Thank you, Susan, Alexis, Nybiker, smittykitty, tangentgirl, oakleaf, and everyone else who had chimed in. I really appreciate your input.

I've been eating much smaller portions - my stomach can literally only handle about a quarter of what I used to eat, so the six small meals has been an easier transition than I'd thought.

Sauteed veggies with eggs has worked well, as did the whole grain spaghetti with chicken marinara. I haven't tried anything really fatty, and I've been taking it slow on reintroducing regular food. I've been eating a lot of apple sauce. Apple sauce, I've found, works well as the in-between meal snack.

I haven't had anything raw yet except a small bit of banana. I'm looking forward to getting back to salads.

I'm still on no activity other than walking, but I've been doing quite a bit of that. I walked about a mile yesterday. Slowly.

There is still fluid on my pancreas and taking a deep breath hurts, so I'm really taking it easy. I wouldn't have thought it would take this long to heal. I don't think I took this long getting over my C-section.

Roxy