I don’t think I have ever been excited about soup or applesauce for that matter, but today is the day I get to migrate from Slim-fast vanilla gluten free to a thicker consistency like soups or very very blended other foods. Mostly soup. That is exciting. I have realized that all the protein shakes etc come in Sweet flavors. I am just not great with the sweet thing. I am a salt person. So I sit here with my can of slimfast for the morning and usually only make it through half the can. Then I will think about what I can have for lunch.

I am only able to get about 1/2 cup to 1 cup of food down. My stomach was reduced in size to about a baseball because they had to sew it on to itself to create a knot. This way it won’t migrate upward again. Last night I got into coughing fit and thought for sure I would rip something. However, I have a new found ability to just breathe. It is mahvelous! I worry about overfilling my little tummy and if it will rip the stitches holding it all together. So I am going with small small meals a few times a day. In eating a cup of Mott’s AppleSauce last night I ate about half and thought I had food crammed into my throat. So I slowed down and waited a bit and then finished it. Yeah! But I was stuffed.

So I think I am going to go buy a baseball to keep in my purse. Can’t decide if I should decorate it. What do you think? I could put THIS IS YOUR TUMMY all over it. Or positive phrases or Watch the stitches, eat from small dishes. Or I could just leave it plain and put it in my purse or leave it on the kitchen counter for a reference. Have to think on this. Either way. My hubby will smile and say your a nut.

So I am uncomfortable in a manageable way, not alot of pain, just some uncomfort and things are less and less foggy. Which means I will soon be back to designing. Yeah! Tomorrow I think we are gonna go walk around a local farmers market. It is a very tiny one, but it will be good to get out of the house and get some fresh air. And not be a long involved trip.

I just wanted to stop in and say thank you to everyone again. Your emails have been highlights of my day.

Have a wonderful wonderful day and weekend!

Enjoy!

Chris

PS The night before I went in my hubby put up pegboard which I painted first and new lights and a few other things in my newly renovated craft room. It is awesome!! I need to organize things, but I can’t wait to show some pictures. Then we get to working on his home office. Lovin’ it.