UGH! Sinus infection.

Well, I haven't updated in a few days because I have been sick. I started feeling like I was getting a sinus infection on Wednesday night and Thursday morning I felt like a truck had hit me in my sleep. I have felt like pure crap. I went to the Dr yesterday and sure enough it is a sinus infection, again. So, the Dr put me on an antibiotic. That sounds easy right? Well, not so easy when this antibiotic looks like a horse pill! It's HUGE!!! Well, I can't really swallow things that large right now, so I talked to the pharmacist about cutting the pill, which is what I have to do with all my other meds right now. She told me to ONLY cut it in half because if I cut it down even more, it may get into my blood stream too quickly and cause diarrhea. Well, at this point, I can deal with a little diarrhea over the consequences of taking something too large to pass through the pouch opening. If something isn't small enough to go into the pouch, that will cause vomiting. Well, coughing hurts my insides right now and I've vomited a few times since my surgery and it hurts WAY worse. So, I cut the pills down and so far so good, there have been no ill effects from cutting them down. Anyway, at my post-op appointment I had lost 13 lbs since the day of surgery. As of yesterday, the scale showed me down another 3 lbs. That's a loss of 16 lbs since the day of the surgery (14 days exactly since surgery), which averages out to be a loss of a little over a pound a day. I am so excited! I don't think I look like I've lost 16 lbs, but it gives me a big boost in confidence. I haven't been able to do a lot of walking since my surgery because it's been raining almost non-stop for 2 weeks, but I think the rain is just about over. I will be able to get out and start walking a mile or two a day and the weight will continue to drop. Jayda LOVES to go for walks, so it will be good for all of us. It will help me with weight loss and it will wear her out so bedtime is easier on Matt and myself!

Thank you to everyone for supporting me through this journey. I still have a long way to go to get to my goal weight, but I've had a great start which will help keep me motivated.