It's been a busy few weeks so I will try and recap the main points about how things have been going.
The weekend after I last blogged I had a massively busy Saturday. First up was the regional training for Stampin Up which I am a demonstrator for. It started at 8.30am which was rather an early start. I ate my "breakfast" there, a protein bar. It was a great day and I had a fabulous time. Lunchtime was rather hilarious really. The other girls in the wider team I belong too all sat eating their provided lunch and I sat there with my tin of chop chop chicken quite happily. Their food looked nice, smelt nice but I had no wish to eat.
That night I attended my good friend Anna's wedding. Anna had her weight loss surgery over eight months ago and she has lost stacks of weight and looks amazing. After 20 years with her partner they finally made things legal and it was wonderful to be able to share that special moment with them. I managed to make it to about 9.30, which considering the long day I had was quite amazing. I didn't really eat at the wedding, while there were a lot of protein options I was a little scared of trying new things in a situation where I wasn't close to home, so stuck to sucking on my water bottle and a small amount of protein bar I had taken along.
Last week was a mixed bag. After such a long day on Saturday I slept in very late on Sunday and then pottered. Back to uni on Monday but was feeling just a bit "off" so made the decision to take the Tuesday off. Which was a good thing, Tuesday resulted in yet another bout of the nasty tummy from the week before and left me feeling pretty drained.
I had really been feeling the pressure of the workload for my cognitive psychology course (lots of reading and a 25% test each eight lectures) and spent Tuesday searching for the solution. I was torn really - the course content itself I was finding very interesting but the pace and fast turnaround on top of my other two papers was making me feel quite overwhelmed. After much soul searching I made the decision to drop the paper. I feel that given the changes my body still has to go through, lessening the workload and therefore the mental stress makes sense. I can always do the paper next year, and if it takes a little longer to get my degree so be it. Once the decision was made I felt a real weight off my shoulders, so I know it is the correct one. Dropping that paper eases my schedule to the point where I am at uni only two hours each day, except Thursday which I have off!
Wednesday I was back to uni, still feeling a little off and yet again a repeat of the day before. I was feeling so bad I ended up at the nurse on the way home as I had a suspicion that it could be some sort of bladder infection but all the tests came up negative so put it all down to the rewiring business.
The rest of my week went well. Thursday was spent cramming for a test on Friday which went fairly well (I hope).
The weekend was full on. We have finally started on the recladding of our house and the building of a new deck. Although I wasn't helping I did a bit of running around on Saturday with the children and it was a long day. By the time hubby and the builder friend finished the first section of the house it was late so we decided to grab takeaway chicken from Gerry's Charcoal Chicken. I wasn't certain how I would go but am pleased to say it was fantastic and didn't cause me any problems.
Foodwise in general I am finding things a little challenging to be honest. My biggest problem is the complete lack of appetite/desire for food. I truly do not want to eat and have to force myself, which in itself is an issue. When I don't want to eat it makes it hard to decide when I know I have to, what I actually want. My repertoire of food is still pretty small, yoghurt, eggs (scrambled and soft boiled) chop chop chicken - chilli flavour as its the only one that doesn't taste like tuna, cream cheese, chicken. I did try baked fish the night before last and it was pretty nice, so that's one more food. I still haven't really tried vegetables apart from a small nibble of cucumber and some avocado. Some days I only get two meals, mostly because I just forget to eat. (and sometimes coffee is just more important) Never would have dreamed I would say that a few months ago!
Waterwise, I make still only make it through about 1.5 litres a day plus coffee and a little cranberry juice. I would like to be drinking more but it's difficult to manage the whole eating/drinking half hour rule thing well.
Energy levels are still pretty good. I am finding it a little more difficult to engage my brain at times but on the whole am coping with normal day to day life reasonably well. Obviously haven't started doing any official exercise but hoping that I will start soon.
Weightwise, just over four weeks post surgery, this morning I weighed 140.6, so a loss of 11.4kg in the four weeks since surgery. I'm pretty happy with that.
Anyway, over and out from me for now. Promise I will try and update more regularly....
Julz
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday already - ooops
Sorry for the non-blogging. It's been a fairly busy week.
