I'm still here!
Good Sunday morning everyone! Well, today I am feeling a little worse for the wear. Not bad considering, but I feel a little beat up today. I spent most of yesterday either walking or sleeping. Took a couple of pain pills and that knocked me out, which was good because I didn't get much sleep in the hospital. I plan to do more of the same today, only maybe I can get a bit more protein in...couldn't drink much at all yesterday between all the meds I have been prescribed...too full....I hope this is a taste of things to come on the fullness scale....Wouldn't that be grand?!! Love to you all!
Cara
Cara
When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself. - Natalie Portman
I wouldn't worry to much about the water and protein yet. It will come. Your body has been through a big change and it is growing accustom to the change. It will keep improving and you will get a bit more down each day. Just do the best you can for today and the rest will follow. Like my doctor told me~it will come in time. Just don't expect you to be able to do everything at one time. It just isn't going to happen, honey. But I bet if you thought about things are better today than they were a few days ago.
Know that we are here for you cheering you on. Just think of us in our little OH cheerleading outfits with out little pom poms just a flying. Doing our little cheers. I never wanted to be a cheerleader~that was a good thing because I was sooooo fat. But now I love being a OH cheerleader. It is so much fun!
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
You sound like so much fun, even with pain and meds, (or because of them??).
I send you all my prayers and great wishes for a speedy recovery and hope you enjoy the losers bench and save space for me in November.
Sheri
Nov 5, 2008
16 pounds lost pre surgery
You bring back memories of those first days after surgery. Oh my. I had no idea how important that time was. But, more than two years later, after RNY, I look back and feel such joy that I did what I was told, and those first couple weeks were the beginning of the ride of a lifetime. I took a lot of naps...felt tired for two weeks, but then the energy began to come back, and the rest is history.
Welcome to the Loser's Bench.....and thanks for sharing your adventure with us into health, fitness and freedom in your body!
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Thanks everyone for your continued support and good wishes. I know the next few days are the real recovery days, so I am just listening to my body and trying my best to do as told, both by it and by my doc. I have been sipping on a protein shake - a lovely wildberry proti drink with lots of water and some benefiber. I'm current on my meds so far today, and I even had a nice cup of chicken broth earlier today. That warmed me up and helped. I've taken a couple of walks up and down the street to enjoy the autumn sunshine and even sat on my hubby's lawn chair in the garage for a while, trying to drink in some nice fresh air in big breaths to get rid of these gas pains. That is the worst of it all.....other than that, feeling sore, but pretty good for an over fifty chick just out of surgery. I have no regrets whatsover. I am thankful all went well, and I am here to complain about a little gas pains. Life is good!
Huggs!
Cara
Cara
When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself. - Natalie Portman
Is your wildberry protein shake your own recipe or packaged that way? I'm always looking for new ideas.
Take care and rest well,
Alice
I love Spring!!!!!!
The wildberry shake is the one my doc's office sells. It is Bariatrix Proti shake. I think it comes in a lot of flavors, but someone shared hers with me so those are what I am drinking. I couldn't find any I liked, but I like this one pretty well. It tastes like fruit punchy pink lemonade. It says to mix it with 6-8oz of water, but I've been mixing it with 16 oz and about 5 ice cubes...plus the benefiber. I am sipping it as much as I can and it even kept in the refrigerator for a while. I went back for it later, as I can't drink it all at once. I get too full.
Cara
When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself. - Natalie Portman
