Puttingme1st
2 Weeks Post Op....
May 27, 2012
Tomorrow I will officially be 2 weeks post op. I can't believe it! The time has gone by so fast! I go back to work on Tuesday and I'm excited about that because I'm starting to get a little stir crazy. So here's been my experience in the last 2 weeks...Surprisingly, everything has been so much easier than I thought it would be pre-op! I've been on clear liquids plus protein shakes with milk since being home. And thanks to my complete and utter lack of hunger...not eating has been no problem! I've been to social events and around people eating even some of my favorite foods and have had no urge to eat. It's the strangest feeling in the entire world to me. It's almost foreign to not want to eat something almost every free minute of the day. I can smell great food, see great food even buy yummy food and have had absolutely no desire to eat. It's so bizarre! I'm supposed to be getting in 64 oz of fluid and that has been hard. The small sipping is driving me CRAZY!!!! I'm used to drinking close to 100 o z of water every day so I never thought it would be hard to get in 64 oz, but the sipping is admittedly tedious, but it is absolutely necessary...I tried a few big swallows and that was very uncomfortable...as advertised! So far everything I have found everything that everyone told me pre-op to be true! Beyond the sipping issue...everything has been great. My pain level has been minimal (mostly muscle soreness) and the weight seems to be falling off to the point that it's a little scary, but I know that everything will slow down once I'm able to incorporate more calories. At 10 days post op I was down 37 pounds total. 21 from the pre-op diet and 16 pounds in the 10 days since surgery. I have been on the scale since then, but I have decided I'm going to try to minimize my time on the scale and I will only do "official" weigh ins on Mondays or at the doctor's office!
Psychologically I feel AMAZING!! I feel happier and more "energetic" (kinda). I feel great every morning! However after an hour or so of activity (shopping, socializing, running errands, whatever) I'm pretty tired. By the end of the day I'm exhausted! I know that this is direct reflection of eating nothing and not drinking enough calories to sustain my energy level throughout the day. I also know that this will improve as time goes on! So...my first 2 weeks have been pretty good.
