Sorry I've been out of touch...

...but my mom fell and broke her hip the night of my surgery. She has osteoporosis, and the bone completely shattered, so she had hip replacement surgery. My dad called me very early Friday morning while I was still in the hospital to let me know what had happened. My poor dad...the two of us were in separate hospitals and he was seriously stressed.

They moved my mom to a rehab facility after the surgery, and I've been spending every spare moment there with her so I've had very little time for anything else. She's finally home, and I'm trying to catch up and focus on me again!

So 2 weeks after my surgery, how am I feeling? Soooooo tired! And I'm getting cold sometimes, when I never used to. It's much easier to drink now, and I can take a drink like a "normal" person. I can't gulp or anything, but considering for the first week and a half I could only take a teeny tiny sip, this is major improvement. I'm eating soft foods as well, though I can only eat about 2-3 tablespoons of something over about 30-40 minutes.

I lost 13.4 lbs my first week...and nothing the second week. Yes, ZERO lbs. From everything I've read, this is a normal stall as my body is adjusting to the severely reduced calories. Nevertheless, I had a mini-breakdown and sobbed for about 20 minutes this morning. It's so discouraging to be eating practically nothing and struggling so hard just to drink enough per day, only to see no results. I gave myself a pep talk, and while I'm not exactly in great spirits, I'm dealing. I'm just reminding myself that I've lost 27 lbs in less than a month, and that's no small feat.

I'm so happy to see that everyone kept posting during my absense...I'm going to start browsing through those older posts and start commenting. So glad to be back!

Sorry to hear about your mom,hope she is doing better. I hear you I lost 12 then nothing your post really helped to explain it. I just thought 4 days out to soon for a stall.Well scale moved this am finally. I have been walking 1;5miles every evening with a friend .I cheated and had 2 bites of mashed pottatoes my tummy said no. Cant wasit to mushies

So glad to see an update from you!  And, so, so sorry to hear about your Mom!  Those types of things can be SO tough and I feel for you!

Glad to hear that things have improved with drinking...I am struggling with that right now so knowing it'll get better, helps! 

And, you are right...27 lbs in under a month is pretty darn amazing!!  And, this is only the beginning!  Congrats to you sweetie and so happy to see you back on here!

My gosh...so sorry to hear about your MOM. I know how it is when your taking care of someone and not well at the same time. Please keep your chin up and know that this can not fail, it can only take time. You lost an amazing amount already in a short time!! Be good to yourself and my best to your MOM!