One Month Post-Op

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau

Well, it has only been a month since I told my old life style good-bye.  A lot has happened in just a month’s time, besides me losing 33 pounds since I started this new journey.  I haven’t been on here as much as I like because I have been so busy out living life.  I have been getting together with friends a lot more than I ever did before.  I can’t believe how much energy I have.  I guess I have been lucky because I only had pain when I came out of the recovery room after surgery.  Besides that it has been very minimal; which I am very thankful. Only problem I had was an incision got infected, but I started putting antibiotic on it as soon as I noticed, then took all the bandages off and let it dry out.  Now it looks great and almost completely healed.  My family has been terrific through this whole process and I have discovered how much I really am loved by my husband and children.  I think we tend to forget that when we are overweight.  I know I did because I was so consumed with my weight and it affected every aspect of my life.  Even though it has only been a month I can truly say I am so happy.  My life no longer revolves around food.  My doctor told me I could eat anything I could tolerate and so far I have only had trouble with two things: milk and peanut butter.  I have tried these two things twice and don’t thing I will risk it a third time because I got very ill.  My portion sizes seem to vary.  I can consume more liquidly type foods more than I can solids.  Soups go down easy, but chicken I can only usually do 2 oz, or I feel sick.  I came up with my favorite treat.  I have been getting 4 tablespoons of sugar free cool whip and topping it with 3-4 frozen blackberries…yummy it’s good.  My goal is not to eat any sugary foods until I am at least a year out; however they have some great sugar-free desserts I will be experimenting later down the road.  Before surgery I could never tell when I was full, so I would eat until I felt like I was going to puke.  I was a meat/potato girl.  I have never been into the chip/cookie or such, but I loved Dove chocolate, so that will have to be a big no, no for me.  I guess I am lucky I didn’t weight more than I did.  Now I can tell when I am starting to feel full, and I stop.  I have only had one time that I got sick and vomited.  I ate a piece of halibut and I think I ate it too fast.  Five or so minutes later my stomach started rolling and when it came up, it was fast and easy and it looked like a little oblong bar of soap.  It was strange! I am starting to discover all the little bones that have been covered up by all the fat; like my elbow or even the bones on top of my foot.  I am just excited to see what I will discover next.  I would like to personally thank everyone that has been so supportive of me and has given me advice before and after my surgery.  It really means a lot to me.  OH is great!