First post-op appointment.

I had my first post-op appointment yesterday. I had the staples removed and the incisions were NOT infected like I had suspected they were. YAY for that!! Infected incisions are not nice at all. My c-section incision was infected and the staples hurt SO bad coming out, but the staples only stung in a few places yesterday. The nurse thinks it only stung because they had been in for 11 days and the skin had begun to grow over the staples. The nurse also told me that a lot of people don't lose weight in the liquid diet phase due to fluid retention. I was SO happy to see that I did indeed lose weight. I lost a total of 13 lbs since surgery day (366 surgery day and 353 yesterday), so that's just a little over a lb a day! I am now on the pureed stage of the diet as of yesterday. I am so happy to be off liquids only. It was getting so hard to be on only liquids all day long. I had been on a liquid diet for 21 days! That's a lot of time on JUST fluids. My next appointment is in a month, July 13. I will see the dietitian and the RN again.

A little background about the surgery center where I had my surgery. 95% of the staff (nurses and office staff) have had bariatric surgery of one kind or another. I really like that because instead of just telling me this is what I have to do, they KNOW what needs to be done and have experienced EXACTLY what I am going through! I was talking to the receptionist yesterday before my appointment and I mentioned how I didn't feel like I had lost anything. She then showed me a picture of her before her surgery and then 6 months out from surgery. It was such a drastic change! I really pray that this will be a good thing for me and that I have as much success as she has had.

Thanks again for all the support and words of encouragement. I really appreciate it. The more support I have, the better!