My surgery was on 6/23/14 amazed how easy this has been for me. You know my doctor didn't tell me how many calories we should be consuming at this time. When I went to see him 1 week after surgery, I told him I was eating abt 450. Cal and he said that was fine. I really love this site, you get to see all that can happen, but knowing that possibly none of it will. Does that make sense? Ciao