1 week post op

Well its been 1 week since surgery, sorry I haven't updated sooner but its been crazy here. I spent just about 3 days in the hospital. The first two were painful and full of morphine. I didn't accomplish near what they wanted me to those days.  I didn't get up and walk but maybe twice. I literally slept/passed out the entire days. Come the end of day 2, I said no more morphine and they gave me percocet...much better.  At least now I could eat, or should I say drink, the broth they gave me and some jello.
     I do have to say I have some of the best friends around. Lots of facebook support, a few short visitors. And the even my sister flew in from BC to help my mom with the kids.
     This full fluid diet I'm on now is sooo much better than the all liquid diet before surgery.  Yes I can only eat small amount of smooth, no lumps at all, liquid or purees.  So my food consists of stirred yogurt, Cream of wheat, smoothies, shakes, coffee, soups, puddings and jellos. Yum right?  Hey it's better than the shakes I was confined to for 3 weeks lol.  The hardest part of this is not eating too fast and making sure I get my 62 g of protein in daily.   I have yet to meet that goal, however I get closer every day.
     My incisions are healing nicely, no stitches or staples...yay! They used steristrips to close them up and they have now all come off. My stomach looks pretty rough but once they are completely healed up I'll do what I can to reduce the scarring.
     My pain is getting less and less everyday, barely use the pain killers at all. And even though I feel really good I still get exhausted easily from the inside.  Just have to learn to take it easy and not over do it!
Well that's all i have for today, thx for your continued support and encouragement!