sounds good!  i started mine today and i stuck with bean with bacon soup since i knew that worked with my pouch and it was first day back to work.  that avocado in beans sounds good!! gonna have to try that one!

I am hoping to be able to go to Pureed tomorrow I go back for my first visit since surgery on 29th of April

Gosh, I'm glad you are feeling better but sorry for the crappy (no pun intended) time you've had. I hope you get even better.

i talked to the nurse and also my GI doctor. they have both said that this pain is from being constipated and/or having a trapped gas bubble. they told me to drink miralax and trying and get things moving again. she said that it is normal for this to happen after the type of surgery i have had. she also said that bowel pain is one of the worst pains there is. i asked her at what point should i start to worry it is a gallstone or something else and she said not to worry because this happens to everyone. your bowels take a long time to wake up and get moving like they are supposed to after surgery. and it just took a couple of weeks for it to get to the point of being this painful.

i don't have a fever, high blood pressure or blood sugar, so i am thinking everything is ok. it doesn't take away from the fact that this hurts more than healing from being cut open, but hopefully it will go away soon. my primary care doctor wants to see me tomorrow. she is going to order some blood work to check for malabsorption and pancreas issues. she also said she would give me some liquid lortab to help with the pain. so i will post more tomorrow after i know what she says. hopefully i will feel better by then.

Definitely frustrating. VERY frustrating. But then again, I look at other things. I've dropped two sizes and that is amazing to me. I weight 10 lbs less than when I got married 7 years ago and feel great in my tight jeans. Hubby is likin' it too. lol. Try to focus on something other than the number. I know its hard!