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That's a bummer Riley, but I'm glad that you cleared the ham quickly and it didn't last for hours. I've read in lots of other threads that pork/ham is one of the hardest meats to get down so don't feel too bad.

Also, even though you may have eaten more than a cup of food you didn't many calories AT ALL. A 3 oz slice of ham is only 140 calories and 10 pieces of asparagus is only about 35 calories! That was an Easter dinner that was only 175 calories! Asparagus is another thing that listed as a really difficult thing to get down and that usually we can only eat the tips, so you did good only getting a tiny bit stuck once! LOL

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So Riley have you told robbin you are back to eating salads??? Is she ok with it??? I think you were lucky, i am two weeks out tomorrow, and I am soo not full all the time. I have added pureed chilli to my diet.. and last night had that inside of the enchilada.. those have kept me full. But even then I am having to learn my new full...

Tina i am thinking about you! I bet you are in surgery right this moment...:smile:

candy, dont worry about it.. i am learning these holidays are gonna be hard for a while. I think it will be easier once we have a sweet spot.. :blush:

Love ya girls!!!

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Good morning Nicole;

I don't know if I should tell Robin or not. For my second fill, I have to meet with her first and the amount that I get for my fill depends in part on what she says. I mean I don't want to get yelled at or anything, but I also think I'm only hurting myself if I am not totally honest!

I just got a little stuck on a sliced strawberry. I am not supposed to be eating those yet either unless I "peel" them so there are no seeds - c'mon! I sliced them up good . . . So I don't know if the salad thing is going to work or not now, seeing that I have gotten stuck 2x in 1 day since I got the fill! I was eating salads (lettuce only) with no problems before the fill, but maybe not so much now . .

Boy, I can really see how folks end up drinking their calories. . I am hungry, but everything that I brought to eat today (strawberries, ham and asparagus) has a good chance of getting stuck! It makes me want to go have a Protein Shake - or some chocolate pudding, SOMEthing that will go down without getting caught. I am going to have to go home at lunch and get my leftover hot n sour Soup. Maybe I need to go back to puree for a while . . . . .

Riley

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Oh my God Nicole, you are almost in one-derland!!!!! We should have a (diet jello) party!!!

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Hi Riley! Do you have YIM???

Stuck on a strawberry wow! Well till the swelling goes down why dont you go back to mushies for a day or two?? I wouldn't do the shake, don't want to start a new habbit:)

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Oh gosh no, no YIM - I'm at work in a governmental office! Just posting on my little break . . . OK no shake, I am having some sugar-free soy milk and will wait until lunch :-)

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What's YIM?

Ok...so today much better!!!!!

Hey Donna...I was thinking about you today how are you???? How is the fill!!!??

Ok..so Tina is done...so now it's just me......

Christine I left you a message today...how are you...it sounds like you get better still, huh?

So i told my work today I will be gone for a month....it went pretty smooth...I did some what tell my HR person what it was for...I didn't come out and say it, but you know he's not dumb!! But he is held by his position to keep it confidential!! So everyone thinks I'm having hernia surgery.....hernia surgery that's going to make me health and thin!!! :(

3 weeks from today and counting

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Candi woman! We looking for you! Guess where...on YIM...hehe it is Yahoo Instant Messenger, we saw you but and tried to chat but no go. You may have to download it.

We are still chatting now, at 8:10.

Tina? How did it go, waiting to here how you are feeling?

If any of u lovely ladies are around, msg us (Christine - Swish) or myself, so we can... get together...yea, yea, yea!

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I survived!! Really tired and sore...........but doing ok!! My Internet is down.

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YAY!!!! I'm so glad it all went well. We're all so excited to hear all about it when you're feeling up to it! Rest up and feel better soon. I'm a week out today and feel about 90% normal! It WILL get better.

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Hi Tina,

So thankful you are well, and getting the msg to us w/o internet! A determined woman, alright!

Rest well tonite!

Look forward to meeting you...Donna

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My phone still has Internet access but one finger texting........LOL. I had problem with waking up from anesthesia not sure the details .......but baggs mention they scared me and he was sorry. I got Icy and loved her!!! The anestesiogist also said sorry.......???? Not sure except couldn't breathe with the mask and wanted off!!! Who knows what I did!!

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Oh my gosh tina i wonder what happened! You will have to email him and ask. I am so glad you are ok!!!

You have soo many of us to talk to thru this:) Lucky you!!! :(

I am 2 weeks post op tomorrow and 99% normal:)

candy you and reggie are to go!:o YAY! Then we move to post op threads:D

How exciting!

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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