BANDED!!

Apr 19, 2010

Finally got the big bad band last Thursday (April 15)!!  The surgery went well, the recovery was a little rough (a bad nurse can really screw things up!)  but now I am home and on my way!!

The pain is MUCH better.  Only one dose of pain killer today.  I think the area that hurts is the port.  The other incisions I don't even feel.  The port incision is huge compared to the gallbladder incisions.  Oh well, I was never a bikini person which is good since I look like a stabbing victim now!!

So far according to my home scale I have lost 6-8lbs.  I am excited to go to the doctor on the 27th and see what the scale there says!!  I'm on liquids until then AND.IT.SUCKS!!!  Today has been the worst so far.  I think the swelling in my stomach is subsiding and I am not feeling as full as I was at first.  Plus I am sick of all the SWEET drinks....Choc protein shake, Ispoure....sugar free popsicles.  Too much sweet!  I need salty and savory.  I've been doing chicken broth which helps.  Today I broke out the pizza sauce and had a few spoonfuls of that - YUM!!!

So I am just gonna take it one day at a time.  I'm looking forward to the "mushies" phase.  I'm gonna make a small batch of mashed potatoes...oh I can't wait.  They have lots of cheese in them so there's the protein!!  Plus I'm betting I only get about two bites of them in so where's the harm?

Off to finish my Grape Frost Isopure.  YUM!!  Hahaha!

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