19 days post op.

Well it has been an interesting week, to say the least. I saw my surgeon last Friday and was bumped up to the pureed-food phase. Woot! He said that my 30-pound weight loss is actually ahead of schedule, but most of that was lost during the liquid preop diet. I stalled for 5 whole days last week. Ugh, how frustrating. He was very reassuring, though, and I know exactly what I am putting into my body every day because I track it all on Sparkpeople. These last 2 days I am actually UP 4 pounds! WTH! I am chalking it up to the constipation I have been having. Hopefully that rectifies itself by tomorrow.

I asked my surgeon about the 8 large hives I have on my lower abdomen and the one on my upper right arm. I started itching a week ago and I thought a flea had gotten into th waistband of my sweats. It took me until Thursday to realize that these hives actually line up perfectly with where I got my heparin injections in the hospital. My surgeon agreed with me; they are my heparin injection sites. How werid is that???? He had never heard of that before and neither have i. Who gets an allergic reaction 2 weeks after the fact? Oh yeah, I do. :\ Also, my back is out. Like, out-out. I can only takes a few steps without that nerve catching on an osteophyte and it is really incredibly frustrating. After all, I am supposed to be walking!!!!! Just sitting here on the couch is doing nothing for my hemorroids, either.

But-and it's a big but, I am very happy that those first 30 pounds are gone. I am happy with all of the support I have and I have gotten lots of encouragement from my bariatric team and my family, so I know all of these issues are temporary. I did experience a little bit of dumping syndrome 2 nights ago, probably from the Spam Spread I ate, and I am NOT a fan. No more of that, I say! I am still very happy I got this surgery and that aside from this bumpy week things are going along swimmingly. Here's to a better week next week!!