1st post-op appointment.

  Today was my very 1st appointment post op. I am down 42lbs and have been released to eat soft foods. This includes...Soft peaches, cottage cheese, pudding, apple sauce, ect. Basically anything that you could gum as my doctor put it LOL! I am really glad to learn this because the clear liquid diet was really getting to me. I can finally curve some of the hunger that I am feeling. Though in 2 weeks when I get my 1st fill I will finally be starting my protein diet. But, since I am still healing the doctor says I get to eat anything that I can handle.



  Now for a little update on how the past 2 weeks have been. And, since I said that I was going to be TOTALLY honest...here it goes.  Be for warned there is a bit of TMI in the paragraphs below.

  I did good the first few days. I mainly slept because of the pain medications. On the second day I was able to get up and sit in our recliner chair. I was feeling great and healing wonderfully. Though the clear liquid diet does some not so pleasant things to your body. Such as the endless diarrhea. Then a week after surgery I ended up with liquid build up in my right lung. This was caused by not being able to cough enough after surgery and only being able to lay on my right side. So add endless coughing onto the diarrhea and that makes a HORRIBLE combination. So now that I can have some actual foods the doctor said that that will finally be taken care of. So thank goodness for normal soft foods.

  So that is that. I have been doing this for two weeks. This chapter in my life is leading me down a great road. I just have to get over the few bumps and through a few of the pot wholes. All is good though. And, I promise to update this more now that I feeling better. Wish me luck everyone.