I did not expect to feel this good so quickly. I am now down 14 pounds from day of discharge (including the 8 pounds I gained overnight from all that nutritious and calorie laden IV I had while in there overnight). I have more energy and can move around easier. Even some of my clothes are starting to get too big - Yea!!! I go back to work on Monday and I am so glad I took the full two weeks off. I have been able to get about 1/2 hour in on my Resistance Chair every day and hope to increase that with time. Those resistance bands (cables) really make one work - good strengthening exercise. Unfortunately I am still crushing pills and mixing in something - there is absolutely nothing that will make that stuff taste good :0(!

I have been following the diet religiously and am now on soft foods - finally! I was so looking forward to being off liquids and now - well - the soft foods aren't much better - and - I still have about 10 days to go before I can even try solid food - and - then only in finely chewed food. I'm finding I still eat way too fast but I do now chew everything for a long time. I have not been hungry - yet! I still would very much appreciate a spray I could use in my mouth that would replicate all the yummy tastes of different kinds of food.

Today I am out and about for a bit this AM and through lunch. I will be at my office doing some things until about 11 AM and then will go out to some businesses in town soliciting funds for our local Girl Scout Swim Team and then will have lunch with my good friend Kathi. We always eat Chinese when she comes through so I'm looking at their menu to see what I can eat. The only thing looks to be their wanton soup. I can chop up the wontons and then grind down with my teeth. I like that soup so it's OK. Can hardly wait until I can eat solids again though.

That's the update - until later - Tikki