happy thanksgiving

Nov 27, 2014

hi everyone. Happy Thanksgiving. Last monday was 7 weeks post surgery, and I'm down 41.6 lbs. This is the first major holiday since the surgery, and my wife and I are celebrating with our son in Miami,Florida. The flight was delayed for 5 hours, so while sitting around in the airport we decided to get a drink in the bar. Wow, one Bloody Mary got me totally blasted (and I even drank it very slowly). Got to our condo where we are staying in Miami at 5 AM and yesterday was a total blur.

Had another interesting post surgery experience..went out to a real restaurant for dinner. I'd say it was both an interesting and depressing experience. Right away after you sit down, they fill your water glass to the top and put that delicious looking bread down on the table right in front of my face. Unbelievably  tempting and I had to avoid it. Very very very difficult. At restaurants, bread and multiple glasses of water used to be the norm. I felt like a recently recovered addict. My hand would reach out to take some bread and water, and that stupid little voice in my head would be screaming "don't". Truly not a fun experience.

The main entrees came with a choice of appetizer. I chose the spring rolls for the appetizer and the tuna tacos for the main course. The spring rolls were actually two rolls cut in half. I took one of the four, took out the vegetable stuffing from it, and managed to hold it down. The fish taco entree was three tacos, each having a piece of tuna, a slice of avocado, and some cole slaw. I took one on my plate, and ate the tuna, avocado, and some of the slaw. Once again was able to hold it down.

Very Happy about that. The food was delicious, but I still can't get used to this. IT'S NOT EATING WHAT I'M DOING. TO ME IT'S JUST EXISTING. It's just such an adjustment, and I'm really having trouble with it. Eating used to be such a great pleasure in my life, and now it's become a real drag. Everyone says look at the positive, that I'm losing a lot of weight, that I'll get used to eating differently, that it will get better. I personally don't know

about that.This whole process is much more difficult and upsetting than I ever imagined. I guess we will just have to see what happens at Thanksgiving dinner. I'll let you know. see ya soon.

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