No Salmon for Me!
I love seafood, which would normally be a good thing - because it is one of the proteins I can eat right now. So Friday I got a small piece of salmon, marinated it and sautéed it up; trying to keep it very moist. Even though it was a small piece, I was only able to eat about half of it, so I put the rest up to eat later. I reheated the other half yesterday for lunch in the microwave.
I'm not sure if reheating it dried it out too much, if I ate too fast, or if I just didn't chew it well enough; but I got violently sick. I know I didn't overeat, because I had only had a portion of what I had eaten the day before. But while I was eating I had this horrific pain somewhere between what I consider my chest (kind of between my left breast and my sternum) and my esophagus or throat. It felt like someone was trying to tear it in half. It was finally a major relief when I was able to vomit, but by that time my entire body hurt - chest, throat, shoulders and back. Plus I just felt weak and horrible after throwing up (did I mention I hate doing that?) Needless to say, I think I'll wait a while before I try salmon again, LOL.
On the brighter side, I went to my first support group meeting post-op last Tuesday. I asked the group if I was the only one that felt wiped out after surgery, because everyone's blogs that I had ever read all talked about this amazing amount of energy! Nearly everyone said they were wiped out for the first month to 2 months. Chris - the nurse practitioner for Dr. Richard's group, said to keep in mind that the body is still healing from the surgery itself as well as adjusting to many fewer calories; so it’s natural to have a much lower level of energy. That made me fell a lot better! They also told me that once I started on my vitamin supplements regularly and exercise I would start feeling better.
I did start back to physical therapy - very easy - Brendon is taking it quite slowly. We're going to try pool therapy for a while and see how that goes. I had hoped to stay out of a swimsuit until I'd lost more weight, Oh well... After last week's easy day, I was about wiped though!
So for now, I'm enjoying my sugar free popsicles (because they are the only thing I truly like), and I’m trying to ignore Valentine's Day. Although my husband offered to go buy me one piece of sugar free Godiva, LOL. [<:o)]
Weight: 245