So I've moved on to pureed foods. Today is 3 days post surgery. Last night I had pureed cottage cheese with some soy milk added to thin it out a little. It was yummy. Then this morning I had cream of wheat made with soy milk and also added some plain yogurt to it. I put a scoop of unflavored protein powder in the cream of wheat. I was able to eat about 3-4 Tablespoons of it and I started to feel full. 30 minutes later I'm really glad I stopped when I did or I would be in pain.

So what does full feel like now? Right after surgery you feel stuffed and full of gas. Then, as you progress, you're able to fart a lot of it out and you sort of feel like you need to burp all the time. Sometimes you do burp but other times it's just slight discomfort. For me, feeling full felt like my chest was stuffy. I'm still wearing my binder because I didn't take it off after I got up this morning. So when they say it feels like tightness in your chest they're right.

I had Ben take a few photos of my incisions so you can see where they were. His parents are out camping this weekend so if we get bored we might go out there to visit for a little while. It's mostly a little walking and some sitting so it won't be too bad. I was talking to a friend last night that has had several heart surgeries and he's 26. He was telling me that bed rest per doctor's order is the most boring thing because you can't do much. At least my husband goes back to work on Monday so he isn't home and bored the whole time.