Waving Hellloooo and introducing myself

Good evening. I'm new here. I used to live in PA but then I moved to MT and after that I ended up back in NY where I was before PA.

Today is the 45th day since my surgery. WOOHOO! And I'm wondering where I go from here. A friend in PA told me you are a very active bunch and to say hello.

I think I'm doing pretty good. I'm not hungry yet. I've had some cravings and gotten tired of a bunch of things. Like pureed chicken, chopped chicken, yogurt, and anything NOT a veggie. I want salad so much right now that I think I'd kill for one. Okay, I wouldn't kill anything more than a ripe juicy tomato and a head of lettuce. And raw carrots.... yeah, I could kill some raw carrots.

I've having an EGD next Wednesday because they say I'm not eating enough, but if I eat or drink too much it hurts. I sip, sip, sip, but if I sip too often too close together it hurts too.

Tap ;~D

WElcome aboard!! We do accept "transplants" :) This is a great group of people.

I hope that they don't find anything with your EGD, some people just can't eat as much as others, it happens! At a month and a half out I was just getting on to 'real' food as per my program.

Good luck!

Liz

Welcome aboard!

The puree stage was probably the hardest for me...soft foods felt like I had hit the big time! Some of the folks here are really creative cooks...and for those of us who are not so creative, they can even come up with some great ideas for using sugar free syrups!

Good luck with the testing and be sure to check in on our daily roll call!

Welcome!  I had a rough time on pureed and also felt like I would kill someone for a salad.  Good luck on your EGD.

Welcome Tap!

Nice to meet you!

Good luck with your EGD.

Maura

Sooooo...you're in NY now?  LOL  That's a lot of moving around!

Congrats on your surgery!  And yep - we are a very active group and supportive.  We'll give you advice and answers to your questions, be empathetic...and a kick in the a$$ if you need one.  Only because we want everyone to continue down the "successing" road!  (Successing, not succeed - because succeed implies an end, and this journey never ends!)

Let us know if you need anything...and just keep sip sip sipping.  It'll get easier as time goes by most of the time.  Hope you EGD works out well!

Heeellllloooo to you, too!! And welcome aboard! Congratulations on your recent surgery - you're in for a great ride and lots of successing along the way!

OMG pureed was the WORST stage for me as well - just looking at pureed food turned me off - not that I had much of an appetite anyway, but I did force some into myself just so I could get to the next stage without hurting my new pouch.

Take your time on the raw veggies, tho - it took me a very long time to tolerate salads and I still have a hard time with fresh raw carrots, celery and stuff like that. Those things can be hard to chew down to a consistency that will pass thru your pouch, and the LAST thing you want is getting something like that stuck and getting the foamies - - LOL!!!

Glad you're here - visit often - someone's always lurking around this board.

Kathy

Welcome aboard Tap... we love implants from other states!!

Sounds like you are doing pretty well for where you are.  Things will get easier as time goes on.

Keep on successing!

Hi there !! So glad you found us. I know what you mean about the salads. LOL It takes awhile and there are still some raw veggies that I don't tolerate very well. Hope to "see" lots of you here on the boards.

welcome to the PA board !!

Lisa