myra39

Recipe for people who love Peanut Butter milkshakes. 1 cup of ice 1 cup of skim milk 1 serving of vanilla or chocolate Protein powder (I use chocolate) 2-4 tbsp of peanut butter Blenderize it. Share it. As it makes about three rny servings. It is sooooo yummy.

1 week out from surgery and I also have lots of pain in my lower left abdomen. Went to the Dr he says its normal. The muscles waking up from surgery. Then while trying to go to sleep last night i had the same burning sensation only as a cramp above my belly button. Rubbing it made it relax and go away. Not so with the lower left abdomen. It hurts to bend twist upon sitting and standing. Dr. Said take pain meds and take it easy and keep walking.

Thats really great! Congrats

thank you I'm going to take some pain medication and go to bed.

I also had my surgery on the 29th. And i was doing great till yesterday....i have injured myself. While trying to get up and down from my couch. A sharp pain shot out from my belly button across my lower abdomen. Now every time i bend to sit or get up it happens. I think i have either pulled a muscle or herniated myself. I am back to bed with lots of pillows and such. Till my 1 week appointment. I still get up and walk around. I just cant sit on lower furniture and my bed is high.

Second day home and still having pressure. Not able to get in protein requirements and liquid requirements too. Was told to focus on liquids first. To avoid dehydration. Curious as to when i might expect to see a BM. Not had one since day before surgery on 10/29/13. Realize i wasn't taking in much during that time. Should i take something to help it along? I DO NOT want to get constipated. Advice welcomed.

it went well i just have a reoccurring headache now.

Just left the hospital yayyyyyy

Sorry I haven't updated. I went in yesterday morning at 5:30AM by 7:30AM I was being rolled back to OR. My surgery took a bit longer than usual but did great. Got out of surgery at about 11:15AM was back in my room by 1:10PM. I have had extreme nausea from the gas. Did a lot of burping...spit up a little blood from my pouch which is normal. Couldn't wait to get out of the bed. Laying down with all that air in me was the worst. Haven't needed pain meds except to help me to sleep. Was up walking by 5:00pm walked to the end of the hall and back. Did that two more times during the night. By the third walk I was able to walk on my own. Well i had the iv pole to hold on to. Only ice chips to keep mouth moist... Two every 15 min only. Had severe dry mouth due to pain meds. Using the spirometer is hard because of the gas. TODAY has been better i was served crystal light coffee Jello and Water for Breakfast. I didn't do the coffee at all ate all of the jello drank 4 oz of crystal light. Took me till lunch time. Lunch i had cream of chicken Soup carnation instant breakfast coffee crystal light. I had one ounce of cream of chicken and one ounce of carnation breakfast. Drank crystal light till dinner. Dinner i have cream of mushroom crystal light pudding coffee and carnation instant breakfast. I had two ounces of cream of mushroom and one ounce of crystal light maybe half an ounce of pudding. I get to go home in the morning. Still bloated from the air. Haven't started passing gas yet. Except for burping. They took my catheter out this morning. Peeing was a bit hard to do at first. They took my pain pump this morning, IV this evening. I can have pain meds by request and did have a headache earlier and had to have some. So yucky. Thanks for all the informative posts that got me this far. HW:471 BW:452 SW:444 surgery date 10/29/13

Bumped down to clear liquids only... as of 1:00pm. Not hungry at all today. I have to be at the hospital at 5:30am and it is out of town. So Packing up my stuff and hubby's driving us to a hotel to spend the night. Don't wanna make him get up at 3:00am for all that driving. I probably wont be able to sleep tonight anyway. Im to excited. Oh and thanks for all those thoughts and prayers my cold seems to have cleared up. No meds in 24 hours now. Nose not stuffy anymore.

Thank you

Hope all surgeries this week go smoothly for everyone. And pray for quick recoveries.

My surgery is October 29th (Tuesday) as well but i still have this head cold. Taking vit c Claritin tylenol cold and sinus makes me feel some better but I'm afraid they are going to cancel my surgery. I cant do another 10 days of liquid diet. Prayers and thoughts needed.

thank you

Hello everyone, Well my liquid diet is no longer an issue for me. My cold has taken away all desire for food or beverage. Which is good in a way I guess. Just got to stay hydrated and hope it goes away before next Tuesday. Set up a schedule on my phone to remind me to drink drink drink. Popping some vitamin C and Tylenol Cold and Sinus. Needing lots of prayers right now. Going to go wash my brains out with some salt water. FEEL like going back to bed. NEED to get on the treadmill.