Post Op.

I took a little break from blogging.

I know. I know.

Shame on me!

It's just that I've been recovering from surgery for the past week. And nothing really exciting has been happening.

"And now live from my bed! A detailed report of the Netflix shows I've watched.
Followed by a scathing editorial on the downside of eating in bed! Or I have crumbs where?!
And to wrap up the segment I confess to a food porn problem."

Yep! Not the most glamorous.

Besides there has been the problem of being full of anesthesia residue and percocet. It has made me spacey and not able to concentrate for more than 20 minutes at a time.

Seriously.

And how did my surgery go? Very well, thank you. I had an easy time of it. I went in, they knocked me out and I woke up in recovery. The pain was well controlled and the doc said it went smoothly enough. She had to debulk ( that's fancy talk for remove) some bit of scar tissue built up from my C-section 11 yrs ago. She said that my fibroids were, and I quote: "impressive!" Between my uterus being already prolapsed (leaning the wrong way) and the scar tissue deforming and crowding and adhering it to other things, as well as the weight of the fibroids she was not sure how I wasn't doubled over in pain every day. And that didn't even touch the problems with the scar tissue in and around my tubes!

So there you have it.

And you know what? I have no regret. I feel better than I have in years. Even with the post op pain. The other pain is gone. And it is a miracle.

She left my ovaries. And my cervix. So this means I will hopefully not need any HRT( hormone replacement therapy).

* I will make you medical-ese fluent one day*.

I actually got to come home the same day. I was nervous about that. It's nerve wracking to know you live almost 2 hrs from your doctor. Of course I could go to the nearest hospital which is only 30 min away and g good service. But it's not MY doctor!

Capisce? (That's Italian for "understand?" )

** side note. A college friend and I had many an argument over the pronunciation of Italian. Is it E-talian, I-talian or A-talian? Personally I say who the hell cares but apparently some people do! I mean I don't get all bent when people say Mexican with a full on X being pronounced. I actually cringe when gringos try to pronounce it with the silent x.

So any ways, where was I?

O yeah! My doctor. Nervous.

I was fine. My man and the kidlets were on the job and took good care of me.

I came home to my beautifully clean bed. Please take my advice and wash all of your bedcovers and pillows before going on bed rest if possible. It makes it so much nicer when you come home. Although after a week in bed, often eating those aforementioned meals and letting the kids and the dogs in to snuggle it is not so pristine.

I am slowly recovering. Every day a battle to stay sane while sitting or lying in bed. Trying to fill my time with short things. 20 min shows on Netflix. Card games with kids. Magazine articles. Books have been too much yet. Movies in small chunks. I even have gotten up to chop veggies every so often for a meal. That however usually entails a nap afterwards. 30 minutes up and about usually translates to 2 hrs in bed.

And how is my diet going? Well, I told you in a previous post that some of the herbs were natural anticoagulants ( blood thinners). I decided to stop them a week before surgery and stay off them until I was sure I had mended enough I wouldn't risk a bleed.

I don't know if they have enough of the herbs in them or at the right strength to even effect anything but I believe that playing it safe is the best route. That said, I am not eating much anyways. Small meals and lots of water. Very hearty veggie meals have been the best to me.

Although today for the first time in a years I had a whopper. ( And this is not an exaggeration. I live 45 minutes from the nearest burger king. And I have tried like crazy to avoid fast food instead opting for thai or Chinese if I am up in that town) A friend brought one down to me. I ate half. It was delicious. I even ate a couple fries. I paid dearly my friends afterwards. Lets just say it was not pretty.

But all things aside I have not noticed any weight gain although I am sure I will have a bit. I am close to restarting the diet this week. I seriously want to be in single digit clothes size by summer time.

And as soon as they clear me for exercise I will be starting that too!

If you're nice dear reader maybe I'll share some tummy photos with you. Scars, twin skin and all! ( if you're brave dear reader go google twin skin.).

I will never be comfy wearing a bikini or a midriff. But let's be honest a midriff shirt went out in the 80's and those of you born in the 80's or 90's won't even know what one is and will need to google it as well.

But I would like to wear some cuter, less baggy and less frumpy clothes. And I will try to dress my age.

I promise!

Cause I don't want to end up on a website some where as a "what was she thinking?" example.

Behold the power of the Internet!

So stay tuned. I will get back on track! And if you feel like joining me? Here's a link to the info about my diet plan: http://mariareyes1.isagenix.com/us/en/home.dhtml#

Even if you don't need to lose weight they have great products to support your health. The protein shakes and electrolyte drink are great for work out days. Or when you don't have time for a meal.

The supplements seem to be working well for me. My body has certainly been showing signs of absorbing them well.

So look it over and if you like what you see then we can support each other.

Thanks for listening to my ranting!