Week 1

Surgery Date: November 3, 2015

November 10th made 1 week into this whole process.   The first few days at home were interesting. I was on a clear diet until Friday the 6th. My husband, a truck driver, was home from his over the road life and while supportive of me doing what I need to, he is self contained in his ways. He loves food...which made being around him hard.  I wasn't hungry,,,,,but man did I have head hunger. So everything I seen, I wanted to lick it or taste it in some way. That was pretty difficult!  Even when I started my Protein Shakes over the weekend, it didn't help. They are good flavor, similar to Chocolate Milk. (Premier Brand from Walmart). When he comes home he brings the junk food....so my son was sitting next to me eating some potato chips. I don't really care for them to begin with,,,but oh I wanted one so bad.  
On Sunday we took a drive to the beach. I just needed to get out of the house. It was nice to get out and about, even though it was raining all week since I had been home.  Then everyone else wanted to get something to eat.....and there was me, with my water bottle looking pathetic.  They chose Red Robin.  While the restaurant smelled great I was miserable sitting there sip sip sipping on my H2O.  I could have ordered the French Onion Soup and sipped the broth...but I couldn't pay that much for just broth. lol.
Monday, the last day my husband was going to be home before hitting the open road again, he wanted to go to Golden Corral....At least they had soup. Being that it is a buffet, I just ordered a cup to go so I didn't have to pay for the whole price and took it to the table.  I got Creamy Broccoli Soup....I wasn't ready, but man it tasted good. After a few mini spoonfuls, spaced out over several minutes I was feeling weird....not nauseous, or diarrhea, but got the sweats like if you have the flu.  I figured it was too soon.

My 1 week post op appt went well. Everyone is so nice there.  I was told to stop taking the Plavix (blood thinner).  The PA (Annie) checked me over and took my staples out. She even let my 10 y/o help apply the steri-strips. It was cute. lol. She told me to start walking more, for exercise...not just to keep my blood moving.  Dr Harris even wanted to pop in to say Hi and make sure all is well.
I was also told that I could slowly advance my diet to soft foods and go from there....if I don't tolerate it well then wait a day or two and try again.  I must say I am not enjoying this whole eating thing....I keep looking fwd to when I can eat real foods again, even if its in moderation this time.  Keeping up on my protein is no problem with the shakes and the water intake has been sufficient....but I just hate being so restricted. lol.

Pre-Op Weight: 250#
1 Week Post Op: 236#