Hi friends, I am officially out of surgery and on the loser's bench.  My last week had some ups and downs. First surgery went well without any complications, I spent the two days in the hospital, was up walking shortly after. I had alot of gas I think I confused the gas with pain at times but they gave me pain medication and that took care of it. I had staples, I had the surgery laproscopically they just used staples in place of stitches I guess. The day after they gave me 60cc of water and asked me to try and get 30cc down every half hour which I didn't.  I came home on Sunday and the test was on I couldn't get much of anything down without geting full, then the protein was out of the question I would gag at the thought of it, it only took one sniff. 3 days after surgery I thought I was starving and I knew I couldn't eat anything but, my brain was telling me different so I began to sip crystal light and that took away the hunger pains and settled the headache. The next day the hunger was gone.  So I basically lived off of chicken broth from chicken noodle soup and the boost high protein only getting 4oz a day. I had my first appt. today they said I am healing very well and they removed the staples thank God! I am down 20 lbs!!! yes, yes I am soo excited I started out at 270lbs and is now 250 lbs. It feels so good to seeing that scale going in another direction.

Thank you all for you prayers and support  I will keep you posted

continual blessings Michele