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I am thinking of going. I was never a binge eater and I have not been an emotional eater in years. The reason I would go would be the support of people who are going through the same thing as me.

On the days you don't go walking, you wish you had because it just feels good!

I think you are doing great! I had a pretty rough start and have only been able to start walking within the last few weeks. It actually feels really good to walk and on the days I am not doing it, I want to be doing it! What would be better is having a walking buddy who is in the same stages as I am. Keep up the good work! I think they gave me some info on what to be doing as far as exercise after surgery, but I am not sure. I think your body will tell you if you are overdoing it.

That just made me think of trying to have a smoothie and using frozen bananas.

Aww. Thank you so much for that. I am hanging in there for right now!

You wear a belt for the first time......in your life!

Thanks. You know the greasy foods bother me more than the sweet, I have noticed...

Thank you. I asked how long he felt like this may go on and he told me that the most he has ever had to do was four dilations. He has no idea if that will be the case with me. He said it is quite possible that they may have to do a revision. It would be nice for me to be well some day. I never thought going into this surgery that I would be so unwell afterwards. I had so much hesitation before the surgery and it very well may be that I should have listened to myself. =(

No. My fiancee is here with me. I was able to get down a little bit of milk earlier, so that is good.

I am going to have another endoscopy on Saturday and then another two weeks after that. Thank you!

They look really good. I may give them a try when I am able to eat again!

Yep. I can see it now. Is this the same site as the falafels?

I don't see a recipe attached to this link.

I have been through all of this before. I was much worse off than I am right now, and it was bad.... =(

You know I am lucky to get in my Multivitamins every day and I am surely not getting the calories, Protein, and liquid that I need. I am having another endoscopy next week some time. Hopefully we can work this all out!!

I am 8 weeks post surgery and whenever I have tried to eat anything beef I get in a bad way. Either a really bad stomachache or severe nausea. It doesn't matter if it is ground beef or not. Does anyone else have an issue with ground beef, and if so, did it go away after some time? I suppose for ground meat I can always use turkey but what about steak? I may just have to give it up for the way it makes me feel.

I'd like to know too! =)

I have no idea what they can do, but I have a call in to them. I am out of state so I can't do anything until Thursday at the earliest.

Or the one I had needs to be dilated some more. For the past two days now when I eat things are getting stuck. I have been absolutely miserable. I've hardly been able to drink anything because whatever I have eaten is just stuck. When I think I may be able to eat something else I have only fooled myself. This absolutely sucks.

They were thinking I may need a stomach tube the last time around. I kept telling them I thought I had a stricture and they kept saying no. I was dehydrated and couldn't eat or hardly drink. They dilated it some until they met with resistance. Tomorrow makes 4 weeks that I had it done and at about two weeks I could feel it forming again. Thank you for your prayers and support. Things have been pretty rough for me since surgery. I guess I've had two good weeks....

Thank you. I am here at my fiances parents and I am in rough shape. This is the third day in a row I am like this now and it is bad.

Thank you!

Thank you. I sure hope so. We are supposed to go out of town for 4 days and I am really worried about doing that..... I am pretty concerned because I am not going to be able to get my medicine down...

I liked the chocolate until I started in with a stricture. I used them before surgery as well. They should actually have 30 mg Protein per 11 oz shake.

That's funny. When I talked to my daughter a bit after surgery she was wondering if I lost all of my weight!