Two Weeks Post-Op!
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, 11-12-2014 at 01:26 PM (1133 Views)
Sorry I'm a bit late on the update.
I'm doing fine. Our stitches were taken out on day 11, last Saturday. Whew! Finished our antibiotics. I've had a couple of the incisions open so the scars will be worse for me. Oh well, right? I almost forgot, make sure you buy the paper tape, or tape for frequent bandage changes ! We didn't and I have sores all around my incisions as a result. They are more painful than the incision sites as well. Wish I'd known when I sent my daughter to the pharmacy.
Fluids are going down a lot easier and are less pain in the esophagus area, as long as I remember to take it slow and just little bits at a time. Same as with cream soups we've been having. We blend the cream of chicken, mushroom, and chicken soups no problem. I've been adding homemade chicken broth to the soups. Very tasty. This week we've added in scrambled eggs and blended up beef stew. I have had to start taking my blood pressure meds again, still very high considering I'm on the meds. Will continue to monitor.
Husband feels good as well, we have to be very diligent on the protein intake daily to avoid fatigue that he has been battling mostly. 60 - 80 grams is the recommended and I'm fine energy wise with 60 g, but it's just not enough for him. He has been off the blood pressure meds since surgery which is great news for him. Drainage from his middle incision has final stopped. I think he had a minor infection around where they took the drain out.
Tip: for those who still have to cook for a family, I marinated overnight a whole chicken in a bottle of mojo marinade. I put it in the crock pot with potatoes, carrots, onions, celery and at the end of the day made a gravy with some of the broth for the family and used the rest of the broth for my canned soups. You could also blend up the veggies with broth and have it on your week 2 or 3.
Overall we are feeling much better, and looking forward to trying whole foods next week.