4 days out, loving life

Day four, life is good.  Pain, minimal.  Incisions are healing nicely, some bruising around the largest, where I suspect they pulled the stomach out.  Dr. Richards said I had one of the largest stomachs she has ever seen.  May be why I can tolerate my 4 ounces so well.

Big surprise this morning was my blood sugars.  132 and I went to sleep last night before doing my Lantus.  They got as high as 212 in the hospital.  

Food today has been a lemon creme lite yogurt and my chewable vitamins.  Lunch, potato soup made with 4 oz of beef bullion, 1 tsp butter, about 1/8 c of 1% milk and 4 spoons of instant garlic potatoes.  So good.  Dinner will be ... possibly some jello and my protein drink.  Water is hard.  But I keep trying.  Just had a sf hot chocolate.  sooooo good.

Speaking of sleep, last night was my first night in my bed.  I fell asleep during the second set of commercials of 48 hours (6:30??) Didn't wake up until 4 when my bladder woke me up.  Promptly went back to sleep until 8:30.  I haven't slept that long in one stretch in YEARS.  

My weight at the hospital was 324.  I will be weighing once a week on Wednesday's.  Should have had measurements taken while my sister was here but didn't.  With that BigOlStomach gone, there is a difference in the way my shirts lay.

Life is good.  Very Good.

Glad you are doing good

You've had a fast recovery.  Keep walking and sipping the water :-)