Monday, June 16, 2014

10-Days under my belt!


10-days post surgery.  Goodbye forever to Thick It!  My advice to anyone thinking about surgery, buy the smaller size.  I got to the point where looking at the container made me gag.

I still cut up pills in half or quarter them.  I am on my last day of a 10-day round of two different antibiotics.  The bad part is the “nasty” Thick It was horrible and I could not drink plain water, so I use applesauce to get the pills down.
 

I am not an applesauce connoisseur, but I can tell you that after I used up the Seneca 100% Natural one, my sweet husband bought some Mott’s.  After using it to take my pills I thought it was disgustingly sweet, so after reading the label I discovered that it contained high fructose corn syrup, which was listed second after apples.  I don’t understand, does applesauce really need this extra sugar?  Well, jar will be visiting the garbage soon.
 

My voice is so much better.  Yesterday I went to church and several people commented that I sounded good, though I was soft.  It is easy to get worn out at this point, it feels so good to talk, and so I do.  It doesn’t take much to realize that my voice is wiped out and I am exhausted. 

I am able to eat just about everything now, though I long to have big gulps of water!  What can I say?  I’m a water drinker.  I can now drink little sips through a straw but not enough to quench my thirst or just feel like I am getting enough fluids.   

I am still very excited about my progress and having had this surgery.  I see Dr. Damrose for my post op appointment on Thursday.
 

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