Recent content by Sigourney

Well I think the first two weeks were the worst - trying to find protein in the liquid diet stage ugh! Now I am in soft foods and making my own protein drink. In the blender I put 1/2 Chobani non fat plain yogurt, one cup non fat milk, plain unflavored whey protein (27 grams protein) -...

Hi There - just checking in. How was your post op check??? Hope you are feeling better. My check was fine, but I am still quite tired. Back to work in the office on Monday. So far I am down about 14 lbs. Good, but I would like it to be more. Eating soft foods.... not much excitement...

Hi There fellow Surgery Survivors! Can anyone tell me when I can eat fresh tomatoes? I am 5 days post op and I was looking at the tomato garden my husband started this year. It is incredible - gigantic plants! Most tomatoes are still green. Some of the cherry tomatoes are turning read. I...

Hey there, glad you got more pain meds. I had to laugh at your writing on pain killer skills when I was day after surgery and on a stronger pain management routine..... I would start to "type on my phone" and fall asleep after one or two words. Or as I was typing. Some people got some very...

Not sure what that is. I had my surgery Monday and so far the post op feel is very similar to the Caesarian I had 9 years ago. At that time some women would use a maternity belt to hold stomache up. So my short answer is try a maternity store :o.

So far I am not too pleased with the shake mixes ..... But there are so many to try. I did discover powdered Miso soup. Much better than a bland broth and more protien. Has anyone had tomato soup during the liquid stage? It is on my list of possibles that I got from the nutritionist - but the...

I think you might want to call for a new prescription. That does not sound like enough. Is it all gone? I was given Dilaudid - 50, 2 mg tabs. take 1 or 2 every 4 hours as needed for pain. So far I have only used 5. To be honest I am only just noticing that I could take two at a time and I...

Hi- hope your pain meds are kicking in. I too am feeling some pain right now. I think I did too much today. I told my son and hubby that I have now hit the proverbial wall. Pain meds, water, and the recliner for me. I hope we both feel better in the morning.

Has anyone tried muscle milk? It looks interesting but I would love to hear what others have thought of it.

Yeah!!!!! Glad to hear you are doing well.

Thanks Mimi and Jenny! I slept soo much better in my own house. Down 2 lbs this morning! Enjoying warm nonfat milk mixed with one shot of decaf coffee. Yummee!!!!!!

Thank you all. I am home. Never missed my home quite as much! I had a great surgery. The day after in the hospital I felt good my 9 year old son and husband visited for several hours. The next day, however( today), I had abad morning - nausea , chills, dizzy. They told me I would have to stay...

Hi there dking! Hope you are home now. My surgery went well. Go surgery date buddies :cool: I got home around 6pm. I am staying in our downstairs guest room so I can avoid a really steep stair case at least for the first two nights.

Thinking of you tonight. Hope you had smooth sailing. Let us know how it went when you feel up to it. My surgery was Monday 22, all was good came home tonight.

There is no place like home, there's no place like home. Had my surgery Monday July 22, 2013. Came home from the hospital this evening. Everything went well except they changed my pain medicine tuesday evening and that medicine made me shaky, nauseous and cold. They ran a CAT scan to make sure...