Getting Back on Track

Good day everyone! I hope this blog finds everyone doing well and really taking the time to enjoy their lives to the fullest! I have started back full time to work and it feels great to contribute to our budget at home! Honestly we were a couple of weeks away from getting way behind on bills so I really needed to get back to making my share of the money here. The stress of that is one of the things you don't need when you are trying to heal up from a major surgery. It was a motivator though! If I had my way I would have had two more months off to get to 100%, but walking at work has helped me get back some leg muscle that I had lost!
I lost about 25 pounds from the surgery and not eating steadily when I came home. I weighed about 160 going in and I am still trying to break the 140 barrier! I weighed this much in high school! If I went to a reunion they would say, "You haven't changed a bit!". Then I would pull down my pants and show them I had no asshole to speak of and I would say "Really?" I used to be able to poop like a normal man! This colostomy bag life is a trip! I have found that when I eat chinese food, mainly rice I think, that it makes these little rabbit turds! Easy to digest and clean up! I think rice is AWESOME! When you have a colostomy bag it is imperative that you make it as easy as possible to clean up and empty your bag. Having thick stool is NOT fun! Cramping from what you eat isn't what you want! Pasta seems to do this to me and I LOVE pasta man! It totally sucks that I may have to cut that out of my diet!
I think I may have to go buy some protein shake mix to gain my weight back. I am eating enough, but I need to get up to at least 150 pounds. That's about 15 pounds I need to gain before I feel good about the shape that I am in.
I went out back and did some yardwork this morning before football started. I have made it a point that on my days off I just don't lay around. I need to keep moving so I don't go backwards in my physical recovery. I was really sore and exhausted the first few days that I worked, but each day I hurt less and less. If I could share anything with anyone going through this type of recovery it would be to walk as much as possible as soon as possible. Don't give in to what your body is telling you! Push yourself as much as you can and then push some more! We are capable of much more than we think! When I was shuffling down my block I was miserable, but I kept walking. I should've been doing it a couple of weeks earlier, but I had let myself buy into how bad I felt. The mind is a beautiful thing, but it can trick you too if you allow it. I am stronger every day now and I plan on staying on this path.
Thats about it for now. I have to check on my fantasy football league to see how I am doing so far today! Until next time America!