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Topic: RE: 8 days post op and feeling good but....
Are you drinking your protein shakes? That's what gives me more energy than anything, even now. I can tell if I haven't had enough protein. Broth and jello don't have much food value. Good luck,
Pam
Topic: RE: OT: Two Prayer Requests
Just wanted to let y'all know that the baby is home and doing much better. His level was 9 yesterday, down from 16 on Monday.
Sue had her first chemo treatment yesterday evening. They are trying to shrink the tumor before the masectomy. This morning she woke up with a big appetite and feeling better than she has in three months. Hopefully she will get to go home this afternoon.
She still has a lot to go through yet, but it's not as bleak as first thought. The CAT scan on Tuesday showed that the cancer is localized to the breast. Next week or so she will go to Jackson for some other type of scan (PID or something?) that is supposed to pinpoint any cancer in the body. Hopefully this test will confirm what the CAT showed.
Thank you for your prayers!
Pam
Topic: RE: Birdy, LeeLee ..Carolyn update!!
Sugar goes up when you're under stress, so that is no surprise. Prayers to her and thanks for keeping us posted.
Marcia
Topic: RE: 8 days post op and feeling good but....
i would still stick with the soups and jellos....tougher foods will cause increased inflammation around your band... eat more frequently, sure. especially if you are hungry....but i wouldn't necessarily go on to harsher (harder to digest) foods.
good luck. hope you feel better soon. i remember how weak i felt on liquids...and i had to do clears for a week post-op, then full liquids for another two, so it was over a month (pre-and post-diet combined) that i was on liquids. it sucked. but it got better. hope you get better soon!
mary
Topic: 8 days post op and feeling good but....
In a world full of caterpillars, it takes balls to be a butterfly.
(I posted this in the Sept banded forum but I wanted your take on it also.)
But I am not adhering to the liquids diet thing. I could barely move (because of lack of energy) when I was only drinking broth, jello and water. So I started on cream soup 3 days after the surgery and I actually had energy. I am a single mom of two boys 12 and 10 who are very active in school so I need my energy. Now I eat very little but i do eat Today I have had an egg (scrambled), A cracker (cause my stomach get very very hungry and it hurts), 1/4 of a backed potato with sour cram and backed potato. I have no ill effects from what I am eating, and I am losing weight.
See right now it is 2:36, it is two hours since my last meal and I am hungry to point of it hurting.
Maybe I am wrong but I don't see us hurting ( as in allowing ourselves to starve as being healthy). I am a mental health counselor so i am trying to see all this from a healthy stand point. My skinny friends eat when they are hungry and don't when they don't, so i am hungry I feel like I should eat. Isn't that the whole point----- Food is to nourish our bodies not to be an emotional bandage.
Does this make sense to anyone? My dr may get made that I am eating harder foods now but............
But I am not adhering to the liquids diet thing. I could barely move (because of lack of energy) when I was only drinking broth, jello and water. So I started on cream soup 3 days after the surgery and I actually had energy. I am a single mom of two boys 12 and 10 who are very active in school so I need my energy. Now I eat very little but i do eat Today I have had an egg (scrambled), A cracker (cause my stomach get very very hungry and it hurts), 1/4 of a backed potato with sour cram and backed potato. I have no ill effects from what I am eating, and I am losing weight.
See right now it is 2:36, it is two hours since my last meal and I am hungry to point of it hurting.
Maybe I am wrong but I don't see us hurting ( as in allowing ourselves to starve as being healthy). I am a mental health counselor so i am trying to see all this from a healthy stand point. My skinny friends eat when they are hungry and don't when they don't, so i am hungry I feel like I should eat. Isn't that the whole point----- Food is to nourish our bodies not to be an emotional bandage.
Does this make sense to anyone? My dr may get made that I am eating harder foods now but............
In a world full of caterpillars, it takes balls to be a butterfly.
Topic: Birdy, LeeLee ..Carolyn update!!
I just spoke with her hubby around 11:30 today.......Birdy aka Lee Lee.....had her second surgery to fix her bleeding. She was given 6 pints of blood and Plasma........Her hubby said Dr Weaver thinks she fixed the problem. They had to open her up...this time....I just called her hubby(5:52 pm) and the newest update is..... her sugar is up...and they are giving her insulin shots...she is still bleeding but it has slowed down. He will call the hospital before bedtime and check on her again. If I hear more I will post. Please guys keep those prayers coming...........
Thanks,
Leticia
Work like you don't need the money......
Leticia
Topic: RE: OT: Two Prayer Requests
your friend and family are being prayed for! hope that baby boy gets to feelin' better.... and as for your friend--may optimism prevail. cancer is a horrible thing to have to deal with. waiting is the worst part, too...
mary
Topic: Birdy, LeeLee Surgery update!!!!
I just got off the phone with Carolyn ( AKA Birdy, Lee Lee ) husband......Dr Weaver just called at 6:30..they are taking her back into surgery.........She is bleeding more than Dr Weaver would like...so they will be opening her up and going to try to find the bleeding and stop it... she has already been recieving blood replacements...and the usual norm for this type of complication. ...He said Dr Weaver told him to stay put at home...he is about 2 hours away.......... in case she needs to get his approval for another procedure. Bless her heart......Please keep the Warm Wishes, Good Thoughts and PRAYERS coming....... I know she would appreciate them.
Leticia
(Birdy's Angel)
Work like you don't need the money......
Leticia
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