One Month!

Sep 14, 2009

Well! One month post-op is H-E-R-E!!! WHEW! There for awhile, I wasn’t sure I was going to make it…but it was actually much easier than I thought! Let’s see…what’s happened so far…

I’ve lost 33 POUNDS!!! Wow. I know. Amazing. J I’m still not sure that I can tell in anything but my clothes, but it is still pretty exciting. J J J

I am SOOOO lucky. I’ve complained about pain and stuff a little (and only puked twice!!!), but yesterday I had my 1 month post-op class with others who went through the surgery around the same time as I did, and I’ve had it EASY!!! There were approximately 15-20 people in my class. I can drink a bottle of water (16-20 oz) in one hour…about 50% can still only get down about 4-6 oz. per hour. CRAZY! They need to push themselves more, and just do it. but, I’m not a physician, so I can’t really say that to them.  We’re supposed to get in at least 65 grams of protein in per day, I’m getting about 70 in (with Isopure, and cheese sticks), and there are others who can’t even get in 10 grams. I make it a priority, because one of the side effects of the surgery is hair loss, and I’m not ABOUT to go through that when I know how to stop it. J  There’s a girl in my class that has been in the hospital 3 times since 7/21 for dehydration…she’s actually got something wrong with her, though…I think!  And, some people can’t keep anything down, and are still on Jello…yuck.

The vitamins are STILL getting old, but I don’t have to have chewables anymore (except mine almost cost me about $200, so I’m going to get through them one way or another!)

My current diet consists of shrimp, tuna, white fish, crackers, toast, chicken and turkey deli meat. On Sunday, I get to start cheerios, lettuce/salad dressing, cooked veggies, fruit (no citrus). Yay for fiber!!! Ha.

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