Erin6573

I have been a bad post-op patient. Right now I should be on the soft food diet, but for about a week I have been eating "real" food. I'm chewing it up really really good and am very careful about what I eat, but I jumped ahead and went to real food. I have learned a lot over the last week about what I can tolerate and what I can't. I haven't thrown up from eating too much, so at least I'm listening to my body and stopping when I'm full which is about 5-6 bites of anything I'm eating. The only "bad" thing I have had was one small bite of pizza on Monday, other than that, I have been eating chicken noodle soup, string cheese, cooked fruit, grilled chicken. Good luck to you

I am two weeks out today and have already been back to work, been on a long car ride and I feel great! As for the lifting thing, I have lifted my 45 pound 4 year old on occasion, today in Target being one of them when I was getting him into the cart. I think that you will be fine with work and fine with the drive to Tennessee. Moving will be another story. My biggest obstacle is that I'm still pretty tired, especially when I don't get in all my protein, so I'm still a work in progress.

Your decision not to tell is your decision, period...Obviously you have your reasons. I have not told many people either. My mom and dad know, my husband of course and a couple of my closest girlfriends and that's it. I just could not go through with major surgery like this without sharing it with my mom, she would have been crushed if I did this behind her back, but she is very supportive as is my dad. I have two young sons so I needed their help for the first few days taking care of them as well so I could rest.

Good luck to you on your journey, but I think you will be fine two weeks out to go to work and even make the drive to Tennessee. You just may need some help with moving.