Day 27...

Jun 30, 2015

27 days since surgery and I'm down 29 lbs!! I'm so excited! I was cleared to go swimming this week, and went last Sunday. My swimsuit (which used to be snug on me) was falling off!! I had to sew the sides in a couple inches on either side to hold up my boobs. (not so excited about that, as my stomach disappears, they hang lower and lower! I'm putting a boob job on my 'to do' list!) I'm down at least a size or two in pants and two sizes in shirts already! I don't think I need my seat belt extender anymore, I just use it out of habit.

I wish I could say I still had all the energy I had a couple weeks ago, I have been feeling pretty drained lately. My doctor says this is normal, that it hasn't even been a month since I had surgery, if I get tired just rest. I think it's because I'm low in some vitamin or minerals. My doctor had me wait until my first post-op appointment to start taking vitamins, so I just recently started taking a complete adult chewable multi-vitamin, and I've been taking vitamin B for the past two weeks. I still have a list of 5 other vitamins I'm supposed to start taking, I just need to find them in chewable versions that I can afford. 

 Iron is one of those, I've been anemic in the past and my fatigue kinda feels like that, so it's first on my list to try and find. I'm dreading taking it though, because of it's constipating effects. I've never had a problem in that area till now. I'm taking a stool softener twice a day, and since I started on 'real' food last week I've been having a real problem. I don't like not having a movement every other day, I feel bloated and uncomfortable. I've tried forcing myself to drink more water and it doesn't seem to help. Ugh. 

Food. That's starting to be an issue. I can't wait till I can start adding some vegetables to my diet. Soft proteins only for the next 7 weeks or so. And after only one week I'm tired of them. I need to find some recipes and ideas for 'soft proteins' to make them more palatable. I desperately want to dice up and saute some onion and add it to my beans for a little crunch. For the first time since surgery I've been tempted to cheat (I won't, but I really thought about it!) I want some bread!! I heard someone mention going to Subway at my daughters softball game last night and almost started drooling. If I could have lettuce then I could make a lettuce wrap and it'd be almost like a sandwich...sigh. I will eventually. Right now I'm trying to keep track of all the progress I've been making and remind myself that it's all worth so much more than some craving I happen to be having. It's just hard sometimes.  

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