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Hi, everybody! I was just banded last Thursday in Azle, Texas. That's just a bit west of Ft. Worth. Had to stay in the hospital an extra day, but feeling much better now and already back to work. Had some trouble with runny Cream of Wheat going down last night, but survived my first scary incident! Will stick to what works best for now. LOVE this website with the categories. So many others are too difficult since you have to look through SO much to find the subject you want. Tell your friends!!

Anyone else from Texas in here??????

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Guest BigUnit

Hi Larry,

I'm in Humble, Texas (a "suburb" of Houston) and I was banned on 04/09/03 by Dr. Spivak here in Houston. How are you feeling other than the cream of wheat incident? Cream of Wheat will probably be your friend for a long time to come, now that I have a decent level of restriction, its about the only thing I can get down in the morning! If you feel you are needing Protein, very soft scrambled eggs are usually safe.

Good luck!

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Thanks for replying. I'm still feeling quite nauseated today, even tho the horrible FULL, bloated feeling from the Cream of Wheat is gone. I'm sticking to chicken and/or beef broth and runny yogurt today, along with part of a protein-fortified Slim Fast, but still the nausea! I'm sipping Crystal Light all day to keep from becoming dehydrated. Is nausea "normal" the first week after surgery? Also a bit of, er, diarrhea.......sorry.............Is this all just my body making adjustments? Nothing was removed....just rearranged...

so I didn't think it would need such adjustments. Must be a wrong assumption!! Let me know what you (or anyone else) thinks!

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