For some reason, I feel like I have banded for longer than a week. Is it because I'm feeling like myself again and I just have sterri strips on my incisions to actually show myself that yes, I did have surgery just a week ago?
I'm tolerating food pretty well. Like today, I had 1/2 cup scrambled eggs. For lunch I had a couple bites of cottage cheese and chicken noodle soup(minus the chicken and the noodles) and for dinner 1/2 cup tuna and 3 saltine crackers. That kept me satisfied quite well so I'm not sure if I'm feeling true restriction or is my stomach still inflamed from surgery. Whatever the reason.....I'll take it.
My doctor pretty much said to take things slow, chew,chew,chew, and introduce more foods slowly.I have to keep reminding myself that it's only been a week. I need to take things slow so I don't damage anything that I've been waiting a year and half for. I've got the rest of my life with my new tool of awesomeness, so why rush?
Oh my gosh... yesterday I was finally allowed to go from all liquids to MUSHY's!!!!
You would have thought I'd won the lottery or something, it's ridiculous to be this much
in love with food, I tell ya! But after having liquids like forever, the taste of 6 green beans
and 6 tiny scalloped (box style) potatoes was like HEAVEN!!!! Yes, a tablespoon of food
filled me up. I did take about 5 "sips" of water BEFORE I ate the food. Still trying to remember
not to GULP the water. Man... my chest tighten up and I was like woooooo! Okay, sip sip sip!
But I guess if I do it enough it will finally sink in! For breakfast I did get in my protein shake
so that (green beans and potatoes) was my lunch for a late afternoon snack I had a couple
crackers w/ peanut butter (oh to taste peanut better again... yummy) and then very late for
dinner I had about a tablespoon of cottage cheese and peaches and that was it for the day.
AND I was satisfied. On MY scale I'm down 28 pounds (nude) but at the doctors w/ my heavy
gym shoes and winter clothes I'm down 23. Okay, maybe my scale is off, but I'll take either one.
This is only 9 days since my operation!! I saw the dr. office Wed. the nurse checked my stitches
and said they are healing nicely. Two days ago I stop my pain medicine all together and I feel
pretty good. Walking much better, though light headed if I stand long probably co's well, maybe
I not getting enough protein in, but the nurse said not to worry about that til week 4, right now she
said we're just trying to get you healed. I was thrilled to see my doc just before I was leaving. He
came out of his office to give me a hug and said "She'll be a rock star before you know it." (I had
to laugh. I REALLY like Dr. Watkins a lot. I was SOOOOO grateful he repaired my hernia (also finding
a 2nd one I didn't even know I had) during my lap band surgery. My port is now right above my
belly button. He said mine is different than most people because he put it where the hernia was. Not
sure how that is going to change things for me or not, but "right now" even when I get sick (tell ya about that in a minute) I'm LOVING my band and sooooooo glad I made this decision to go through with this surgery even after all the negative I was hearing from friends. Mom told me last night, not
everyone is going to be happy your loosing weight - so do this for yourself and she told me that
she was proud of me. That made me feel so good! I have the best parents in the world!
Now about the "getting sick" - well I tried to take "Alive" a multi vitiamine for woman and man, I took one bit of applesauce (I had mixed it in there) and I was straight to the bathroom. I was like Oh Lord please don't let me vomit (esp. since my stitches are still healing) but I did a little, but it wasn't too rough - my body cramped up in my stomach (prob. co's I'm low on water) so I just stretched and that went away. NOt sure what vitamine I can take but that one went into todays TRASH! I haven't started my 30 min daily exercise yet. I think I'm going to wait until after week 4 (my own personal choice) I forgot to ask the nurse about that, but I do notice it feels like I can BREATH BETTER!!!! Like there's is not so much weight on my chest or something???? So right now I'm in a happy place. Thank God for my lap band!!!!
