Hi everyone. I'm at home now and feel so much better than I did 3 days ago. Things went pretty smooth. I had surgery Monday, so that 1st nite and 2nd day (Tues.) was a little rough. Mostly I think the worst part was the drain tube in my nose. When that came out on Tues, I felt like a new person. Each day gets better & better. The 3rd day (Wed) I had my 1st drink. It was cold apple juice and it was wonderful. Got released from hosp yesterday (Thurs). It was great to sleep all nite in my own bed. No one woke me up to take my blood pressure and temp. Yea. As of yesterday I've lost 10 lbs. I'm still on liquid until next week, then I can go to soft food. You wont believe that 2 ozs fills you up. I dont have any pain, just a little discomfort around incision site. Mostly just getting up and down, like out of bed and off couch. Yesterday I got up at 5:30 am in hosp and never went back to bed or even napped all day. Stayed up til 10:30 pm last nite. This is 1st time getting on computer, thanks so much to everyone for the wonderful messages. This site is so supportive, it's amazing to me that we are strangers, yet so close. A Special THANK YOU for my angel Lisa P, she is great. I'm looking forward to doing things for her May 15, when she joins me on the lighter side. Talk later, thanks, Leah