I expect this journal to be boring for a while

Being sick/recovering is boring. Reading about it is likely to be as well. I won't be upset if you'd rather read other things, and I will be using cut tags as seems appropriate, because none of us signed up for "all [absence of] gall bladder, all the time." These entries are at least in part for my later reference if needed.

( appetite, and breath )

( a good cat, at least )

I expect this journal to be boring for a while

Being sick/recovering is boring. Reading about it is likely to be as well. I won't be upset if you'd rather read other things, and I will be using cut tags as seems appropriate, because none of us signed up for "all [absence of] gall bladder, all the time." These entries are at least in part for my later reference if needed.

( appetite, and breath )

( a good cat, at least )

Since much knowledge is contained in LJ....

Two questions I could use help with. The first is, does anyone know the approximate weight, or mass, of the human gall bladder? (My google-fu is not especially strong right now, and "weight gall bladder" gets weight-loss hits, while "mass gall bladder" gets articles on cancer.) This is not remotely necessary, but it might be handy for the next time some random asks if I've lost weight.

Second, I don't have a lot of appetite. Granted, illness is one of the reasons the body stores fat, but I'd rather not be living on stored fat, tea, orange juice, lowfat milk, water, and multivitamins. So, I'm open to suggestions for tempting low-fat things. That includes not-too-difficult things cattitude can make for dinner, or anything that I can just take out of a package or the refrigerator or freezer. N.B.: Low-fat specifically, for the period while I'm recovering from this surgery. Total calories aren't an issue, except in the sense that if I look at a can of soup and think "well, I could wash out a pot, and make some of this, and the amount I'm likely to be interested in has sixty calories," I may not want to bother. Fiber is good, protein is good, keeping hydrated is good. Cooked greens are icky, and Cattitude is allergic to mushrooms. We do not have a microwave oven. ETA: I also don't like soy milk in most contexts, certainly not for drinking by itself. (When a little is used in cooking, I can accept it, though I'd rather have cow's milk. When I visit adrian_turtle, she gets me cow's milk. When she visits here, we get her soy milk.)

Since much knowledge is contained in LJ....

Two questions I could use help with. The first is, does anyone know the approximate weight, or mass, of the human gall bladder? (My google-fu is not especially strong right now, and "weight gall bladder" gets weight-loss hits, while "mass gall bladder" gets articles on cancer.) This is not remotely necessary, but it might be handy for the next time some random asks if I've lost weight.

Second, I don't have a lot of appetite. Granted, illness is one of the reasons the body stores fat, but I'd rather not be living on stored fat, tea, orange juice, lowfat milk, water, and multivitamins. So, I'm open to suggestions for tempting low-fat things. That includes not-too-difficult things cattitude can make for dinner, or anything that I can just take out of a package or the refrigerator or freezer. N.B.: Low-fat specifically, for the period while I'm recovering from this surgery. Total calories aren't an issue, except in the sense that if I look at a can of soup and think "well, I could wash out a pot, and make some of this, and the amount I'm likely to be interested in has sixty calories," I may not want to bother. Fiber is good, protein is good, keeping hydrated is good. Cooked greens are icky, and Cattitude is allergic to mushrooms. We do not have a microwave oven. ETA: I also don't like soy milk in most contexts, certainly not for drinking by itself. (When a little is used in cooking, I can accept it, though I'd rather have cow's milk. When I visit adrian_turtle, she gets me cow's milk. When she visits here, we get her soy milk.)