Hello all!
Yesterday was my 7 week surgiversary, so crazy! I thought I would do an update on myself.
I've been doing really really well. When I first got home from having surgery I had a few issues with things like my nose having lots of sores/running all the time, drinking being difficult, an itchy hooha, and generally just not feeling well. Everything resolved itself with time, which I'm so happy about. Sadly I did get the rhino virus at about 3 weeks out. I was really dramatic over that and very unhappy. It stuck around for about a week and then finally cleared up. My doctor did give me Penicillin to clear it up but I was only able take that about four times before my stomach started to make me throw it up every time I took the pills. So I stopped taking them and let it run it's course.
As for food, I've honestly tried about 90% of food that I was eating before surgery. Now to anyone who's worried about me not sticking to the diet I'd like to emphasize that I TRIED the foods, I didn't binge. Also each time I tried them I pretty much felt done with them after. I ate small portions, became satisfied, and haven't eaten most of them again. I had serious cravings after surgery and over the past three weeks I've been getting most of them out of my system. Before surgery if I had a craving it meant I wanted mass portions five times a day for two weeks straight before I was satisfied. But now after surgery it means that I've had a few bites and was able to stop and still be satisfied. Funny how that works. I honestly haven't come across a food that upsets my stomach (knock on wood!). I've had breads, chicken, ground beef, turkey meat, rice, ice cream, tortillas, corn, soda, etc. Most of these things I've only had once or twice, because I didn't want them more then that. My favorite foods at the moment are; turkey burger patties with American cheese, pepperoni (on its own!), string cheese, meatballs (these go down so so so well!), eggs, this ranch chicken thing my mom gave me a recipe for, and protein shakes. It doesn't seem like much, I know. I'm just not that interested in food. But I get in my protein like a good girl and on occasion try to satisfy a random craving.
I'm working up to a full vitamin regime now. I'm adding them all in very slowly as my stomach does get iffy with them. But I have no trouble swallowing them, which I'm glad for. I'm just now getting in some light activity, I just haven't been too stressed about it. The hardest thing for me honestly is eating/drinking slower and smaller bites and drinks. I've made myself sick two or three times because I wasn't slow enough. I don't know why that mental aspect has been so tough for me. I never realized how much I despise eating/drinking slowly Lol. Other then that I've been going strong. At my last doc appt, which was three weeks ago, I was down 30 pounds. I don't have another appt until the middle of March and won't know how much I'm down again til then. I told my dad to hide our scale at around three weeks out because I was getting obsessed with weighing myself and didn't want the obsession to worsen. So now I just notice things by fit, like my rings that slide right off and my jeans that fit perfectly now as opposed to not being able to zip before surgery haha.
So ya, DS life has been good to me. I still come to the board just about everyday. But I tend to lurk and read. I hope everyone is doing well and thank you if you made it through this novel!
Yesterday was my 7 week surgiversary, so crazy! I thought I would do an update on myself.
I've been doing really really well. When I first got home from having surgery I had a few issues with things like my nose having lots of sores/running all the time, drinking being difficult, an itchy hooha, and generally just not feeling well. Everything resolved itself with time, which I'm so happy about. Sadly I did get the rhino virus at about 3 weeks out. I was really dramatic over that and very unhappy. It stuck around for about a week and then finally cleared up. My doctor did give me Penicillin to clear it up but I was only able take that about four times before my stomach started to make me throw it up every time I took the pills. So I stopped taking them and let it run it's course.
As for food, I've honestly tried about 90% of food that I was eating before surgery. Now to anyone who's worried about me not sticking to the diet I'd like to emphasize that I TRIED the foods, I didn't binge. Also each time I tried them I pretty much felt done with them after. I ate small portions, became satisfied, and haven't eaten most of them again. I had serious cravings after surgery and over the past three weeks I've been getting most of them out of my system. Before surgery if I had a craving it meant I wanted mass portions five times a day for two weeks straight before I was satisfied. But now after surgery it means that I've had a few bites and was able to stop and still be satisfied. Funny how that works. I honestly haven't come across a food that upsets my stomach (knock on wood!). I've had breads, chicken, ground beef, turkey meat, rice, ice cream, tortillas, corn, soda, etc. Most of these things I've only had once or twice, because I didn't want them more then that. My favorite foods at the moment are; turkey burger patties with American cheese, pepperoni (on its own!), string cheese, meatballs (these go down so so so well!), eggs, this ranch chicken thing my mom gave me a recipe for, and protein shakes. It doesn't seem like much, I know. I'm just not that interested in food. But I get in my protein like a good girl and on occasion try to satisfy a random craving.
I'm working up to a full vitamin regime now. I'm adding them all in very slowly as my stomach does get iffy with them. But I have no trouble swallowing them, which I'm glad for. I'm just now getting in some light activity, I just haven't been too stressed about it. The hardest thing for me honestly is eating/drinking slower and smaller bites and drinks. I've made myself sick two or three times because I wasn't slow enough. I don't know why that mental aspect has been so tough for me. I never realized how much I despise eating/drinking slowly Lol. Other then that I've been going strong. At my last doc appt, which was three weeks ago, I was down 30 pounds. I don't have another appt until the middle of March and won't know how much I'm down again til then. I told my dad to hide our scale at around three weeks out because I was getting obsessed with weighing myself and didn't want the obsession to worsen. So now I just notice things by fit, like my rings that slide right off and my jeans that fit perfectly now as opposed to not being able to zip before surgery haha.
So ya, DS life has been good to me. I still come to the board just about everyday. But I tend to lurk and read. I hope everyone is doing well and thank you if you made it through this novel!
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