Day 4 Post-Op Report

Hi all, Here's my daily report from my blog... Well, I won't hold back - Thursday SUCKED. I did a couple things wrong and never recovered... 1) I let my blood sugar crash. DUMB GIRL! I had a tall soy mocha around 8:30, then didn't "eat" anything again until almost 1:00 - by then I was light-headed and woozie...had 4 oz. of gatorade, a 6 oz. protein shake and a sugar free pudding cup. But, no luck - I still felt "off" all day. My new strategy is to "eat" every 2 hours or so, even if it's just 50-100 calories (popscicle, gatorade..), and not let that happen again. It seems eating 3 meals/day when they're 200 or less calorie meals doesn't cut it. No fun. After all that food, my blood sugar was about 110...so it had to have been wicked low. Ug! I'm not diabetic, but insulin resistant, so I have a glucometer I'm using just to keep this from happening again. 2) I didn't take a nap! Ok, exhaustion does not help people. I basically tried to push myself way too hard...I was trying to be "all better" which my body informs me I'm not. So, rest is in order for the next few days in order to be ready for work on Monday. I was doing so well at this too! I just go ahead of myself. In other news, I caved on the liquid diet. I called my nutritionist after #1 above happened and said that I can't do it! She assured me I can, and allowed me to add pureed foods - nothing that has to be chewed and to drink water with them to help liquify as much as possible. I was like, "AMEN!" - though it's largely mental, knowing that I can add some items of substance really helps me emotionally - things like hummus, thinned out mashed potatoes...though I did have my favorite vegan corn chowder for dinner - like a whole cup of it - and it was awesome! (it's smooth - no corn pieces at all!) It felt so good to feel like I was actually eating... "Eating" (re: drinking), however, continues to be interesting and difficult. Each time my belly is like, "um, yeah, what the **** are you doing here? why you gotta go and bug me like this?" followed up with a variety of digestive activities and usually some hearty trapped-gas pains in my chest and back. Joy! Eating is now a 5-second pleasure - the part when I get to actually eat - the rest is all a game of negotiating the impact. That said, this is the healing phase - it won't always be like this! But I won't lie and say that makes it any better in the moment... Onward! I am starting to figure out my 'new body' and I'm sure as I do, things will get better and better. I have a 1 p.m. post-op doc appt. today, we'll see what he says...DP tells me though I feel like crap, I look fabulous - my complexion is perfect, cheeks pink... There's something I suppose Hopefully today will be better! ~Jenn

Hey Jen Thanks for sharing that. I love to read everyones progress. So your noticing the perfect complexion too? Every since I started eating right, my skin looks great. Have a nice day, Kay

...oh the journey! I'm imagining that everyday, you'll be faced with new "gotta remember thats'" and "holy sh**, don't ever do that again!" You face it all with humor and a bit of sarcasm: I like that! Remember to get your rest. You really do need it... Thank you for keeping us up to snuff on the recovery... Jessica

Jenn- I'm preop and hope to have a duodenal switch sooner than later. I guess whatever WLS one opts for there's quite a learning curve postop. Sounds like you're right in the middle of figuring things out. Onward indeed ! to pink cheeks,great complextions and DP's too!