Guest guest Posted September 18, 2001 Report Share Posted September 18, 2001 Hi All, Just a short note to say I am doing much better than expected! (Yeah!) It's my sixth day since the 1st part of my surgery (sleeve gastrectomy) at Mt. Sinai with Dr. Gagner. I'll send through a detailed account when I return home, but right now I am at my mom's for a couple of weeks, and her internet is tied into the main office, which is 2 blocks away from the WTC, and her sender has been down (Thank God that is the worst of my problems right now). All of us here are still in shock about the whole terrorist attacks, as are all Americans. Luckily, none of my family or friends were directly involved, but we all know people who have lost loved ones. As to me, I am doing great! I can eat basically everything I've tried so far, which runs the gamut from eggs, oatmeal, soup, & yogurt to Chinese garlic eggplant and mom's homemade chili. I eat very small portions (1/4 - 1/2 c at a time) 4 or 5 times a day, and drink i liter of water and 1 liter of Crystal Light per day, and chew my Tums w/calcium and Flintstones vitamins w/every meal, and crush my imitation prozac, aciphex (for reflux) and albuterol and accolade (for asthma) once a day. Today I'm going to try to walk a bit out in the yard. So, all in all, I'm doing great. The pain feels much like being one big black and blue on my left side, but I'm off the pain meds since day 2 in the hospital. As soon as I have access to the list I'll update all. Thanks so much for all your concern, especially with the assault on Tuesday. Your prayers and thoughts are deeply appreciated. They definitely did the job! Talk to you all soon! in NY Post-op 6 days & feeling great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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