*boom* Week One Down!

Well, it's been a week since I changed my life. It's been a rough one too. I went home from the hospital on Wednesday early afternoon and around 9:30 pm, my calves were hurting...I was freaking out. All I could think was "OMG! It's a clot!" So, my Mom took me into the ER as per docs recommendation. He even called them to let them know I was coming in. Worst. Idea. Ever. The ER was packed to begin with, then every 10 minutes an ambulance would bring somebody in. I sat in the lobby long enough for the pain pills I had taken earlier to wear off. I was in pain and crabby. I was going to leave...obviously they weren't too concerned or I wouldn't be so low on the triage scale. But, the jerkface triage nurse convinced me to stay. Another 45 minutes later, they brought me back. Thankfully there weren't any clots...doc said it was probably from anesthesia or just sore muscles. She shot me full of pain killers, said some very sweet words of support and sent me on my way. I finally got home around 4 and crashed.

 

The rest of the week held a lot of napping, water sipping and walking around the house. I even made it to the Children's Museum with Jim and the kids! I was exhausted afterward, but I did it! Then on Saturday, a friend of a friend that had also had weight loss surgery, said if I was exhausted as I was, I wasn't getting enough protein. Truth was, I wasn't getting any. My surgeon told me "clear liquids for a week" when he discharged me. Well, I'm pretty sure it was killing me. I decideit was time to move onto the "full liquid phase" so that I could start drinking protein shakes. I also started adding unflavored protein to soups and applesauce for good measure. The next day I was feeling MUCH better.

I am so grateful for my family. Hubby took the whole week off work to be able to be home for me. He was so good. He cooked, cleaned, did laundry, played with the kids and took care of me. He is a great man and I am very lucky to have him. I am a proud wife. The kids have really tried to be nice and gentle with me...I love those guys. I know they're excited to have me "back to normal" so we can go do all the fun things we usually do.

Today was my first day going solo since surgery. Thankfully, I'm feeling about 90%. I'm beat after running my errands...but I'm not dying. :) AND, I've lost 10 pounds since last Monday! It seems small, but after hovering in the 270's for so long, seeing 261, I was pretty pleased. Yay! It only goes down from here...especially once I'm able to work out.

Thanks for all of the support friends and fam!