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Just a funny observation
Aug 02, 2007
I have this blouse that I love wearing and I've worn it to work like 6 times since I bought it. Well I hadn't worn it since before my surgery and today I'm wearing it and 3 different people have complimented me on it, as if I've never worn it... I guess the 50lb weight loss makes it look new, ha.
An irregular week three
Aug 01, 2007
So another week has gone by and I have to say it was a little more eventful.
I was given the ok to eat soft food last Tuesday. I started off with a hard boiled egg chopped up and mixed with a tiny bit of LF ricotta cheese. I only ate about a tbsp full along with 3 tiny green beans. Later in the day I had a spoonful of cottage cheese. The next few days, my diet basically consisted of cottage cheese, the rest of the egg, and I had black beans for lunch one time.
By Thursday evening I noticed I hadn't had a BM since Tuesday morning (before I ate). I decided to have some prune juice which was so nasty, and I put some benefiber in my tea, yuck ( I don't care what they say, I can still taste it). Friday morning, I called my surgeons office to see if they had any other suggestions. The Nut told me to take a light laxative and that if nothing happened, I'd have to do an enema, one mineral oil one and then one saline. Man I freaked. I've never had to do that before.
Well Friday night and still nothing, but I felt like crap. I had the sensation of wanting to go, but nothing came out. Soooo, I did it. I won't go into details, but two hours later, I felt much better. Since then, I've stayed away from the cottage cheese, and I've been eating fruit and veggies at least twice a day, takes me forever but that's ok it's kept me regular so far, phew.
On top of my BM issues, I had my first post op appt. last Tuesday as well. I found out that I have a vitamin D deficiency and I have a bacteria in me called H.Pylori which causes ulcers. Great, something that would have been nice to know before my stomach was reduced to the size of a walnut. They prescribed me two antibiotics and an antacid. The pharmacy I went to didn't have liquid versions of my Rx, so I got it anyway as is, bad idea. When I saw those horse pills I decided to wait a lil longer (till this Monday) before taking them. I didn't understand how I was supposed to take them with food, and then have to drink water to push them down. There was just no room! I tried crushing them, also a bad idea. The taste sent me hurling. I cut them into halfs, still too big, then fourths which was a lil better, but that just meant I had to take in more water at once which I couldn't do. I ended up calling a few more pharmacies and found one that did convert Rx's into liquid, they were so helpful all I had to do was call the surgeon's office and have them fax the old Rx. When I called the office, the Dr. told me that I started the meds too late and that my body probably already faught off the bacteria on it's own and to stop taking the meds. That made no sense to me at all. If they thought my body was gonna fight off the bacteria in the first place, then why did they even prescribe anything to me?! Oh well, I'm glad I am not taking them anymore, but I can't help but feel a little worried. Am I gonna end up with an ulcer?
Anyways, on a better note I've lost a total of 51 lbs since I started my liquid diet. That's pretty amazing to me. My clothes are actually fitting looser and I don't feel yucky like I used too. I have been feeling queasy lately, but I'm hoping it will pass soon (hopefully it's just those dumb antibiotics). Still having to make myself take allll my vitamins and protien. Oh and I started an aqua aerobics class! I love it!
I was given the ok to eat soft food last Tuesday. I started off with a hard boiled egg chopped up and mixed with a tiny bit of LF ricotta cheese. I only ate about a tbsp full along with 3 tiny green beans. Later in the day I had a spoonful of cottage cheese. The next few days, my diet basically consisted of cottage cheese, the rest of the egg, and I had black beans for lunch one time.
By Thursday evening I noticed I hadn't had a BM since Tuesday morning (before I ate). I decided to have some prune juice which was so nasty, and I put some benefiber in my tea, yuck ( I don't care what they say, I can still taste it). Friday morning, I called my surgeons office to see if they had any other suggestions. The Nut told me to take a light laxative and that if nothing happened, I'd have to do an enema, one mineral oil one and then one saline. Man I freaked. I've never had to do that before.
Well Friday night and still nothing, but I felt like crap. I had the sensation of wanting to go, but nothing came out. Soooo, I did it. I won't go into details, but two hours later, I felt much better. Since then, I've stayed away from the cottage cheese, and I've been eating fruit and veggies at least twice a day, takes me forever but that's ok it's kept me regular so far, phew.
