Six Days Out

Feb 07, 2010

Tuesday Feb-02-10 was surgery. 296lbs for the am. Down 11 since the two weeks prior. Everything went very well with the procedure then came the start of recovery. They had me on dillaton or whatever the crap is called and I am telling you what sister it is the Devil drug. i couldn't start my liquids on Wed in the hospital because of the OD I had with it! It was horrible! I was dry heaving on top of my new tummy and incisions. NOT FUN! I did get to start pushing fluids on Thursday morning did well and got to come home that evening.
It was a bumpy ride home and wore me out! I have been hanging out most of the time downstairs in the reclyner and getting up to walk frequently. Burpin, fartin, and keeping down my fluids so far.  I think I am doing well with my intake. 4 oz of yogurt in the am for breakfast, 4oz of protien shake about 10:00am, 1 cup of soup @ 12:30 or so. the other 4 oz of shake around 3-4. then for the fine dinning cuisine at the protien kitchen............ 4oz of protien shake. in between all of this sippin away at water 24-7 or what time I am up. I am so worried about being dehydrated.
My abdomen is still VERY tender but tollerable. I am concerned about the left side incision but they warned me about it. It is the little thorn in everyones side. LOL I have trouble with laying to sitting position (vise/versa) when I am getting in/out of the chair or bed. I do have to say Marquise (our taco bell dog) LOVES the fact that I am in the chair with the electric throw on me! I think he loves that blanket mre than me some days.
I don't have a scale here at the house I think it will give me a real WOW factor when I go for follow up on 03/02/10 w/Dr Halpin. I also don't want to be so in tune to the scale that I stress myself out over platu's or not seeing it go faster. I really want this tool to tune in with my mind so I have my mind healthy as well as my body.
FOOD SMELLS.................... So I am a bread hound and I know some cannot tollerate it after surgery. But it still smells sooooo good. fresh sourdough out of the oven w/garlic butter YUM!  Chicken nuggets now on the other hand have changed. My oldest son made some chicken nuggets for dinner night before last and it smelled like ROTTING TRASH! To the point where I asked him to please spray febreeze. I really wasn't expecting that to change so suddenly just thought it was going to be something over time. 
OH if anyone knows how to put a weight tracker on my profile please share I would like to have one....... check in soon. 

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