2 Weeks after

It's been 2 weeks since my surgery. As I stated in my last blog, my hospital experience was very good. Now comes the fun of trying to figure out HOW and WHEN to eat. Throughout my life it's always been, "only eat when you are hungry." Not so in this new WLS life. Now it's about timing, timing, timing.

For instance. This morning I woke at 6:15, got the child off to school by 7:00. My husband got up at 7:30 and was sweet enough to make me an egg for breakfast. It was almost one hour since waking that I finally ate. You may not think that is a long time, except when your body needs to eat every couple of hours and your last meal prior to breakfast was a snack around 9:30 the night before. So, do the math. That's 10 hours my body has been patiently waiting for it's next round of nourishment.

Now onto the emotional and physical side of things. My husband had a sentence in one of his blogs that stated, "if it wasn't for the 6 little incisions on my tummy, I'd never had known I had surgery." That rings true with me as well. My SURGERY and recovery afterwards have been a breeze. It's the other things that have me feeling less than 100%. Like the pneumonia I got while I was in the hospital. The fun of antibotics for the next 7 days. Please keep in mind that attempting to take the pill form of an antibotic right after surgery would be a terrible (TERRIBLE) mistake. So they prescribed me a liquid. Icky ca ca. I usually don't have a problem with medication, but everything I need to take at this point is liquid. I swear, if I didn't know better, I'd think it's eating away the tastebuds. No matter how much I rinsed out my mouth after taking the meds, I could still taste it. GROSS!
But, I sucked it up, thought to myself, "Tia...this is about your heath. You HAVE to take this nasty tasting stuff. It's not an option. Pneumonia just doesn't go away, left untreated." And so I took it.
Now I find out I have a yeast infection and Thrush caused from taking the antibotics. Amazing how modern medicine works, huh? Starting later today (after getting the prescriptions filled) I get to start on a whole new regiment of things to get my outsides to feel as good as my insides. I KNOW I WILL GET THROUGH THIS. I KNOW I WILL GET THROUGH THIS.

I know you have read this a 100 times before, but even with the crap I am currently experiencing, I'd still go through with the surgery again without a doubt. Any woman can get a yeast infection from taking antibotics. Heck, my girlfriend told me she got one just today. So this, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the surgery itself. Do not be discouraged that little things can happen afterwards. It's a part of life, no matter what your situation is.

As for the weight loss....I have lost 20.6 pounds in 13 days. I can't complain about that at all. I am flabbergasted at the fact that after having this major surgery, I'm not taking 3-4 naps a day trying to recover. Heck, yesterday and (so far) today I've not had a nap at all. I can't imagine having Gastric Bypass Surgery in any other way but laparoscopically. The energy I feel, so soon after surgery is amazing. My husband and I used to talk about taking nightly walks. Now we do it. We started with a casual stroll, then added a little more distance. Now we are adding speed. I think next week we might have to add some more distance again. We have goals of riding bicycles together, riding horses (without the horses dying under our weight). I want to parasail with my daughter when we go to Maui. I couldn't do that the last time we went. I will not embarrass her or me again.

Well, I've talked my own ear off, so I will close this blog for not. I will post another entry soon. Stay tuned..............