Thursday

I met Karen and Bob for lunch at Mellow Mushroom. After Bob went home, Karen and I spent a leisurely hour browsing shops downtown.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
2 oatmeal cookies
1/2 spinach calzone at Mellow Mushroom
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 serving roast beef

Fit app:
33 Heart Points
3.26 miles

10:00AM weight: 106.0 lbs

still trying to create a daily schedule

Wondering if I am over-thinking everything now.
I am also very tired of having to make myself eat everything while I still have no real appetite and I'm not seeing any weight gain yet, no matter how hard I try. Is this normal after lung surgery? How long can I expect this to last? The unintentional weight loss started several weeks before the surgery but definitely got worse afterwards when my appetite went away.

Had a long conversation on the phone with Karen while walking around outside after sunset.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 oatmeal cup
1 cup low-fat Chobani Keylime yogurt
1 Amy's NonDairy beans and rice burrito with 1/2 avocado
1 Starbucks Spinach, Feta, and Egg White Wrap
Orgain 16g protein shake

Fit app:
60 Heart Points
4.15 miles

10:00AM weight: 107.8 lbs

hot day

The morning walk was very short because of the heat. I went out for a little while with MonsterMustDie while he ran an errand. Neither of us felt like finding a place to walk indoors but he put gas in my car. Later, I had a good walk in the early evening just after sunset, when it was much cooler outside.

What I ate today:
1 cup coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
D3 1000IU supplement
Owyn 32 protein drink
1/2 black bean and rice frozen entree
1 fried chicken finger
Arden's Garden Yoga juice mix
1 Bolthouse Protein Plus vanilla drink
1/2 cup cottage cheese jello salad

Fit app today:
33 Heart Points
2.41 miles

Monday

Phoned Karen this afternoon after I finished running errands to the post office and bank.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
2 servings chicken pot pie
1 Bolthouse Protein Plus vanilla drink
1 oatmeal cookie

Fit app morning walk:
7 Heart Points (because I was stopping to make photos
1.3 miles

steamy outside today

Already coughing more than I want to this morning. It was already very hot an humid by my 8:00AM mornng walk.
MonsterMustDie was out shopping for garden supplies from 10:00am until 2:30pm today. Meanwhile, I had a good conversation with Kathy, who has been going through a lot this past week but is working through it to resurface now.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
D3 1000IU supplement
Fish Oil 1200mg supplement
1 cup coffee
2 servings chicken pot pie
2 oatmeal cookie
supermarket sushi tray - salmon + avocado
Hot cocoa made with whole milk and Oatly

Morning walk
Fit App:
33 Heart Points
1.51 miles

home alone

MonsterMustDie spent most of today in Charlotte, NC. He wanted buy something he found online from a couple in Charlotte. While he was there, he also went to IKEA and other places in-between. He got home at 4:00pm today. I might have wanted to go with him if I needed to shop for something or if I could have visited Jennifer nearby but I know she and Patricia are in Paris, France this week for sisterly birthday celebrations. Patricia wanted to see the Eiffel tower for her birthday and they decided to make the trip a combined birthday gift, belatedly celebrating Jennifer's birthday as well.

I had a nice Zoom conversation with Brian this morning while he was setting up shop to open and Sandy phoned in the afternoon to check in and share what her day in East Atlanta had been like so far. Those conversations were the highlight of my day.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
1 serving chicken pot pie
1 yellowtail + avocado maki roll
1 bowl miso soup with extra tofu
1 oatmeal cookie
1/2 red bean-filled cinnamon pastry

Fit app morning walk:
21 Heart Points
1.26 miles

I need to feed my head

Woke up with no headache this morning. I am slowly improving physically but I'm taking a big hit mentally and emotionally from lack of input and redundant days. I'm so glad I had several friends who were able to come here to help care for me during my first two weeks after surgery but now my days are very empty. My dreams have been like reruns from YouTube and Facebook. Very weird and disturbing.

We had an impromptu Zoom chat with Brian and Laura tonight. I let them know the status of my recovery. Laura shared her latest finds from the Scott Antiques market. MonsterMustDie showed them his latest assemblage art project.

What I ate today:
2 cups coffee
Rosuvastatin
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
D3 1000IU supplement
1 serving chicken pot pie
1 scoop vanilla Talenti gelato
1 frozen entree - Deep spinach paneer
1 Owyn 32 protein drink

Fit app morning walk:
36 Heart Points
1.94 miles

no headache this morning

I slept later than I wanted to, until 7:00AM. MonsterMustDie never wakes me up in the morning, although I would like him to. I woke up in time to see him before he headed out to work at 7:15AM. I was amazed there was not even a slight trace of a headache when I woke up this morning. I wonder if the chicken pot pie I had for dinner not long before sleep had restorative powers.
What I ate today:
cup of coffee with daily rosuvastatin 5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Siggi's lower sugar skyr - 14g protein
1 oatmeal cookie
1 serving chicken pot pie
1 frozen entree - Love Butternut squash ravioli
1 scoop vanilla Talenti gelato

little headache

Monday, I had my follow-up appointment with thoracic surgery. Had a new chest x-ray and met with an intern afterwards, who removed the stitch from the drainage tube incision on my left side and took off the last bit of tape over my surgery site.
Lunch:
1 frozen blue corn tamale

Tuesday, I got together with Karen in Greensboro. She pointed out that I have not been mentally present or attentive to anyone since my surgery. I don't know why I am being that way now. Maybe I have drawn too far inside myself emotionally. Maybe there is some lingering neurologica issue. I tried to be more alert the rest of the day. I know I should be kinder and more attentive to MonsterMustDie now. I am trying. I appreciate the alert she and Bob gave for behaviour I am not self-aware of. We had lunch at Elizabeth's Pizza, where I ate half a spinach calzone. I brought the rest home and ate a bit more of it for dinner and took calcium and D3 supplements with it.
What I ate Tuesay:
cup of coffee with daily rosuvastatin 5mg
2/3 spinach calzone
1 bolthouse protein plus smoothie
1 Owyn chocolate protein drink
600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement +
1000 IU D3

Woke up this morning, Wednesday, with a slight headache this morning at 6:00AM. After a cup of coffee, the headache was mostly gone by 6:45AM. It bothers me that I have not completely left my morning headaches behind but this morning was nothing compared to how it had been.
Today:
1 cup of coffee with daily rosuvastatin 5mg
Ocuvite multivitamin
1 serving homemade chicken pot pie from neighbors
oatmeal cookie

Fit app morning walk:
16 Heart Points
1.33 miles