Howzit?

Well, it's going fine! I'm on to eating mushy foods, which is nice. I nosh on things like pasta, cottage cheese, beans, soup, minced meats, deli meat, cheese, etc. It's not bad at all, though occasionally I do crave a piece of bread or something. I have noticed that I have been feeling a little hungry lately, supposed because the swelling in my belly is going down. Had a phone appointment with the clinic nutritionist and she said everything was fine--asked what I was eating, if anything had been "stuck" (from not chewing or having it be too dry) and I had nothing exciting to report. My lady and I even went out for Mexican food and I was able to eat one enchilada with chicken...chicken can be tricky for banded folks because it is often dry. The solution to that is to always eat chicken ( or any meat, really) with some kind of sauce--salsa, ketchup, olive oil, just something to help it go down.

School has started again and I'm taking all infectious disease related classes. It isn't bad, but it is annoying that I have one class a day, each day...didn't get a compressed schedule at all. Luckily one of my classes has a video feed so if i realllllllllly don't want to go I can watch the video and take notes later that evening. Ah, the temptation. Hard to go to school for one 50 minute class--it takes me longer than that to get there and back on the bus!

Socially speaking, this whole band thing is odd. Hell, it is odd to see a tall woman such as myself eat so little, ya gotta wonder if I have some weird eating disorder or something. I had lunch on friday with some classmates and only a couple of them know about the surgery...she was like "Dude, that's your lunch now?", lol. No one else noticed, thankfully, that I hardly ate a thing. FYI, lunch right now is a slice of cheese, maybe two slices of deli turkey, and some canned fruit. Not much, but plenty for my stomach!

I guess that's all I have to report. I meet with the nutritionist in person on the 24th, then go down the street to Dr.Landerholm (my surgeon) who will put a little fluid in the band (called a "fill").

Happy in mushyfoodland,

Nurse Bandit (OH, and yes, I really did get my RN license! Last week!)