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Two week check up--movin on to soft food!!
Oct 20, 2009
It was an exciting moment to have my two week check up today. Though my actually two weeks will be tomorrow, but hey I'm not complaining.
Asked about the chest pain, said it is a side effect from the surgery and he hopes it goes away. How pleasant is that to know I am wont be having a heart attach any time soon. Bad though he can't really tell me what is causing these horrid pains across my chest and how I can STOP them. Oh, well goes to show medicine is not an exact science.
Bright notes though, I have lost 25 lbs from my pre op weight. I am also advanced to soft foods!! Happy Dance all around.
It is strange I am down 25 lbs and can't see a difference yet, I am excited to know when I or family will begin to notice a change. Although, I was able to wear a shirt I couldn't fit in for the last several months because it was just too tight.
Left Dr off and headed to Taco Bell for some pinto/cheese. First soft food meal, I was so excited. Only to discover the beans made me nauseated. Go figure! I think it is the skin from the beans it makes me feel like I am trying to swallow flem. Hoping this will pass in time.
Discovered if I drink too many protein drinks I get diarrhea. Dr said not to stress try to drink one and then focus on high protein foods. He said there are a lot of people that can't handle that high concentration of protein or the whey.
Which brings me to a point of tension I am having with a few you-tube videos and post on OH I have read/watched lately. Many people have this attitude of just "man up" and down those protein drinks, it is a necessity for you now since the surgery. Well not all of can do this and we are trying to learn other ways to consume 90 grams of protein when we are use to consuming 900 grams of carbs. This is a learning process and grace is an amazing thing.
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Gloucester, VA
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26.1
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Surgery
10/07/2009
Surgery Date
Oct 06, 2009
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