To Cammie The other side

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I have to admit....yesterday after eating I found some cherry pie

filling in the fridge and just sat and ate and ate, also I have

sundaes and ice cream every day, tapioca has become my all time

favorite. It is so weird I love exploring all the soft delicious

foods that I neglected before! And I pull up my pants with ease!!

Only thing is I admit I miss seeing a booty back there! I am

basicly curveless at the moment. I am walking and jogging to get

some muscle tone back. I have never been in this position before!

And now that I can eat better and better each day and am talking so

clearly and swelling is going way down I am so enjoying my results.

I actually admired my changes today. This to me is the other side

(not 1 day post op where you feel like hell, that's the far side!) I

can appreciate what I did to myself. I can only IMAGINE!!!! What it

will feel like to get my braces off!!!!! I'll be flying high for the

rest of my life!!

Jane

> >

> > Jo,

> >

> > Thanks, I appreciate your response. When I was wired the first 5-

> 6

> > weeks I tried the blending thing. I lost 21 pounds and was soooo

> > malnurished. However, I am really starting to enjoy some really

> > great " soft " things. I jumped into chewing and that was a

> mistake.

> > Now I am enjoying a lot of healthy and softer foods like oatmeal,

> > chicken salad, I even had soft tacos with lots of sour cream last

> > night. I have become addicted to tapioca pudding. I am still

> > drinking whole milk. It has been 1 week since my splint has been

> > off. I have gained a pound which makes me happy. After going

from

> > 124 to 103 I was worried I would gain it all back much quicker

> than I

> > lost it being wired and be unhealthy. But I am finding it is

> still a

> > gradual process and mostly I feel healthy. I feel like my old

> self

> > again. I have so much energy and am upbeat! I'm not starving

> > anymore!! Also the numbness in my palate gets better each day.

> So..

> > I finally feel the process winding down.

> >

> > Jane

> >