Post Surgery Diet⟫ Liquids
I was still up when Book_grim got home from work and we chatted for nearly an hour – just about how things were going at work, some comments made by a colleague of theirs, that kind of thing. Somehow (can’t remember how) we got onto care of incisions and we found some data that seemed to say I should have been keeping my incisions moisturised with Vaseline or something similar. It’s really weird – scabby lumps of flesh, glue, dead skin – and I can’t tell if they’re healing well or not. A couple of them look like they’ve been strained by the coughing/sneezing and that kinda put the wind up me.
I’m still struggling with gas pains – at least I assume that they’re gas pains – and perhaps it’s time I experimented with different temperatures of liquid. I ended up doing a light vape of Big Narstie’s Moroccan Peach and finally went to sleep around 6 am(ish) then woke up around 12 this afternoon, so a decent amount of sleep for me. I don’t seem to be suffering any ill-effects from the vaping, so maybe I should consider slowly reintroducing it as a method of pain relief.
Today I had my first ‘session’ with Sh Wellbeing – the discovery conversation where I state what I’m looking to achieve and finding out how I can implement changes to help me succeed. Definitely helped that the ‘players’ are all known and it meant that I didn’t have to censor my words or anything. It was a good conversation, if only to emphasise just how much I have isolated myself from people. The impression being given seems to be that everything is full of love and light up here, with constant visits and support. It felt good to be able to admit the actual reality of things, to fix the erroneous impressions that are being given. Now I just need to apply myself to the homework when it comes through.
Today I tried a Hartley’s Rhubarb and Custard ready made jelly. Felt very strange to be eating from a spoon and the texture was weird. It was watery enough to kinda sluice through my teeth but was so obviously more than just liquid – kinda weird. I want to give it 24 hours without anything else new so that I can see if I’m going to have a reaction to the jelly, but apparently there is a Bakewell or something similar taste one that if this stays down, I am very much looking forward to trying! I realised today that I drank a whole bottle of Protein water by the middle of the afternoon – an achievement because normally I barely manage to get down a whole bottle by the end of the day. So progress is being made, although I’m not sure I’ll be able to finish the second bottle I opened.
Freak-out moment: the girls are watching New Amsterdam whilst I’m catching up on bits and pieces. I just so happened to look up when someone was having surgery on screen and had such a visceral reaction that they paused the TV to ask if I was okay. Like, I couldn’t even explain why it hit me so hard, seeing that on screen, but watching that steel rod entering that person’s body made me realise that just over a week ago, that was ME. That’s why my insides feel like articles of clothing being tossed around in a washing machine – when I rolled over last night without balancing carefully, I literally felt my insides falling around in the space, then the bulge of it pressed against my arm. Just thinking about it makes me want to be sick!
Wrapped all of the Christmas presents that were here – the Oldest’s ones are due to turn up on Monday. Tomorrow, my Black Friday Simply Be order is due – I am so looking forward to the coat, although also having clothes that fit that I can work out in comes a close second. The Resistance Bands I asked for for Christmas are here (ended up being sent an e-voucher and ordering it myself) and Stripes is going to wrap them for me. Look at me being all forward thinking and deciding to do exercise!
Feeling a bit rough around the edges – my incisions are itching and pulling, and I’m feeling a bit worn out so I think I’m going to log off and settle down to watch some TV and/or maybe do some reading!
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