Surgery - successful!

Today is 4 days since surgery and I am doing very good.  The first 2 days was pretty rough but each day I get better and better.  Still have a lot of gas pains built up but that is getting better each day as well.  I started back on liquids today.  While in the hospital I had nothing but ice chips and small sips of water.  Today I had a little bit of protein shake and some chicken broth along with my water.  It takes nothing at all (about a medicine cup full) to fill me up.  I am not hungry at all either.  The first couple of days if I saw food on the T.V. it made me feel nauseated but I am passed that now.  I have no appetite whatsoever and have to make myself drink my protein.  I don't feel nauseated when I do eat which I am thankful for because I had heard that some people got sick just trying to drink some protein shake.  The soreness is getting better also.  If I had to rate myself on how well I was doing (1 being really bad and 10 being really good) I would give myself an 8 - 9.  I am going to try to get out of the house tomorrow and we will see how that goes.  My son graduates on Saturday morning and I am very hopeful that I will be able to sit through that with no problems.  My hospital stay was really good.  All of the nursing staff, physicians, lab techs, etc. were all super nice and showed real care for me!  I am so thankful that I was able to do this and I'm looking forward to the results!