Joannetz

Hi everyone, I just started mushies on sat and it's been heaven lol, I was on liquids for 4 weeks (torture) and was so looking forward to this stage. on sat morning my partner made me some divine scrambled eggs which kept me going til tea time, then we had spaghetti bolognaise, very nice, that kept me full til around noon on sunday, had a cup of soup and that kept me going til tea time again, chicken and vegies all mushed up was lovely as well, wasn't at all hungry til lunch time today and had some homemade cauli and pumpkin soup then for tea made a delicous tuna mornay, I'm feeling so full all the time, only having half a cup each time but loving the full feeling, anyways, just thought I'd share my Mushie Month with you all thanks for listening, cheers from Joanne in Tasmania, Australia

Hi everyone, I'm 3 weeks banded (yesterday) and I'm having trouble with fluid building up under my biggest incision, which is where my port is, I've already had fluid drained twice but as soon as it's done it comes back, I have like a very firm tennis ball size lump which just won't go down,except for immediately after being drained,it sticks out just as much when I stand as when I'm laying down, and there doesn't appear to be an infection, but my gp put me on anti biotics just in case, waiting to hear from last fluid being tested, but it doesn't feel infected, just big, hard and a bit sore, is this usual for anyone else??? and does it settle down?? my surgeon did the first drainage and was adamant that it wouldn't happen again but it did just a week later, I really don't want this "big lump" for the rest of my life, and I'm very overweight so it's not like it's only showing cause I have no fat there!! any help, advice or just a chat would help I'm sure, thanks, Joanne

wow, several months I was wondering whether to just leave it and see if it absorbs, did you mean that draining it all the time won't really fix it?? and omg, I'm sure I've started to have nightmares about and alien getting ready to pop out of me, not nice, funny but not nice lol, thanks Mimi