Feeling better, 6th day post-op

Jan 08, 2009

 I'm feeling so much better today.  Less pain.  More energy.  I've pretty much carried on at my usual activity level today.  I went and got my textbooks and then did a little shopping at Target.  I cleaned the kitchen, swept the floors, and did a load of laundry...  Feeling productive.

So here's the deal.  I ate some cream soup a while ago.  I'm not supposed to advance to full liquids until after I see the bariatric nurse tomorrow... but you know what?  I needed to eat something.  After feeling rather listless for a couple days and being so active today, I thought I'd just give it a try.  And guess what?  No alarms went off.  There was no puking, no excessive burping or pain.  I had some roasted pepper tomato soup, 2 tablespoons.  I took about 40 minutes to eat it.  Nice and slow.  It was SO GOOD!  Considering I haven't eaten (jello doesn't count, I'm sorry) since December 22nd, I think trash would have tasted good.  

At Target I got some baby spoons and a handheld mixer thingie.  I'm hoping that will work for pureeing my foods.  The blender is such a hastle.  Even if it doesn't work for pureeing, I have a long life of protein shakes ahead of me, and I can use it to blend those--to get the lumps out.  In addition to a couple cream soups, I also bought yogurt and some cream of wheat.  Oh, and milk.  I think I'm going to have some milk in a little bit.  

I'm really excited for pureed foods (getting ahead of myself) because I can have refried beans.  I love refried beans.  

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