Re: 18 days...

[Guest guest]

WOW Jeff! You won't be meeting with "the MAN" at the end of the month .

.. . you ARE the man!!! :-D What an awesome journey

you are on right now! Keep up the excellent progress and have fun on that

cruise!!

Hugs,

Jen

Jeff wrote:

I am 18

days post op today and I am eating mashed food with no

problem, creamed soup, no problem, eggs no problem….tonight I took

some fake crab meat & some chicken out of a can w/water from Costco

and mashed them with a fork added vegenase (fake mayo) ate that with

no problem. Last night I ate the topping off a pizza (cheese only) I

feel lucky as eggs, milk (in cream soup) have not affected me. I have

had three cups of soup this week at three different restaurants for

lunch..mostly it has been cream of broccoli, I guess it is the

restaurants soup of choice. A small cup is all I can eat, and that is

just fine with me. I have not felt hungry at all since surgery. I

might add that I am eating only one meal a day right now…mostly at

home I have jello, SF pudding, cottage cheese. I am also drinking my

protein and getting close if not all of my recommended 50-60 grams a

day. I am sharing this for what I don't know, but I feel better that

I have. I have progress as quickly as my tummy has let me, I am

staying on the mashed food diet for as long as possible, as I am not

in a hurry to eat a burger Ha Ha…I would really like to loose all I

can right now, and with the small amount of food I eat, that should

be no problem. OH YEA another landmark, stopped by the store today

and tried on a pair a pants, I had to keep trying on smaller pants

until I found a pair that fit…I almost cried the pants that fit were

a "48" and even that was not snug, it was just right. I had no

idea !!! at my max I bought a 60 and wore mostly 56 – 58 What a ego

boost…whew, excuse me while I swell up with emotion. I Only had

surgery on the 27th of Jan. WOW a whole lot more than I expected, I

have lost many more inches than pounds and for now that works for me.

Next week I am taking my wife on a three day cruise to Ensenada for a

little celebration and relaxation from all this WLS. Midnight

Buffet….I don't think so…..and really I don't care. This trip is

about relaxing, not gorging !!! We are not even going to get off the

ship in Ensenada (we have been there before) we is just going to

relax, maybe even just hit the spa (gym) and work it for a change…

instead of stuffing ourselves we will IMPROVE ourselves. Well just a

little chatter to update and being a member of several different

recovering groups I know that sharing even the mundane helps…thanks

for reading this, it has helped me just to share.

OH by the way, that 2nd job interview has been pushed back until the

week of the 23rd as the COO wont be back in LA until then….so I will

have even another week of recuperating before I meet the MAN, and

hopefully this nagging backache will subside by then.

Best to you all,

Jeff

[Guest guest]

I'm glad you shared your food journal, Jeff.

It gave me an idea of what new post ops are eating.

I'm 8 days out and I don't think I can stand another day of liquid!

My surgeon told me to stay on the liquids until 2/20. But, I need to

chew. I'm hungry. Not starving. I want food, not a lot of food. I

need some texture or something. SO....the other night, after crying

to my husband he said let me make you a scrambled egg....I had a

teaspoon...had NO problems eating it and I was SO happy! I felt

better! Physically and emotionally. whew!

I feel really good since surgery. No complications. Minimal pain. I

know it's only been 8 days but....I feel great! I think that's why

it's hard for me to no want to eat food. I feel normal.

Anyway, keep up the great work and have a blast on your cruise!

~

2/6/04

> I am 18 days post op today and I am eating mashed food with no

> problem, creamed soup, no problem, eggs no problem….tonight I took

> some fake crab meat & some chicken out of a can w/water from Costco

> and mashed them with a fork added vegenase (fake mayo) ate that

with

> no problem. Last night I ate the topping off a pizza (cheese only)

