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Heather,

When I was in the hospital I could finish basically me entire tray in about 30-45 minutes and it contained way more than 4 ounce. The nurses were happy because they did not have to yell at me to drink,drink drink. Eventually you will step on the scale and have a major weight loss. Your body is hanging on to the fluids and trying to regulate itself just from have the surgery. Just trust the program and it will come off. It is like the Field of Dreams Movie. Instead of if you build it they will come, my motto, is If you follow the program, the loss will come.

Take care,

Susan

From: Linda Houck <lindahouck71@...>
To: centennial_support_group@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2009 2:20:36 PM
Subject: Re: [centennial_support_group] I am home!

Heather,

I left the hospital heavier than I went in. It is because you are full of air and, I believe, because of all of the IV fluids they pump into you while you are there. This will go away. What you are describing does not sound like too much too fast. As long as you are getting the liquid and the protein that you need, and you are not feeling ill, then I think you are fine. But if you are concerned, e-mail Pam. She will respond quickly and with great advice. Stay off the scale until your dr appointment. Take care. Do not push yourself to go to Kroger, let someone else do that for you. Concentrate on walking around the house. It is very easy to get tired and dizzy after this surgery.

Linda

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, jims_heather02 <jims_heather02@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: jims_heather02 <jims_heather02@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [centennial_ support_group] I am home!
To: centennial_support_ group@yahoogroup s.com
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 2:53 PM

Well, I made it through and am now on the other side. Things are going well and besides being very tender in my stomach I'm not in too much pain. I'm doing well with getting my fluids in, my only concern is that I am able to sip about 4oz of chicken broth is about 30 minutes is that too much too fast? I don't feel sick afterwards or anything but if my pouch is only 1-2oz big is is fluid just dripping on through or is my pouch unusually large?

I appreciate all the phone calls and thoughts, even if I didn't talk directly to you my husband relayed each message. So my goal today is to get to Kroger and buy some tape since the hospital sent me home with basically none to wrap my drains in.

I'm so excited to begin this journey and have only made one mistake. I stepped on the scale thinking that I would have lost some weight by now but I think I might still be full of air because it says I've gained 5 pounds since Tuesday. I don't think I'm going to step on the scale again until next Thursday when I see Dr. Dyer.

I hope everyone has a wonderful July 4th.

Heather

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