Home Alone

Today is my first day home alone.  My husband is back at work.  Tomorrow will be two weeks after surgery, one week after getting out of the hospital.  I'm really amazed at how well I'm doing.  I have very little pain.  I haven't had any pain medication since before I got out of the hospital.  I have an occasional twinge or something, but that's really about it.  I'm tired.  That's to be expected.  I did have major surgery less than two weeks ago.

The only real challenge is learning to eat and drink.  And so far, that's going pretty well also.  The first couple of days were hard.  I wanted to turn back the clock and erase time and not do the surgery.  I've still got a lot to learn.  I'm supposed to eat every 2 hours.  I'm not supposed to drink more than 4 oz. with a meal.  I'm supposed to drink between meals, but you're supposed to wait before and after the meal and not drink.  It's so complicated.  I'm actually not even sure the math works.  Every meal and snack should include protein.  They also encourage protein drinks as meal replacements and as beverages between meals. I couldn't keep down the premade protein drinks I tried from the store.  The nutritionist said that wasn't unusual.  She suggested Carnation Instant Breakfast.  I'm not a big milk person, but those have been OK.  Since I'm home, I've also been making my own smoothies and adding whey protein powder.  Although I just realized I forgot to add it to the one I'm drinking right now.  Oh well....I'm still learning.  I did use Greek yogurt in it so it still has a little bit of protein.  So much to learn......