The surgical diet plan

[unixronin]

No, it's not what you think.  I'm not talking about chopping bits off until you reach your target weight.  I'm not even talking about liposuction.

It's just that, well, most hospital food isn't very good to start with.  That gets you a headstart.  And then, well, being on heavy painkillers depresses my appetite.  And being in pain drains my energy and leaves me tired all the time, which also depresses my appetite.

The upshot:  I've dropped about 10lb since the surgery.  I'm not complaining; it's weight I could afford to lose, but wasn't getting enough exercise to drop actively.  With luck, I'll gain sufficient mobility out of all this that I can start replacing it with muscle again.

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[smandal.livejournal.com]

I remember the morning I was going to be released from the hospital for my ruptured appendix, that breakfast of hospital bacon and eggs was among the best I've ever had.

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

I was in hospital in Bahrain back in the '80s (peritonitis, not fun). They insisted that, because I was European, I should have the European diet. It took me several days post-stay to identify some of the stuff they'd served. The local and Indian foods were much more appetising -- not least because they were the cooks' native cuisines.

You will get a lot more mobility out of this, you just won't get it all tomorrow. I'm still re-learning how to move 3 years post-op. -- but what I'm learning now is the stuff that arthritis took away about a decade ago: agility and speed. I have no clue how far I can walk (I've got to at least 3 miles), still can't run or dance very well (which has nothing to do with arthritis!) and have taken up SCA fencing. I could probably have got where I am now more quickly, but I've not been pushing myself. I'm way beyond my original pre-op goals anyway.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I told him he should write a book on walking as he's had to relearn how to walk about 4 times now.