I am home, and so pleased with the way everything went.  Goodness, the staff at Barix is so wonderful.  I feel so lucky to have chosed Barix as my hospital.  Dr. Boe was awesome.  And everyone made me laugh...
I was surprised by how little pain I felt after the surgery.  I made good use of the Mophine pump, which I think helped me tremendosly.  If you are pre op, please remember there is a reason they give you morphine!!!  Don't be afraid to use it, you shouldn't have to be in pain!  I didn't experience the horrible gas other experienced.  Maybe I am just a skilled farter!!!  I did have some shoulder pain (left side) from gas that was pretty intense, but other than that my pain was definitely manageable.  
The morphine definitely helped me sleep, I would take a bit too much, and find I was unable to stay awake.  LOL  then I would sleep for about 20 minutes and think I must have sleep for hours.  My husband said I would fall asleep in the middle of the conversation, then wake up and keep right on talking where I had left off, even though the nurse I was talking to had left the room.  Gary definitley got a good laugh out of that...
Now on to the daily living of my new life!!!  I am sipping and walking, and watching tv and napping.  I took a shower in my own bathroom this morning, very exciting!!!  so far, I have finished 8 ounces of protein shake and 16 ounces of water.  I am trying to drink 4 ounces of protein shake at a time...  6 times a day.  I want to make sure to get my protein in, so I don't lose too much of my hair!  My husband is going out tonight to buy me Any Whey Protein, and Matrix Protein, so I can try some of the other recipies in the Barix book...
I don't find myself using my Barix Mug too much yet.  I drink so slowly, the water gets warm before I finish it.  I am still experimenting with everything....  but I will let you all know when I find my rhythm.

And boy is it tough!  Mom made hotdogs and hamburgers for everyone for dinner, and I had to leave the room when everyone started eating.  but I truly believe if I can't do a clear liquid diet for 10 days, how can I survive after the surgery.
I am already experiencing some stress and my first response is to eat...
Gary and I went to the Philly Bash last night, and stayed over night in the hotel.  I went to bed at 3:00 and he finally came in around 5:00.  We were up at 8:00 am.  Gary took a 6 hour nap today while I played wth the kids in the sun and I ended up getting very sunburnt.  When I left the room during dinner, I happened to fall asleep.  When the phone woke me up 45 minutes later, Gary told me to get on the computer to find out if my energy level was going to increase, because I was so exhausted.  I wanted to scream at him.  I reminded him that I only got 5 hours of sleep and got sunburnt...  and I would be exhausted even if I was eating...  LOL  then I walked around the house trying to find something for me to eat.  I had a SF Jello!
I need to go feed the baby.  I just figure out when I am going to have Ben's first birthday party, August 5th.  and I am going to be on full liquids still at that point...  My friend said, you can probable eat some softfoods and I wanted to scream NO I can't plan to go off program before I even have surgery...  I told a different friend that I was just going to serve lots of food that I don't like at the party!!!
Debi