Welp, I'm on the other side of the dreaded surgery.  Not too bad, really!  The worst part was my shoulders aching due to them filling my belly with air for the surgery, and the air bubbles migrating to my shoulders.  The actual wounds never hurt much beyond day 2.  I haven't taken pain meds since day 2 post op.  I do feel mightily bloated, but that's just uncomfortable - not painful, per se.

I've been eating liquids only.  Soups, home-made smoothies, yogurt, jello, pudding, popsicles.  Really it's been mainly smoothies in the morning and soup the remainder of the day with an applesauce or jello thrown in.  I'M HUNGRY!!!  Doc says not to deprive myself, but I feel like I'm eating more often than I was.  I'm hopeful that I'm losing weight during this time period, though.

Today I plugged in the old Fit Bit to charge it and re-set my goals.  Time to get moving a bit!  I'm also finding some time to organize my clutter a bit, so my mind is more clear, too.  It's not too much - mostly re-arranging things since our move to a smaller home 8 months ago.

I visit the doc tomorrow for my post op.  It's my hope he'll give me a fill then and I can start on solids!  I'm tired of liquids, and tired of being hungry!

The bandages over my wounds are scratching me to hell.  I think I'm allergic.  I have an area where the corner of one bandage was where the skin is gone.  I've got a call into the doc to ask if I can take the waterproof covers off the steri stips.  Then I think I'll be a bit more comfortable.

So far, so good!