I moaned alittle bit as the kids went through their bags...like I'd die for that heath bar....they tryed giving it to me ...but I refused!! My husband gets mad cause I can eat anything and not dump or get tired!! I bought all low fat snacks this year and had a few comments from the kids at the door...but oh well...that way if I had any leftovers they would be good for me!! At work a gal tired to push off a cookie on me this morning that she had baked last night...then the math teacher next to me gave me a double chocolate filled cookie his wife had baked ....thanked me for letting his kids come to my room to do tests!! Couldn't turn it down,so I put it in my desk drawer and it keeps calling my name... but it can just keep callling...I'm strong!!

it's odd how the farther out we get from surgery the less we post here. but i guess it makes sense. i do check in regularly, but rarely post. i always appreciate your kind comments. Joe

Jean, They took the first one out at 10 days post op and the second one a week later. You are right the drains hurt more than the incision. I think they look to see less than 30cc per day with the drains before they take them out. My belly button is still a little red, but I think I react to the internal stitches and that is why. Keep putting the antibiotic cream on and it should get better. It probably isn't infected. Amy

I eat a bit of s/f candy... (I still dump) I put on a black dress and a very cool mask kinda like a mini show girl mask with feathers at the top and glitter and beads draping over my face to my chin... a scarf around my waist and looks like a big bumpy Gypsy...( hiding the drains)... we played scary music, had a strobe light in our "graveyard") and sat outside... it was fun.....

Thanks Amy! How long did they leave your drains in? mine hardly drain anymore at all... (yesterday was my 1 week)... I have a doctors apt next Monday and I was Hoping he would remove them? They hurt more than the incision...LOL Did your belly button get red? mine did yesterday.. I put some antibiotic on it.... but it does not look infected... I just wondered it that was part of they way it healed...?