Saturday night's trip out was good, was nice to do something slightly "normal" after a week of being at home recovering. Sunday brought a new adventure, I headed off to my WLS support group monthly meeting which is in Johnsonville (about a 30 min drive I guess) and drove myself there and home again, partly as a test to make sure I was ok after driving. It went well, I had an enjoyable afternoon with great company. It's always great to swap stories with others who have been there done that and pick up any new hints.
So Monday was extremely exciting. Headed back to uni. It was lovely to see my uni buddies and to be back learning although I'm still concerned at how behind I am with my reading. It was a fairly longish day (10-3) but I had a 2 hour break in the middle which I used to have a small rest after getting my text books. I had a slightly upset stomach during the middle of the day though which resulted in a small time on the loo. *blush* Not really sure what caused it, perhaps the increased movement, or perhaps the protein shake I had for breakfast or anything really. It happened the following day with a different food so I am thinking it was more likely just random. Considering that just over 2 weeks ago my insides were rearranged I guess it's not surprising that some things might take a while to settle down.
Foodwise I am doing well. Am managing a whole pot of yoghurt now and a whole egg!!! It's incredible that I am not hungry at all, I just can't believe that with such little amounts of food going in my body is not screaming at me. Completely weird. I've tried a few new things as well this week. Monday night my wonderful husband made a moroccan beef casserole for the family and I had a wee portion of that mixed with a couple of teaspoons of mashed potato. Even though it was such a tiny amount it was so good to have a different flavour. Tuesday night he really outdid himself and made Chicken Parmigiana using some chicken thigh, tinned tomatoes, pasta sauce and cheese. It was out of this world delicious. I was served up about a 1/4 of a boneless chicken thigh and didn't quite finish it but it was oh so tender and tasty and really nice to be eating with the family again.
The newest temptation (or actually lack of really) came last night. Hell's Pizza had a promotion running where all purchases made on the night the entire amount ordered was donated directly to the Christchurch Earthquake appeal. With a cause like that it was an easy decision to make an order. What I found hilarious was that despite it smelling lovely and looking great I really and truly had no desire to eat it. Sure for a moment my brain said hmmmmm but it didn't equate to the old feelings of longing that pre WLS would have happened if I was "dieting" and the family had takeaway. I did have about 3 kumera chips and they were really nice, and then happily went off and made a scrambled egg.
Physically things seem to be settling down fairly well. The odd lumps in the throat seem to be subsiding a bit more, still happens occasionally but nowhere near as much. Energy wise I am doing pretty good, even with starting back at Uni I haven't had any real issues with tiredness. The occasional afternoon I have laid down for a few minutes, and this afternoon I did doze for a bit but I think that is more the fact it's just one of those days rather than anything. I will admit to probably going to bed perhaps half to an hour earlier but that's about the extent of it. My fluid intake has increased slightly - most days I manage to drink about 1.5 litres of water plus most of a coffee and a glass of light cranberry juice so I think that's fairly well covered.
Oh and the big one - weight as of Tuesday (2 weeks post op) - was 143.8 - so just 600gms shy of 10kgs in the 2 weeks so I am stoked. I have had a few comments that people have said they are noticing it and my clothes seem to be fitting a little better so it's quite exciting.
Anyway, off to make dinner. I think it's eggs again!!!
Julz
Saturday night's trip out was good, was nice to do something slightly "normal" after a week of being at home recovering. Sunday brought a new adventure, I headed off to my WLS support group monthly meeting which is in Johnsonville (about a 30 min drive I guess) and drove myself there and home again, partly as a test to make sure I was ok after driving. It went well, I had an enjoyable afternoon with great company. It's always great to swap stories with others who have been there done that and pick up any new hints.
So Monday was extremely exciting. Headed back to uni. It was lovely to see my uni buddies and to be back learning although I'm still concerned at how behind I am with my reading. It was a fairly longish day (10-3) but I had a 2 hour break in the middle which I used to have a small rest after getting my text books. I had a slightly upset stomach during the middle of the day though which resulted in a small time on the loo. *blush* Not really sure what caused it, perhaps the increased movement, or perhaps the protein shake I had for breakfast or anything really. It happened the following day with a different food so I am thinking it was more likely just random. Considering that just over 2 weeks ago my insides were rearranged I guess it's not surprising that some things might take a while to settle down.
