Re: Becki needs HELP!!!

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I can completely relate to the overly sweet. I was unable to eat jello or

drink juice or anything for about 3 months. I still do not really care for

things like cake and ice cream or candy which I loved before. This is a good

thing since we do absorb all our sugar.

Angels hover ever near,

DS 4/11/01

Bowel obstruction 4/21/01

Dr Deveney @ OHSU

Starting wt 282

Current wt 222

Becki needs HELP!!!

> OK, here's some more questions. I have lived through the Vicodin

> issue, and more on that will be said later. Here are my ??? I am 8

> days post-op. Here is my intake for the last 24 hours. (Opinions are

> invited.) 4oz sugar free instant breakfast.6 oz straw-oj-nana smoothy,

> 2 oz cottage cheese, 2oz mashed potato, 2oz Franco-American spaghetti

> well mashed, 2oz pureed chicken-noodle soup,2 2oz SF Popsicle, 1 2oz

> SF Fudgesicle, 6oz water. This was spread out over the 24 hours, no

> more than 2oz portion of anything at a time.Is this level of actual

> food about the norm? As you can see, my fluid intake is real low...is

> that normal? Water tastes like Lead, Crystal Lite tastes like SWEET!

> My SF sports refresher tastes like a grapefruit wagon. Tea is yucky to

> me.I guess I,ve heard about tastes changing, etc., but I can hardl

> force this stuff down. Please help. Becki's Mom for Becki.

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> OK, here's some more questions. I have lived through the Vicodin

> issue, and more on that will be said later. Here are my ??? I am 8

> days post-op. Here is my intake for the last 24 hours. (Opinions

are

> invited.)

Hi Becki,

I can't speak for all of the educated post ops out there, but at 11

days out, here's my list. My comparison seems to say you're doing

good, but you be the judge.

From 5 am today, 3/4 of a 6 oz yoplait fat free yogurt with a scoop

of no taste protein powder, 1/2 scrambled egg w/a tsp of shredded

cheese, 3 saltines smeared w/peanut butter and a little dab of jam,

most of 2 slices of ham with non fat cream cheese, three teaspoons of

rice with bits of chicken and cream of chicken soup added (also with

the protein powder). It's now 5:30 pm.

I am not sure of my liquid intake, but feel it's pretty good. I sip

on whatever water bottle is in the room I'm in, plus get some watered

down crystal light in between. The water needs to be cool but not

refrigerator cold (definite chg from pre-op, when I only liked icy)

This is my best eating day by far. I have vomited at least once a day

for the last 5 days. Sometimes it's because of something I " tried "

to eat, and sometimes it's for no known reason. That part is

frustrating, because with the tender tummy it's pretty sore, plus

then you have to go about the business of eating again!

I'd lost 19 lbs at 1 week out, and Dr K said that's too fast, and I

need to work on getting protein in. In the last 5 days, I've lost

another 5 lbs, but that's in the more realistic range. I haven't

felt too good, but do notice when I eat every two hours or so, I feel

better, especially if it's protein strong. I'm hoping I'm turning the

corner for this part, and can start to get euphoric about my life

stretched out in front of me!

Good luck to you. You'll be in my thoughts.

(beautiful butterfly)