On top of my BM issues, I had my first post op appt. last Tuesday as well. I found out that I have a vitamin D deficiency and I have a bacteria in me called H.Pylori which causes ulcers. Great, something that would have been nice to know before my stomach was reduced to the size of a walnut. They prescribed me two antibiotics and an antacid. The pharmacy I went to didn't have liquid versions of my Rx, so I got it anyway as is, bad idea. When I saw those horse pills I decided to wait a lil longer (till this Monday) before taking them. I didn't understand how I was supposed to take them with food, and then have to drink water to push them down. There was just no room! I tried crushing them, also a bad idea. The taste sent me hurling. I cut them into halfs, still too big, then fourths which was a lil better, but that just meant I had to take in more water at once which I couldn't do. I ended up calling a few more pharmacies and found one that did convert Rx's into liquid, they were so helpful all I had to do was call the surgeon's office and have them fax the old Rx. When I called the office, the Dr. told me that I started the meds too late and that my body probably already faught off the bacteria on it's own and to stop taking the meds. That made no sense to me at all. If they thought my body was gonna fight off the bacteria in the first place, then why did they even prescribe anything to me?! Oh well, I'm glad I am not taking them anymore, but I can't help but feel a little worried. Am I gonna end up with an ulcer?
Anyways, on a better note I've lost a total of 51 lbs since I started my liquid diet. That's pretty amazing to me. My clothes are actually fitting looser and I don't feel yucky like I used too. I have been feeling queasy lately, but I'm hoping it will pass soon (hopefully it's just those dumb antibiotics). Still having to make myself take allll my vitamins and protien. Oh and I started an aqua aerobics class! I love it!
Tomorrow will be two weeks...
Jul 23, 2007
and I can’t believe how fast it flew by. I feel pretty good still. I can’t wait to get my staples out tomorrow. They hurt. I feel like they are pulling on my skin and like my body is rejecting them. So itchy too.
Today I felt so tired. I took a nap after work and when I got up I was so dizzy. I decided to take the dog out for a walk and she dragged me the whole way. Highland Park has too many hills. I need to find flatter ground to walk on. So weird, we walked past a yard with some big and scary barking dogs and my little pug acted all macho with them. It made me really nervous; and I could feel my little pouch tense up. I felt like it jumped. It was the weirdest feeling. Anyway, another thing I noticed today is even though I’ve lost some weight, I still don’t feel like I’m healthier. I know I have a long way to go. But in the past when I exercised, I felt so good, not as pooped. Maybe it will get better once I can eat some real protein.
Speaking of which, I’m pretty proud of myself that I haven’t cheated. I’m actually surprised. Don’t get me wrong, I think about food and I get so tempted. I even torture myself by watching Rachel Ray’s 30minute meals and anything else that looks good on the food channel. I open the fridge and stare at the cheese or left over enchiladas from my family’s dinner.
Friday night I broke down and felt sorry for myself. I went out to a friend’s birthday party and instead of cake they had a platter full of baked goods and fine pastries. I sat there sipping on my iced tea as my skinny friends devoured every last bit on their full plates. I never want my friends to feel like they can’t eat in front of me (and I didn’t let anyone know how I was feeling), but for some reason that night I let it bother me. I felt like it was so unfair. Why do I have to work so hard, take drastic measures, to try and be a healthy weight when my size 2 friends don’t seem to think twice before eating something? I only hope that this will make me a stronger person. And that God has a bigger plan for me and soon food won’t matter anymore.
Today I felt so tired. I took a nap after work and when I got up I was so dizzy. I decided to take the dog out for a walk and she dragged me the whole way. Highland Park has too many hills. I need to find flatter ground to walk on. So weird, we walked past a yard with some big and scary barking dogs and my little pug acted all macho with them. It made me really nervous; and I could feel my little pouch tense up. I felt like it jumped. It was the weirdest feeling. Anyway, another thing I noticed today is even though I’ve lost some weight, I still don’t feel like I’m healthier. I know I have a long way to go. But in the past when I exercised, I felt so good, not as pooped. Maybe it will get better once I can eat some real protein.
Speaking of which, I’m pretty proud of myself that I haven’t cheated. I’m actually surprised. Don’t get me wrong, I think about food and I get so tempted. I even torture myself by watching Rachel Ray’s 30minute meals and anything else that looks good on the food channel. I open the fridge and stare at the cheese or left over enchiladas from my family’s dinner.
Friday night I broke down and felt sorry for myself. I went out to a friend’s birthday party and instead of cake they had a platter full of baked goods and fine pastries. I sat there sipping on my iced tea as my skinny friends devoured every last bit on their full plates. I never want my friends to feel like they can’t eat in front of me (and I didn’t let anyone know how I was feeling), but for some reason that night I let it bother me. I felt like it was so unfair. Why do I have to work so hard, take drastic measures, to try and be a healthy weight when my size 2 friends don’t seem to think twice before eating something? I only hope that this will make me a stronger person. And that God has a bigger plan for me and soon food won’t matter anymore.
Ouch! darn staples
Jul 20, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Well, I'm ten days out and everything has been going pretty well. I've just been trying to adjust to feeling tired and remembering to eat and drink my protein.
Today I wore jeans. That was a bad idea. Now my staples are hurting. My incisions were healing up pretty nicely, but now they are so red. I didn't even feel like they were rubbing so much. But I do sit about 80% of the time while at work. I should have just taken another week off, atleast till the staples were out. They don't come out till Tuesday, eek.
Oh well, I'm off to go change into my comfy pants now.
