Update

So I had my last visit with the surgeon on Jan 16. He said I was all fine, scars healing nicely and ready to move on! Whoopie! Of course, that didn't mean I have license to eat, eat and eat...just that there were no more real restrictions, and with some circumspect eating, I should be fine!

I felt like a racehorse let out of the box! Immediately, I wanted to eat everything! Suddenly my appetite is back too. I feel hungry almost all the time! So far I've tried mexican (chicken tortillas, nachos without cheese), chinese (dimsums, soups and chicken in oyster sauce), buttered garlic bread (2 at a time), chicken teriyaki half-sub sandwich, mayo scraped off chicken burger, assorted snacks like khatta meetha, chana dal, small samosas, boiled corn, chocolate, small cup of milk (double toned), standard indian fare - normal tadka dal, aloo-gajar subzi, etc. So far so good! No stomach aches or anything. If I overeat, I feel a bit sick...not achy sick but more gassy/acidity sick (but not enough to warrant an antaacid)..and of course gas remains a problem. Otherwise it seems ok. Makes me feel very optimistic. Maybe its all really going to be fine!

Now I need to keep a control over how much I eat. I tend to feel hungry all the time. So far I had avoided snacking, but off late I think I'm overly snacking. Small meals many times a day has kinda translated to many snacks, and lunch/dinner are not always as small as they used to be (3 rotis instead of 2, 8 dimsums instead of 2 or 4, etc. etc.) I'm giving myself a couple of weeks to get the freedom eating out of my system. I lost a lot a weight last year, so I plan to keep weighing myself to keep a note of my eating. And though I am going a bit easy on myself this week, I think I should get back to slowly introducing restrictions back...on portions and on snacks.

But I really think this may work!

On the gynae front, my lochia stopped a couple of weeks back. I've been on the watchout for it restarting, but so far so good. 6 weeks are over since the surgeries/delivery and I'm in the safe zone. Not sure how my usually irregular periods will work out. Not really looking at conception this year, so I'm more relaxed about that. I guess I'll give it a month or so before going back to the gynae for a general check up and PCO status. Otherwise, I've kind of pushed this part to the back burner for now.

Getting out of the house

On 2nd Jan, my bandages came off. Doc said I was doing fine, reduced my medicines and told me to come back after 2 weeks. With the bandages off, I felt a lot better. The cuts had scabbed over, but the doc said part of the scab was actually the glue used to seal the skin shut. The area around the cuts was dry and I was asked to apply any moisturiser (or preferably coconut oil) to the area. It itched like hell!

I was so happy to get them out, I went shopping! Earlier I was in two minds about shopping immediately after getting the bandages out. I wanted to buy jeans/pants and the 3 of the 4 cuts where in the waistband area. But apart from the itchiness, they weren't really hurting, and some retail therapy would be wonderful...so I went for it.

This was also my first foray into eating out. I went for plain grilled chicken for lunch, and the chicken teriyaki 6-inch sub for evening snack. Did I mention we shopped for 6 hours! The best part was trying on clothes, realising I'd dropped a couple of sizes. Sadly I didn't get a good pair of jeans (low waisted ones don't suit me), but I did get a lovely pair of dark blue cords and a comfy but chic pair of sweatpants. Got a full sleeved T-shirt as well. Tried tons and tons of clothes but that's all I bought. And a few books...about 7 actually. :D

Came back home exhausted. Changed and rubbed baby oil onto my cuts. While rubbing, part of one scab fell off. That immediately got me obsessively trying to remove the bigger scabs by careful levering and generous application of oil. Its amazing how obsessive scab removing can be! As long as I did it carefully, it didn't hurt...and the relief when I got the scabs out of the two big ones was amazing! I wasn't sure if it was just the healing process, or that the scabs had been pulling the skin, but as soon as they were out, the worst of the stinging while bending was over!! Hallelujah...I'm on my way to wellness at last!!