Gosh, you've been through quite an ordeal and have remained so positive. That's terrific! i am glad you are out of the woods now and feeling better. I hope you continue with a speedy recovery. Good luck! , Robin

Hey everyone. I have survived surgery and have been home since saturday. Everyday I feel better and I am no longer on the heavy meds. Well, I take a 1/2 dose about once a day if I need board. I have been taking in 1 or 2 shakes with added protein powder, almost a whole Isopure, and as much water as I can take, some chicken broth or jello. The PROBLEM is I don't have much trouble with it going down. .. but a few seconds later I have small burps and now for the first time I have the hiccups! Am I consuming it too fast? I can't imagine getting in everything I need having to wait 15 minutes between sips. Should I be taking Prilosec every morning or tums or Gas X? any ideas? Becky H. 238/232/130

Sherry, i'm so glad you asked this cuz I needed to know myself. I am now officially 6 days out and almost feeling human. thanks for the help and i'M going to print that list! Becky 238/232/130

Thank you to everyone *****sponded to my post. I am sorry I did not respond back. I suffered for 4 days with an "on call" doctor who told me nothing was wrong. I finally talked to my surgeon on 3/19 and he admitted me to the hospital and found I had a bowel blockage. I had a second surgery, but aspirated during surgery. As such, it led to pnemonia (sp?), liver trouble, etc. etc. It landed me in the ICU for 5 days, for a total of 8 days in the hospital (the second time around.) Recovery is slow but I am better now. My surgeon is awesome and everytime something went wrong, he knew and stepped in and helped fix it. Thanks for everyone's posts and concerns!!!!! And remember, you know when you are sick, even if an on call and ER doctor doesn't!!!!

I'm with your on that,Kat. Crystal light is just too sweet to me - made me feel like I was going to get sick. Sugar free popsicles have the same effect. I am loving ice cold water right now. It tastes soooo good. Yesterday, I did find that I like the WalMart peach tea packets that you can dump in a 16 oz. bottle of water. I am going to try their little packets of sugar free apple cranberry drink for water bottle tonight. I think I do better with keeping track of my water with the bottles too. Since I like to keep them for when I am going somewhere, I bought a little screw top water bottle that has the oz. marked on the side so that I can use that in the house rather than the bottled water. I got it at linens n things, but they have them everywhere. Maybe that would work for you too! Good Luck, Robin