Day 3: Real Food!

I went through and read my blog from when I had my first CI surgery (March 2006). That brought back a lot of memories and gave me a good perspective on how I'm doing this time: just fine. Things are different this time, yes, but not really better or worse in the larger scheme of things. For that I am very grateful.

Today I rested instead of going to church in the morning. That still seems a good call. I took off the Scopolamine patch (pre-surgical anti-nausea treatment) since my dizziness and vertigo seem to be abating somewhat. I saw a list of possible side effects on the sheet they sent home with me: agitation (no), blurred vision (I haven't been wearing my glasses, so, yeah, everything is blurry), dizziness/drowsiness (check), hallucinations (no--thankfully!), skin rash/itching (no) nausea/vomiting (I thought that was what it was supposed to prevent?!?), headache (somewhat), and dry mouth (very much so). So I'm glad to have that off, too.

I've been able to move up to more substantial food, including hard boiled eggs, Fiber One granola bars, a bowl of pudding, and a piece of toast (in addition to the ginger ale, saltines, and canned chicken noodle soup).

So tonight Joe and I decided I needed to get out of the house. I was looking forward to riding around in his convertible! But I was getting dizzy again, so we just went straight to a little restaurant. I saw they offered soup to accompany the entree, so I asked if I could just order the soup--it was chicken noodle! But this was fresh, not canned, with nice big chunks of chicken. I also ordered a baked potato. It all felt good to eat and I feel very nicely satisfied.

That also used up the rest of my energy for the day. I've only used 3 of the Vicodin pills and today switched to just using Tylenol. I don't like the druggy feeling the Vicodin gives me, so it's wonderful to be done with that.

Five more days to getting the staples out and (very likely) getting activated! Last time, we had a backup appointment just in case the incision hadn't healed enough or the swelling gone down enough to get the magnet to stick to my head. We shall see.

And maybe tomorrow I can take the bandaging off! Yay!