I will be 3 weeks out on Monday and I am on protein, turkey, fish, basically everything but beef. My problem is that nothing tastes good anymore, it actually gags me to eat a piece of Turkey or chicken that I absolutely LOVED before. They say that your tastes change because of everything that is going on in your body. As for the stomach swelling, I have that as well. I cant say anything about the sleep as I ahve not gotten a good night sleep since before I had my second son 20 months ago, he still gets up at about 4am. Good Luck I know you can do it, just try to get up and do something when you feel hunger after you have eaten, either that or have a glass of fat free milk, it is a way to get your protein in and make you feel full. IT GETS BETTER!!!! Michelle

I'm getting a little tired and dreaming of when I can eat. My husband and I laughed the other night cause I was daydreaming about eating broiled fish. Never in my life would I have thought I would dream of broiled fish. lol. I'm trying to do more of a variety. Yesterday my husband made creamed chicken over mashed potatos. I pureed it and it tasted wonderful. I had some pureed mexican chicken soup for lunch that was wonderful. I'm doing about 2 protein shakes a day so I can get my protein in, but I'm now trying to vary the other food. The creamed chicken wasn't two bad on protein as he used skim milk and lots of chicken, a little low fat cheese in it. Remenber this is only for a short while. It's not unusal to be swollen after surgery. My hubby who is disgustingly thin had his appendenix out and was swollen for weeks afterword. He couldn't wear his uniform pants when he went back to work after a month. Dianna

I had my surgery on the 28th. I had open, so I have one huge incision. Yesterday and today my incision was oozing pink and has a bright red spot on it. It it is still red tomorrow when I take my shower, I am calling the hospital and asking about it. When in doubt, call the doc. That is what they are there for. Hugs, Trish

I was really bloated after surgery until maybe a day ago...it has gone down significantly....thank goodness because it was really uncomfortable! WEll, all I can say is at least you are on FULL liquids I am still on clear with protein shakes....I spoke to the nutritionist today and told her that I was so done with jello!!! I loved jello so much now the thought of it makes me want to hurt someone! Do you think you may have gas??That is what I was experiencing...so two chewable gas x in the morning and two at bedtime...whew, much better. I am so ready for pudding, yougurt and soup...yummmy! Hugs, Traci

Your situations sounded like me 2-3 weeks ago...I was still swollen and even though I was loosing weight, you could have fooled me! I think you are going through "head hunger"...believe me, I did too. But it passes. The best thing is to remember that you really do need to give your stomach time to heal, continue on your full liquids and just keep telling yourself that "this too will pass." I still am not sleeping right...I toss and turn. Wake up at 4 in the morning and can't go back to sleep. It is frustrating, but from what I hear once you are fully active and get back into your regular routine, then it gets better and sleep returns to normal. I have only been back to work a week and a half, and I am slowly returning to my normal sleep routine. Hope everything else is well, take care and make sure to follow up with your doc...!