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| Friday February 13, 2004: Happy Friday the 13th!!!!! Okay so I finally gave in and tried refriend beans last night with a little bit of melted cheese on top. Went down like a champ. I was even able to drink my apple juice and some water afterwards too. So I was very happy about that. I did however speak with the physician's assistant (PA), he thinks its possible I may still have some left over blood that has yet to be absorbed in my new tummy (yuck!!!) and may need some more to absorb (double yuck!!!). Or the other possibility could be that my tummy is stil swollen and not allowing for much to hold at all and slowing down the food going into my intestines, because that too is still swollen. So I'm pampering my belly. I'm sticking with water, jello, apple juice and refried beans. He said to wait another 5 days for eggs. So I'll try again on Tuesday. I really would like to try some lentil soup, but I'm afraid of pushing it. But since the refried beans went down so well, I'll stick with that. I am grateful that my stomach is so small, I can only imagine how hungry I would be. So far today I've gotten in about 30 oz of water, and another 1/3 of jello (I eat the premade snack ones). Oh and three wheat thin crackers. I haven't decided if I'll have beans tonight yet. I'll see how I feel and then go from there. Wish me luck!!!! Oh and by the way if you have any ideas for a good protein drink let me know. |
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| Monday February 16, 2004: I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Hopefully you all had more romance than I did, but thats another story in it's self. So far since Friday night I have thrown up 3x. And let me tell you its no fun at all. And this has made my water intake very difficult. I have only been able to manage 20 -40 oz a day. And this isn't good at all. It seems since the first experience with vomiting, my stomach has become extremely sensitive to just about everything. Today it was an ice pop. I seem to have a bit more energy, but I am also freezing at the same time. I knew I would be colder than usually, but now all I want to do is curl up beneath some blankets and stay there. I really wish I had some chicken broth to sip on. I even wish I could tolerate some hot coco, but I don't even want to attempt a dumping episode. I have enough on my plate with the vomiting. So at this point, I'm getting in no protein and very little liquid. I can still handle the applejuice and funny enough the jello fat free pudding is going down better than the sugar free jello itself. I was so hoping that I could have started on lentil soup this week, but I don't think I will push it. Not now. On a good note it looks like some of the weight that has come off seems to be in my hips, and a bit in my behind. My face shows it too. So that makes me really happy. My ankles and wrists are almost back to normal and I've had no swelling in my feet, ankles or calves. And that alone is a blessing. I can't wait to weigh in on Wednesday, but I do know that it wont be as significant a loss as in the past two weeks. As much as I want to capitalize on my losing weight now I know the weekly weight loss will slow down. But as long as it doesn't stop I will look forward to each loss. But what I don't want to see is a drop in the weekly numbers because I can't get in my water. So for now I will keep trying to suck down my water and at least make sure that I get in 40 oz instead of the 20 oz I got in yesterday. I really need to find something I can take that has protein in it. I don't want to end up back in the hospital because I haven't done what I was supposed to do. But in reality I think it maybe what I feared most, a stricture. Well 'm waiting till Wednesday to try an egg again. If that fails than I'll call the office and tell them I can't wait until March 1st to see them to check this out. If anyone knows of a protein shake thats good or what the supplement powder is that I can take please email me or drop a line in my guestbook. Thanks. |
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| Wednesday February 18, 2004: Well yesterday was a good day. No vomiting, no feeling sick. All I had was 1/3 jello snack, 5 wheat thin crackers and an ice pop. So I figured today would be a good day to try an egg, well you guessed it, I got sick again. All I had was 2 tiny bites and I got sick. I was uncomfortable for almost an hour before I finally vomited. I knew it was going to happen. And yet even as I sit here 2 hours after vomiting I still feel like somehting is inside waiting to come out. I called my surgeons office and left another message for the nurse. I'm hoping someone calls me back today. If it is a stricture, I want it taken care of immediately. I'm really afraid of dehydrating myself. I don't want this to turn out to be harder than I expected. I know this wasn't going to be easy, but I was hoping I wouldn't have problems with strictures. I'm pretty convinced at this point that is what this is. Not blood left over in my stomach, or that it is still swollen. I've seen pictures of an actually dilation of a stricture, it looks painful. I just want to feel good enough to go back to work. On a better note I weighed in again today and I've lost another 5lbs. I am happy with it, but I think I could have lost more if I had been able to drink more water than I have been. I'm realy trying to make a conscious effort to get it in, but it can be quite painful at times. I've noticed that what I do drink sits in my stomach for a while before passing through. And thats not good, because now it is taking much longer to get in my required amount. But al in all, I am keeping my chin up and I know it will get better down the line. Well, I'll let you know what the nurse says when they call....Ciao!! |
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