Well today is my second full day home. I came home Sunday around noon and was just so happy to be here. I am working very hard on getting my fluids. I never imagined this would be so hard. The goal is to get 2 liters a day. Yesterday I was able to do 1 liter and that was working ALL day to do it. I sip and sip and sip and sip, but the good news is that I did manage to get my 60 g of protein yesterday. That was accomplished by 10 pm. Today, I have accomplished my 60 g of protein and it's only 4:30. So that's exciting. Leaves me some room for some other foods. The protein is coming from shakes, so that's my fluid too. I am allowed to have greek yogurt, smooth yogurt, jello, sugar free pudding, and fat free cream soups that have been strained. Yesterday I didn't get much extra. But today I did have some soup at lunch. And I plan to have some soup for dinner. I love the saltiness of the soup.
It's funny with all my family around supporting me, they have been having some really good comfort foods. A lot of foods that are easy but so good. They've had pizza, and some dishes I really enjoy. Despite seeing it and smelling it, I just don't want them. The one thing I am loooking so forward to is to have ground meat.. ground chicken would be amazing. I am about 2 weeks away from that stage, but it amazes me what my body wants.
I am feeling better every day. I have to be careful not to do too much. I get tired easily, but am beginning to feel good enough to try things. So finding that balance will take a bit.
I have steped on teh scale. It is interesting. When I got home from the hospital I think there was a ton of gas that was in the way. As that is going away my weight is dropping fast. I was actually 224 when i got home from the hopital (almost 4 pounds more than when I left) and today I am down to 218.3. So I do think some of this weight is part of the healing process. I am going to try and give it a week to see where I am at.
I am swollen though so I wouldn't say I look thinner right now. But I am so excited for what is to come.
Me.
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