Thank God for my boyfriend who has helped me SO much since my surgery, and has done everything possible to make me happy. Look at the beautiful flowers he bought me!
Sleeping is a huge issue right now. I LOVE sleeping. I could sleep 10 hours a night and be totally happy. Nate says my super power is I can wake up in the morning and go back to sleep instantly. Not being able to get a full nights sleep is really starting to piss me off.
In the hospital, I could nap anytime, anyplace. I am not sure if it was from the medication or what, but I could just nod off in the middle of a conversation. Ever since I got home, no matter how tired I am, I can’t sleep. I haven’t had a full nights sleep without waking up since I got home from the hospital.
I slept in a recliner for the first few days since it was painful to fully lay down. Nate slept on the couch in the living room with me, because I couldn’t get out of the chair myself. My parents left the Sunday after my surgery, so I started sleeping in the bed most of the night when they left. I had to be propped up by pillows, and I only slept for a few hours there. I would wake up in the middle of the night, walk around, took more medicine, drank some water, then fall asleep in the chair. After about a week I was able to sleep in the bed all night, but I still wake up, and sometimes walk around.
It’s been better lately, and I’ve been able to sleep on my side and even on my stomach, which is a lot more comfortable for me. I think I’ve been sleeping better because I can finally sleep how I am used to sleeping. The only problem is a few days ago, my left stitch, the one I’ve had so much trouble with, opened a bit. Every time I go to sleep it opens again and I have to wash my sheets! I have to start wearing gauze to bed until it fully heals and doesn’t open anymore.
Food has been going well for the most part. In the beginning, I had a really hard time keeping anything down. Everything sounded really gross, and I was nauseous all the time. After having a conversation with my bariatric nurse, we figured out I wasn’t drinking enough water. I thought I was feeling sick because I wasn’t eating, so I would try to force myself to eat. But after realizing I was dehydrated, I worked on getting water in. I have to take small sips, and not drink too fast. I have to stop a half hour before I want to eat, then wait a half hour after I eat. I have tried almost everything on my list of foods I can have for the next 3 or 4 months, and its all gone down pretty well.
I went from the pureed stage right to the last stage, and bypassed the soft food stage. Things were going down so well, I just made sure that I chewed and chewed. I felt that I knew my body and I didn’t need to continue to the third stage. I’ve had ground beef, chicken, fish, shrimp and cheese that all goes down really well. I am still having a hard time with regular milk, yogurt sometimes and real eggs.
I am working hard to try to get 60 grams of protein in a day, which is hard when you can only eat 1/4 of a cup to a 1/2 a cup of food at each meal. I also need to try to get 64oz of liquid in a day, and I don’t count my protein drinks in this. I mostly drink water and diluted juice, and am pretty successful there.
For example, For breakfast today I had egg salad (It seems to be the only way I can have real eggs without it bothering me), for lunch I’ll have white chicken chili, and for dinner probably a greek burger (no bun or anything though.)
1 egg = 7g
white chicken chili= 12g
protein shake = 17g
Greek burger (with feta and yogurt sauce) = 28g
That’s 64 grams of protein. If I can get all that in today, plus another 40oz of water, I will be good to go
I will try to be better about updating the blog! I will post a few pictures next week if I finally get to the 25lb mark
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