Vanessa_M
Back to Work!
May 21, 2013
Finally, I'm back to work! I was going a little stir crazy at home. My doctor prefers that I stay out for 4 weeks. Not necessarily for healing purposes but because at the three week stage, I'm introducing mushy foods. Trying to balance the mushy foods, the protein and the liquids is a full time job!!! At any rate. Day one is done. I was ready to go to bed by 4:00! I had some more protein and muddled through job #2. Now, at 9:00, I'm trying to finish the last of my protein and liquids before I go to bed. And as we all know, there is no rushing the sleeve! I'm still taking little small sips of my protein shake, waiting for the burp, then taking another sip! Life is funny.
One of the cool things that happened at work today was the chairs. Weird? There are a couple of offices that have sturdy chairs with sturdy arms on them. Pre-surgery, my hips - those chairs - tight fit. Today I went in to one of the offices and sat right down! It wasn't until I was sitting that I realized "Hey, this chair isn't so tight anymore!" I was so excited that I said it out loud! I'm starting to see the NSV's that everyone talks about on the forums.
Right now I'm in the honeymoon phase with my sleeve. I love her, she loves me (most times). While I'm excited about what the future holds, I'm really nervous about what happens when my sleeve is mature and I can eat whatever I want. I am an emotional eater - I know that I am. Lately, life has been relatively stress free, but I know that can't / won't last and I'm wondering when shit hits the fan, how I'm going to react to it. I'm hoping that I won't dive back into eating!
The other adjustment that I am making is what to do in my free time. On Sunday, the entire family went to Friday's for lunch. I went too. I sat there while everybody ordered whatever they wanted and I had iced tea. The weird thing was, it didn't bother me. I wasn't looking longingly at what everyone else was having. I was quite content just hanging out with the fam. Pre-sleeve, I went out to eat probably twice a month (maybe more if I thought about it hard enough). That was my entertainment. Now I have to find new things to do with my friends. I wonder if my friends will want to do the new things with me? I want to do things that are more active - golfing, walking, etc. Maybe I will end up with new sets of friends! Who knows.
I'm rambling (which I guess is what a blog is for) so I'm ending this for today. I let 2 weeks slide without any updates, so I'm going to use this blog to keep track of the exciting haps with the sleeve!
