I did not realize that I did not hit publish on some of the posts. I have been tired the last couple of evenings and did not want to be on my computer. A couple of nights ago I removed all of the strips on my stomach. Things are getting much easier now and I only have slight pain when I lie in bed a certain way and get up. The pain is almost all gone. I still can not sleep on my side as there is pressure on my core and it is not very comfortable. Lying on my back with the bed in zero gravity mode is still the most comfortable and I can sleep through the night. Food intake is getting easier and now I make some sort of a shake at night and try and eat through 2 cups of it. I can manage to drink it all if I do not move too much after I drink. So far I have maintained my weight for 2 weeks now. Speaking with the nutritionist she said right now I am her best patient she has as I have not struggled with eating or my weight. The expectation is that you drop weight, but right now I am maintaining 200 pounds. I have expanded my eating and I need to be careful that I do not eat too much. The doctors in the hospital said not to eat in front of a TV or any devices, but I find it is easier because I can be distracted while I take a bite and wait for 5 minutes. Otherwise I just stare at my watch and wait till 5 minutes have passed.
1.) Over the last 5 months I have not been working at full capacity and people at my work were doing portions of my job. This was my first week where I started doing everything that I was suppose to and realized how much work there is. There were some things that I forgot that I had to do as I have not done a lot of it for quite some time. It is nice to get back into the rhythm of things. Getting back into things I realized that some things slipped as people did the best as they could to manage their own workload while taking on part of mine. During this time there were some problems that arose but people did not tell me as they did not want to burden me or stress me out. They are easy things that could have been resolved if I had known about it earlier, but as I find out now, I can do things to get things back on track. I appreciate my team caring more about my health and well being than work.
2.) Our neighbours across the street moved a couple of weeks ago, but they have been coming back and forth. I am not sure who our new neighbours are going to be. The ones we have around us now are fantastic and I appreciate the relationship that we have with all of them. Everyone helps each other out. A couple of years ago we had gone out of town for the weekend and we came back in a heavy torrential downpour. As soon as we came home the old couple from across the street came over in an umbrella to tell us that our car had the lights on all weekend since we had left and to check to see if the battery was dead. It was. I appreciate that they came over to make sure that everything was ok and to tell us as it would have been confusing the next day. Our other neighbours had also managed to get our house number and left a message on my phone telling us about it. I am going to miss them as they were friendly and we all got along well. Hopefully the new people are just as friendly.
3.) My parents dropped off food today and they are looking forward to taking a trip down to Toronto again later this year when things lighten up a bit. My parents are adorable when they research things on the internet and tell me about it. My father has called me to warn me about scams with people pretending that they are Microsoft. My mother today explained my condition and how people get their stomach reduced all the time and what I should be doing and that over time my stomach can expand and things will be better. I appreciate their thoughts and think it is amusing when they do research on the computer and share this information with me. I just thank them and I think Mel is amused when my father passes on tech advice to me in order to prevent me from getting scammed. I appreciate that they care enough to share this valuable information.
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