6 days after surgery

much less tired--though i think i've totally messed up my normal sleeping pattern---i'm up ALL NIGHT--and that's not going to work for my day job. MUST get back to sleep at a normal hour--TONIGHT.

i have virtually no pain--but i'm itching where the steri-strips are--and that's starting to drive me crazy.

also, i take quite a few medications--which i used to swallow in one big gulp. that now takes 30 min or more--one pill at a time--and the larger pills either are cut up (into 6 separate pieces) or have been portioned into smaller one-pill doses (multiple) of the larger amounts. this all takes TIME to get down. then i feel very full--and i'm not sure whether they're going down that easily--or gathering in a lump somewhere. hard to tell.

i have been VERY hungry. this liquid only diet for 2 full weeks--i'll never survive it. :cry

i have esophogram appt on wed--then followup with surgeon's office-where i hope to ask if i can move on to more substantial food. i have taken pain killer as an appetite suppressant--it worked--but i'm sure that's not a good strategy.

i also have some light burping--don't know what that's from--hope that will ease up soon. or--is that a "rest of my life" thing? hard to know at the moment.

have i lost weight? oh, who knows. i'm only going to "officially" weigh at the dr's office. my scale changes depending on what part of the 100-yr old tile floor it's on. i can "lose" 5 lbs in 2 seconds--by moving the scale!

You're already one week down! You didn't think you'd get through the pre-op diet either, but you did. Come on girl...YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Great job you are doing well. Are you walking yet, that is really going to make the weight jump off. Staying on the liquids is going to give you a really good jump start on your weigh loss so relish in.