11 days Post-op; 1st night out/celebration since surgery SOLID FOOD... ish
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, 01-22-2017 at 01:57 PM (3660 Views)
I am now 11 days post op. My only complications, so far, are that 2 of my incision sites are infected and painful. I need to see a Dr. I think, maybe get stronger antibiotics. I think it's weird that I've followed the post-op instructions and have been taking my antibiotics as directed and STILL got infected. hmm...
Yesterday was Bill's birthday so we went out to our favorite place; The Blackfish (super awesome restaurant IN our favorite casino, with amazing food/chef and great wine selection).
Confessions:
I TRIED, without thinking, to have a mixed drink (non-carbonated) but after one VERY tiny sip KNEW that was a bad idea. Didn't drink it. It felt SUPER warm going down, and when it hit the stomach I could FEEL the alcohol burn along the top of my stomach where I assume the staple line is. So.... yeah. No liquor for me.
Found a coffee shop and got a sugar free soy mocha instead. Took me over an hour to drink the coffee, but once I finished it we went to eat.
I had my favorite appetizer (Lobster Napoleon), was able to eat about 1/5th of it and passed the rest to Bill. I had no problems with it. I chewed SUPER thoroughly, made sure everything was a thin paste consistency before swallowing so it still was kinda like liquid... Also, ordered a nice Washington Riesling to go with, drank about 4 ounces of that and then passed the rest to Bill. I also ordered a red wine flight, 3 three ounce pours of different reds from the same Napa vineyard. I tasted all 3, and then passed them to Bill. He also drank 3 of his OWN glasses of wine... Met a pretty cool, very drunk, guy from New Jersey who was visiting with his girlfriend and kept buying us drinks... so what SHOULD have cost us over $150 ended up only running $62.
Bill got really drunk finishing all my drinks!!! LOL He says he enjoyed what he remembers of his birthday. I may need a different plan for next time instead of just funneling everything down his gullet. hahaaahaaaa It was fun though.
Due to being 'out' for dinner I did not have my 2nd Isopure low carb shake yesterday. But, still managed to hit my protein goal, carbs were only over by 5 grams (soy milk and sugar free chocolate), AND had left over calories ate 620 out of my 800 goal. Also, I did hit my water/fluids target JUST BARELY and probably should have had MORE water to compensate for the glass of wine. But all in all I am proud and feel I did a very good job sticking to my goals for the evening.
I feel happy and good about my choices in the face of a 'celebration' night out.