Da land of Protein & vitamins, ER visit,and all that other shyt

Sep 22, 2009

Hey Y'all,

Just checking in.  It's been raining, flooding, etc in da A.  Thank God though my county was hard hit, I stayed dry!

Well. Sunday I was in the ER - not surgery related. Seem I either had the flu or bronchitis. Yum!

As of Sunday (9/20), I've lost 12 lbs since surgery day of 9/14 - 2lbs a day - yippee!!!!).

Other than that, delayed gas! Arrrgghh! And I messed myself up not thinking - opened garage door and have had a lil pain since.

Protein drinks: Oh, I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GLAD someone told me about Nectar! Right now, I'm sipping on Twisted Cherry.  Not bad, but won't do again.  So far, I like Roadside Lemonade, Fuzzy Navel, Strawberry Kiwi, and something else.  Also mixed Allwhey natural/unflavored in my Hawaiaan Punch Lite - it did alter taste, but not horribly so.  Unjury unflavored in the same - the All Whey was better.  I did NOT like Nectar Crystal Sky - and I have one sample left - but I can tolerate it.  Now, only 1 flavor came back up in the 1st 2tbsps (was the day I was sick, but I got the other flavors down).  That was Elite Berry Blast. Still have Nectar Strwberry Mousse, Natural Peach, Natural Orange, Designer brand Natural to try.  (and I'm the picky one - Fuzzy Navel would NOT have been a pick, but was urged to try).

Or, and Centrum Chewable Orange - Horr-friggin'-rendous!  Blah! And UpCal Fruit Punch calcuim chews - the smell nauseates me (Centrum too) and the taste isn't great, but my friend tasted one and liked it.  Go fugging figure.  Hope this helps someone!



OK, the other shyt... so I went to the store to get a few things for stage 3 and more popsicles (I tasted pure wood on the Popsicle brand ones I had - the Mayfield in the hospital was better - alas! They didn't have any more in the store).  So, I got Crystal Light Lemonade & Raspberry Lemonade and Edy's with tangerine, raspberry and something else (Mom suggested the Edy's).  I passed the garlic bread. Um, ok. Cereal? We'll be together again Corn Flakes, so not worried about you.  Steak/beef/pork, eventually.  What made me wanna cry? White grapes.  They've been pitifully pitiful looking all summer. I had some plump ones before surgery. Mind you, they were the best, but not sweet to me.  These were so beautiful looking.  But, until @ least stage 4, noraw or uncooked fruits/veggies. Sigh.

But, as of Friday - 1 week of pureed foods.  Fugg dat! While I'm all for trying grilled chicken again (b/c I'm the atypical black chic and don't eat bird), I refuse to eat that mess pureed!  So, I have my mom's soup (broth from veggie soup - I've never eaten soup!!!).  I will make red beans, sans rice cooked w/ ow fat smoked sausage (I don't eat SS, and I'm hoping I can tolerate da beans - plan to mash em up like feeding a baby.  Maybe I can eat regular mashed potatatoes?  Will try sweet potato (never eaten it!), grits.  NUT said no, surgeon said stage 3 only - I'm going w/ doc.

Aight, I'm done 4 now. SIpping on Nectar Twisted Cherry - straight medicine - but tolerable.

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