Foodwise I am doing well. Am managing a whole pot of yoghurt now and a whole egg!!! It's incredible that I am not hungry at all, I just can't believe that with such little amounts of food going in my body is not screaming at me. Completely weird. I've tried a few new things as well this week. Monday night my wonderful husband made a moroccan beef casserole for the family and I had a wee portion of that mixed with a couple of teaspoons of mashed potato. Even though it was such a tiny amount it was so good to have a different flavour. Tuesday night he really outdid himself and made Chicken Parmigiana using some chicken thigh, tinned tomatoes, pasta sauce and cheese. It was out of this world delicious. I was served up about a 1/4 of a boneless chicken thigh and didn't quite finish it but it was oh so tender and tasty and really nice to be eating with the family again.
The newest temptation (or actually lack of really) came last night. Hell's Pizza had a promotion running where all purchases made on the night the entire amount ordered was donated directly to the Christchurch Earthquake appeal. With a cause like that it was an easy decision to make an order. What I found hilarious was that despite it smelling lovely and looking great I really and truly had no desire to eat it. Sure for a moment my brain said hmmmmm but it didn't equate to the old feelings of longing that pre WLS would have happened if I was "dieting" and the family had takeaway. I did have about 3 kumera chips and they were really nice, and then happily went off and made a scrambled egg.
Physically things seem to be settling down fairly well. The odd lumps in the throat seem to be subsiding a bit more, still happens occasionally but nowhere near as much. Energy wise I am doing pretty good, even with starting back at Uni I haven't had any real issues with tiredness. The occasional afternoon I have laid down for a few minutes, and this afternoon I did doze for a bit but I think that is more the fact it's just one of those days rather than anything. I will admit to probably going to bed perhaps half to an hour earlier but that's about the extent of it. My fluid intake has increased slightly - most days I manage to drink about 1.5 litres of water plus most of a coffee and a glass of light cranberry juice so I think that's fairly well covered.
Oh and the big one - weight as of Tuesday (2 weeks post op) - was 143.8 - so just 600gms shy of 10kgs in the 2 weeks so I am stoked. I have had a few comments that people have said they are noticing it and my clothes seem to be fitting a little better so it's quite exciting.
Anyway, off to make dinner. I think it's eggs again!!!
Julz
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Saturday..... yes I know it's been a few
So things are trucking along fairly well really. It's now 11 days since my surgery and I feel pretty good. The pain in my shoulders is subsiding, occasional niggles but I am now fairly certain it is muscular.
Foodwise I am managing to eat around five teaspoons at a time I guess, this equates to half a pot of yoghurt or almost an egg. If I put something on a cruskit I find the best thing is to have my topping in a small bowl and scrape it on to the cruskit as I tend to only want about half the cruskit anyway. This morning I added a new "food" to my repertoire, mashed lite baked beans and cream cheese. It looks pretty gross but tastes really really nice actually.
Physically I am still getting some strange feelings. It's the only way I can describe it really. Outside of eating or drinking I quite often get a feeling a bit like when you have eaten too much and have a lump sitting in the top of your stomach. I have no idea what is causing it but hope it is just normal. I am managing to make it through about one and a half litres of water a day, plus most of a cup of coffee. I find that I get bored with eating rather than any real feelings of fullness, or perhaps that is just my new full feeling. I am not hungry at all, which is both fantastic and a little weird at the same time. It is quite a new experience to have to force myself to eat.
Apart from that things are good. Tonight I am going out for the first time since the operation, in fact it will be the first time I have left the house since I got home. SO looking forward to some different surroundings. Tomorrow is our weight loss support group meeting which I am really looking forward to and then on Monday I am starting back at Uni. So completely excited about that but also quite nervous. Fingers crossed my current energy levels manage to stay with me once I start doing more.
Thats it for now...... love to hear your comments too so feel free to leave me some :)
Foodwise I am managing to eat around five teaspoons at a time I guess, this equates to half a pot of yoghurt or almost an egg. If I put something on a cruskit I find the best thing is to have my topping in a small bowl and scrape it on to the cruskit as I tend to only want about half the cruskit anyway. This morning I added a new "food" to my repertoire, mashed lite baked beans and cream cheese. It looks pretty gross but tastes really really nice actually.
