Postop Randomness

Well, I'm now 4 days postop. Sometimes, it seems like my surgery was much longer ago than that. In other ways, I cannot believe it has already been 4 days. This is a very much an up and down journey. At least for me anyway. What I'm figuring out is my ups and downs seem to correlate with my pain level. I'm so very thankful to have the stronger pain meds. They have certainly made a huge difference for me physically and mentally. When I physically hurt, my mental state is down the drain. My physical and mental feelings seems to go hand in hand with each other more so since my surgery.

Today, I just couldn't seem to get full and I was running a low grade fever and I just generally was feeling kinda cruddy. It occurred to me that I was getting the vast majority of my fluids in with water. I wasn't drinking much soups. I made myself an 8 ounce glass of chicken broth and man did it taste good. But, the best thing is it filled me up. Maybe a little too much but the uncomfortable feeling didn't last too long. I also hadn't had any pain meds since the night before, nearly 20 hours earlier,and my level of pain was becoming bothersome so I took my pain meds. The benefit to that is they have Tylenol in them which knocked out my low grade fever as well as my pain. Wow! I feel so much better! Again, that physical and mental thing going very closely hand in hand.

On another note, today is the first day I've had any significant protein. I drank my entire 11 ounce protein shake. That's 30 grams of protein. It was so hard to drink. It just feels so heavy in my stomach. I read somewhere on VST where a girl thinned hers down with milk. I may have to do that. Anyway, that shake cured any constipation issues I may have been developing. It messed up my tummy something fierce and my potty and me were inseparable for quite some time. I do feel I accomplished two things though. I got in some protein and I avoided getting constipation..at least so far anyway.

I've been staying with my parents since being discharged from the hospital. My momma has taken such good care of me. I really do owe her a lot. I couldn't have made it without all she has done for me. That being said, I am about ready to go home. I miss my bed and I miss my girls----my cats Callie (aka Sweet C) and Kylee (aka Ky) and I know they miss me too. Oh, and I miss my scale. I haven't weighed since surgery and I'm curious to do so.

Finally, I want to give a shout out to the people who frequent VST - Vertical Sleeve Talk. They are wonderful and so supportive. I don't know what I would do without such a great group of people. I too hope I can be there for others who are behind me in this process.

As always, I wish everyone luck in their journey.

~Amy