Constipaton and Clothes :) (3 weeks post op today)
Today makes week 3 post op.... So I just wanted to post a quick update.
With the help of benifiber while on pureed stage, metamucil and flax seed once I moved on to 'real' food... I have NOT been constipated once! (Knock on wood!)
This was one of my biggest fears! Sounds silly... but I knew it was a very real possibility and I HATE being constipated (I have a past... lol).
I also think that the fact I have added back in veggies is a big contributor as well. Its only 6 or 8 green beans or half a small zucchini, but it all adds up!
So, word to the wise.... FIBER FIBER FIBER will save your rear, literally! :)
As for clothes... Today I got on a pair of jeans that I've not been able to wear since last fall :) And they are not tight at all! And I have a blouse on today that I quit wearing awhile back because it too had become too tight.... now it fits real nice :) :)And my capris are bigger and bigger each time I put them on! Well... I guess they are not bigger, I am SMALLER!
And... today I have two doc appts. My PCP and my Ortho doc. I have to take the bus (we only have one car right now)... and I don't mind at all! A few months ago, heck a few weeks ago... I'd be dreading it because of all the walking involved! But today, I'm even going to go to the library in-between appts... Something I'd never have had the energy to do before :)
Yep! Ride of my life!! And it just gets better EVERY DAY!
With the help of benifiber while on pureed stage, metamucil and flax seed once I moved on to 'real' food... I have NOT been constipated once! (Knock on wood!)
This was one of my biggest fears! Sounds silly... but I knew it was a very real possibility and I HATE being constipated (I have a past... lol).
I also think that the fact I have added back in veggies is a big contributor as well. Its only 6 or 8 green beans or half a small zucchini, but it all adds up!
So, word to the wise.... FIBER FIBER FIBER will save your rear, literally! :)
As for clothes... Today I got on a pair of jeans that I've not been able to wear since last fall :) And they are not tight at all! And I have a blouse on today that I quit wearing awhile back because it too had become too tight.... now it fits real nice :) :)And my capris are bigger and bigger each time I put them on! Well... I guess they are not bigger, I am SMALLER!
And... today I have two doc appts. My PCP and my Ortho doc. I have to take the bus (we only have one car right now)... and I don't mind at all! A few months ago, heck a few weeks ago... I'd be dreading it because of all the walking involved! But today, I'm even going to go to the library in-between appts... Something I'd never have had the energy to do before :)
Yep! Ride of my life!! And it just gets better EVERY DAY!
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