3rd day and feeling much better

after being banded on the 16th, today is the first day that i'm really beginning to feel like myself. most of the gas pain is gone and my muscles don't ache like they have. it doesn't hurt nearly as much to swallow and my abdominal area seems to be healing up. i was able to sleep on both sides without much discomfort last night. i have until monday before i have to face the stress of work again.

last night, the hunger got to me. after 3 full days with no solid food and no protein to speak of, i gave in and made myself a soymilk protein shake. i just used about 8 oz of soymilk and one package of whole foods soy protein and mixed it up. i drank it over about half an hour and regretted having so much after awhile. for the first time since surgery, i felt full. very full. it took about an hour to pass and make me feel normal again. i got through that one without much of an incident, but now i know what i can handle and that i need to go slllloooooww.