Congratulations on your weight loss so far!  I had lost about 29 lb before surgery, so just about 20 lb during my first post-op month...not as much as fast as I would like, but steady, and definitely making a notable difference in all regards!  Keep in touch as you meet your milestones -- I'll enjoy celebrating with you!  Deb

Total Iron Binding Capacity - from my understanding and from what my hematologist tells me, the ferretin is a better test to actually determine if you are iron deficient.

Hi Carol!  Great to hear from you!  Welcome home and glad to hear you are doing great!  It's a start to a new Carol.  Woo hoooooooooooooooooooooooo

Keep  us updated on how things are going for you.  I wish you a speedy recovery.  I do like the idea of watching funny movies to get the deep breathing and coughing done after surgery. 

Guess what?..................  I'm still waiting for insurance approval! hahaha  They have until the 23 in my book to decide... hahaha  They got all the info on 1/23 and they keep "REMINDING" me that they have 30 days to decide!   Do you think they are waiting for day 29? hahaha

I wish I knew an insurance person to find out how the process really works.

Anyway, great to see you back on the board and take it easy!

Hugs,
Kristi

Thanks everyone.  I know the first week is the most difficult one but with each passing day I can tell I am feeling better and "eating" gets easier.  I found a new love for cherry flavored water but can't handle any flavoring in my milk yet.  I am going to freeze some of that cherry flavored water for something different but I'll probably give it a whirl in the Magic Bullet to make it slushy.  

You know how they tell you to cough and deep breath, which I am doing fine with by the way.  But last night I had my first belly laugh when my loving husband upset my cup of cherry water on the floor and jumped sky high!  I laughed my butt off at him jumping to take care of it.  Of course, it wasn't funny watching it go on the beige colored carpet but hey, we can clean that!  Think a recommendation should be to rent a bunch of comedies for the first couple days to make you laugh your butt off and get that deep breathing and coughing going.

Have my post-op tomorrow at 3:30 so will get rid of the drain then.  Hope to get more outdoor time in then too with my walks.  It's been so cold that I've been dragging my feet getting outside.

Thanks again for checking in and letting me know you are out there for me.  You are all so special to me and I couldn't do this without you.

Hugs,
Carol

Welcome home.  I'm glad to hear your surgery went well and you're doing ok.  Sipping and walking is the best course of action.  Take care and keep us updated.

Jenny