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TODAY I HAD MY 6 WEEK CHECKUP....I GOT WEIGHED AND THE SCALE SAID I LOST 7 POUNDS SINCE THE 30TH OF OCTOBER!!!! FINALLY THAT WEIGHT IS GETTING OFF OF ME AGAIN!!!! MORNING OF SURGERY I WEIGHED IN AT 319....TODAY 290...TOTAL OF 29 POUNDS SO FAR....SINCE I WAS FIRST WEIGHED IN AT MMPC I HAVE LOST 44 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!! LIFE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!! I WILL BE GOING BACK IN JANUARY FOR MY NEXT CHECKUP AND ALSO WILL HAVE BLOOD TEST DONE. I WAS GIVEN MY LIST OF NEW FOODS TO EAT...I AM BACK TO EATING REAL FOODS...INCLUDING BEEF AND PORK!!! REAL FRUITS TOO!!!! THE SALADS WILL HAVE TO WAIT 2 MORE WEEKS THO. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO EAT REAL FOODS AGAIN!!! OH!!!!! I CAN ALSO HAVE BREAD AND BUNS TOO!! TOASTED THO SO THEY DON'T GET STUCK....WOW!!!! I CAN HAVE A SANDWICH!!!!!!!! MMMMMMMMMMM LIFE IS GREAT!!!!! ALSO MET EILEEN AFTER MY APPOINTMENTS TODAY. SHE IS LOOKING GOOD!!!! WE TALKED FOR AWHILE AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO HEAD HOME AGAIN...BUT SHE HAD A BAG FULL OF CLOTHES FOR ME....HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THEM YET...GOT HOME AND IT WAS SO NICE OUT I HAD TO WALK THE DOG AND BOY DID WE WALK TODAY!!!!! THREAT OF SNOW BY THE WEEKEND....AND COLDER TEMPS WITH THAT!!!! BRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! HUGS JUDY

WOW good for you girl!!! That is awsome! Makes all that liquid protein stuff worth while doesn't it? I go to the docs tomorrow and will see just what I do! I will be 5 weeks on wed, only 1 week behind you. I am going to ask him why I am having such trouble eating, maybe I am just rushing it, I have been on liquids today, except 1/4 cup cottage cheese today, and that hurt too (I didn't eat it all at once, 1/2 in morning and 1/2 at noon) I want to eat real food too, but everytime I try I hurt!!! Anyho congrats on a job well done!!!! A BIG HUG TO YOU! Ann

THANKS ANN!!!! NOW ARE YOU EATING TO FAST??? DO YOU TAKE A SMALL BITE AND SET YOUR FORK OR SPOON DOWN???? WAIT IN BETWEEN BITES BEFORE YOU TAKE ANOTHER BITE?? MAN THAT HAS TO BE AWFUL NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT!!! MAYBE YOU ARE RUSHING THE WRONG TYPE OF FOODS RIGHT NOW....JUST REMEMBER TO LAY ON YOUR LEFT SIDE IF YOU HAVE THAT MISERABLE FEELING IN THE CHEST LIKE SOMETHING IS STUCK THERE....IT DOES WORK!!!! LET ME KNOW ABOUT YOUR DR VISIT TOMORROW!!!! I AM WORKING 2-6. HUGS JUDY

Thanks for the tips Judy, I probably am eating too fast, but it is close to a stop compared to the way I use to eat! I am only eating the stuff on my list, so I am not eating anything that I am not suppose to. I will see tomorrow what doc says. My appt isn't till 5pm (last one of the day, he will probably be pooped and want to go home, so I hope that he won't rush me). I will for sure let you know! Ann

DID YOU FIND OUT ANYTHING TODAY??? ALL THIS TALK ABOUT STUCK FOOD AND ALL I HAD SCRAMBLED EGG FOR SUPPER TONIGHT AND IT GOT STUCK...YEAH FOAMIES AND BARFFING....MAKES MY DAY COMPLETE..... I AM OK NOW BUT FEEL LIKE CRAP!!! HOPE YOU DID BETTER TODAY!! HUGS JUDY

I asked the doc about my problems and he said that it was good to go back to liquids, keep that up for a week, then try blended foods again. He does the stretch thing for scar tissue and will do that if I don't get any better. He said that as long as I can get liquids down, that it might just stretch out itself. Gave me a prescription to make the food go through the hole, don't know how that works, have to get it filled today and take it 4 times a day. He said that the opening that he makes is about the size of a pen so if you have any scar in the inside, then it isn't much to close off the opening. He said that this can happen around 4-5 weeks, but not everybody has it happen, and that is where I am. I hope the prescription works, don't really want to go back to the hospital again! Boy I was so looking forward to foods again and now back to soup and that stuff again. My liquids do go alright, but can't drink too fast, then it sits and hurts, even water! As far as weight goes, I have lost 25lbs since my two week fast prior to surgery, don't know how much I have lost since surgery. 37lbs down since I first saw him, in sept, 2005. It seems slow to me compaired to some on here, but he said to be sure to keep up the protein, if that slips so does the weight loss, and he said that I am doing fine with the numbers. I hope that today is a much better day for you! HUGS TO YOU---ANN

HI ANN...HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T NEED TO BE STRETCHED OPEN BUT IF YOU DO ITS EASY ENOUGH....DON'T BE SCARED OF THAT OK?? I HAD A SCRAMBLED EGG LAST NIGHT AND BARFED IT UP...SO I AM BEING EVEN MORE CAREFUL NOW...GEZZZ JUST GET TO HAVE SOME REAL FOOD AND I BARF!!! HANG IN THERE GIRL!! HUGS JUDY

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO YOU GO GIRL!!! What wonderful news!! Dont you just love Dr's Appointments like that *grin*. Welcome back to real foods!!!!!!!!! *BIG HUGS* Felicia =)

Yeah it was great news!!! Thanks so much!!! Hugs Judy

Fantastic. I can't wait to find out my current weights. Aime