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Lissa, That is awesome that he said that after he hugged you! I hope he is very proud of you and what you have done for yourself!

I still wish you would ask them about the TPN. Nothing goes into your stomach that way, and it would definitely give you time to heal as well as give you all the nourishment you need to stay healthy.

Saturday I had a bad day. I was 8 1/2 weeks out and the first time I had a little tummy ache all day and horrible watery diahrrea. I took an anti-diahrreal and it stopped but didn't have a BM at all yet. So yesterday I took some Miralax, but so far even today, noi BM yet. I have not stopped drinking liquids at all in order to keep hydrated. I hope it was just a touch of this flu that's going around here since I had a little of a temp also. I will take another Miralax later. I don't know if I am constipated or not!

I am not on steak yet, although I am not having a problem with any other meats, including ground beef. Can't wait to try steak. I don't go to the doctor til the 23rd and I imagine he will put me on it then, and also bread. Do you marinate the chicken in the dressing first?

I discovered Miralax. You csan mix it with any liquid and there is no taste. Comes in convenient little packets.

You look beautiful! Love the black top!

Dr. Bhoyrul in La Jolla. I heard that he is one of the best in the nation. I love him and he is awesome!

That's great! I have bought new tops, but have been holding off on jeans, but probably in the next couple weeks I will go jeans shopping!

I was able to have cheese sticks and spreadable cheese at soft food stage and cottage cheese at pureed cheese. Now I am on regular foods and have at least 4 oz. a day of any kind. No problems.

I am 8 1/2 weeks and still not allowed steak. I was a chicken freak before, and now it tastes bad to me. I guess it is the consistency, it tasted tough and grainy. Lissa, I will try the salad gressing thig to make it more moist.

I had horrific coughng for sverel weeks but due to sutures in my diaphragm due to bad hiatial hernia repair. So I just had to wait it out.otheriwse he should be able to prescribe a cough syrup for you or over the counter. Mine could not be healed with any syrup. it was definitel maddening. I didn't think it would ever stop.

I think that an acid reducer would help you. gas X strips are more for gas, not acid.

What a great accomplshment. Congrats!

Never used a blender like Inthought I wold.m Used the lender bottle. www.blenderbottle.com

I guess I didn't mean that Quest bars in particular made my weight stabilize, I just said Quest cuz that's the only protein bars I have had!

Thanks Kelly I will check it out!

I have noticed no loss since then, but maybe just a coincidence?? I hope so. The only other thing I have done differently is eat some diced up fruits with breakfast but not even half a cup so not enough to matter I would think. maybe they just don't agree with me or something!

I have also noticed that ever since I started having one Quest bar every afternoon, I have not lost anymore weight. I am going to skip them for the next three days and drink the last three premier drinks just to get rid of them, and see what happens.

My doctor started me out at 800 calories max and 4 oz. Every three hours. Nowhe has moved me to 800-1,000 and 8 oz., and three meals a day and two snacks, but I can' t do 8 oz. cuz I feel too full, but I am trying to get my calories up by having a dense Quest protein bar each day. He's right that you really don't need to worry about calories until you get to regular foods since you are eating so little. Just need to watch your carbs and watch that you don't have alot of sugar. Go sugar-free as much as you can. It is very hard for me to get in 800-1,000 without the protein bar.

Finally! Used my tagine tonight with the pork tenderloin! SOOO good! Pork tenderloin (mine was 18 oz) sliced about 1/2" thick then cut slice in half for chunks Baby carrots cut in thirds Fingerling potatoes ends cut off, cut in half lengthwise (left skin on) Mushrooms sliced Can cream of mushroom soup diluted with about 1/4 cup of Water Clove garlic crushed Onion Pepper I put carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, and mushrooms in first the chunks of temderloin, then poured over the diluted soup. I did it at 350 degrees for 2 hours. My husband kept saying "That smells good!". i checked it right before an hour and I was wondering if it was going to be done or not, then I checked it when about 45 minutes left, and couldn't believe how much hotter it was and how good it looked! Thanks Chef Neil! I want to use it again tomorow night for some chicken maybe with an oriental flavor.

I think it is acid. Are you taking an acid reducer?

With the TPN, you would definitley not have a lack of nutrition and I think you would begin to feel so much better!

Trader Joes has the best Sheperd's Pie in their freezer section. It is made with shredded roast beef not ground beef. It is a 16 oz. box, so you cookit in the microwave and then can divide it into equal 4 oz. portions to eat during the week. Very good and tasty and tastes homemade to me.

This only happened to me once since I knew I was eating too fast. i felt as if something was stuck, didn't hurt, just felt something there. Then my mouth got really full of saliva and kept spitting it out. Then finally just out of the blue threw right up. just slime, no food, didn't hurt, no big deal! Then no more slime and no more feeling something was stuck.

The TPN is for food and nourishment. I was on 1300 calorie bag per day, but you don't gain weight and then after you stop it, you lose some Water weight the first week off. i think you should ask about it since it sounds to me like it would do you good while the leak is healing.