Bypass +3

And then it hit me.

After a couple of days feeling full of beans my energy level just fell off a cliff. My surgeon said it was likely so I don't feel any enormous emotional upheaval but it really does feel different. I'm still pain free with no gastric issues I'm just physically tired all of a sudden.

Taking it easy is, unsurprisingly, the obvious response. Instead of fighting it I'm napping, sipping and walking - no pressure.

My first puréed meal was very welcome. I had made up a batch of beef ragu, puréed it and frozen it pre-op. It goes down well, little nibbles from the tip of a teaspoon of rich rich flavours and at least some texture. Feels good.

I'm not very conscious of any particular sense of construction in my stomach, I assume I'm just sipping at a good pace and I haven't come up against it. Like most things I'm sure that that sense of capacity will come with time.

All in all I couldn't ask for a more benevolent start to this journey. No complaints here.