Life at home.. the first few days!

Well I am adjusting to life at home.  Almost a shame to be back to normality, having to do homework with the kids, cook the meals for them etc.  Miss just relaxing with the Dr & his team in tijuana!

But life goes on!

I have been taking my meds, which I don't like.  I can take them either crushed or cut up, so I choose to cut mine up.  But hard to get them down as I cannot gulp water, I have to sip.  They sometimes don't go down & then I gag.  Just yucky!

In the morning I am taking 3 depression meds, one antibiotic, one chewable multivitamin, one chewable B12, one chewable D3.  Then around lunchtime I start taking chewable calcium citrate, have to take 3 a day.  Then at bedtime one more antibiotic & 2 meds that are like prilosec.

Lot of meds!  But need to keep my vitamins up, so good thing to take them all.

I have to take a shower every day & when the steri-strips come off my incisions then they should be healed.  Today I had to change the bandaids on the incisions as they were coming off.  Incisions all are looking good.

Sipping lots of fluids all day.  I am allowed water, apple juice, orange juice, gatorade, clear broth.  So been sipping on drinks all day to keep my fluids up.

I did have a slight dizzy spell after my shower this morning.  Had to sit down so I didn't faint.  Omar, the coordinator of my Dr said to make sure I am getting lots of gatorade in.  So will up that a bit today.

Oh & also been cleared to start working out at the gym a bit.  Just maybe the treadmill or elliptical, just taking it easy, not too long, not too hard.  If I get tired stop & make sure to sip my fluids!  So may do just 10-20 mins later at the gym.  Will see how I feel & listen to my body.

Lost another 2lbs yesterday.  So lost 14lbs overall since my highest weight before my pre-op diet!

Thanks all for reading my blog & keeping updated on my progress.  Any questions you have, just post & I will try to get back to you!