sonyamarie75
16 days post op
Sep 05, 2013
It's been a while since I updated. I was feeling a little (ok- ALOT) under the weather.
Remember how I said I wasn't having any issues with nausea? I have it now. It comes on hard and strong at times. Up until yesterday I was still on liquids, so I never actually threw anything up, but I did dry heave over and over, which hurt!). I do have to say that it didn't last all day so I was able to get enough fluids in to stay hydrated enough not to have serious problems. I couldn't really tolerate protein shakes or anything other than clear liquids and cream of wheat. I was also feeling really fatigued. It's a lot like being pregnant. On the worst days, I had secret thoughts of regret for having surgery in the first place.
I had my post op appointmentt yesterday and was advanced to phase 3- soft foods. The dietician thought that might help with the nausea, and it has. Other than when I tried to get down my multivitamin I did great. Those first few bites of food were amazing. I had a couple of bites of tuna salad. It was the hickory smoked flavor you can buy in the packets. Who knew tuna could taste so good? Ha! I left the appointment feeling encouraged- that the nausea wouldn't last forever and excited to EAT! I am down about 42 lbs total-give or take a few pounds due to scale differences. Specifically, I've lost 16 pounds since surgery. I am no longer morbidly obese and I may get to come off of my blood pressure meds. Woohoooo!
Tomorrow I am leaving for the weekend with my friends to go on a scrapbooking retreat at a Bed & Breakfast out of state. I am very excited and need to start working on planning my food. I got the menu in advance and there isn't much I can eat. I need to call the B& B to let them know I am bringing my own food but I am feeling anxious and guilty (??) about that for some reason. I'm not really sure why expect maybe that I just don't want to be a pain. I'm going to have to learn to be more assertive though. The worse case scenario is that the owner says no- that there isn't any fridge space, but then I just bring a cooler, right? My husband is amazing for letting me leave for the weekend and staying at home with the baby.
I go back to work next week and plan to try to ramp up the exercise as well. I'm not sure how that is going to go. I've definitely gotten used to napping during the day. They tend to frown on that at work. :)
