I go for my first post-op doctor's visit today and I am excited to do this as it means quite a few milestones will be reached. I get my adhesive pads off and stitches removed I think, and I get to move up to phase II on the diet which means back to a full liquid diet and hopefully a few soft foods. I can't wait to try out the new system. But the more exciting part for me is, I have lost 33lbs to date and my blood sugars have measured in the 115 to 145 range ever since my surgery and I have not had an insulin shot since last Saturday. To me, that is a success in my book. I feel very good, just got in from a 3/4 mile walk with Melody and I haven't had any pain medicine since I took a half dose before bedtime last night.
We went to Heartland last night and went to my first support group meeting and it was a very enjoyable meeting. I met several very nice people and had a good time talking to others going through the same things I am going through now. I hope to go to more of these as I think they are a very big help and have changed my opinion of support groups altogether. I always had the opinion that these really weren't necessary for me as I have always leaned on my own internal strength to get me through any difficult or crisis situation and felt like talking with other people that I barely know or don't know at all was not manly. But after yesterday evening, I have a completely different opinion and think that the encouragement received and fellowship with like individuals was indeed a well worth hour out of my life and several more of these hours will be spent in the future.
The most amazing thing to me about my post-operative recovery is how quickly and easily I bounced back from this surgery. While not completely healed I am able to function for myself and my pain levels are down to nothing and I am ready for this next phase and be able to slowly enjoy a return to more normal types of foods. Of course, I will never be able to eat again like I used to, but that is really what I wanted and to gain the health benefits of not being enslaved to food. I had a lot of doubts throughout this entire process and even some after the surgery but now those doubts are almost totally gone. I feel better now than I have in the past 10-15 years. Was it worth it? You bet it was. I highly recommend to anyone thinking about doing this procedure to get the process started as soon as possible. It has made me very happy so far and I will continue to be happy with it always. It has changed my life for the better and I am so thankful I went through with it. Gotta run for now. Have a great day everyone. George
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