Hey guys! Im one week out tomorrow!

Hello my friends....so sorry I have been MIA since I had my surgery last Monday....my computer chair at home isnt all that comfortable and I dreaded having to sit in it...so I delayed coming online. I havent had any real pain at all....I would say slight discomfort at my lap. sites.....and some heavy discomfort with gas pains but nothing really intense! So I am blessed! Surgery went great...my doctors are awesome as I knew they would be going in....the day of surgery I was AWESOME and walkin up a storm then the next morning hit and well I felt I had been hit by a bus...lol.... I didnt struggle with the ice chips thing at all...it was fine. Since I have been home, I stayed on liquids the first 3 days, well clear liquids then advanced to trying some full liquids like runny grits I could drink...etc... I must say that sf pop's have been a lifesaver....I have started drinking my protein.....I hope that is ok....I really missed it so I started back early... I have tried runny oatmeal, bananas and sf pudding...all eating with a baby spoon...Im so scared to over do it...but honestly I havent felt FULL signals yet....nothing strange except when I took one gulp of ICE COLD WATER...I was laying on the sofa and gulped in place of sip like I should and hmmm....I got the heebie geebies for a moment afterwards...maybe that is what they talk about. Im so scared of stretching my pouch that I wont eat anything like 1/2 cup they tell me too......I just sip ALL day on water, then protein and eat bites here and there of bananas and stuff.... Anyone else do that this early? I found day 3 to be the one where I missed FOOD.....but that seems to be gone now...so Im good... I so want to make sure of getting the nutrients I need... I just worry cause it takes me all day to sip a bottle of water....so far I cant finish more than 2 16oz bottles of water a day....Im scared to over do it so I sip tiny sips slowly....does that make sense....shouldnt I be getting more than that? Oh well just wanted to check in you guys..missed you while I was away....but so excited to be on the other side....Praise the Lord! He is amazing!

You are doing AWESOME..............WAY TO GO Melissa

Hi Pam! I am glad to see you doing so well after your surgery. Mine is next monday.

That is great!!! I'm glad you are doing so good. You sound like I was at first, but I didn't miss food until recently. I think my hunger is now coming back, but it is bad at all. I still really have no interest in food. We went to Seattle this weekend...had a great time and I think I did ok as far as food. Took all of my vitamins and tried to ge****er in as much as I could. Breakfast was a few bites of egg and some bacon, no lunch and then had a nice dinner......roasted chicken, few bites of potatoes and a few bites of spinach. Sunday night I figured out that my pouch doesn't like clam chowder... I wanted that so much when we go to Maine this weekend!! I then had a few bites of dungeoness crab ****tail and a couple of bites of grilled portabello mushrooms and mashed potatoes. All in all, I think I did ok. I am down 46 lbs now, didn't lose anything over the weekend, but I know I lost some inches. Clothes are starting to fall off of me!! Kim