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I go for my post op on april 1st.

ok so i switched to mushies at ten days. i could not hang. i have been making sure to chew a lot and take really small bites and everything is going down fine. i had chicken, mashed potatoes, and veggies last night for dinner. do you think that it is bad that i am eating like that?

ok so i switched to mushies at ten days. i could not hang. i have been making sure to chew a lot and take really small bites and everything is going down fine. i had chicken, mashed potatoes, and veggies last night for dinner. do you think that it is bad that i am eating like that?

Hey girly... you are probably out of surgery now! ouch! i hope you are one of the ones who is pain free! if not hang in there. i am so proud of you! its finally here! let me know how you are. i am thinking about you!!!

So what is it... one more day? OMG!!!!

Yes i am st pattys day baby... irish too to top it off lol. so at lunch today i got a scrambled egg with cheese, refried beans with cheese, and cottage cheese. it went down just great. i could not eat much of it but i nibbled on it here and there for the rest of the day and i still have not eaten half of it! yay!

ok i will chew chew chew!!!! ill let you know how it goes!

I go back next monday, not this one but next. and that tuesday (the 17th) is my birthday so they will have my favorite cake... white on white. i was worried it might not go down. i am going to lunch with my mom today. any suggestions as to what i should try? i am going to try mushy food. i was thinking egg and cottage cheese. maybe some refried beans but i am not sure if cheese will go down.

good luck on your surgery and your pre op liquid diet. i am just finishing my post op one and i cannot wait til i am done. this board has good suggestions for the liquid diet as you will need suggestions after a few days. keep strong you can do it. you look fabulous in your pics and you will look even more fabulous in a few months!!! congrats on your journey!!!!! <3 <3 <3

4 pounds. i wonder why? maybe because on the liquids your body was in starvation mode and when you started eating again it horded it or something. that really sucks. you still drinking a ton of water? exercising at all? how did the cake go down? the day after i return to work is my birthday and my coworker called and asked what kind of cake i would want. (they dont know i had this surgery). so will i be able to eat it?

so i got a food processor from my mom today and i pureed some campbells bean with bacon soup. it was good and i felt like i was actually eating something. i am still ok three hours later but of course my head tells me to go eat something. how are you doing?

No lol.. they gave me three weeks off! i am kind of going crazy at home so i am pondering the idea of going back on monday. the liquid diet does suck big time. i cant wait until its over. i was emotional too. i cried at the thought of not being able to use food as my comfort anymore. its a big change. i was emotional after too... but i have lost 8 pounds so that is cool!!! good luck you will do great

damn i wonder why my doctor has me on liquids for so damn long. i wonder what would happen if i tried a mushy. were you fine when you switched to mushies?

4 more days...

Hey girly. I am doing much better. I am only in pain when i make certain movements. I will be on liquids until next wednesday OH MY GOD. how long were you on liquids for?

Hi there!! This is your mom checking out your page. Glad to see you have such good company...and lots of good ideas. I think its positive to be of help to each other. You have my good thoughts

Oh lol you wrote me back on your page... where do you get benefiber from? oh that scares me about the stitches. i have been reading on here and some of the people say they could have mushies after a week! lucky them! 40 pounds is a lot. thats great. i have lost 6 now in the past week. its about a pound a day. i just spent two hours doing english homework and now i have to spend another three doing my history midterm. sucks. i am soooo not prepared. i think i am going to go take a walk with my ipod to get my brain cells working.

I am SOOO hungry! If all the swelling goes down after a week then why the hell do we have to wait so long to have the mushies? my stomach is growling like crazy and i am ready for some real food. I have only been on a liquid diet for a friggin week. UGH this sucks! what i would give for a piece of pizza right now. So how much weight have you lost?

yummy... pizza... you were able to get it through? it didnt get stuck? excellent. two people have told me now that they waited ten days instead of 14. maybe i will sample a mushy on the tenth day. like an egg or oatmeal or something. i am dying. i hate this liquid diet!

and then i felt myself go and i said ok here i go! and the next thing i knew i was in post op! i stayed there for a few and my heart kept palpitating and slowing way down so when they steadied me i went to my own room and relaxed. i spent the night and came home the next evening.

so i was the first scheduled surgery of the day and i got there at 530am. they took me back at like 600am and i dressed into a gown and they weighed me and put an IV in my arm. they gave me a shot of something to calm my nerves... (i was not nervous in the first place but i took it), and then my mom joined me. the doctor who knocked me out came and asked me a couple questions, the nurse came and asked some questions, and then my surgeon came and chatted with us for a few minutes. then they said are you ready? and i said yes. so they wheeled me down the hall and into a room and introduced me to two other people in there. the anastesialogist came in and handed me a mask and i put it on. he siad ok you are going to get sleepy now...

LOL ok i totally get it about being moody when i have not eaten. i am a total biatch. and then i take a bite and its like AAHH... well... i am still on liquids and all i can tell you is that i drink a lot of protein shakes with milk instead of water, pudding, and i have been living off of vitamin water. its got zero everything and tastes really good. i went to costco and got a 24 pack. i just have one on me at ALL TIMES. i could never be anorexic either. i only had to do liquids two days before surgery so tomorrow will be a week for me. Just try not to think about tomorrow. only think about today and just make it through today. one day at a time. i am running out of room so i will write another message.

yes do sundays also and we can check in with each other and hold each other accountable. how many days were you on liquids before you went to mushies? what kind of food have you been cheating with? i was so happy tonight because i went to my parents house and they were eating Taco Bell and i was like oh no - so i made my self a bowl of beef broth and had a sugar free jello cup. well - I only ate half! i was like no way! and then i was full.

Hey I think the comment you wrote below was supposed to go on my page but it went on yours. The surgery went well. I was in a lot of pain the first few days. i went and bought a stomach support band from a medical store which has helped me SO much. I was not imagining it would be this painful but it is. Today is better then the others though. I gained 5 pounds post op from the IV and the anesthesia but I finally am down one pound less then when I started. I am going to stop weighing myself daily and just weigh myself on sundays. how are you doing?

Hey chica hope you are doing great! Whats going on?