Physically I am still getting some strange feelings. It's the only way I can describe it really. Outside of eating or drinking I quite often get a feeling a bit like when you have eaten too much and have a lump sitting in the top of your stomach. I have no idea what is causing it but hope it is just normal. I am managing to make it through about one and a half litres of water a day, plus most of a cup of coffee. I find that I get bored with eating rather than any real feelings of fullness, or perhaps that is just my new full feeling. I am not hungry at all, which is both fantastic and a little weird at the same time. It is quite a new experience to have to force myself to eat.
Apart from that things are good. Tonight I am going out for the first time since the operation, in fact it will be the first time I have left the house since I got home. SO looking forward to some different surroundings. Tomorrow is our weight loss support group meeting which I am really looking forward to and then on Monday I am starting back at Uni. So completely excited about that but also quite nervous. Fingers crossed my current energy levels manage to stay with me once I start doing more.
Thats it for now...... love to hear your comments too so feel free to leave me some :)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wednesdayitis
Ok so here's what no one told me. Crying REALLY hurts. I've had a pretty emotional day today dealing with Miss 15 (long story) and whether it's just that I am more vulnerable than normal because of the surgery or just the situation I ended up sobbing my heart out earlier today. And it hurt, it really really hurt. I couldn't sob like normal, it felt like every breath in was hurting and every sob out was too. I was ready for laughing to hurt (already been told one or two jokes) but just wasn't prepared for this. So heads up for any pre surgery people - it does.
I woke late today and therefore missed breakfast. Which is naughty I know but I woke and REALLY felt like coffee. I didn't have one yesterday and figured dammit. So I am a meal down and don't know how to fix that. I guess I should have called Ruth or Zola but that only just occurred to me now but just asking on the WLS facebook group, hopefully someone will have a solution.
I managed to eat about four teaspoons of chicken mixed with cream cheese for lunch and almost an entire cruskit and felt really satisfied. I'm loving the chicken and cream cheese combo, think it will be a winner for way down the track too - easily portable for uni and damn delicious. I reckon I could add other flavours to the mix for variety.
I am finding my energy levels pretty good, a little more jumping up and down during the day just doing little things around the house which is awesome.
The shoulder pain is still there although I am starting to wonder now if it is shoulder tip pain from the gas or perhaps my shoulder was in a strange position during and after surgery. It's the arm my drips were in so I'm thinking maybe it was pulled at a funny angle and that is why it hurts. I guess time will tell. Might see if I can get the man person to give it a massage tonight with my lush wiccy magic muscles massage bar.
Anyway, that's me signing off for the night, off to spend some quality time with my family.
xx
I woke late today and therefore missed breakfast. Which is naughty I know but I woke and REALLY felt like coffee. I didn't have one yesterday and figured dammit. So I am a meal down and don't know how to fix that. I guess I should have called Ruth or Zola but that only just occurred to me now but just asking on the WLS facebook group, hopefully someone will have a solution.
I managed to eat about four teaspoons of chicken mixed with cream cheese for lunch and almost an entire cruskit and felt really satisfied. I'm loving the chicken and cream cheese combo, think it will be a winner for way down the track too - easily portable for uni and damn delicious. I reckon I could add other flavours to the mix for variety.
I am finding my energy levels pretty good, a little more jumping up and down during the day just doing little things around the house which is awesome.
The shoulder pain is still there although I am starting to wonder now if it is shoulder tip pain from the gas or perhaps my shoulder was in a strange position during and after surgery. It's the arm my drips were in so I'm thinking maybe it was pulled at a funny angle and that is why it hurts. I guess time will tell. Might see if I can get the man person to give it a massage tonight with my lush wiccy magic muscles massage bar.
Anyway, that's me signing off for the night, off to spend some quality time with my family.
xx
Monday, March 7, 2011
Monday.......
