YES! COTTAGE CHEESE!

I never thought I would be so excited to eat real food again! But before you get too psyched for me, it's about 1oz at a time. So, I still have to eat every hour, or should I say eat/drink. Tomorrow morning I get to start with 1oz of yogurt, 5oz of water, 2oz of decaf tea and 2 oz of protein shake. Now the thing about that is, I've only been doing 8 oz total every hour, so this should be very interesting. I'm not worried, I'm actually just excited to be able to try real food again, but the protein drinks stay around. They said if I can tolerate this for two to three days, I move on to even more of a selection, like tuna, chicken, etc. That will be super exciting, but in the meantime, slow is the key.

Another glitch, if you want to call it that, is that I am supposed to get back to my PT job tomorrow. Not sure how that will work, although I did go all day today without a nap. That probably wasn't the best thing to do, but I was at the doc from one to four. I was a little surprised at the people there who did not have their protein drinks with them. I mean, going three hours without the protein has to be a no-no, but I had mine, and I stopped every hour to unzip my little pink ribbon cooler (thanks Josh and Clarissa!) and get what I needed. I'll be filling that little booger up to head to work tomorrow. I wonder if they have a microwave?

I got to meet everyone who had surgery the same day I did, although I was the first one in the OR. Actually, they all had to go to the full blown hospital, I was the only one at the surgery center. They said because I didn't present with as many risks, so I guess that's good. One guy just got out yesterday! Guess he had all kinds of issues! But everything looks good. The nurse said the pain in my shoulder has something to do with nerves, but I had already looked it up online and found what she was saying, so I kind of already knew. Steve bought me some ThermaCare shoulder heat pads tonight and so far it seems they are working.

My PT boss just called and said I sounded better but she still wanted to make sure we had full coverage so she said I should still come in, but not 11-4, we'll just plan on 11-1 instead. If I feel okay after that then I can stay, if not, she's going to have back up, so that's good. I'm sure she would rather have me get better this week, since I'm pretty much on 11-7 every day next week, Monday through Thursday! THAT is going to be a challenge.

I can tell you this. I'm exhausted. One more hour and I can go to bed.