As I mentally review the meals I routinely make for dinner, I'm wondering which ones I'll have to take out of the rotation. Salad? Risotto? Which meats do you have trouble with, or not?
I can't have regular solids till Feb. 1st, so I'm not entirely sure why I'm thinking about this now. Maybe it's because I can't have solids till Feb. 1st!
As far as recovery, I find that I'm tiring very easily. I did two errands today and needed an hour-long nap when I got home. My left-shoulder pain seems to come back anytime I'm active - showering and getting dressed, doing errands, carrying the baby. I'm hoping it dissipates soon, but I seem to remember Catherine saying her pain came back intermittently for a few months at least. And I only have three Toradol left! AHHH.
The nutritionist told me if clear liquids were driving me nuts I could go to full, thin liquids. So for lunch today I thinned out some potato leek soup with chicken stock and it was delicious! So far, I've had a cup of decaf tea in the morning, a protein shake, some water, about 1/2 c. of thinned soup and am now on my second (and final) protein shake of the day. Some kind of thinned soup for dinner tonight, I'm sure.
It's funny, even though I've lost 16.5 pounds since my surgery consult in October, my jeans aren't loose at my waist. In the legs and butt (hallelujah for that, my butt is ginormous) they're bigger but not the waist. I guess I'm still swollen in the abdomen from my surgery? Ah well, all in good time.
I haven't taken formal "before" pictures yet, so I'll be doing that tonight. Not sure when I'll have the courage to post them, though.
And I have 23 followers now! That just makes me grin. Thanks for joining me on this crazy journey.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Day 3 Post-Op: Feeling Better
GOOD MORNING, BLOGGERS!! And blog readers, of course. ;)
Things seem to be normalizing here; I slept pretty well without waking up for pain medication. My sons were up at 5.30 am (whaaa???) but I stayed in bed and let my husband handle that, bless him. I felt well enough to put my baby to bed last night, which is a milestone since she weighs 18 pounds and getting her into and out of the crib requires me to bend over the rail.
My mom is leaving in a couple days, which is sad because we've all so enjoyed having her here. I'm getting lots of rest and sleep now because next week I fly solo with the household and kids, school pickups and dropoffs and making dinners, etc. I'm desperately banking my sleep!
I ended up having a shake yesterday (with permission from my surgeon's nutritionist), which bumped my protein intake up and freed me from the dreaded Isopure drinks. Last night I strained a can of Campbell's French Onion soup and had about 1/3 c. for dinner (while everyone else at the table tucked into pasta, meatballs, garlic bread and salad).
Today I'm planning to go out and tackle some errands. Oh, but before that I'm going to weigh in. I'm trying to be all Zen about this, but frankly my dear if I don't lose some el-bees during this hellish clear liquids phase, someone's got some 'splaining to do.
**UPDATE**
Scale says I've lost 3.5 pounds since morning of the surgery, for a total of 16.5 pounds down since my surgery consult in early October. Still a long way to go, but ... YAYYYYY!
Things seem to be normalizing here; I slept pretty well without waking up for pain medication. My sons were up at 5.30 am (whaaa???) but I stayed in bed and let my husband handle that, bless him. I felt well enough to put my baby to bed last night, which is a milestone since she weighs 18 pounds and getting her into and out of the crib requires me to bend over the rail.
My mom is leaving in a couple days, which is sad because we've all so enjoyed having her here. I'm getting lots of rest and sleep now because next week I fly solo with the household and kids, school pickups and dropoffs and making dinners, etc. I'm desperately banking my sleep!
I ended up having a shake yesterday (with permission from my surgeon's nutritionist), which bumped my protein intake up and freed me from the dreaded Isopure drinks. Last night I strained a can of Campbell's French Onion soup and had about 1/3 c. for dinner (while everyone else at the table tucked into pasta, meatballs, garlic bread and salad).
Today I'm planning to go out and tackle some errands. Oh, but before that I'm going to weigh in. I'm trying to be all Zen about this, but frankly my dear if I don't lose some el-bees during this hellish clear liquids phase, someone's got some 'splaining to do.
**UPDATE**
Scale says I've lost 3.5 pounds since morning of the surgery, for a total of 16.5 pounds down since my surgery consult in early October. Still a long way to go, but ... YAYYYYY!
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