Feeling Better Every Day!

   I just got back from a 1 mile walk with my lovely misses and we had a very nice visit with a few of our neighbors along the way. It was very nice being out on such a beautiful morning and feeling as good as I do. I am really feeling better each day. It is going to work and I am very happy about that. Still doing the clear liquid diet until Wednesday when I go for my first checkup. I am hoping they say I can move on the Phase II diet and start adding a few soft solids to my diet and drinking things like Slimfast and Ensure. I have discovered that I really hate crushing vitamins and supplements and adding them to either applesauce or Jello. It's like eating applesauce or Jello with gravel in it. And so so bitter. I am now searching for liquid replacements. I don't think the crushing of tablets is going to work for me.
   Melody mixed some of my applesauce and Jello together for my last serving and that was a refreshing change. I really am getting used to not eating and I also am a great fan of hot tea. I was before, but I have really come to appreciate it now. I like it alot better than decaf coffee. I am going to try to walk at least twice a day and will try a third time as long as it doesn't get too hot for a midday walk. I feel so much better out walking than laying around in my recliner doing nothing and I don't tire that much from the walks. I am very surprised about that. I figured it would take a week or so to get my stamina and strength back but I really do not seem to be phased by the surgery at all in that department. Of course, I will watch that I don't overdo it, but as long as I rest plenty, keep my water intake up, and don't overextend myself, I think I will be fine.
   For those of you that are reading my blog and wondering if you should do it or not, do it. I've had my doubts and wondered it I did the right thing, but I know now that this is definitely going to improve my health and the surgery and recovery was and is alot easier than I ever dreamed it would be. I still have a couple of tender spots, and coughing is still not pain free, but it has greatly improved in the last couple of days. I can do full coughs now with only minor pain. Hiccups are still a pain and fortunately I am not getting them much, but when I do, I know they are there. I am going to go and sit on the deck for a bit and relax, I am a little fatigued from the walk, but still feel a lot better today. Have a good day everyone. George