Three Week - Post op check in

Today was my three week post-op check up ... one day early. 

The appointment went really well.  We were both pleased that the referred pain in my shoulder blade was gone and that I am feeling so well.  We were both a little disappointed in the weigh in results.  We both wanted to see more weight off since the last weigh-in.  BUT, she said that I was retaining a lot of water, so that should come off shortly. 

I am now released to soft foods!  I can't tell you how happy that makes me.  About as happy as moving to pureed foods after being on fluids, LOL.  While I loved refried beans and cheese two weeks ago, and truly thought it was the bomb, I can do without seeing it for awhile!  Soft foods ... fish, pulled pork, potato!  Num!

Today's official weight:
Weight: 273
BMI: 44.7
Down 13.4 pounds! since the day of surgery

Beans and Cheese How I love thee ...

... let me count the ways!

In amazing small bites.

Dear Valar I don't think anything has tasted any better!  And thankfully I had absolutely no issues with it. i actually fixed it and ate one bite and waited 20 minutes before going back and finishing.  I wanted to make absolute 100% positive that I would have no issues.

So for anyone who might be looking for options on Pureed Foods here is what I did.

 I took a can of Rosarita No fat refried beans

and put 1/4 cup in to my mini blender, add a dab of water and blended.  Now maybe I didn't need to do that, but I really really really wanted to make sure that it was "pureed". 

Added a pinch (I know really scientific) of Extra Sharp Tillamook cheese and microwaved for 30 or 40 seconds.  Then stirred.

I realize all that sounds ridiculous and duh ... but trust me when you are new into the pureed part of life, you are desperate for not just ideas, but specific instructions.  You DO NOT want to screw this part up.

It was amazing.