while getting meals ready, giving my kids snacks or just bored.  WOW  A couple of times while on liquids I almost put a bit of something in my mouth.  Is that crazy?? I know crazy huh??  I am also extremely afraid to throw up, I haven't yet, but am really afraid to start putting food in my mouth.  And what happens if I throw up...will I rip the stitches...or hurt something else.  There isn't a lot to our new stomachs, so how much do you throw up...can't be much.  Man this is huge bunch of concern.

On to stage 2, I wish me luck...

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