1st Dr's visit since surgery!

Laura Beam
on 7/10/06 10:37 am - Fort Plain, NY

Today was a pretty good day. I went to the dr's and got my feeding tube out and my staples out.

I have been having problems with a fever which my doctor thought was caused by the antibiotics given to me during my hospital stay. He says that it sometimes takes out too much bacteria from the bowels and gives you a fever and the runs, which I had. He told me to eat Activia yogurt to help put the bacteria into my bowels, so I have been eating it. I am supposed to be on a liquid diet of Carnation Instant Breakfast and skim milk for my 3 meals, but I just haven't been able to stomach it, so I haven't been drinking it.

So today I was yelled at and told to do the three shakes a day and that on Friday I can start 1 scrambled egg to substitute in for a shake. After another week I can substitute 4 tbsp cottage cheese for another shake for a couple more weeks. I am excited about not have to eat the CIB shakes, but I'm not hungry, so I don't really want to eat either. My weight was down 8# from the day before surgery and all in all I have lost 32#!