Month one and feeling...pretty good

Mar 27, 2013

My surgery was one month ago. The mind reels.

Let’s see. I continue to struggle with the holy triumvirate of:

1. All my vitamins, every day
2. All the protein shakes, every day
3. All the water I need every day

Most days it feels like I can nail one or two, and fall short of the other. Frustrating, since I really don’t need to eff up my health by flailing around not doing what I need to do. Part of my difficulty, I think, is that I’m just sleeping so damn much there aren’t enough waking hours in my days to get in what I need. Sleeping in too much because I’m unemployed and my schedules all stupid, but also due to a little lack of energy. Tomorrow begins my pureed stage (THANK YOU JEEBUS) and I suspect a leeetle bit of actual food will go a long way to helping me get my energy levels up. Then I can exercise more (well, walk more—won’t be cleared for “full exercise” till my six week appointment) and fall asleep more easily so I will (fingers crossed) start waking up at grownup time. Instead of shameful o’clock, which has been my usual hour of hauling-myself-out-of-bed.

Speaking of exercise and sleep, I’m hoping I’ll fall asleep easily tonight. My father and I took a “nature walk” this afternoon that, he later calculated, meant we covered about five and a half MILES. On foot! Egad! The terrain is flat (and mostly boardwalk) so it was super easy, even deceptively easy. I was feeling it in my calves on the last stretch as we headed back to the car, but up until then we were both charging along like it wasn’t even a thing. (Frequent stops to gawp at the wildlife probably helped. I saw a turtle!) Hope I didn’t overdo it. Didn’t feel like I was pushing myself too hard at the time, but who knows. It’s 11:09 as I type this and I’m all keyed up (and trying to finish my water before bed) but I’m REALLY HOPING that five and a half mile stroll helps me conk out. It’s been so difficult to fall asleep lately. (I said that already but it’s true, and it’s distressing.)

Not much else to report. I should mention that my tastes have changed some since surgery; I don’t think I’ve mentioned that before. My About Time shakes are SO OMG SWEET ARGH ICK. It’s a shame. Sweetened with stevia, and it’s just overpowering. Don’t want to turn to artificial sweeteners, though. Those always made me feel crappy pre-op so I’d rather avoid them moving forward. Sticking with the About Time and Jay Robb (better texture than the About Time but also SO OMG SWEET ARGH ICK), but hating the sweetsy-sweet-sweet aftertaste. Thank god for Unjury’s chicken soup flavor.

(Speaking of Unjury, I’d been excited about their Chocolate Splendor powder but I noticed it’s sweetened with fructose. I’m trying to avoid fructose so I never did drink Chocolate Splendor after my surgery. My husband used up the canister I’d purchased. Tasty stuff but I need to back away from fructose.)

No idea how much I weigh, but I’m hoping I’m below 190 at this point. It’ll be interesting to weigh in on the fifteenth, which is when I’ll see the nurse practitioner for my six-week. I’m at a weird point where nearly all of my “before” clothes are obviously too large but many of the smaller items I’d either hoarded since I first sized out of them or stolen from my mother are just a LITTLE too snug to wear comfortably. Frustrating, but with a little luck (AND A LOT MORE COMPLIANCE ON MY PART) their time will come. Soon, I hope.

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