Hi everyone! I've been absent for a couple of days because I had been following the rule that if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all. :smile2: I knew from everything you all told me that the pain would pass, so I just waited it out.

I can't say you all didn't warn me...you totally did! I guess that since I have a high tolerance for pain, I thought I could handle it better. Plus, I don't think I expected it to last so long. They didn't really get bad until Day #4 and they lasted excruciatingly until Day #6. Alas, it is Day #7 and everything is tolerable. I am still quite uncomfortable, but I feel that it is downhill from here!

Food has turned me off since the surgery so I still have to force myself to eat the mushy stuff. I don't feel hungry at this point. I'm sure that once all the swelling goes down, I will be hungry again.

Tomorrow is my post op appointment and they will tell me what I can eat from here. I'm trying not to hope too much that I will be able to eat something new. That would be super awesome though.

I have a girls group that goes to dinner once a month and we are getting together tomorrow. I would be fine to get soup and just eat the broth or get a smoothie on the way, but it would be so great if I can have flaky fish and mashed potatoes or something!

Hope as is well with you all!!

I haven't been on here too long...so I'm not sure what kind of pain you are talking about. Is it that gas pain in the shoulder that I have heard about? Or does your actual stomach hurt? Ughhh...now I'm getting nervous! I suck with pain!! :smile2:

Have you been on the scale yet? Can you tell if you have lost anything yet?