More Nyquil please..

I’m sick.

My boyfriend, although I love him dearly, got me sick. Sore throat, cough, congestion, you name it. I haven’t been sick in a long time, and for those who know me, know I am a huge baby when it comes to being sick. The worse part, is I can’t take the medicine I am used to taking because of my surgery. I had to buy liquid tylenol cold, which taking that is almost as bad as being sick. I wish they would make cold medicine taste at least halfway decent. I still can’t sleep because my left incision is bothering me still so I can’t get comfortable. Nate is also sick so he is up most of the night coughing or snoring. So sleep This is not the way I wanted to spend my last week off work. I wanted to have some fun, see my friends, go through all the clothes I have and get rid of stuff. It isn’t really looking to good for me.

Monday I have my appointment with the surgeon, and if all goes well, I go back to work on Tuesday. I am excited to be able to go back to work, so have interaction with people again. As soon as I go back to work I will probably wish to have time off again. It’s a vicious cycle. I think if I were feeling better I would be enjoying my time off more. I mean, its not horrible, I can basically do what I want, but this fucking incision won’t heal correctly and it is really putting a hinder on my life. I can’t move around, I can’t sleep. I have a lot to do before I go back to work and I can’t while I’m in pain.

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The good thing is I am eating well, getting all my protein and water in. Thanks to my WONDERFUL brother-in-law, I have a bunch of the best chili ever.So I’ve been eating the chili for lunch for a few days, and its been amazing. It tastes good and it gives me a ton of protein. I was also kind of bad and had a little piece of Nate’s homemade corn bread. It’s basically two things I’m not supposed to have for a few months (bread and corn), but it went down fine, and I didn’t have a bad reaction to it. Nate and I ordered chinese for the first time since my surgery. I got just got pain steamed chicken and chinese veggies with a brown sauce on the side. Since I wasn’t sure of the sugar content of the sauce, I didn’t use very much of it, and it all went down fairly well. It makes me happy that I will still be able to order out and have a normal life.


Lately I haven’t been able to eat in the morning, so I usually have a glass of milk for breakfast. For lunch I usually have leftovers, like today I had salmon with a Dijon mustard sauce, and green beans with italian cheese.

I made the salmon last night, and Nate LOVED it. I didn’t have honey dijon mustard, so I just used regular dijon and added some honey. I sauteed green beans in a little butter, and salt and pepper. Then I took some shredded italian cheese and melted it over the beans. Yum-o.

For dinner, I turned to my favorite TV cook, The Pioneer Woman.

The meat is super tender after it cooks for 3 hours on low. I also add potatoes and carrots at the end to make a full one pot meal. Then I make a gravy out of whatever is left in the pan. It is super DE-lish and perfect for me right now.

I will post more of my recipes!

So far, I have lost 28 pounds since my surgery, and 47 total.

Once I hit the 50 pound mark, I will post some before/after pictures!