Post-op Day 3

My surgeon counts the day of surgery as Day 1, so that makes yesterday Post-Op Day 3.  My mother-in-law came over to keep me company.  There was still pain--not better or worse, just different.  On Day 2, the pain was very general and spread out over my entire abdomen.  Yesterday (Day 3) it was more localized.  I had pain in smaller areas, but it was a sharper pain than before.  I slept a lot.  I was able to stay awake usually for 1-1/2 hours at a time and would sleep for 2-3 hours at a time.  During one of my "awake" periods, we made lemon pudding from scratch (using Splenda, free-range eggs and 1% milk).  Yummy!

I realize that I haven't mentioned my "diet progression" as the nutritionist calls it.  Days 1 & 2 were clear liquids.  Days 3-6 are full liquids (which includes pudding, strained cream soups, yogurt, and very thin hot cereals like oatmeal or cream of wheat).  Days 7-10 I can start purees and Days 11-30 I'm on soft foods (limited to 1-2 Tbsp at a time).  Then for Days 31-45 I increase the amounts of my soft foods--gradually working up to 3/4 cup.

It's been a little over 5 hours since my last dose of pain med (I've been taking it every 4 hours).  I am going to try to stretch it out to 6 hours today.

Cheers!