Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since surgery.

Yesterday was my last day of giving myself the Lovanox shots at home! Yeah!!!! I think that was the worst of it all.

I also had a couple of Firsts yesterday that really made me happy and I feel alive again...if this makes sense. I went to the movies yesterday with my son and mother in law and then we went out to a late lunch. For me, this is kind of a big thing in that before surgery I worried how much my life was going to change. I worried that things would never be 'normal' again. However, I had a glimps of what my new 'normal' will be...and I like it!

Instead of ordering a diet coke and a large popcorn, I brought a Vitamin Water with me. My son had a meal deal that included a small juice, package of gummies and a mini popcorn (that he shared with grandma). He gave me his gummies (ya gotta love him) and I ate a few. I also had a few pieces of popcorn (yes I know it's early) but everything went down just fine. After, we went to lunch where I ordered a scrambled egg. It came with hash browns and pancakes. I immediately asked for a box and wrapped up the pancakes and most of the hash browns so my hubby could snack on them after work. This is the kind of place where when you order 1 egg, it's a double so you actually get 2. So I ate about 1/4-1/3 of the eggs and 2 small fork fulls of hash browns and I was finished. Since I was wrapping food already, I added my eggs to my box and off we went. I walked out feeling happy that I had a great social day and didn't feel deprived of food. I hope this continues.

That is so encouraging to read!! Sounds like a win/win sort of day to me. I am apprehensive about the social aspect of my "afterlife" because of how we just live day to day. I was afraid at one point that I'd be chained to a drab food-less (celebration-less) life, but once I realized that I was more afraid of being a slave to food & diets for the rest of my life...well, let's just say stories like yours give me a boost that I'm making the right choice.