Day 21 since surgery....Lets compare notes!

Hi Surfergirl! You'll be off to Hawaii soon, living up to that moniker!

It sounds like you're doing just great! It sounds like you had fun with some bread...toast is always better. I had trouble with some bread on a individual pizza. It didn't get stuck, but felt very uncomfortable, and caused some spasms. This too will pass. I can eat that without trouble now. I still do come across things that cause some spasms--mainly. I think, because I get eating too fast and don't chew carefully.

Good job with work! Wow! You're right back at it. We just sold our house...hopefully. The offer was with no contingency except for home inspection, etc. They did the inspection, then signed off the inspection and the radon test. We're just waiting on the mortgage appraiser. Keeping our fingers crossed. Once all is done, we're going to tell our builder to move forward on our townhouse. There's a lot to it. I give you lots of credit for working in real estate. It requires a huge commitment on your part!

Take care, and have a great day.
Denise

Rafael....that was too funny. Make sure you put a towel under the door also....the fumes will still make its way in there to you.....The good part is that we will be losing weight while the REGULAR folks in our lives will be gaining weight!!!!!

Thanks for the Kudos everyone..it is hard work, but I love my job!!

Cheryl

You all are making me crave food and I'm not on restriction, yet! They are going to have to tie me down to keep me on my diet restrictions.

Joy   //////..//////   (lion in the grass)

Fried and greasy food are 2 things that I do not crave or appeals to me since the surgery. I dont know why but it kind of grosses me out. I dont ever remember seeing so many food comercials on TV untill now!!

I used to could eat shrimp until my eyes bugged out.

Then last year I had snow crab legs for the first time (soooo goood!)   

and I suddenly became allergic to anything with a shell!

Now I have to be super careful of food, in case it has shellfish or touched it.

I'm just now getting able to look at shrimp and not whimper for it.   

Joy

Hi Rafael-
You are sounding a bit better now. hope things continue to improve. When was at Loyola for the 3 weeks and couldn't eat or drink anything for some reason all Michelle and I watched was the Food Network. All the nurses said that channel is on in 90% of the rooms. All this week we have been watching the food network...Where am I at? Yep the hospital!

Take care,
Bill

go od onya surfergirl.For the few with major probs(such as myself with a poss redo) there will be many many more with happy outcomes such as yourself Let us know how you get on with the alcohol.Good luk from NewZealand...

Today is my 21st and I have to say that over all I feel better today than I have since the surgery. The inflimation is finally starting to fade but I'm still sore inside and it still hurts a bit to get around. I have also been having some soreness around the areas where I was cut. I can eat shreded beef in stews and had a tortilla with breakfast today. I was just hopeing the palpitations would have quite by now! I usually donet get them untill I get up in teh morning. thats when I start feeling them. I still believe the swelling inside has somehing to do with it because I feel th long heart beat in my esophogus and stomach. Not my whole body like I used to.

On the plus side I have lost 22 pounds to this day and am down to 195!! My target weight is 185-190 or so being that I'm 6 feet tall. Hopefully I can maintain that even though I still cant eat more than a cup of food at at time. I'm eating 6 times a day right now. Hopefully I will be able to eat a bit more at once and fewer times a day as time goes by. I dont want to loose too much weight though.

Rafael