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On the 11th I had my 4 month follow up. It went really well. My vitamin levels were perfect except for a little low on Vit D. She said to go out in the sun a few times a day & I should be fine. I feel great. I'm about 64pds down as of today. I'm finally no longer regretting my decision. It took awhile but I'm finally happy.

Last Wednesday I was in massive pain, Lower abdominal. Ended up in the ER. After several test and Xrays they determined I was "full of shit". My entire large intestine was full of poop and I was extremely dehydrated. It explained the constant nausea I've had since the surgery. I am great now. No pain, no nausea, no constipation. I'm finally able to eat and drink better. Need to still get more protein and exercise in but I'm getting better.

It's been a rough road and it doesn't seem to be getting better. Everything is making me sick. I'm not throwing up but I get close. I still am taking my anti-nausea meds. If I didn't I think I would be throwing up all the time. Everything from water to food is making me sick. I'm not getting enough liquids or protein in and I'm reallys starting to get scared. I'm still taking all my other vitamins. I have ordered chewable protein tablets and hopefully that will work. Maybe if my protein increase some of these other issues will go away. I have to say I'm still having regrets about having the sugery. Maybe because I've been sick constantly since the surgery. I'm hoping I didn't make things worse for my body instead of better. If I don't start feeling better by month 2 I'm call the doctor. Maybe I need to get an upper and lower GI.

Tube is finally out. Have to admit, I'm in a lot of pain. I have a call in to a couple of my nurse friends that work with Gtubes to see if this is normal. Otherwise everything is great. Water is increasing, food is increasing and staying down. Just ordered Fuzzy Navel Protein drink from Amazon. Heard it taste great. Looking forward to trying it. Need to increase my calcium. Lost a total of 25.5 pds so far. Wish it was more but for 5 weeks I guess it's not that bad. Really need to work out a little more once the hole in my abdomen closes.

I've been doing soft foods for a couple of days now. Eggs didn't work out well. Felt stuck. Going to try again in a few days. I had one very thin slice of turkey breast (lean) couldn't eat it all & it took forever for it to digest. So far the easiest thing to digest has been FF refried beans and low fat mozzarella. Think I'm finally in the 800-1000 calorie range...maybe. It's really difficult when I get full so fast, especially with the soft foods. Usually a couple baby spoons full & I'm full. The weight loss is back, which I am happy about. The pain in my Gtube isn't as bad as it was. It's still oozing a but but I keep gauze on it. My time changed for the Gtube removal a few hours earlier...I'll take it lol. Can't wait to get this thing out.

Technically today is the end of my 4th week. Therefore I'm switching to soft foods. I'm hoping this will jump start my weight loss since It still hasn't budged. I bought a bunch of low/no fat, no sugar added foods. Wish me luck. So far so good. Trying eggs with toast in the morning. Getting protein in will be so much easier. Anyone have suggestion on what soft foods are that are healthy for us? Anyone having issues with veggie? My sister in law had a huge issue with broccoli so I'm scared to try it. Still drinking V8 light to get my veggie servings in.

OK I've been in this hibernation period since my second week. I'm now almost 4 weeks out and I've only lost almost 20 pds. Getting frustrated. I'm eating/drinking right, taking all my vitamins, walking. I just wish I would start losing again. Just posting on the forum to see how long other peoples have lasted.

Well I called the doc about the large red rash/blisters around my Gtube. She told me to switch the antibacterial cream for hydrocortisone cream. It's working. Pain is a lot less. Still having a hard time getting 64oz of liquid down a day. Working on it. Week and half until Gtube is out. Counting the days.

We'll today was a bad food day all around. I barely drank/eat anything today. I tried to keep on on the water & vit. but that was about it. Everything I tried to eat tasted really bad today, including my protein. I was also in pain most of the day because I ran out of pain meds and children's Tylenol isn't cutting it. I call for a refill yesterday and that haven't heard from the docs office yet. Which I wasn't surprised from my previous dealings with that office. I called them & they said the nurse was in today & she'll get to them when she gets to them. That pissed me off yet I still wasn't mean back all I said was please put a rush on it, that I was out & in a lot of pain. Day end...still nothing. Again not surprised. I have NOTHING good to say about that office. I know they are busy with a lot of clients but really a little customer service goes a long way & they have none. I really feel they don't give a shit about anybody. The only thing saving the doc from losing business is the fact is about the best in the US. Therefore I sit here in pain, most likely another night of no sleep. 18 more days until this tube comes out is not fast enough. My skin is bubbling up around the tube, the skin where the tape is is blistered and sore. I will most likely have more scares from the tape then the surgery itself. Going to see if I can find different tape tomorrow, I'm using cloth right now. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

I can't believe it's only been 2 weeks. It's feels like months have gone by. Still having issues with Gtube but that seems to be everyones issue. Doing better on my protein. Think I'm finally getting enough in between the whey drinks, the cottage cheese and I put some whey powder in my cream of rice. Still don't have the mutlivit. Should be coming in sometime this week from Amazon.com. It was cheaper then going to the health food store to get it. Been good on all the rest except iron. Try to take it before I go to bed but I keep forgetting. I've missed about 3 days so far. Still not eatting enough but i eat what i can, I've been lucky and haven't thrown up once. (knock on wood). Looking forward to Aug 2nd when I get the tube out. Need to order more pain meds now.