Ok so feeling a bit more mobile and less sore every day. The shoulder tip pain is beginning to cease a bit I think, in fact today I only had morning panadol (it's 10pm now) but will have some again soon. I even managed a few light chores this morning after I got up, just picking up children's clothing and putting some washing on, tidying the lounge and loading dishwasher and wiping bench. Oh and a "walk" down the stairs and to the bottom of the driveway and back again.
Foodwise it's been an interesting 24 hours. Last night after my dinner I had awful pain in my chest, like a gripping/crushing pain, which I assume is from either eating too fast or too much or perhaps the wrong kind of food. I had some mashed potato, pumpkin, kumera, carrot and parsnip with some pureed chicken thigh and a little chicken gravy and while I didn't think I ate too fast it's possible. Anyway don't really want to repeat the sensation in a hurry.
Today I have kept things simple. Breakfast was about four teaspoons of lite yoghurt with three of protein powder and I didn't finish it. Lunch was about 100ml of an Up N Go Vive and then for dinner I had a scrambled egg which yet again didn't finish. I have managed almost two 750ml bottles of low cal lemon and barley drink today so that's feeling great.
I ended up having a wee nana nap on the couch this afternoon. I just randomly started feeling a bit odd, hard to explain. A little pain in my lower back and just a bit of a yuck feeling so I lay down and napped for a few hours. It's the first daytime nap I've had since Friday so I think Im doing well.
I need to make a decision as to when I will head back to Uni. Lectures started last week so I have missed all the early lectures, which of course means all the intro info. I do have all the lecture outlines but they make almost no sense. I also need to make a decision as to whether I continue along with the plan I had to take three papers (2 psych and one criminology) or whether to drop it down to two papers which will give me a whole day off each week. I'm torn, I want to do well (perfectionist streak in me) but I also want to keep on track with the plan to finish my degree in 3 years which entails the three papers this semester. The alternative of just two papers would mean that to finish my degree on time I would either have to take four papers in both semesters next year, or push out finishing my degree for at least another semester. Decisions decisions. I'm feeling great brain wise at the moment but worried that once I started doing more I will find my energy levels and attention span beginning to suffer.
Anyway, enough of my musings for today.
Hope all those out there following have a great day :)
Foodwise it's been an interesting 24 hours. Last night after my dinner I had awful pain in my chest, like a gripping/crushing pain, which I assume is from either eating too fast or too much or perhaps the wrong kind of food. I had some mashed potato, pumpkin, kumera, carrot and parsnip with some pureed chicken thigh and a little chicken gravy and while I didn't think I ate too fast it's possible. Anyway don't really want to repeat the sensation in a hurry.
Today I have kept things simple. Breakfast was about four teaspoons of lite yoghurt with three of protein powder and I didn't finish it. Lunch was about 100ml of an Up N Go Vive and then for dinner I had a scrambled egg which yet again didn't finish. I have managed almost two 750ml bottles of low cal lemon and barley drink today so that's feeling great.
I ended up having a wee nana nap on the couch this afternoon. I just randomly started feeling a bit odd, hard to explain. A little pain in my lower back and just a bit of a yuck feeling so I lay down and napped for a few hours. It's the first daytime nap I've had since Friday so I think Im doing well.
I need to make a decision as to when I will head back to Uni. Lectures started last week so I have missed all the early lectures, which of course means all the intro info. I do have all the lecture outlines but they make almost no sense. I also need to make a decision as to whether I continue along with the plan I had to take three papers (2 psych and one criminology) or whether to drop it down to two papers which will give me a whole day off each week. I'm torn, I want to do well (perfectionist streak in me) but I also want to keep on track with the plan to finish my degree in 3 years which entails the three papers this semester. The alternative of just two papers would mean that to finish my degree on time I would either have to take four papers in both semesters next year, or push out finishing my degree for at least another semester. Decisions decisions. I'm feeling great brain wise at the moment but worried that once I started doing more I will find my energy levels and attention span beginning to suffer.
Anyway, enough of my musings for today.
Hope all those out there following have a great day :)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Day whatever (I know it's Sunday)
Still feeling the love of being home for sure. It's so nice to have one's own normal noises, dishwashers going, washing machines. It's actually quite comforting.
