I thought I show some pictures of what is a real aspect of post op. I have a picture of my blenders&sippy cups&measuring cups&scale. A picture of my water & gaterade&shaker bottles. A picture of my floor with me missing the waste can. I figure I wait every 30 minutes to get up and actually pick them up. Bending is not going well for me. Not well for me at all. I am actually living off of sugar free popsicles for my water intake. Water just tastes so bad to me and I havent started with the propel yet. So post op is moving but slowly & painfully

iamready4this

Adding some G2 to your water might help make it more palatable. I love your pics.. so true!

Congrats on getting through the first couple days.. every day should be a little bit better than the one before, and before you know it you'll be a couple months post op, and all these early concerns will be behind you

Adding some G2 to your water might help make it more palatable. I love your pics.. so true!
Congrats on getting through the first couple days.. every day should be a little bit better than the one before, and before you know it you'll be a couple months post op, and all these early concerns will be behind you [emoji6]

Yeah I haven't done the g2 add to water. I been in this little box of using the few things that are helping and maybe next week I will be open to adding more. Kind of like still in shock and adding more items to what I have been clinging onto is overwhelming to me right now. I dont know why but kind of tunnel vision mindset. As I get more days in im sure I will be open to adding more things to add to my water intake. I have a food&water journal and I have been writing down it all to make sure I meet my water requirements. Im at 29.5 oz right now this evening 2 days post op

iamready4this

Sugar free powerade helped me so so much

Sugar free powerade helped me so so much

Thanks. I got my dad buying me some as we speak

iamready4this

Those first few weeks, I also had "tunnel vision". If it worked, great, just keep doing it! Really push to get your water up to 40oz today. That's the minimum to keep you out of the hospital, especially in the summer months. (And if you are in the heat, then that's probably not enough). If you start feeling dizzy or getting dark urine, you may want to swing by some place to get a bag of fluids on board.

You're doing great!

Those first few weeks, I also had "tunnel vision". If it worked, great, just keep doing it! Really push to get your water up to 40oz today. That's the minimum to keep you out of the hospital, especially in the summer months. (And if you are in the heat, then that's probably not enough). If you start feeling dizzy or getting dark urine, you may want to swing by some place to get a bag of fluids on board.
You're doing great!

Thanks! Yesterday, my final liquid total was 45 oz of liquids!

iamready4this

So great!!!

Thanks for sharing your bedroom pics!!! It sounds like you are really focused on your healing now and giving your body what it needs to recover from surgery which is traumatic to a body.

Take good care of yourself, sending love and light to you and keep those fluids moving!

So great!!!
Thanks for sharing your bedroom pics!!! It sounds like you are really focused on your healing now and giving your body what it needs to recover from surgery which is traumatic to a body.
Take good care of yourself, sending love and light to you and keep those fluids moving!

Thank you dear. God bless you for your kind words

iamready4this

Oh the bending over. I remember that. It took me a week to truly bend to pick something off the floor. If I missed I'd just ask someone to get it or use a hanger. You get inventive.
My team was more concerned with me getting in water over protein the first five days. After that I felt well enough to start meeting those goals but water is key and you're doing well! You'll be turning the corner soon and feeling much better. I know exactly what you mean about feeling in shock. I felt like I had mild ptsd afterwards. Again, it went away within a week. Glad you have your dad to help.