heartburn came back and I figured out that after the nexium I was given ran out I had accidently switched to pepcid when I was supposed to take prilosec. whoops.

have been tired all week, difficult waking up.

yesterday I had a cup of coffee mixed in with a protein shake. felt great for about 2 hours, then back to tired.

no coffee today.

tired of hauling liquids around - too heavy.

back to diarrhea.

ate blenderized bean and bacon soup, only 1/2 cup in case of problems with gas. no problems, and tasted very good.

lots of chores today including mowing the lawn. I get very tired, very quick. I guess last week was a breeze since I don't have a physical job.

my first bowel movement. yay for me!

didn't really whoop it up with the first day of full liquids, just had cream of chicken soup instead of broth and added soymilk to the protein shakes.

tired today, really for the first time.

Mid day I actually run out of "food" - drank all the protein shakes and broth I had brought for work. early afternoon I was hungry and had a little anxiety (What will I do!!) but stopped at a grocery store and got more broth and jello. 2 jello cups and I'm full. I could only eat 1/2 a cup a few days ago.

last day of thin liquids!!!

REVIEW:  only real problem was 2 nights of bad heartburn, now resolved with gaviscon. a little tired near the end of the week but nothing bad. never had pain or nausea. only problem with incisions was an irritation from the tape. as of today, all bandaids are off.

started out keeping track of fluid only, then started tracking protein.

tomorrow I will go back to thedailyplate.com and track everything.

This has all been too easy to be real.

starting to get tired; it's been hard getting up in the mornings and that's not like me. no coffee to motivate me.

tiny amounts of diarhea but none sneak up on me. still, every fart is suspect.