I think your response to UH OH just showed how compassionate and caring you are.
Emily

Hope you are able to go home soon. We're all cheering you on!!

Hey everyone it's Lauren.. Just letting you know that I am still in the hospital on Day 2. I had a slight problem My small Intestines was TOO SMALL so they had to put a big tube hanging out of the intestines. Everything else went according to plan. I am in alot of pain but I think that's just from the tube. I Will have to get back on and tell my WHOLE story lol.. "Lauren"

You are going to do fine, the adjustment is easier than you think. Just make sure you measure, especially in the beginning because you don't really get hungry/full cues from your belly. Then you start to get a feel for it, once you recognize where your pouch is! Then you know, "Oh, that means full!" My "old" stomache growled alot the first week. My theory is that it does that as it shrinks up. I kept thinking I was hungry until I remebered that no food goes into there anymore! So after that first week that "hungry stomache" thing went away and I was able to concentrate on nutrition and stuff. I got a bit of advice for you too: make your protein shake the night before and let it set in the fridge. That way all of those air bubbles will settle out and it will be less foamy. It is more like chocolate milk that way. I would have half in the AM and half in the PM. Also, when you get to puree, the Campbell's Select Harvest soup, the Maryland crab, pureed is awesome! It's like a bisque. If you don't have one, get one of those hand held emmersion blenders. I use mine all the time. But they work really well for puree. I added beans to anything I would puree as well, to get in extra protein. Ok, that's enough!

Hello Everyone!!

Well i had surgery on Monday and all went well except the surgeon found a hernia and had to remove it!! Oh man what a shocker!! I felt so horrible after surgery not pain wise but it just felt like i couldn't breathe!! I kept thinking i was going to stop breathing and i kept calling the nurses and they kept trying to calm me down, I was having an anxiety attack and they had to give me lorazepam!! I was walking just a few hours after surgery, no problems there. I had to stay an extra day in the hospital so I came home on Wednesday morning...

I have had no vomiting but i feel weird because i don't know if I'm drinking enough fluids or what, last night it felt like i was so full but i know i hadn't drank anything in hours, i felt really bloated too!! I don't have to take any vitamins for another week or so as directed by the doctor, my follow up appointment is Monday  so i hope everyone who has had surgery is doing well and please take care!!!