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I'm feeling better every day.  However, still got the left side pain.  I guess it is because they cut a muscle in my stomach????  Sure wish it would go away.  From talking with others who have had the surgery some have this pain and some don't.  Sure wish I was in the "some don't" category.  It hurts the most when I am sitting up straight or trying to walk straight.  

My sugar is good....116.  Started taking vitamins today.  I am taking Bariatric Advantage supplements.  

Calcium Citrate - Cinnamon Flavored - 2 per day,
Multi Formulat w/ B-Complex and Essential Minerals - 2 per day, Passion Fruit Chewable Iron - 1 per day,  and Sublingual B-12 - 1 per week.  

Had quite a few visitors today.  My SIL and neice have been coming over and picking up the house for me; making my bed, laundry, etc.  My ex-SIL (Peggy) and her husband and mom stopped by for a while today.  She was my angel in the hospital.  My neighbor and BF Kim comes by every day.  I talked with my friend Brenda who lives in Florida for a while on the phone tonight.  It was good to talk with her.  Then tonight two girls from work stopped by.  So it has been a busy day.  I did take a long nap on the couch between 3p.m. - 6p.m. though.  Best sleep I have had so far.  

I dropped another couple lbs.  It is amazing that the weight is just dropping off like this.  Of course I can hold in my hand what I am eating per day.  Then of course any type of activity is burning calories.  The gals from work said they can tell that I have lost weight already.  Yahoo!!!

I'm not sure if I am eating right.  Not sure if I am spacing things out like I should.  I pureed a Mcdonald's cheeseburger today.  You know me and cheeseburgers.  Okay...so it wasn't the best, but it did taste like it a little.   Won't try that again for a while though.  It was to pasty.  Didn't sit right.  I haven't found anything that I can't tolerate yet, but sometimes I eat to fast or swallow to big of a bite and it kind of sits funny.  I'll get this down though.  I have to figure out how I am going to take food to work.   I'll probably work on that tomorrow so I am ready to go back on Monday.  My mind is ready to go back to work...my body is not.   Hopefully by Monday my body will be with the plan.   

I took a very long nap this evening and I just couldn't sleep.  I thought I would use the time to get caught up on my emails and blogging.  I have been so sleepy from the pain meds that I didn't feel like I was making much sense so I decided to hold off on emailing or blogging.  

I am doing very well.  I have only discomfort on my left side and this is all I have had throughout the entire surgery.  Thank God.

We were so late getting to the hospital the morning of surgery.  I had a hard time getting everyone up at 4:30 in the morning.  I called my dad who insisted he go with us, we picked him up.  Of course my husband wasn't moving very fast so I blame him for us being late.  We were suppose to be at the hospital by 6:30a.m., but it was 7:00a.m before we arrived.  I was very aggrivated, but tried very hard to not show it.  I didn't want my blood pressure to go up and them cancel the surgery.  As soon as I got there they started working on me.  Of course I made the mistake of telling the foreign anestiologist that my throat hurt from throwing up the day before.  (A little nervouse attack the day before).  I thought for sure he was going to cancel the surgery.  They ended up giving me an antibiotic pack and moved forward.  (They probably give this to everyone)...anyway....by 8:20a.m. I was heading to or.  I remember two wonderful door greeters meeting me at the operating room doors.  One gal was from Jamaca (sp)...I could tell by her accient.  She told me her name, but I can't remember.   The guy said he was assistang Dr. Curry. They were both very happy and in high spirits.  I could hear some rock n roll playing on the speakers in the or.  The anastetiologist was very nice also.  She was just talking up a storm asking me questions about my kids and all.  The next thing I hear is her asking someone if she can get started.  Then she tells me to think of a good dream.  So I grabbed my husband and kids and hugged them tight and said, "Jesus, I need you...please take the wheel....and then I heard....Mrs. Hubbard you are in recovery you are all finished."  This was one hour later.  They put my cpap on me to come out of the anestetia.  I was so glad to get that off of me.  Once I did I felt way better.  I think it helped to open up my lungs though.  Of course I started my period in recovery.  We did what my NP said we would do...just stuck a pad on.  Who cared at that point.  I must have been a hoot in recovery.  The nurses laughed at me much later telling me I was the first person that ever wanted to brush their teeth in recovery.  That anestia just left a gross taste in my mouth.  

Well I have awakened everyone in the household now...so I'd better call it quits.  Everyone wants to know what I need, why didn't I wake them, etc.  My husband has been at my beck and call.  What a great guy he is.  

Well not a 100% yet, but moving closer.  I am doing great.  I am just so sleepy and I realize that I can't spell worth a hoot when I am sleepy.  Today I reduced down the pain meds.  I think they were a little much.  

I am eating pureeds now.  My first big meal was pureed chicken breast and pureed mashed potatoes.  It was just like having mannah fall down from heaven.  It was good.  A lot of things taste salty though.  Not sure what that means.  I tried a popsicle tonight and it was so salty I couldn't eat it.

Any way...a lot of friends have been by.  My MIL is here tonight.  She is staying to take care of me.  Probably the other way around, but husband and I are both being nice...she wants to feell like she is helping so we are letting her.  My dad came up today and he and I slept the whole time.  He is 83 and boy can we both sleep sitting straight up in the chair.   LOL.  

Well...I'll write more tomorrow.  I think I will be closer to normal tomorrow.


Thanks for all of the get well wishes.  I appreciate all of you.