Three Month Follow Up Appt

Thanks Barb and you're welcome!  Take care. Ellen

WOW! Glad you are doing so well. Thanks for sharing the tips. Again, WOW!

Thanks Shawana!  Your turn is coming soon, I feel it in my bones!  Either that or I'm sore from my walk this am.....   Seriously, it'll be soon, it's just a question of getting the people to do the job they're being paid for.  We're rooting for you! Take care. Ellen

Wow...that seems so small. I guess I'll be able to relate after Thursday. Thanks for the details. That is helpful.  Great JOB! Jennifer

You're right, you'll relate after Thursday!.  You'll be wondering if you'll ever want to eat again.  That too shall pass.... Good luck with your Surgery!  Please let us know how it goes as soon as you can.  We're cheering for you here on the "Bench." Take care. Ellen

(((Ellen)))  Congratulations on a wonderful followup!  Seems I have to measure everything I eat if I want to keep it down.  One spoon full too much and I am done.  My problem is just the opposite, I have virtually NO appetite at all.  I have to force myself to eat.  It takes me forever to eat the smallest portion.... so I am extremely limited as to what I can eat at work because I only have 1/2 hr for lunch. I can eat the lean turkey lunchables (18 grams of protein) minus the crackers (15 grams of protein) because I can snack while I work.  In other words, I can eat it slowly.  I have gotten a spoon full of cottage cheese, boiled egg and beets from the salad bar in the cafeteria and done well with that.  I still felt like I ate it too fast, but being soft food it stayed down ok.  Well, I'm off to the treadmill!  Keep up the good work Ellen.  You are such an inspiration to us all! Diane

Thanks Diane and congrats on your successful three month appointment as well.  I would say that I don't have much physical appetite, it's more my head.  I eat fast because I'm eating at the same pace as my family.  I eat more because I think I should.  The measuring corrects that behavior.  I have eaten two quarter cup meals today and have been fine. I hadn't looked at the turkey lunchables, I'll have to check them out.  Thanks for the tip and keep up the good work. Take care. Ellen

Hi Ellen! Thank you for the tips and for sharing your success with us.  It is just inconceivable to me at this stage!  What an inspiration! Suzanne

Thanks Suzanne!  Your time is coming soon!  We can't wait to cheer you on and make room on the Bench for you. Take care. Ellen