Continuing the 1 month followup!

Nov 07, 2012

The Good

• I have no pain at all from my incisions and can bend and lift pretty much whatever I need to. The only thing that still twinges is putting my 30 lb toddler in his crib.  He goes completely limp, so I have to hover all 30 lbs of him AND crunch over the side rail(I'm short) to get him on the mattress without dropping him.  I can sleep on my side and move around no problem! 
• The incisions are healing well, everything is still red, but seems to be healing well. 
• Food is going extremely well, I posted earlier about eggs bothering me and that has been the only thing so far. I had egg beaters tonight and they went down no problem.  I'm officially in the "puree" stage, but I've just been chewing everything very well and making sure to eat moist food and it's all good so far. I've had chicken, fish, shrimp, turkey bacon, eggs, yogurt, all sorts of cheeses and of course proteing shakes! 
• Premier Protein RTD chocolate is still what I am liking the best.  It's funny how tastes change even from one week to the next.  I don't mind the taste of these anymore and I LOVE starting my day with 30 grams of protein. It helps me feel that my day is attainable. 
• I've already packed away the jeans I was wearing pre-surgery and my current ones (that I could no longer zip) are baggy now as well. 

The Bad

• I am still struggling with getting all my liquids in, i went through a few days that I could tell I was dehydrated and tried to step it up and I 'm feeling better now, but I know I need to keep fighting this one.  I'm loving decaf iced tea with lemon and splenda so that's helping. 
• Still working on vitamins as well.  I have iphone reminders set, I just need to take them! 
• My husband ordered pizza last night and I ate 3 bites of crust! Unnecessary! I need to be more careful of "bites"
• Halloween candy. Not terrible, I think I ate 5 pieces over 4 days, but still ridiculous considering I am a month out of surgery, 

All in all, I'm extremely happy and feel like things are working out well. Still so excited to see my ticker and the progress I've made so far! 

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