Hello

I am new and wanted to say hello. I just had a stricture corrected and wanted to know if anyone else had this problem. I see everyone talking about real food and I haven't made it to the pureed stage yet because of the stricture. It also seems my dr has longer food phases. If all had gone correctly, I am not supposed to have soft foods until the end of August. I see that some of you have made it to the soft foods already. LUCKY At the rate I am going it will be the end of the year before I can eat. Until yesterday I was only getting in about one protein shake a day and that is it. The dr said that the stoma was the size of a straw so nothing was flowing out. Hopefully I will be OK soon. Marie Rucker Pre op 302/current 263/goal 175

Hi Marie... Just wanted to say "welcome". Sorry to hear about the stricture. I am sure you will be eating all the good stuff in no time. I thought my phases were going slow too, but i am now on soft foods. Next week i go to "regular food". Good luck and welcome to our message board. Mel

Hi Marie, sounds pretty miserable! You are in my thoughts and prayers; hope you feel better soon Jezia