Man, it's really hard to believe it's already been a month since my surgery!! There were so many months pre-op when I felt like surgery wasn't going to ever come...and now it's behind me by a month already. Crazy!!
The biggest news is the scale is moving again and in the correct direction. Man, that two-week stall really played with my mind!! Thoughts like "did the surgery really happen??" "Did he do it right??" "What's wrong with me??" Even a post-op appointment with the surgeon and nutritionist, who assured me that yes, the surgery was done and yes, it's very very common to stall around 2 weeks post-op and to just keep doing what I was doing didn't quiet the demons in my head. They can be quite loud and quite crazy at times!
Even before the scale started moving, I found a pair of denim capris in my closet that I obviously hadn't worn yet this summer and slid right into them. Didn't even have to unfasten the fly. Wow, did that feel good!!! I'm sure they were hiding in my closet because they had been pulled from rotation for being less than comfortable at one point...but that's no longer the case. Makes me wonder what else is hiding in there....
Also, soft food diet is kind of a joke. Technically I still have a week of toe Soft Food diet but really, I've been eating whatever looks good. Friday night, I had a small piece of pizza for dinner. That was it. One piece. Eaten very very slowly and in tiny bites. Totally amazing and totally satisfying. Saturday evening, I had one hamburger slider, (no bun), a couple bite-sized pieces of cantaloupe and a couple creamy cucumber slices. Perfection. Like - not only did it all taste amazing but it was the perfect amount of food.
I did have my first "not going down" moment on Thursday night. And the bite came back up with relatively low-drama...just a 'cough with results' as Megan told me. The pain immediately went away. I felt instantly better. It's definitely not something I want to happen daily or even weekly but it did happen and I survived.
So that's that!! How exciting, huh?? Scale's movin'...clothes are fittin'...Amy's eatin'. Life is good!!!
-XO!
Amy
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