Three Weeks Post-Op

Everything's healing up nicely, as far as the incisions are concerned.

My mood hasn't been so good in the last few days. Ever since I started eating the pureed stuff I'm getting progressively hungrier and hungrier, as thought my stomach (what's left of it) has woken up from a long nap, remembered it's old life, and begun to get very, very nostalgic. The 1.5oz that left me feeling stuffed just one week ago now doesn't satisfy. I'm gradually increasing that to 2oz. And I'm hungry again about 2 hours after I eat, so I eat pretty often. I also have to drink a lot -- rapid weight loss can lead to dehydration, so I have to drink all I can to prevent that. But I can't drink while I'm eating, or for at least 30 minutes after I eat. And again, I'm eating every 2-3 hours. So I'm constantly either eating or waiting to drink or drinking or waiting to drink. And spending more time than I should thinking about what I wish I were eating.

I'm also tired. I went back to the office on Monday, and paid for that with utter exhaustion on Tuesday. Into today, really.

And I'm frustrated and cranky. I'm not sure whether that's a separate symptom, or a reflection of the exhaustion and the hungry.

By my home scale, I've lost about 25.5 pounds in the three weeks since the surgery, or a total of 37 pounds in the four weeks since I started the pre-op diet.

I'd like to cue a musical montage to fast forward over the next couple of months. Song suggestions?

Comments

[- Commissioner Gordon]

"Running On Empty"?