Starting To Feel Better

I'm 3 day post-surgery, and starting to feel somewhat better. I'm still dealing with the gas pain, which isn't so much in my chest and shoulder anymore...it's moved down to my tummy more now. I've been making hubby "burp" me, which seems to move the gas around a bit, but doesn't totally make it all better. I slept a bit better last night. I haven't taken any pain meds, more because I'm scared they're going to taste gross than anything else. A trooper I am not! I'm still eating mostly water. I'm trying to drink more, because I feel that I'm not hydrating enough, but every time I swallow, I can feel bubbles going down and not coming back up, and it's unpleasant. I've had some protein shake too, but that's it today. I can't WAIT to shower!

I think I'm babying myself a little more than I need to. I really don't like this post-surgery feeling though. Holes in me!! Yuck! I tell myself what my mother so often tells me: "this too, shall pass"...and I know it will, but man the days are crawling past!

Today, I took the book "In Defense Of Food", by Michael Pollan out of the library. I know so much about nutrition already, but it can't hurt to know more and more. I think this guy writes with some humour, and I'm looking forward to what he has to say. And in the meantime, I've put together some recipes for when I can eat pureed food in a few days. Looking very forward to that!!