Things have been relatively stable the past 24 hours. Still in a bit of discomfort, in particular from the shoulder tip pain which panadol is not really covering. I am about to try a shower followed by some arnica cream on them to see if it helps. I also have random odd indigestion type pains on waking and occasionally throughout the day that don't seem connected with eating or drinking. Apparently that is normal though so hopefully it will improve. And the burping is ridiculous, I never ever thought I could burp so often.
I managed to eat just half a scrambled egg for dinner last night and it was truly delicious. I'm not sure if it is because I am restricted to eating so much less but food seems to taste and even smell so so much better than it did previously and I can appreciate the smell of something but not want to eat it. My amazingly wonderful hubby has cooked me up some potato, pumpkin and kumera which I am going to puree up and then freeze in single serves, and also some chicken which I will do the same with. Looking forward to have a nice meal tonight. He is cooking a potato bake for the family so I will just puree that with a bit of chicken.
The other thing I am finding hilarious is my coffee intake. I used to be a three cups of coffee to start the day girl. At the moment I am managing about half to two thirds before I give up and lose interest or it goes cold. I have taken to drinking herbal teas again as at least they are able to be drunk cold.
I am still finding it hard to comprehend the lack of appetite. I don't FEEL hungry at all and really do have to force myself to eat regularly. It is a really strange feeling - absolutely no cravings at all. Sometimes I have thought mmmmm that would taste nice, but that's where it ends. The drive to hunt out the whatever I think would taste nice has just disappeared.
Oh........ and I know it's naughty again but this morning I snuck on the scales and the registered 149kg. The 150's are gone forever and ever!
Julz
Things have been relatively stable the past 24 hours. Still in a bit of discomfort, in particular from the shoulder tip pain which panadol is not really covering. I am about to try a shower followed by some arnica cream on them to see if it helps. I also have random odd indigestion type pains on waking and occasionally throughout the day that don't seem connected with eating or drinking. Apparently that is normal though so hopefully it will improve. And the burping is ridiculous, I never ever thought I could burp so often.
I managed to eat just half a scrambled egg for dinner last night and it was truly delicious. I'm not sure if it is because I am restricted to eating so much less but food seems to taste and even smell so so much better than it did previously and I can appreciate the smell of something but not want to eat it. My amazingly wonderful hubby has cooked me up some potato, pumpkin and kumera which I am going to puree up and then freeze in single serves, and also some chicken which I will do the same with. Looking forward to have a nice meal tonight. He is cooking a potato bake for the family so I will just puree that with a bit of chicken.
The other thing I am finding hilarious is my coffee intake. I used to be a three cups of coffee to start the day girl. At the moment I am managing about half to two thirds before I give up and lose interest or it goes cold. I have taken to drinking herbal teas again as at least they are able to be drunk cold.
I am still finding it hard to comprehend the lack of appetite. I don't FEEL hungry at all and really do have to force myself to eat regularly. It is a really strange feeling - absolutely no cravings at all. Sometimes I have thought mmmmm that would taste nice, but that's where it ends. The drive to hunt out the whatever I think would taste nice has just disappeared.
Oh........ and I know it's naughty again but this morning I snuck on the scales and the registered 149kg. The 150's are gone forever and ever!
Julz
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Home sweet home
Golly it's so good to be back home again. Hugging my kids last night was just the best thing ever, especially since at one stage yesterday it looked like that was very unlikely.
So the story goes like this. Ring and order a shuttle with Airport Super Shuttle Hamilton for 2.15pm (latest flight check in is 3pm and it's around a 15/20 minute trip). I was sitting at reception well before 2pm just reading a magazine. 2.15 came and went, so did 2.30 by which time I was getting quite anxious. At 2.35 my cellphone rings, it's the shuttle company, they are sending a taxi and it is going to be 10 minutes away. By this stage both the receptionists at Southern Cross Hospital were aware of what was going on. When the taxi STILL hadn't turned up at 2.45 by which stage I had burst into tears at the thought of missing the flight and not getting to see my family, the amazingly wonderful receptionist Cherene bundled me into her personal car and started driving to the airport. I rang Air New Zealand to explain my plight, knowing we would not make final check in time by this stage and when I finally got through was told the flight was running late anyway. God I've never been so grateful for a late flight ever in my entire life. I was so amazed by the generosity of Cherene, offering a complete stranger a lift and even a bed for the night if I missed my plane (she insisted on coming into the airport to make sure I got on or otherwise "I'm taking you home to my spare room for the night". Talk about service above and beyond that which is expected in one's job. She refused my offer of paying for her petrol and time so by golly once I feel up to sorting it she will be getting a package in the mail for sure.
