5th day post-op

Ok, today was a bit harder for me. I've been on pain pills since the surgery and I decided to try and go without them today. WOW! All my incisions are fine except the one for my port which is still swollen and really painful. I hope nothing is wrong with it because I went to Mexico for my procedure so it's not like I can just make a follow up appointment if it doesn't get better. Also, today is the first time I've had hunger pains and they were super intense. I rushed home and had a protein shake which helped but it doesn't seem to tide me over for very long. Maybe I should be drinking more water, which is something I will try doing tomorrow. I don't know how everything else is going since I've decided to weigh myself only once a week and I did it yesterday, so I guess every Tuesday will be my big "weigh in" day. Let's hope I can make it that long without doing it since I am super anxious to know if this is going to be worth it. Guess we will find out, huh?:smile2:

Jaimemealy I hope things work out for you, unfortunately i cant be much help I had my surgery last friday but fortunately didn't experience much pain. One thing that helped me was to walk alot for the first couple of days. I walked as much as I could 20 to 30 min at a time. Another thing i did was to take yoga like deep breaths for a few minutes at a time trying to make my lungs work. As far as for the diet what has been helping me is smoothies, the only recipe i have so far is i use a few frozen strawberries some fat free yogurt just a little bit and 1/4 of a banana for sweetness and a little of water i dont use milk since you have the yougurt. Hope this helps and keep up the good work.