Had a rough 24+ hours -- bad cramps & diarrhea from eating cottage cheese with fiber already mixed in at least once a day for 3 days. I had complications from my surgery in June (sleeve leaked --> abdominal abcess --> IV nutrition only thru a PICC line for 2+ months until stomach healed), and I was only just permitted by my surgeon to begin eating very soft foods 4 days ago. I was so dying to chew something after all that time, and the cottage cheese is the only thing I'm currently allowed to eat that needs any chewing. So no more cottage cheese with fiber for me! At least, not until constipation becomes a problem. Funny thing is, pre-surgery, I disliked cottage cheese, but now it's heavenly to me!

Anyway, I slept so much yesterday trying to recuperate from my intestinal difficulties, that I had terrible insomnia last night. I think I got less than four hours of sleep. Add to that the sudden reduction of calories from them cutting my IV nutrition in half 2 days ago, and I'm really draggin' today.

To top it off, my husband was changing the bandage on my abdominal drain this morning, and when he was cutting the paper tape around the tube, he nicked it, causing all the pressure to release! That was stressful! Fortunately, he was able to "repair" it using some of the specialized plastic bandage covering that was left over when Home Health was changing my PICC line dressing. I'm fairly certain my surgeon is going to take out the drain later today when I see him, anyway, so I'm not terribly worried about it now. I just hope I'm not too sleepy when I'm driving up to see him.

I'm not feeling too terribly sleepy at the moment, so I think I'll attempt to go for a short walk while I still have some time on my lunch hour. Wish me luck!

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