So am doing ok on the eating front. Don't really have an appetite so have to force myself to eat. Dinner last night was a few teaspoons of hummus and it tasted SO good. It was nice to have flavour again. I also had a tiny taste of the hubbys pasta sauce too. I must admit to being kinda scared of overeating, I have absolutely no idea what full/satisfied means. Still in a bit of pain, the shoulder tip pain is the worst at the moment, thought I had dodged a bullet there but obviously not. My wounds are annoying, one in particular bled quite a bit and now the blood is dried it hurts when I move. I can take the dressings off today so hopefully that will help. The burping isn't much fun, Im really hoping that eventually dies down. I seem to be burping constantly almost.
Slept like a log last night, even managing to sleep on my side which was utter bliss after having to sleep on my back in the hospital. Sure made for a solid nights sleep.
Anyway, thats about it for today, think it's safe to go and have a drink now. I think it will take a bit of getting used to not being able to eat and drink at the same time and figuring out when to do which. I always used to be a get up and have a couple cups of coffee before I even thought about food girl but somehow I think that might have to change which sucks but thems the breaks.
Ciao for now
Julz :)
PS - even though everyone says not too, I jumped on the scales this morning and have lost a couple of kilos since the day I left for surgery - WIN!!!
So the story goes like this. Ring and order a shuttle with Airport Super Shuttle Hamilton for 2.15pm (latest flight check in is 3pm and it's around a 15/20 minute trip). I was sitting at reception well before 2pm just reading a magazine. 2.15 came and went, so did 2.30 by which time I was getting quite anxious. At 2.35 my cellphone rings, it's the shuttle company, they are sending a taxi and it is going to be 10 minutes away. By this stage both the receptionists at Southern Cross Hospital were aware of what was going on. When the taxi STILL hadn't turned up at 2.45 by which stage I had burst into tears at the thought of missing the flight and not getting to see my family, the amazingly wonderful receptionist Cherene bundled me into her personal car and started driving to the airport. I rang Air New Zealand to explain my plight, knowing we would not make final check in time by this stage and when I finally got through was told the flight was running late anyway. God I've never been so grateful for a late flight ever in my entire life. I was so amazed by the generosity of Cherene, offering a complete stranger a lift and even a bed for the night if I missed my plane (she insisted on coming into the airport to make sure I got on or otherwise "I'm taking you home to my spare room for the night". Talk about service above and beyond that which is expected in one's job. She refused my offer of paying for her petrol and time so by golly once I feel up to sorting it she will be getting a package in the mail for sure.
So am doing ok on the eating front. Don't really have an appetite so have to force myself to eat. Dinner last night was a few teaspoons of hummus and it tasted SO good. It was nice to have flavour again. I also had a tiny taste of the hubbys pasta sauce too. I must admit to being kinda scared of overeating, I have absolutely no idea what full/satisfied means. Still in a bit of pain, the shoulder tip pain is the worst at the moment, thought I had dodged a bullet there but obviously not. My wounds are annoying, one in particular bled quite a bit and now the blood is dried it hurts when I move. I can take the dressings off today so hopefully that will help. The burping isn't much fun, Im really hoping that eventually dies down. I seem to be burping constantly almost.
Slept like a log last night, even managing to sleep on my side which was utter bliss after having to sleep on my back in the hospital. Sure made for a solid nights sleep.
Anyway, thats about it for today, think it's safe to go and have a drink now. I think it will take a bit of getting used to not being able to eat and drink at the same time and figuring out when to do which. I always used to be a get up and have a couple cups of coffee before I even thought about food girl but somehow I think that might have to change which sucks but thems the breaks.
Ciao for now
Julz :)
PS - even though everyone says not too, I jumped on the scales this morning and have lost a couple of kilos since the day I left for surgery - WIN!!!
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