The Loo

[Guest guest]

Hey, !

I'm still laughing! It takes ***A LOT*** to get a cat to move away

from a nice warm bedroom! Man! I can only imagine! It's a good

thing my shit doesn't stink now, so I'm sure it won't later, either!

I'm sure that Steve will chime in here somewhere--he seems to like

laughing about shit stenches as much as I do!

> > Dear ,

> >

> > When I went to Dr. Ren and Barrie for my 3 week follow-up, I was

> > already eating filet mignon and chicken marsala (chewed well,

it's

> > soft, right?), Chinese chicken and broccoli and I had already

tried

> a

> > NYC hot warm salty pretzel (which BTW felt like lead so early

post-

> op

> > and was not a good food choice at the time) and when Barrie asked

> me

> > if I had gas, I confessed that the Cheese Doodles I ate

> (has " cheese "

> > in them) made me gassy. Drinking a few sips of caffeine and

sugar

> > free sem-flat soda seems not too bad to me. From what I gathered

> on

> > these boards, everything is fair game if it doesn't bother you.

A

> > few daily sips of semi-flat soda certainly will not bust one of

the

> > several rows of stomach sutures. We were put together a little

> more

> > secure than that. On the other hand, the surgeons and the

> > nutritionists are going to say take it easy. Listen to your body

> and

> > try to take in as much protein as possible.

> >

> > Jane J.

> > 230/151 (-79 lbs)

> > Lap BPD/DS

> > 4/26/01

> > Dr. Ren

> > NYU Medical Center, NYC

> >

> > > So, is it okay to have those few sips of caffeine and sugar

free,

> > > semi-flat soda a day so early post-op? Jeez, I feel like I'm

> making

> > > another confession (like the sushi one-at this rate I'm going

to

> > have

> > > to develop a selective memory when I meet with Dr. Ren and her

> > > nutritionist in 2 weeks for my 3 week post-op visit!)I really

> don't

> > > want to blow a stitch/staple, but figured that 1/4 can day

> couldn't

> > > hurt. Is this wishful thinking? Oh, I'm bad. Suppose I should

> just

> > > suck it up and get the Crystal Light out of the cubboard. It

> > doesn't

> > > do much good in there.

> > > ~ D. in NYC

> > > 11/6/01 with Dr. Ren