One week later

Hello Everyone I apologize for being a lazy slug and not letting everyone know I am home. It is 1 week today I had my innards sliced and diced and everything went ok. Debby (aka half of the Yenta squad) and my friend George were with with me. The operation only took an hour and Dr Aranow said it was a breeze thanks to the weight I lost pre-op.Re-coop time so far has been trial and error. Mr. Pouch can be tempermental at times. Right now it looks like I may have an infection at the bottom of my incision. I will call Lois tomorrow and see what she says. I cheated and got on the scale today.....I am down 21 pounds since surgery! I am still not sure about returning to work though, I get wiped out after 2 or 3 hours, must be all the 390 calories I'm consuming each day. I'm having no problem getting in my protein, its trying to get all the water in. Today I found out what dehydration feels like. Just like when my sugar crashes. Not fun, 8 oz of water later I was fine. My sincerest thanks to everyone for their prayers and thoughts and emails.

It sounds like you are doing a good job , except for the water .  It was hard for me to get all of my water in when I was a fresh post op . It does get ez'er as you go .  Good work Rich .     Nick