So now that it has almost three and a half weeks, I have noticed that I am a better eater in a way.  Right after the "takedown" I knew I would want Honey Nut Cheerios so I bought a box and had them everyday, once I knew I was going to be out of the hospital permanently.  This past weekend since it was the holiday we went out Saturday and Sunday for brunch at The Good Egg.  I'm still learning to eat so I thought I would get an omelet with spinach, tomatoes, some cheese and stuff like that with potatoes and an english muffin (that all comes together).  So I started eating the omelet and I realized that I really don't like eggs whether they are real eggs or eggbeaters.  So I ate maybe three bites of the omelet, two squares of potatoes and the english muffin.  I pretty much turned into the Carls Jr. commercial where the people are saying stuff like, "I would like one square of a waffle with three drops of syrup or the guy at the diner counter."  So when the next time we went to The Good Egg I decided that I just want an english muffin, biscuit and a small fruit plate.  I ended up getting the big fruit plate with yogurt but luckily the kids help me eat it since there was way too much stuff for me to eat by myself.

So after that we ended up going to the grocery store and we spend a $125 there and I went crazy.  I bought stuff for salads, my Thai dinner, turkey dogs, stuff for chicken salad sandwiches.  I mean I bought good, healthy stuff.  It felt good because I washed everything and cut most of it up, if it's not cut at least it's cleaned.  So now I have this refrigerator packed with food.  Monday for breakfast instead of doing cereal or eggbeaters with Morningstar bacon I gave the kids grapes, strawberries and apples with yogurt and granola.  It was a pretty good and healthy breakfast.  I felt great after eating it.  Then for lunch we had chicken or tuna salad sandwiches with romaine lettuce and spinach tortillas.  I mean it was a darn good day with food.

I do have to eat a little more frequently but I try to make it healthy all day.  Breakfast I bought a new cereal I forgot the name but it's a healthier cereal and I have Activia with granola and I drink a probiotic yogurt too at 7am.  Around 9:30, after dropping "N" off at school, "O" and I will share a bagel.  Lunch around 1pm differs each day but I try to either eat a small sandwich or fruit.  I don't really have a snack in the afternoon and for dinner that's the fun part.  Last night we made my favorite meal it has couscous, cucumber, red peppers, onions, parsley, mint, chicken I mean it's tasty and it's only 410 calories per serving.  And I'm going to eat the leftovers today.  I try not to eat past 7pm but sometimes I do and when that happens it can be a little unhealthy like a mini bag or Natural popcorn or a bowl of Dryers 1/2 the whatever mint chocolate ice cream.  I do notice that with each of the surgeries that I did start eating healthier.  It was hard after the temporary ileostomy since I wasn't allowed to eat high fiber, non digestible foods but I found a way around that.  Now after my last surgeries I know I can eat what I want but I still want to watch the fiber content and spice because I can still get a blockage or pouchitis which I really don't want to experience.

The really nice thing about not having a colon is that if you eat something really bad, I don't get an upset stomach or diarrhea but now I may get very painful gas.  It's getting better since I started taking the Imodium multi-symptom and the J-pouch is getting stretched a little more each day.  That's the hardest part, knowing that the pouch has to be "broken in" and then I won't really notice stuff like that as much.  All I can say is that everyday it gets better and better.  Just under three weeks and I can start slowly working out.  I'm really looking forward to being able to pick my daughter up again!

Tomorrow I probably won't post just because I have a jammed packed day of fun!! Not.  I do have to take "N" to school, have a doctors appointment, get home to give "O" lunch, pick "N" up from school and give him a shower afterwards, have them take a nap/rest and while that's going on I'm going to try and sneak away to have a "book of the month" discussion.  And I forgot that we also have our neighborhood group meeting too.  It's still not OMG crazy but it's getting a little more hectic but new stuff is always a good thing!