It's been a while. The surgery went well, if you can't tell from my previous post which was somewhat painkiller-laden. I got out of the hospital on the 10th of September, then trekked it on home from the hospital with the help of hubs. I think he secretly likes driving my car.
Anyways, recovery has been pretty boring. I spent my requisite two weeks at home. The first week I was in pain and slept way too much. The second week I was better, but still slept too much. Heck, I still sleep too much now. I had a good nine and a half hours last night and still took a nap this afternoon between shifts at work.
I'm finding out which foods are OK with my stomach and which are not. Apparently real sausage is OK but turkey sausage (you know, the healthy one), is VERY not OK. Chicken is also not great right now. I've been eating a lot of Wendy's chili. It's low in calories (who'd have guessed, right?) and tastes pretty good. So if I'm short on time, that's what I end up getting. It's better to have SOMETHING I can get quickly, I suppose. I can't eat lunch meat yet, and some cheese really upsets my stomach, so none of those meat and sandwich roll ups that people seem to prefer for me. Tonight's dinner is probably going to be pudding with protein powder mixed in. I don't know if it'll be any good, but at least it won't hurt my stomach any more.
I'm down 34 lbs since the start of the pre-op diet. My clothes fit better, but other than that, you can really hardly tell. I am not keen for the people I work with to know I've had bariatric surgery, so I guess it's good it really doesn't show right now. I've told my immediate family, and my mom is a blabbermouth so she told my extended family, but really that's all who know right now.
I'm not in the mood to be judged just yet. I'm exhausted and don't have the emotional fortitude for people to tell me I've butchered myself or that I've taken the easy way out. If they saw the lifetime dietary restrictions, etc. they really wouldn't think it's an easy way out. But whatever, I guess. People will find out eventually, I suppose.
