Yesterday I tried to behave as if everything was ‘normal’ in life again, other than being on a highly restricted diet. Well, I soon learned this is *not* the case. Even allowing for the pre-op diet, my body was accustomed to a fairly high level of calorie intake and it’s dropped *very* sharply from 1,000 – 1,200 or thereabouts to 500 -600. The effect is I feel totally ‘drained’ of energy. I spent most of this morning sleeping in a chair despite having a long list of things that need doing.
Add to this the appearance of ‘gas’ in my system and you might appreciate things are not “the same” in any way. The gas made an appearance the night I came home and it felt as if my stomach was being pushed up to my neck, obviously not the case, but that’s how I felt then… and felt again last night! Eventually, I decided to sleep sitting up if I could which actually gave me a few hours of respite.
I’ve been asking in the support group and the advice has been to drink lots of water, and when the gas pains strike get up, walk about, and take deep breaths. The only real thing to do other than that is wait it out. It might last a week, possibly more, but will eventually settle down. Not before time in my opinion!!
So, do I think it was worth the effort and pain? Well, so far yes. My weight before I started the pre-op fast was 150.2 kilos and this morning I was 145.9 kilos. Not a bad drop! Most, if not all, must have consisted of water loss, but even so, it’s encouraging. All I need do now is keep to the guidelines, make sure I take in sufficient calories etc to stay healthy and the weight should fall away fairly rapidly. I hope 🙂
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