One Week

One week post op and down to 245 pounds from 264.4. I am ecstatic. The first week was pretty rough. I started on my full liquids today, and I have to say, I've never been happier to eat pudding. Yum. My mom generously paid for my protien shakes, vitamins, and sf Torani syrup sampler from amazon. I'm so looking forward to this week. Comparatively, it will be delicious.

On Tuesday, my friends Megan and Eileen came over and they brought me these gorgeous flowers.

They had some lunch with Ben. He made grilled chicken salad. I had a cherry popsicle. Meh.

Yesterday I had a bit of a scare. It was around 8:00 and I noticed that part of my left leg was swelling. Justin and Anna (bro and sis-in-law) are both nurses, so I called Justin and asked him if he thought I should be worried about a blood clot. It wasn't red or warm to the touch, but it did hurt a bit, although not consistently. He said it most likely wasn't, but I got scared anyway and Ben and I went to the ER, where my dad met up with us. Justin came along later. They did an ultrasound on it and they said it was fine. I guess I'd rather be paranoid than dead, but I sort of feel silly about it. I'm relieved though. I've been walking like I should, so I was really upset when I saw the swelling.

Oh, speaking of ultrasound, Justin and Anna went for their first ultrasound today! I'm so excited about my very first niece or nephew. I just can't wait :)

Today, Ben went back to work. I feel  so bad that he spent all of his vacation time with me and we didn't even do anything. He's pretty swell though. After he left, I got a visit from my grandma and my cousin. It was  good to see them. Last time I saw them was a few weeks pre-op. They said they definitely noticed a difference in my appearance. So exciting! They brought me this cute basket with a few different nail polishes, body  wash, lotion, and some sugar free mint chocolate chip gum. We had a nice visit.

Oh, I have kind of a TMI/gross question for you guys, so if you don't want to read about it, stop reading now and have a great day.

It's normal to have liquid stool when you're on a liquid diet, right? I mean, no solid food in=no solid waste out, correct? Just checking, because my "safe discharge packet" from the hospital says that if you have diarrhea then it's probably from a bacteria acquired in the hospital and they can treat it. But, I don't really feel like it's diarrhea, it just seems to me that it's liquid  poo. Thanks in advance for your answers. Take care, all!