hi beth! sorry i've not had time to get back wt. ya till now. i'm doin good now wt. protein and water intake and thanks for askin. at last check which was several days ago, i'd lost a total of 36 lbs. but i've decided to weigh only once a week from now on so i'm not sure of anymore weight loss at this point. i began soft food phase today and am suppose to be havin 3/4 c. but i'm still tryin to keep it a little under that amount and focusin more on the protein instead. i go back for my first fill on the 28th/ of august and am lookin forward to seein how that works out. i'm experiencin hunger pains more frequently now unfortunately so i'm lookin forward to some saline bein thrown in there soon. lol!!! anyways beth, all is good for me and thank you so much for your concerns. oh and i can hardly wait to see more pics. of you since last surgery and recovery. your so much my inspiration!!! thanks a million and take care and ttys~tammy!!!

Hi Tammy, I'm just checking in with you to see how things are going? Hows the protein and water doing? I've been thinking about you and wanted to see how you were doing.

Hi Tammy, so good to hear from you. Welcome to the loser's bench. It's so nice to have your company! Yep, those anesthesia people are pretty sneaky. They slipped my meds to me on the sly too. I didn't even remember getting into the OR suite. So how is the plumbing working now? I had trouble too. I ended up using some Benefiber and occasional MOM to get things working. Seemed to work pretty good. So how is the water and protein coming? It can be quite the struggle early out. Just keep taking really good care of yourself. It can be a rough start but it sounds like you are doing great!

hi beth, i made it thru surgery tuesday fine. i was somewhat nervous while i was there before they took me back but they apparently knew this cause they were kinda sneaky bout puttin my meds. in iv's wt.out tellin me before they rolled me down the hall. i can just barely even remember wavin bye to my family and only sure i did cause they said i did. those anesthesia people are pretty darn sharp!!!so yeah everything went real well and i got to come home the very day later in the evenin. everythings goin good at home now. my hardest time was yesterday and last night cause of plumbin not workin just right cause of so little food, if ya know what i mean. i thought i'd die! but finally after bout six hours everything started workin normal again and wow what a relief!!! any suggestions you might have on that would be greatly appreciated. it's so amazin to not be hungry all the time now! actually before today it was even hard to tell the difference between bein hungry and the actual pain that i still have from surgery. the way i know now is i just finally get a major growl and then i know it's time to eat. almost like clockwork. i'm only able to hold bout two ounces at each meal and am just as content as if i'd eaten a big mac!!! now that the pains are beginnin to be less, i'm really able to appreciate havin had this surgery. i look so forward to sittin on the loser's bench wt. you!!! thank you so much beth for all your thoughts and kind words!!! i'll keep in touch and you do the same! ttys~tammy!!!

Hi Tammy, I've been thinking about you lady and wondering how things went. When you feel up to it drop me a line. I always worry about people until I hear they are safely sitting on the loser's bench. My thoughts are with you.

beth thank you so much for the early birthday wish. ya know i was dreadin it pretty much cause i turn the big 40 this year and now that i'm on my liquid diet i'm figurin that it will just hurry on by without a whole lot of thought bout that part of it. all i'll be doin is just tryin to make it thru another day without eatin! lol! so ya know the two are gonna go together real well! anyways beth take care of yourself and it's so good to hear from ya. keep in touch! ttys~tammy!!!

Tammy, thank you for the Birthday wishes. It was a pretty quiet Birthday. I had to work the evening but they were nice enough to let me off early so DH and I had a late supper. Like you, I'm not much into Birthdays but it is nice when others remember. In case I get busy later in the week. I hope you have a nice Birthday on sunday. Just make it a special day for yourself...that surgery is right around the corner!! Not much longer!! I'll be thinking about you on Tuesday. Let me know how things went whenever you feel up to it.

So far the maintanence is going good. I'm floating around within a 5 pound range 148-153, which is pretty normal for me. I'm happy with that and am not really looking to lose any more.

Well I need to get ready to go to work. Thank you for the message. It is always nice to hear from you.

Hi Tammy. I'm doing ok. Still some pain but not as bad the last couple of days. We still don't know what is going on but my surgeon is going to do an EGD on me tomorrow. He is thinking ulcer so we shall see. Sounds like things are moving along for you. Let me know when you hear something.