almost a month out

Aug 17, 2009

  Well I had my DS with Dr. Stewart on July 22 09.
 It was pretty rough the first couple weeks since I came home with a drain tube and felt yucky.. then was re admitted  at day 8 post op for infection from the drain tube... and stayed another 3 days..
  I m so glad to not be leaking anymore from my drain site as that was really disgusting. Everything else has healed great and finally the drain has a scab instead of goo and donthave to wear a maxi pad on my side anymore... YEAH!.
 To date I have lost 35 lbs... woo hoo and have gotten rid of several of my comorbids. I no longer have high blood pressure and not on bp meds.  I am no longer pre diabetic and not on metformin. I no longer have swollen feet and ankles and am not on a diuretic. I no longer have lower back pain!! YEE HAW!  1 am down 1 size! 
   I am getting used to my tummy and it is hard because I still want food but I cant have alot yet. I am still pretty wary of anything that is not mushy and even then some things still dont agree with me. I ate a few bites of an IHOP omlett that tasted wonderful.. and then threw it up a few minuites later.. WAHHHHH!   I have eaten crab legs.. but the plurality is a joke. I was only able to eat 1/2 of a crab leg before I got full
  The full is a new experience in and of itself. It is not the belly full gorged feeling I felt after totally eating aton pre op. I feel full in my chest after only a few bites. I have ignored the feeling twice and then threw up... I have drank too fast and threw up... . I am still learning. The hard part is that I have head hunger. Even though I cant eat more.. I still want more.
      I dont just eat crap out of boredom like i used to. It has to be really good or it is not even worth it.
I lived on powerade zero and G2 for a few weeks to drink as water doesnt agree with me unless I add lemon and splenda. lol. I have found however the last few weeks that unsweet ice tea with splenda has been my drink of choice and I am able to drink more of that than anything else and it doesnt upset my stomach.
   I have weird sounding noises come out of my stomach alot and TMI my bathroom experience is not like pre op at all. I did have diah.. for a few weeks but now I dont but it is more like baby... and smells awful. I never thought I would want just a normal bm.  I hate that i have to get up in the middle of the night to go now.
    I have discovered that I hate chewable vitamins and wish I had gotten the swallow ones. 
I still take naps in the afternoon.. and that is ok.
   I am glad that my kids are all home now but it can be a bit overwhelming with their special needs and me not being 100 % yet.
I look forward to being at %100 percent again so I can finish working on my house.. as we have doors to hang and my sons room to renovate and my living room to renovate.. to start.. along with a multitude of other projects.
   I have no regrets about this surgery and am glad I did it! I am glad I am not in pain anymore and am even now able to be a better mommy and a better me. and I know it will only get better!

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