The Pouch Seems Happy... :)

Jul 28, 2012

I had my 1st post op surgeon follow-up on Thursday. I was ok'd to start adding semi-solid food to my diet one at a time. The foods include FF/LF yogurt, LF cottage cheese, FF refried beans, eggs and LF string cheese. I'm also ok to add a soft cooked veggies and small amounts of canned fruit (in water or juice NOT syrup). As of today, I was able to tolerate all of these foods with no issues. I'll continue for a few more days before I start adding more "mature" foods like tuna, deli meat, lean meats, etc (per doc's guidance).

My real focus now is getting enough exercise in daily. I'm noticing that the scale hasn't been going down as rapidly as prior weeks. However, that's understandable since my diet has changed... I'm excited to get in the gym more often and to be able to start resistance training in another 1-2 weeks.

The largest incision that was giving me problems last week is healing very well now. Apparently, I had seroma inside that burst that afternoon. I still have some numbness at the left of my navel but I find that my abdominal muscles are getting stronger everyday.

Right now, I'm really trying to take each day as a triumph because I'm not having any major health concerns and I'm still excited for the future. Strangely, I'm not having sugar cravings... On the contrary, I am salivating every time that I see seafood or steaks and anything cheesy. As a self-proclaimed sugar addict, that is strange for me... This new stomach is interesting but decidely happy today... LOL!

I hope that everyone is doing well. Life is good on the "Losers' Bench"!

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