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mary71

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  1. Wow, Stricture...

    · mary71 · 09/19/2013 22:21

    I had my surgery on August 14, and thought it would go smoothly. (for the most part).
    Then I started having issues where I couldn't get food down and I couldn't drink anything. Once the dehydration started, I finally called the doctor and made an appointment.
    Doctor. Taylor tells me that I have stricture and that he needs to go in and widen my esophagus. I had no idea.
    My advice to any and all, if you don't feel right, call the doctor. Dont wait as long as I did.
    Back to the hospital tomorrow and clear liquids. Yum..<---- sarcasm...

  2. What am I doing wrong?

    · mary71 · 09/12/2013 13:16

    My surgery was on August 14, 2013. Pre-surgery I was 243 lbs and now I am 217 lbs.
    My weight goes back and forth every day and it has been like a stale mate here for going on 2 weeks now. I can't get passed the 217 mark and if I eat anything I will go back up to 220.
    It has been very difficult getting food down. Shakes, protein's and vitamins. I am struggling to get anything down. The only thing I have found that I can get down and keep down (if I take 45 minutes to eat) is Salmon. The frozen packakge.
    Other than that, Its hard. I am still on a soft solid diet. So I will try mashed potatoes, yogurt, eggs, bananas, etc... Yet anything I eat just sits there and takes forever to go down and hurts, which in turn makes me not want to eat.
    Everything else has a funny smell or taste and its like parting the red sea to get me to eat it.
    I am walking everyday at work. I walk around the building 4 times which equates to roughly a mile. I try to get enough water down. I drink about 3 bottles a day. (about 45 oz's). It's been tough getting that down.
    I didnt think I would have this many issues. It just feels like I am failing and I don't know what to do.

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