Tuesday, May 21st, Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning Botts:

I am trying to get back in to the swing of things at the office place and am feeling a little overwhelmed.  So much to do and not enough hours to do it in.  Yesterday when I got home at lunch, I literally crashed.  I was wore out.  I thought I had my stamina back but not yet.  My eats for today are:

Breakfast:  Coffee & Miralax

Snack:  Quest Protein Bar

Lunch:  Quest Protein Bar

Snack:  Grapes

Snack:  1/2 Turkey Sandwich

Dinner:  Rotel Chicken

Snack:  NSA Ice Cream

Have a great day and remember those vits and fluids.

TT Pre-op appointment today at 2pm!

EATS

Early Morning:  2 cups coffee w/SF hazelnut creamer

B:  Quest protein bar

S:  Banana

L:  6 oz. Unjury protein chicken broth, 3/4 cup corn, 16 Wheat Thin crackers

S:  Quest protein bar, apple

D:  ?

S:  ?

TOTALS:   so far…  1090 calories, 68g Protein 

WEIGHT:  Pre-Op: 302, Current: 186 (Height:  5’ 7”)

Is your surgeon recommending a compression garment?  If so, I highly recommend the Marena Garment.  I have two and they are great!

I will wear a binder for the the first two weeks then after that he recommended Spanx.  I checked out the websites for Spanx and Marena garments and I think the Marena will be better so I'm going to get a couple of those.  Thanks for telling me about Mearena.

You are welcome.  The first couple of days you will feel like you are in a straight jacket but about the fourth day you will feel that you can't live without it.  I love mine!

I also forgot to add that I bought some men's sleeveless tank undershirts in a medium to wear under my garments so that the zipper and snap area would not press in so hard that it would make me itch.  They are working out great.  The band at the bottom of the undershirt was leaving a mark due to swelling so I cut the band off and now it works perfectly.

Good luck at the TT pre-op. You will do great!

Thanks!

Tuesday.... yea.. .. 3 more days to a long weekend... lol.. 

I had my blood work done today ... many vials of blood... I hope all will be fine. I have been good with taking vits and minerals, and I hope my iron stays steady... (since last year infusion) 

I noticed my chewable vits have sorbitol and since I am trying to remove all traces of anything that may cause gas (and pain)  - I bought some multi pills...  Even if I break them in half - they still get "stuck" almost every time. No wonder I hate taking large pills... But I will mange. I just need to break them in 4-ths.  That should do it.  Capsules would be great - but the only capsules I know that are any good are Celebrate - and they are bit too pricey for me.  

Beside that - I am getting used to mostly liquids food. The best thing out of that - not a lot of smelly gas... lol.. and I ma sure of of you can appreciate that....  

Still fighting the PMS blues today, but feeling better than yesterday.

B: 3 Mini Quiche (ham/veg) (71 cal) and AdvantEdge Protein Shake (110 cal), 2 cups coffee with 1tsp nondairy creamer (20cal)

L: Half of Jersey Mike's 'Sub in a Tub' (basically a sandwich made into a salad instead)   (175 cal for half)

S: Pumpkin Muffin (homemade)  (91 cal)

D: Other half of my salad above (175 cal)