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Learned a Lesson

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michellemo    0

michellemo
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Today was my 2 week anniversary. Decided I would temp fate and have a little chicken (been hungry). Well, did I learn a lesson. pureed stuff and liquids have been going down without a fight, but tonight was a dinner with some out of town relatives and decided I would join in. I was at the table chewing on some chicken when all of sudden felt like my chest was gonna explode and thought for sure I was gonna throw up all over the table. Everyone could see it on my face. Had to sit there for a minute then walked into the kitchen hovering over the sink. :biggrin: Thankfully I did not throw up, but learned a lesson. DO WHAT THE DOCTOR TELLS YOU. Only one more week and I can start with solids, but I will wait longer for chicken......

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bexter    0

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I 'experimented' last night and am also paying the price today. My weapon was scrambled eggs which I normally despise. I was soooooo hungry I scrambled 5 eggs & added a little grated cheese. It went down really good, but when I stood up it felt like someone punched me in the gut. Still hurts today. Just really wanted to find out where the limit was - how much can you eat before it triggers that full feeling. Not doing that again! Good luck!!!:thumbup:

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newhope4me    0

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bexter, we must have the same menu, i had scrambled eggs last night too. omg, such terrible pain. hardly got any sleep and was still hurting today. definitely learned a lesson

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michellemo    0

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Saw the doctor yesterday and he said it was okay to go to solids, but to be sure and cut things up really small before chew chew chew. I think I was taking too big of a bite. We'll see how it goes....but excited I can go to solids...Yay!!!!

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Sue Magoo    71

Sue Magoo
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Lisa:

I checked out your blog. Very interesting. You're quite talented with all of the graphics.

Congratulations on your weight loss. Keep up the good work. It's so worth it!

I weigh just a little less than you, but I've been as high as 324 (yucko) and 209 feels much better than 324. In fact, 209 feels better than 215, 214, 213, 212, 211, and 210. Every pound helps.

Sue

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LiseSeattle    0

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Sue - thank you so much! Glad you like my silly little blog! it's been a fun hobby. :) I can't believe how much weight you have lost - that is AMAZING! Right about now I can't wait to be 209! I agree - every little pound helps...heck, every 0.2 of a pound helps! Looking forward to seeing you around here and my blog!

lise

Lisa:

I checked out your blog. Very interesting. You're quite talented with all of the graphics.

Congratulations on your weight loss. Keep up the good work. It's so worth it!

I weigh just a little less than you, but I've been as high as 324 (yucko) and 209 feels much better than 324. In fact, 209 feels better than 215, 214, 213, 212, 211, and 210. Every pound helps.

Sue

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chica    2

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I 'experimented' last night and am also paying the price today. My weapon was scrambled eggs which I normally despise. I was soooooo hungry I scrambled 5 eggs & added a little grated cheese. It went down really good, but when I stood up it felt like someone punched me in the gut. Still hurts today. Just really wanted to find out where the limit was - how much can you eat before it triggers that full feeling. Not doing that again! Good luck!!!:)

When I started mushies, I called to ask about this, and our patient coordinator said that on mushies, not only do you have to blenderize scrambled eggs after cooking, but that even after being over a year out, she still has trouble with simple scrambled eggs. :blink: So, please be careful...

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eejaydiva    3

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hey girl! had my 1 week post-op appt today. lost 8 lbs! was hoping for more, but thrilled! hope all is well with you! doc said i can have a cocktail now too! wooo! going to a FUN bar tomorrow in Denver with the friends....mango martini, here i come!

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angelface    1

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Was it because you didn't chew enough? How long did it take for you to feel better? Did it come back up? I'm being banded next month.

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cmcallister2    0

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My doc has scrambled eggs on the soft foods week two. I had some and didn't have any trouble but I only ate literally like 4 small bites and chewed like crazy.

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girlie2shooz    0

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5 eggs? i think maybe you ate too much not that you ate semi mushie food. i don't say this to be disrespectful, but 5 eggs is way to much to put in your tiny pouch. you may want to cut back on the volume and try smaller portions when you add new foods.............you may have less discomfort. g2s

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bexter    0

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Angelface:

Took about a day and a half. I take full responsibility because I don't think I chew nearly enough, still 'wolf' everything down. I'll take it as a learning experience because now I'm very careful about how much and what I eat. Kinda gun-shy now. Thanks.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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