I

> feel lucky as eggs, milk (in cream soup) have not affected me. I

have

> had three cups of soup this week at three different restaurants for

> lunch..mostly it has been cream of broccoli, I guess it is the

> restaurants soup of choice. A small cup is all I can eat, and that

is

> just fine with me. I have not felt hungry at all since surgery. I

> might add that I am eating only one meal a day right now…mostly at

> home I have jello, SF pudding, cottage cheese. I am also drinking

my

> protein and getting close if not all of my recommended 50-60 grams

a

> day. I am sharing this for what I don't know, but I feel better

that

> I have. I have progress as quickly as my tummy has let me, I am

> staying on the mashed food diet for as long as possible, as I am

not

> in a hurry to eat a burger Ha Ha…I would really like to loose all I

> can right now, and with the small amount of food I eat, that should

> be no problem. OH YEA another landmark, stopped by the store today

> and tried on a pair a pants, I had to keep trying on smaller pants

> until I found a pair that fit…I almost cried the pants that fit

were

> a " 48 " and even that was not snug, it was just right. I had no

> idea !!! at my max I bought a 60 and wore mostly 56 – 58 What a

ego

> boost…whew, excuse me while I swell up with emotion. I Only had

> surgery on the 27th of Jan. WOW a whole lot more than I expected, I

> have lost many more inches than pounds and for now that works for

me.

> Next week I am taking my wife on a three day cruise to Ensenada for

a

> little celebration and relaxation from all this WLS. Midnight

> Buffet….I don't think so…..and really I don't care. This trip is

> about relaxing, not gorging !!! We are not even going to get off

the

> ship in Ensenada (we have been there before) we is just going to

> relax, maybe even just hit the spa (gym) and work it for a change…

> instead of stuffing ourselves we will IMPROVE ourselves. Well just

a

> little chatter to update and being a member of several different

> recovering groups I know that sharing even the mundane helps…thanks

> for reading this, it has helped me just to share.

> OH by the way, that 2nd job interview has been pushed back until

the

> week of the 23rd as the COO wont be back in LA until then….so I

will

> have even another week of recuperating before I meet the MAN, and

> hopefully this nagging backache will subside by then.

> Best to you all,

> Jeff

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeff,

Sounds like you are doing fantastically.

Hope you have a relaxing time on your cruise.

I'll be crossing my fingers and wishing you well with the job interview.

You should be in great shape for it.

All the best,

Kay

open RNY 12/1/03

Jeff wrote:

I am 18 days post op today and I am eating

mashed food with no

problem, creamed soup, no problem, eggs no problem….tonight I took

some fake crab meat & some chicken out of a can w/water from

Costco

and mashed them with a fork added vegenase (fake mayo) ate that

with

no problem. Last night I ate the topping off a pizza (cheese only)

I

feel lucky as eggs, milk (in cream soup) have not affected me.

I have

had three cups of soup this week at three different restaurants

for

lunch..mostly it has been cream of broccoli, I guess it is the

restaurants soup of choice. A small cup is all I can eat, and that

is

just fine with me. I have not felt hungry at all since surgery.

I

might add that I am eating only one meal a day right now…mostly

at

home I have jello, SF pudding, cottage cheese. I am also drinking

my

protein and getting close if not all of my recommended 50-60 grams

a

day. I am sharing this for what I don't know, but I feel better

that

I have. I have progress as quickly as my tummy has let me, I am

staying on the mashed food diet for as long as possible, as I am

not

in a hurry to eat a burger Ha Ha…I would really like to loose all

I

can right now, and with the small amount of food I eat, that should

be no problem. OH YEA another landmark, stopped by the store today

and tried on a pair a pants, I had to keep trying on smaller pants

until I found a pair that fit…I almost cried the pants that fit

were

a "48" and even that was not snug, it was just right. I had no

idea !!! at my max I bought a 60 and wore mostly 56 – 58

What a ego

boost…whew, excuse me while I swell up with emotion. I Only had

surgery on the 27th of Jan. WOW a whole lot more than I expected,

I

have lost many more inches than pounds and for now that works for

me.

Next week I am taking my wife on a three day cruise to Ensenada

for a

little celebration and relaxation from all this WLS. Midnight

Buffet….I don't think so…..and really I don't care. This trip is

about relaxing, not gorging !!! We are not even going to get off

the

ship in Ensenada (we have been there before) we is just going

to

relax, maybe even just hit the spa (gym) and work it for a change…

instead of stuffing ourselves we will IMPROVE ourselves. Well just

a

little chatter to update and being a member of several different

recovering groups I know that sharing even the mundane helps…thanks

for reading this, it has helped me just to share.

OH by the way, that 2nd job interview has been pushed back until

the

week of the 23rd as the COO wont be back in LA until then….so I

will

have even another week of recuperating before I meet the MAN, and

hopefully this nagging backache will subside by then.

Best to you all,

Jeff