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15 Days Post-Op Soft Foods

Today was my first day of the soft food stage. I felt like I was getting ready to test drive a car and not know what to expect. So even though I originally was going to eat an egg..I went for the Cream of Wheat. I had about 2 ounces and I am thinking this may not be a food for me. I could feel it in my throat an hour after eating. Next test was afternoon meal of pureed tuna and lite mayo...it went down a lot better. When I looked at it, the two ounces didn't look much...but as I ate it in

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• tgonzale1959
• May 23, 201214 yr

Read more about Ten Days Post-Op

Ten Days Post-Op

I am now ten days post-op. So far so good. I start pureed foods next Wednesday. By doctor's last weigh in pre-op I am down 15 lbs. Per my personal weigh in day of surgery 10 days ago I am down 11 lbs. So I am averaging a loss of a lb a day.   I am getting nervous starting the pureed foods next week, I plan to just eat baby food for convenience for most meals. I hope I lose at least 4 more lbs before starting them up.   But I must say this has been going very smoothly and hope it contin

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• tgonzale1959
• May 18, 201214 yr

Read more about Finally Had My Surgery!

Finally Had My Surgery!

Surgery was Tuesday May 8th around 5:30pm. I was in my room around 8pm and walking down the halls by 9:30pm. I did not use my morphine pump only when doing walks down the hall and maybe a few times when moving around. Pain was and still is very tolerable. I can honestly say I haven't been in any severe pain at all. I am 52 yrs old and was kind of worried that my age would cause me problems. The nurses were surprised and said I didn't even look or act like I just had surgery.   I was rele

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• tgonzale1959
• May 11, 201214 yr