I can't believe its been almost a week (5 days) since the procedure! The first few days were a little rough with pain but for the most part I'm doing great. The only true complaint I have at this point is still the pain in the shoulder. Apparently its because of the gas but I'm sick of it! Its so annoying and nothing seems to alleviate the pain. I've tried warm compresses (which works until the towel cools off) and my pain meds (which put me to sleep for exactly 1 hour and 40 min each time) and even Gas-X...nothing seems to make it go away...without putting me to sleep.

Anyways...as an avid belly sleeper...I am proud to report that I was finally able to sleep on my stomach last nite! I had been sleeping on my back, basically at an incline, getting lower each nite. Sleep was ok but making that ab contraction to get up was a painful experience first thing in the morning. So, I put a pillow under my stomach and I was out like a light! It was WONDERFUL!

And finally, I'm supposed to be on a liquid diet, past the clear phase but liquid not the less. Thank goodness I haven't had any issues with pills going down or stuff coming up, or nausea for that matter. Besides the fact that I'm just taking in less I can't really even tell that there's something "foreign" in my body. At a birthday gathering last night the juice wasn't cutting it. Probably wasn't the best choice to go there without having a protein shake or something prior but you do what you can. It was a fish fry, so I figured because fish is pretty soft, if I chewed well I wouldn't have any issues...and I was RIGHT! Now I'm not advocating that you go and disregard your doctors orders but I am happy that food isn't going to be a hard thing to transition back to for me. Other than last night, I've been doing yogurt, apple sauce, homemade vegetable soup (cooked overnight for extra soft vegetables, avoided meat, though very tender), water and tea.