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I went to the Dr's office this morning.  9 days since surgery and I have lost 17lbs.  I am so competitive still.....I want to know where that fits in with everyone else!  Anyways, everything looked good.  I am now starting phase 3 so I rushed home and made me a scrambled egg!  It's the little things that get me going at this point.  I was very excited also to learn I can eat chili now!!!!   Finally foods I can relate to!  I had a little discomfort in the upper left quadrant of stomach and she said to watch it as it was normal.  I feel better getting the stables and drain out..at least mentally!  I feel more focused today on the goal and knowing I still made the right decision.  This past week has been tough messing with all my emotions.  My 8 month pregnant wife has been all too great in letting me be the focus right now.  I am ready to turn that over to her today!  I'll post more later!  Joemama

4-13-08
Just to update here....everything is fine...actually so fine it is making me nervous.  I am walking between 1 to 2 miles a day (even got caught in the rain today like an idiot!) an getting roughly 60 grams of protein in.  I know it should be more but I am experiencing lack of imagination.  Tomorrow is Monday and my wife is going to work leaving me "home alone" for the 1st time since surgery.  I plan to shine with the protein!  I tend to eat more than I should right now and drink too much at one time but no ill effects yet!  I scaled back in fear of stretching my pouch.  After a very foul BM today I realize that I didn't stretch my pouch because it was liquids but instead loaded up my intestines with too much protein that didn't get absorbed.  I'm getting it better each day I think.  I'll post more wisdom later.

Highest weight=315
surgery date 4/7/08 =303
today= 289