EVERYONE please look. Need help!

On 12-5-03 I had a hernia repair and abdominoplasty. A baseball sized portion of my stomach above the incision became necrotic and the wound opened up and became infected. A week ago, the doctoe went in and debrided the wound, so now I have a basebaball w/ a tail, 1 inch deep, open wound in my stomach. We are trying to get it ready foe a skin graft on 1-15-04. I will still have the hole, but the pain will be gone. The nurse comes daily to pull off the dressing and re-pack. Because there are exposed nerve endings, it is agonizing. My question is this. My starting weight for open rny was 264. 145 when I had surgery 12-5-03, now at 132 (doctor took 1.6 pounds of skin at surgery). I am unable to eat much right now, and look very unhealthy. I'm told that I will not heal w/o protein. Food does not appeal, and lately makes me nauseous. Any ideas out there? I would like to re-gain about 5 pounds, but am of course afarid that once re-gain starts, I won't be able to control it. HELP!!

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