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I love rotisserre chicken - dark meat. Boston Market is one of my favorite places to get it. Walmart comes 2nd. The dark meat is moist and I will take the skin off, cut the meat off the bones and weigh them on my food scale. What would be good for the side dishes because I usually eat cream spinach and loaded mashed potatoes. All ot this stuff is easy to eat. Hopefully its healthy and my tummy will appreciate the good food its getting. What do you think?

The worst part of my day comes twice a day when I have to give myself blood thinner shots. I dont like needles but my family cant do it either so I have to shrug off the fear and shoot myself twice a day. Did everybody have to do this? I have to do it for 2 weeks.

I'm 5 days post-op and the gas pains are driving me nuts. I was given a suggestion and I tried it and it has helped. A hot cup of Water mixed with some lemon. The taste is not good but thats not why you are drinking it. For some reason, the gas isnt so bad. It was taking my breath away!!!!! I'm not hungry, tired of drinking the Protein shakes, cannot tolerate ice in my water so I have drink it room temperature and suppose to be on pureed food for 2 weeks but I just dont want anything. I'm just concentrating on the meds, water and the Protein Drink for right now. Maybe in a few days, I'll be ready to eat some kind of food. Also, I have to inject myself in the stomach with blood thinning shots twice a day for 2 weeks. I hate doing that too!!!!!

I would like to know too because I cant eat those big chocolate things I bought. Its too much chocolate in my mouth. Trying to get my protein in with a chocolate protein powder is enough!!!!

I'm 3 days out and drinking ice water hurts going down. Why does that happen? Its so hot here in Chicago and in my house, I'm trying to cool off with a tall cool glass of ice water but it hurts going down.

I'm busy dealing with GAS issues! I'm walking, sucking down Gas X strips, belching, cutting the cheese. Gas is wrapped around my stomach and back, clenching to me, sometimes cutting off my breath! This just started full force today DAY 4 Post Op. Hope this is just the end of it trying to stay with me!

My first 2 weeks started with pureed food. I really prefer my protein drink and water. Tried some mashed potatoes and gravy. Might have some refried beans w/Ortega taco sauce and some melted cheese. When I was in the hospital, I ate some grits and oatmeal and they went down really well. After the 1st 2 weeks or pureed, I think I will be on "soft" foods for a couple of weeks, then regular food.

Figured out why I'm so uncomfortable. ITS GAS!!!!!!! Can't believe all I've been reading about everybody else's experiences with gas and I totally overlooked it and was laying around starting to be miserable because I just didnt know why I felt so uncomfortable. My husband asked me to described what I was feeling and I said I feel like I want to belch but it wont come up. Then he gave me a Gas X strip and I've been belching ever since. My stomach feels lighter!!! I no longer have that "uncomfortable feeling". Its even easier to drink water. Maybe thats why I couldnt really eat my mashed potatoes and gravy last night. Its just GAS!!!!!

mashed pototates and gravy. I made hamburger patties in gravy with rice for the family and made some mashed potatoes to go with some of that gravy and I will shake some protein powder on it.

Hi April and Gel. Welcome. I am 3 days post-op. A newbie!!!!!!! and doing well.

blood thinners.

I got Actigall but its just too big and I'm afraid to take it! I really hate giving myself shots in the belly 2X a time for 2 weeks (Lovenox). The Lortab works almost instantly once its swallowed. I really needed it! I got a prescription for Nexium even though I've been taking Prilosec for almost 15 years!

Welcome Nikki! I came home today too.

Home from the hospital today. Stomach sore. I realized I cant drink Water too fast. It turned into a painful experience. Soon as I got home, my bowels released themselves! yeah!!!!! I felt so good in the hospital but I see now it was all the pain medication they gave me. Now its worn off, I'm waiting on my prescriptions to get filled and I'm hurting like hell!!!!!!! I dont see how I can get enough water in by all these darn baby sips!!!!! If I drink more, I feel a pain. I really need my pain medication. I think I'll feel a little better. What I'm NOT looking forward to are the louvenox injections! I do not like needles and getting shot twice a day for 2 weeks really creeps me out!!!! I pray these 2 weeks go by really fast!

I would have been fine with my surgery if getting an IV put in wasnt so difficult. They ended up putting one in my neck and that hurts. Shortly after that I got the "happy juice" and when I woke up, I was in recovery. That was tuesday. Should be going home today. Feeling good, no nausea, minimal pain. Doesnt feel like I had major surgery!!!!! Very pleased so far.

