April 17, 2009

Apr 17, 2009

So I had my surgery on March 24th.  It was a complete success!  I didn't even need pain medication in the hospital.  I got up and walked around and I really think that had a lot to do with it.  I came home and started in on my post-op diet.  I have had no trouble so far.  As of right now I am in my week 3 diet.  I went to see my surgeon on Monday and told him that so far I have had no problems tolerating any foods and am able to get in the right amounts of protein and water.  I asked if it would be possible for me to try ground meats a few days earlier.  He said go ahead, so I did!  I had tuna salad and ham salad and was able to tolerate both!  The ham salad I think I might've eaten a little quickly so I was very gassy after, but the next day I ate slower and had no issues.  At this point I have lost 34lbs.  7 of those lbs were on the pre-op diet, but from this point on I'm just going to combine it all.  I've lost it all, haven't I?

My starting weight was 294lbs and my current weight is 260.  I can't believe how quickly it has come off so far!  I know I have a long way to go but this sure is a nice start!

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