04/19/10: Back to work

It's back to work day and I can say I whole-heartedly "don wanna!"

I have some secrets to share.  I'm eating food.  It all tends toward mushy stuff - mashed taters and chicken salad.  But I was supposed to do one week clear liquids, one week full liquids, one week mushies, then ease back onto real food.

I was given two sets of instructions.  One that my bariatric center endorses and one that my surgeon endorses.  My surgeon's instructions were the whole week of clear liquids.  My bariatric center says one week liquids, one week mushies, one week solids. 

I like my bariatric center's instructions. 

Last week, mon-weds I'd say I did do the clear liquids.  I don't remember much about what I did but I do know that if I wanted apple sauce, I ate apple sauce.  I also remember that I wasn't really hungry and I wasn't force-feeding myself anything.  I was supposed to have my protein shakes on tues and they just sounded horrid.  So I didn't have them.  I know, bad bad bad.  Spank me!  :P  I didn't have anything in their place, either.  I didn't have anything.

Except for maybe apple sauce.  I know apple sauce was my savior last week!

Thurs I think I started to get interested in food but for the life of me, I can't tell you what I had.

But Friday.  Friday I know.  I had mashed taters and I had chicken salad and I had cottage cheese.  Not all at the same time.  But it all tasted fantastic and made me feel better, too.

Saturday I know I overdid it.  I won't tell you what I had.  I just know I overdid it.

Sunday I reigned myself back in and ate reasonable mushie stuff.

Today is being reigned in even more and is even more reasonable and mushy.

So with that said...I went from nothing...to mushy...to maybe too solid/too normal....back to mushy...back to mushier.  And I've had diarrhea like you wouldn't believe.

Please don't tell me liquid in equals liquid out.  What you should gather from the above explanations is it hasn't been "liquid in".

I have no idea where it's coming from.  I took some immodium on Saturday and it helped with the rest of Saturday but yesterday, sure as can be, it all came gushing out again.  Same today.  And I'm scared to take the immodium, to be honest.  If this is supposed to be happening I don't want to plug it up, ya know?  And honestly, I might actually be willing to say I'd rather this than the alternative as being plugged up sounds way more horrible to me than this.

It's weird.

In other news - I bought myself a plane ticket to Chicago last night!  I am sooo super excited!  There is only one problem with this weekend, from where I sit - and that is that it's way too far away!  But September certainly gives plenty of time for planning and organizing so it is what it is.  I can't wait!!!

And finally, today is back to work day.  I honestly don't see pulling off 8 hours.  My belly is yelling at me already, can't get comfortable and the incisions are mad mad mad!  We'll see how long I last but when I've hit my max-tolerant-level for how much I'll deal with I will say I'm done and go home.  I will say that thurs and fri felt a zillion times better than how sat, sun and now today have felt.  I sure didn't expect a backwards slide but that appears to be what I'm experiencing.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic Monday.  And I hope everyone has a fabulous week!