MORE UPDATES: I finally got some uninterrupted sleep. Woke up and took a stroll down the hall. I can now have pureed food. Ooh Yummy! I'm having baked chicken, mashed potatoes n gravy and broccoli, I said to please include salt n pepper!!!!! I have a litle medicine cup of milk of magnesia to sip on. Still feeling decent. Took a dose of Lortab at 5pm, last fir 3 hrs so soon I will need more.

UPDATE ON ME: Its 3:00pm a day after surgery. They took the IV out of my neck, took out the catheter, stopped the morphine, gave me Lortab, stopped high blood pressure medication. I've been walking around, sitting in a chair, ate some jello, drank hot tea, it didnt come back up. Doctor said to have pureed dinner and if my pureed breakfast stays down, I can go home. The nurse taught me how to inject myself with the Louvenox. It took me forever to do cause I was terrified to stick myself but once I did it, I hardly felt it. Doctor explained more about the surgery. I told you about the scar tissue from my hysterectomy in 2007. He had to pry apart and pull away scar tissue for the first 75 cm of small intestine but he really wanted me to have 150 cm. He was not comfortable messing with anymore because one little nick or tear and I could die. So he left it at 75cm. He said I won't lose as much weight as I wanted (150 lbs.) as easily but it can still be done. He said to think of it as a car that I'm driving automatic but now its manual. I'll get there but the work will be on me doubly hard because I will have less problems of dumping, it will be easier to overeat so I have to pretend I have 150cm of small intestine and prepare and eat my meals accordingly and I will lose the weight. Honestly, I dont feel like I had surgery at all. Other than some stomach swelling and 5 cuts in my stomach, I feel fine. Guess I'll be going home tomorrow.

Surgery done! This hospital is unbeliably beautiful! Would u believe the rooms are all singles, wireless keyboard, can get on internet, monitor is my 36 inch flatscreen tv!!!!! This is great!!! Surgery started at 2:45pm, got to recovery at 6:00pm, in my room at 9:00pm. A little problem during surgery. Scar tissue on small intestines from a 2007 hysteroctomy had many inches bunched up and the dr. spent 45 minutes untangling it. He told my husband this will prevent me from losing alot of weight but I will talk to him today to find out the details and exactly what this will mean. My hiatal hernia was so small, he decided not to remove it. I will find out why. The only pain I'm having is chest pain sice I woke up from recovery. The morphine pump takes care of that!!! I didnt need drainage tubes at all! Another problem I had, my veins were so bad, they couldnt start an IV until I got to surgery and they put it in my neck it didnt work, they had to try the other side and that worked ,and that hurt like hell and they intubated me while I was loopy from the happy juice but I still felt it and it hurt. But luckily that didnt last long cause when I opened my eyes again, I was in recovery. I will get up to walk today

I take two vicodin twice a day.

Welcome! I'm on my way to the other side and I will give a full report - of what I can remember!!! LOL!

I HAVE A NEW ATTITUDE!!!! Clear liquids today, surgery tomorrow at 1:30pm. I'm not angry anymore. I'm looking forward to the surgery. Anxiously awaiting the blossoming of my new body! I had a beauty shop appointment, mani and pedi today. I feel good!!! I'm no longer depressed. I am happy! I talk to you all tomorrow night!!!!!!!

thats on my list of pureed type foods I can eat for my 2week post-op puree food stage.

that wasnt required for me. i wonder why not.

Surgery is Tuesday, July 16. I have not been exercising regularly but started back again yesterday. Sat, 7/13 - exercise bike for 2 miles Sun 7/14 - exercise bike for 2 miles Mon 7/15 - will try to use the treadmill, plus exercise bike for 2 miles. I use the exercise bike exclusively because I had knee replacement in one knee and need the other one replaced and exercise bike is good for my knees in addition to helping getting the weight off. Arthritis in my lower back prohibits me from doing a lot of walking. Thats why I havent use the treadmill much but hopefully, after the surgery and I lose some more weight, I will be able to fit in an MRI machine and they can see exactly where to give me a cortisone shot in my lower back and hopefully I will be able to walk a distance and use a treadmill for a distance.

As messy as my life is with the weight and the health problems associated with it, the absolutely best thing in the world are my children. that I did really good!!!!