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almost sounds like white chili. that's made with canned chicken and the kids love it but its made with northern beans instead of kidney beans. i\the recipe is on the back of the mccormick seasoning pack for white chili and i add diced tomatoes to mine. yummy! add fat free sour cream and fat free cheddar cheese to the top.

i'm so jealous! im still in pain. did anyone else have a hernia repair? i'm thinking this is why my pain is so high unless its just the fact that i'm a big wimp! Lol. hopefully today will be better for me. just feeling extremely blessed to have come as far as i have come. good luck to everyone else in your recoveries.

haha! i just gotta say this. . . . . .passing gas has never felt so good!! i just had to tell that to people i knew would understand. hopefully this means no more gas pains! whew, glad that's over. goodnight all!

I just got home too. I am having the pain where the big incision is on my right side. I had a hiatal hernia repair too and maybe that's causing the pain. I tell ya, my surgery wasn't until 4pm and when I woke up yesterday morning in all that pain, I thought "what have I done to myself". Today was a whole lot better and I'm just so happy to be home. We got the hard part over with (I hope).

I don't have to be at the hospital until 12:30pm. The "prep" made me so sick! I was so nauseated and vomitted horribly. Hopefully this is not setting the way for things to come. See you all in a few days. Good luck to everyone!!

So i'm having my surgery at St Vincent's Charity Hospital in Cleveland and I live an hour south of there in Canton. They are calling for 6-10 inches of snow between 7am tomorrow and 7am on Thursday! Crap! I hope they don't postpone my surgery due to weather. I mean we will leave 4 hours early if we have to but what if the surgeon gets snowed in?! I just feel with the way my luck is, that something is going to keep this from happening on Thursday!! Lord please help me get through this and make it to post-op!!

my biggest fear is getting sick beforehand and not being able to have it that day. everyone around me is getting sick! i'm hoping the flu shot will save me. . .

OK ladies! 3 days to go. Are you ready?? I packed me a little bag for the hospital and just ordered some samples of protein packs online. I have bought some already from GNC but want to try some different options. Do you have everything you need for the hospital ready to go, and for when you come home? I keep thinking of little things, like hair ties, LOL. Anyone getting as nervous/excited as me? Tell me how your feeling so I know I'm not alone.

thank you for posting. i have 4 days til my surgery and i don't if it's just me, but i have been reading nothing but negative posts lately. reading your story makes me feel positive so again, thank you

I'm a RN too! I have found 4 RN's here in the last few days that are having surgery at the same time. 4 days to go for me. We got this.

surgery 12/27!! counting down the days!!

congratulations and happy new year to you!

I am having mine on the 27th too! I tried the protein yesterday (AMP Whey from GNC) and it wasn't too bad. I've done the powders before and to me it's just ok. I bought 2 flavors and broth. I hope I have everthing I need. My doctor didn't require me to do a pre-op diet. Only liquids 24 hours before surgery. I think this might make it worse because I feel like I have to eat whatever I will miss! Especially with all this holiday food around, ugh! I'm a nurse too, in dialysis and the patients won't stop bringing in all the treats! Please keep in touch with me too. I don't know of anyone else having the surgery the same day as me. )))

WOW, You look AWESOME!! And I love the SMILE on you face in the after photos. Great progress. I can't wait to be where you are.

I asked mine how many people he did the surgery on that have died, and/or had a leak after surgery. I was very happy to hear his rate on both is 0%.

Today I had all my pre-op testing and completed all my classes. The next time I make the hour drive to Cleveland will be my surgery day of December 27th. Omgosh, did **** get real today or what?? I signed the consent form and believe I started sweating. I was so happy my husband went with me so he could really learn about everything I am about to go through. Now, he finally gets it. I still have so much to do with Christmas in less than 2 weeks and my surgery two days after. It will be here so fast because I am so busy!! But I am so happy to get this ball rolling and start the new chapter in my life!

good luck to you too. see you on the other side.

I went to my pre op testing and classes today and they did not mention how long after it will be ok to have sex. My husband went with me and he whispered it to me during the class but I was too embarrassed to ask int front of the other people. Was anyone told this during their post op discharge instructions?? Thank you. :wub:

so i have read posts about when it is ok to drink alcohol post surgery but when do you need to stop pre surgery? with the holidays coming up and parties to go to, i don't want to mess anything up before surgery.

yay yay yay for you!! congrats, it will be here before you know it!!

wow, would not have even thought to ask this but im so glad you did. Lol. and now we know thanks to rootman. glad to know ahead of time.

LOL. So my answers are. . .one week. . .two weeks. . .and three weeks. Sounds like it is ok whenever I feel up to it. Good to know, thank you.