Good friend had this....

Surgery recovery is one thing-- if laps, you should be fine fast, thataway. But recovery of your body chemistry takes longer, so you may still have some of the symptoms that led to the removal, for awhile, and it varies from person to person, so take it one day at a time and cautiously.

Like, eat during post-surgery weeks with the same caution you developed pre-surgery, and it will work better and better. Then you can experiment with more adventuresome stuff after you stabilize.

~S~