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I got to have Protein!!! I feel like a new woman tonight! I have no idea why the first week of my diet was set up like this - it makes absolutely no sense to me to so limit my intake and especially not to have any protein the first week I am healing from surgery. I saw my doctor this afternoon and told him I felt that I had to have some protein or I wasn't going to make it. He went ahead and okayed me to move on to phase 2 - full liquids. I stopped at GNC for the Isopure drink and have been sipping on it ever since. I also had a little bit of tomato soup for dinner and I seriously feel like a new person tonight! I can't believe what a difference it has made already. Even if I don't wake up tomorrow feeling as good as I do right now, I am so thankful for this moment of feeling like myself again. Thank you all for your encouragement and for pushing the protein on me! By the way, my doctor was excited that I lost 10 lbs. I told him that's what happens when you don't eat for a week. I'll be more excited about it later I'm sure and I know it's just the beginning of much more to come!!!

Thank you all for the advice. I went to see my Doctor today to find out if I could move on to the thicker liquids and add protein. I totally agree that having the protein makes more sense. It was my first venture out alone. I started off the morning so tired and not feeling very well. I barely made it there and then found out my surgeon got called out to help another surgeon try to save someone, so he wouldn't be back until later this afternoon. I was devastated. I rested in the waiting room and drank some cold water there before making the journey back home. It's like 112 here today and really humid (which is not normal in Vegas), so that didn't help anything. Anyway, I'll be going back this afternoon now. The nurses in the office think he will okay me to move onto to the next phase so I won't be so hungry and so I can get some protein - oh God, I hope so! The pain has finally gotten better, other than the occasional hurting. I didn't need any pain medicine yesterday or today at all. The gas seems a bit better also. Believe me, any time I think there's a chance of letting it out, I am not holding back - how gross! I so don't care right now and I've told everyone around me so there won't be any surprises when I let out a belch in front of everyone. My kids now just reply, "Nice one, Mom." Anyway, thanks again for the support and hopefully, I'll have better news this afternoon.

I've been banded! My surgery was on Thursday, July 13th, 2006 at 11:00am. I left the hospital the next day at around 7:00 pm. I've now been home almost 2 days. Jon goes back to work tomorrow so it will be my first day "on my own". The pain in my left side is worse than I thought it would be, but not unbearable. The worst part is the gas bubbles that keep rumbling up and down my body that don't seem to ever come out. I started feeling hunger pains tonight. Jon has been so good at getting all my broth, jello, drinks and vitamins all together, labeled and organized in the fridge. He's been a great support to me. My mom stayed at the hospital with me for a long time and then her and my dad, Brittany and Noah came and visited yesterday. Sean, Yvonne and Travis came to see me today. It's nice to have some "fellowship" that's safe and comfortable. I am so blessed with such a wonderful family. I am very excited for the future and a little nervous at times. I realized today that I will probably never again eat a big juicy bite of a Red Robin Burger or anything quite like that again. It will be okay. Whatever I do eat, I will take the time to enjoy and be thankful for it, but it is a little overwhelming at times. I can't wait to be myself again, or I guess it's more the "new me" now.

I've been banded! My surgery was on Thursday, July 13th, 2006 at 11:00am. I left the hospital the next day at around 7:00 pm. I've now been home almost 2 days. Jon goes back to work tomorrow so it will be my first day "on my own". The pain in my left side is worse than I thought it would be, but not unbearable. The worst part is the gas bubbles that keep rumbling up and down my body that don't seem to ever come out. I started feeling hunger pains tonight. Jon has been so good at getting all my broth, jello, drinks and vitamins all together, labeled and organized in the fridge. He's been a great support to me. My mom stayed at the hospital with me for a long time and then her and my dad, Brittany and Noah came and visited yesterday. Sean, Yvonne and Travis came to see me today. It's nice to have some "fellowship" that's safe and comfortable. I am so blessed with such a wonderful family. I am very excited for the future and a little nervous at times. I realized today that I will probably never again eat a big juicy bite of a Red Robin Burger or anything quite like that again. It will be okay. Whatever I do eat, I will take the time to enjoy and be thankful for it, but it is a little overwhelming at times. I can't wait to be myself again, or I guess it's more the "new me" now.