3 Weeks Post-Op

Mar 25, 2013

Well, here i am three weeks out.  I feel great, i am down 30+ pounds, and for the most part i am doing good with my diet.  My biggest struggles are getting in all my protein, but fairly close to the 62 grams i was told to get.  I am more worried about getting my water in.  i feel like all i do is drink water and get protein in.  I am still getting used to how small my stomach is now.  I am only able to hold about 4-5 tablespoons of mushy food.  If i go over that, i feel awful.  But i never feel hungry.  I have had one craving and that is for toast, which is weird because i don't eat bread at all.  In a couple weeks i can have tuna fish and deli meats, so i can't wait to have crackers and tuna again.  

 As of late, i have had some issues with my incision sites healing ( they are healing really well), but the pain from my moving and stretching is like a burning, pulling pain that is very painful.  Also when i lay down to sleep at night, i get such awful creepy crawlies in my legs that it is hard for me to sleep.  I have an appt with my PCP coming up so i will address this issue, but tonight i am going to blend up a banana and see if that helps.  

 I started back to work yesterday, which is a nice change.  but after 10 hours of work i was absolutely exhausted.  I literally got home and crashed in my room.  Ed was in the garage fixing my exhaust on my car so he didn't know i fell asleep.  I woke up around 7:30 pm still tired but i figured i should make dinner.  Which he opted to have subway and i had stage 3 jar of chicken and dumpling baby food.  which i could only eat about half a jar and i was full.  I love my pouch.  Granted it is a mind game at first trying to figure out what you can handle and when enough is enough.  But i don't regret my decision to go thru this.

If anybody has any advice on the stitch pain and how to relieve that, or what to do about my achy legs that would be great.  But all in all i am very happy with my results and no regrets!

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