Am I weird or what?

Hi all, I am still on full liquids till Wednesday's puree (3 weeks) I am really more excited on graduating into the puree stage than the fact that Christmas is coming around the corner. I am NOT hungry, which is really weird for me. I took 1 barb-b-que Pringle and sat down and chisled and licked on that chip for 20 minutes....It was sooooo good! The weird part was my hubby sat down with a stack of the chips and just inhauled them so quick. I didn't say anything..but I was thinking....That was ME a month ago. I could eat a whole stack of those chips myself and still would be hungry for more. Oh please....don't let this feeling go away..I want to love my one chip and be satisfied. Have any of you posties out there have a similar experience??? Virginia aka Ginger

Ginger, I think that each doctor has their unique formula on how to eat after surgery - some have hardly any restrictions and some tell you exactly when to start puree foods... yummy!!!! (umm.. wonder if you can puree.. oh never mind.. ha ha ha) Your visual of licking one chip is very funny!!! I used to be like that - eating the whole stack, now I am so careful of what I eat due to my diabetes that I would not do that now. I hope your feeling for satisfaction with licking one chip will continue for the rest of your life! (wish I knew where my magic wand was) Take good care, Aunt Pam (aka Pam)

Hi Pam, I agree with you about each doctor being different...I wish everything about this surgery was more defined. I guess the visual of me licking my b-b-q Pringles chip was quite comical....When you find your magic wand let me know so I can borrow it O.k??? Hugs Ginger

yep. been there. sometimes it was just the flavor i wanted, not the food itself. sometimes i sit here now and look at what others are eating and am sooooooo glad my tool helps me get by with less. life is good. dorthe

Hello Dorthe my friend! You know, it is really hard for me to be around the food in the house when everybody else is eating. My family is doing their best to kinda grab food and not make a big deal of it. I told everybody that I didn't want people to change their ways..just because of me and my little ole surgery. I really have to keep my mouth shut when I see how much everybody else is eating too. I hated that when a newly skinny person starts down loading on the importance of "healthy eating"do you know what I mean??? I too am grateful for my pouch....I just wish I could start feeling good again soon. I have so many meds in me..that I'm better off in bed...I'm kinda shakey on my fee****ch out walls..here I come! Hugs & Smiles, Ginger

Of course your weird... you're my twin! ((((((((((((((((((((((Twinnie))))))))))))))))))))) I am soooooo with you on the stack of chips thingy. Not one of my usual trigger foods, but every once in awhile.... yep! yep! yep! You're doing great hon. It's been a long road, but you are there! Huggs, Ruth

(((((((((((Twinnie))))))))))) Oh...so good to be weird.....so good to be back home. I've got a boat load of medical problems that I wish I could had left at that awful hospital....but no! I now have a visiting RN that helps explain my med stuff...get me appointments and helps me change my abdominal dressings When I don't have a dr. appt or blood test...I just take my meds and go back to bed.....I soooo want to feel normal again...right now...I have to admitt I feel like crap!..here I go...being too honest again...my son thinks my pain meds make me alittle loopy...I think he's right! Here's to everyone feeling better and I don't even drink! Hugs, Virginia aka Ginger aka Twinnee!

Ginger, Enjoy it while you can. Hunger does return. Then you have to watch it, just like the old days. My hunger came back in about my 5th month out. But, I still can do with a whole lot less. I just have to stop myself as opposed to my pouch stopping me. Lori

Hi Ginger!! Yes, I've done weird stuff too. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones so far, I haven't felt true hunger since day of surgery. I'm in my 6 month right now. I don't get the hunger feelings/grumbellies ect. My body does tell me when I need to eat though, if I forget to eat. I just get a weird feeling/lightheaded. I hope you have the full feeling for months on end!!!! Good Luck~~ Carmella

Hey Ginger, I can tell you that I am only 7 weeks post-op and there have sometimes where I don't want the food just the flavor or the taste of it. And most of the time after I had done it - it was like. Oh ok - that was not as good as I remember it use to be. And for me that is a very good thing!!! Keep on going girlfriend! Monica