Re: [MiniGastricBypass]Five Days Post-Op

[Guest guest]

Yeaaaaaaaa Flo, You are doing great. Your description of how you feel is

exactly the way I felt too. You take care and you are going to be just fine.

in Missouri

[Guest guest]

Hi Guys:

I'm five days post-op and still in the area, staying at my sister's house in

Raleigh. So far, so good. I am not eating nearly enough, nor drinking

nearly enough but am telling myself progress not perfection! I do get all

of my meds, Carafate and Citrucel in. I am trying to eat and drink but my

appetite is gone...it went somewhere and I know not where.

I have ankle bones. I haven't seen them in years. They appeared out of

nowhere immediately after my surgery and they're still there; not covered by

a bunch of swelling. My shoes feel better and I have no swelling in my legs.

Maybe when I get home I'll try my wedding rings back on and see if my hands

have gone down also.

I have had only Gatorade which I loathe, Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup minus

the noodles, yogurt, apple juice (but never again) orange juice, and V8. For

now I have all I can do to eat 1/3 to 1/2 of a 6 oz. container of yogurt. I

don't have an appetite yet but I'm sure I will at some point.

Tomorrow I go to clinic at 9 a.m. and get my staples out. From there we

leave to drive back to land. This has been a positive experience for

me...I've made wonderful friends while here, been babied by my big (ok,

older) sister, and have been doing lots of tole painting to keep me busy.

Hunger has not been an issue, nor has cravings. I cannot believe that I have

been released from my obsession for even five days. I thought there was no

way, no how that this could possibly happen for me. I thought it was all

talk.

One last bit of advice. Do not miss the opportunity for commaraderie with

this family of people. On-line or in person, these are relationships not to

be missed out on! These are wonderful people who really care. There were 9

of us for lunch today. It was fun and it was wonderful and I am so grateful

to be a member of this wonderful family. This is more than a site about a

miraculous surgery!

Flo from land posting from Raleigh

[Guest guest]

Hi Guys:

I'm five days post-op and still in the area, staying at my sister's house in

Raleigh. So far, so good. I am not eating nearly enough, nor drinking

nearly enough but am telling myself progress not perfection! I do get all

of my meds, Carafate and Citrucel in. I am trying to eat and drink but my

appetite is gone...it went somewhere and I know not where.

I have ankle bones. I haven't seen them in years. They appeared out of

nowhere immediately after my surgery and they're still there; not covered by

a bunch of swelling. My shoes feel better and I have no swelling in my legs.

Maybe when I get home I'll try my wedding rings back on and see if my hands

have gone down also.

I have had only Gatorade which I loathe, Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup minus

the noodles, yogurt, apple juice (but never again) orange juice, and V8. For

now I have all I can do to eat 1/3 to 1/2 of a 6 oz. container of yogurt. I

don't have an appetite yet but I'm sure I will at some point.

Tomorrow I go to clinic at 9 a.m. and get my staples out. From there we

leave to drive back to land. This has been a positive experience for

me...I've made wonderful friends while here, been babied by my big (ok,

older) sister, and have been doing lots of tole painting to keep me busy.

Hunger has not been an issue, nor has cravings. I cannot believe that I have

been released from my obsession for even five days. I thought there was no

way, no how that this could possibly happen for me. I thought it was all

talk.

One last bit of advice. Do not miss the opportunity for commaraderie with

this family of people. On-line or in person, these are relationships not to

be missed out on! These are wonderful people who really care. There were 9

of us for lunch today. It was fun and it was wonderful and I am so grateful

to be a member of this wonderful family. This is more than a site about a

miraculous surgery!

Flo from land posting from Raleigh

[Guest guest]

Hi Guys:

I'm five days post-op and still in the area, staying at my sister's house in

Raleigh. So far, so good. I am not eating nearly enough, nor drinking

nearly enough but am telling myself progress not perfection! I do get all

of my meds, Carafate and Citrucel in. I am trying to eat and drink but my

appetite is gone...it went somewhere and I know not where.

I have ankle bones. I haven't seen them in years. They appeared out of

nowhere immediately after my surgery and they're still there; not covered by

a bunch of swelling. My shoes feel better and I have no swelling in my legs.

Maybe when I get home I'll try my wedding rings back on and see if my hands

have gone down also.

I have had only Gatorade which I loathe, Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup minus

the noodles, yogurt, apple juice (but never again) orange juice, and V8. For

now I have all I can do to eat 1/3 to 1/2 of a 6 oz. container of yogurt. I

don't have an appetite yet but I'm sure I will at some point.

Tomorrow I go to clinic at 9 a.m. and get my staples out. From there we

leave to drive back to land. This has been a positive experience for

me...I've made wonderful friends while here, been babied by my big (ok,

older) sister, and have been doing lots of tole painting to keep me busy.

Hunger has not been an issue, nor has cravings. I cannot believe that I have

been released from my obsession for even five days. I thought there was no

way, no how that this could possibly happen for me. I thought it was all

talk.

One last bit of advice. Do not miss the opportunity for commaraderie with

this family of people. On-line or in person, these are relationships not to

be missed out on! These are wonderful people who really care. There were 9

of us for lunch today. It was fun and it was wonderful and I am so grateful

to be a member of this wonderful family. This is more than a site about a

miraculous surgery!

Flo from land posting from Raleigh