Good Luck to Everyone on the 28th

Well tomorrow is the day for me and for many others on here.  I wish you all the best with your surgery.  I look forward to hearing how you do.  See you on the other side!

 I got home yesterday afternoon. Hope you're well!!!!!

I got home this morning.  I am doing pretty good.  No real problems.  How are you doing?  Are you feeling ok?  I can only eat 1 oz right now.  My stomach is about the size of a grape.  Some pain on the left side, but that is to be suspected.  Hope your doing great.

Sherry

 I can get the 3oz down, but I feel nauseous afterward - even though it takes me half an hour to get it down. I've had no real stomach pain, just soreness. My tongue is what hurts! It was traumatized during the intubation process.

I am sorry to hear about your throat.  I hope it gets t feeling better soon.  I had trouble talking the first two days, but no problems at all now.  It is funny how each place does things differently.  I am not to have more than 2oz and must have it within 1/2 hour or don't eat it.  I am not even trying to push more than 1 oz because it makes me feel bloated.  I think a lot of my pain is the gas.  Keep me informed abouthow your doing.  We are on the loser's bench now!  Yeah!

Congrats to all of us!  We are all on the loser bench now!  I hope you are recovering well from the surgery (I know I am).  It won't be too long before we are much healthier! 

I had my surgery on the 28th as well.  I came home on Wednesday and feel good.  I have pain when in an upright standing position on my left side but feel good otherwise.  I have a lot of gas but no DS yet or issues in eating. 

I have stuck to oatmeal, pudding, yogurt and applesauce for the most part.  I tried to eat low fat string cheese yesterday and had no issues but I did have more pain this morning when I woke up (not sure if it made me gassier or what). 

I am down 8 pounds since surgery and hoping to see more go before I report back to work later this month. 

I have been told to start my protein shakes this weekend - has anyone had issues starting this?

Best of luck to everyone! - Laura

Robert I am glad to hear you are doing well.  Yesterday was a bad day for me.  I was doing good until I had my second meal.  I ate 1 1/2 of cottage cheese and I felt extremely bloated.  I couldn't drink or eat.  I later tried to take some gas x and that made it worse.  I ended up taking some antinausea meds and waited it out.  About 9p things started getting better and I was able to eat 1 oz of pudding.  I think I will stay away from cottage cheese for another week and not eat over an oz for some time.  Other than that my pain level is minimal.  If I lay wrong it hurts, but otherwise pretty good.  Not taking pain meds.  Today started off much better.  However I am passing some mucus type blood clots when I pee.  Nurse said to keep an eye on it and if it gets worse to let them know.  They think it may just be due to trauma from the catheter.  So lets hope the rest of the day is smooth sailing. 

 I haven't weighed myself or anything, but I don't think I've lost anything yet =(

I bet you have lost a lot more than you think.  As of this morning I was down 19lbs.  However I think it is a lot of water weight which isn't a good thing. I think I am getting dehydrated, so today I am really pushing the liquids.  I should be up a few lbs in the morning or so I would think.  How are you doing with the protien?  I pretty much hate the shakes/drinks.