All in all, I’m doing pretty well. The pain is not as bad as I expected. I lost 5 pounds on the 2 day preop liquid diet but I went back up 3 lbs from the fluid infusion. I know it’s fluid retention and the scale is going to go down again, but it’s kind of annoying to see the scale go up after eating very little for 2 days. Oh well, I’ll take it one day at a time. I can’t believe I’ve made it to the other side. Honestly, until I see the scale go down, my brain is not going to believe I had the surgery.

The only difference I notice is my stomach looks like a basketball from the gas and I can’t drink without belching. I don’t know if it’s because of the gas in my system already or because my plumbing has changed.

For now, I’m just going to enjoy life without hunger and work to get my protein and water in. That’s it for now. Take care!