Solid Foods... and other strangeness...

So, yay! I called today to see if I could get approved for solid foods by Friday since a- I have family Christmas with my husband's immediate family, and being able to eat normal foods makes life easier, and b- The husband and I are doing date night on Monday, since the baby will be staying with her Grandma and Papa for a few days. Answer: YES! I'm good to move to solid foods at any time, as long as they stick to the plan of no carb, high protein, low sugar, low fat. No problem... and perfect timing too, since last night, I didn't have much to eat in the house, so... I broke the rules a little. I cut up 2 oz. of left over turkey, mixed it with some soy sauce and sesame oil, pepper, and garlic powder, and heated it up in the microwave. It was super moist, and I bit off teeny tiny bites and chewed it really well. Honestly, with how it came out, it was no different than the canned chicken I had been eating...

Plus, it gave me the Asian food flavor I've been craving. It was actually quite good. Now, I'm going to say this in big capital letters, so that you all understand it. DO NOT BREAK THE RULES LIKE I DID. FOLLOW YOUR SURGEON'S/DIETITIAN'S GUIDELINES. There. My PSA is done. :)

Now onto the other strangeness part of this post. So, on Christmas Eve, late... like, 11pm, I was taking a shower, and noticed there was something poking out of one of my incisions. It kind of looked like a thick fishing wire. So, since it was Christmas Eve, and the Surgeon's Office was closed until today, 12/27, and it wasn't bothering me, I let it go. Well, yesterday, when I was at work (remember, I work for a Heart Surgeon's office), I showed it to a co-worker who told me it looked like the non-dissolvable part of a dissolvable stitch.

Sorry the pics are blurry, they're the best I could do since it's so small. But, yeah, the office said this can be normal. It's nothing to worry about. Even though it's coming up through my incision, it doesn't hurt. It just feels funny if I run my hand over it. As long as it doesn't start looking like it's getting infected, we're good.

If something like this happens, even if it seems small, I STRONGLY urge you to call your surgeon's office. Who knows what it could be!

The last bit of strangeness is regarding singing. If you know me in person... you know that I sing. It's what I do. I've always been in choir, my mom has sung my whole life, and I just always sing. Well, shortly before I started my journey, I noticed that it was getting harder for me to sing. Not just with the breathing aspects, but also my voice cracked... a lot... and I couldn't hit notes I used to be able to hit. Well, hey, guess what? After losing 107#, my voice sounds better, doesn't crack, and I have very few breath problems while singing. Go figure. After thinking about it, it makes sense. Being overweight, your body is struggling already. Add in singing, which takes a bit out of you, and yeah. You're going to struggle. So, if any of you are singers, be prepared to change. For me the change was for the better... my range opened back up. :D

Finally, I want to give a big shout out to all my readers. I know that you guys don't comment, but I literally have readers from all over the world (USA, Germany, Poland, Qatar, Ukraine, Israel, France, Canada, Portugal, Peru, Italy, and Russia! [At least that's what shows up on my stats from Blogger]) that read my blog, and you guys are awesome. I never really thought that my journey through this would reach so many people, or even be interesting enough to so many people to keep you all coming back. I hope that you find it interesting, or helpful (this is a scary journey to go through alone!). I'd love to hear from you! Feel free to leave a comment, letting me know where you're from, and how far along in your journey that you are (if you're on the journey!). We can totally do this together! By the way, I don't know that I've ever said, but, I live in Indiana, USA. :)

How's your week going?

~♥~
Lady D