To My WLS Surgery Story, Page 10!
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The second week was hard. I'm still learning how much I can eat. Saturday I had 2 crackers with tuna salad and one slice of a tomatoe and it was too much, my new tiny stomach was mad and I couldn't eat at all Sunday. I felt so puny, all clammy and like I was going to faint. I gagged and spued all day and had very watery diarrhea. (Sorry for the pretty picture). I talked to Barbara and she reminded me to drink my water and to call Dr. S if I got too bad. I felt better Monday and I still was not hungery. I drove by McDonald and the smell of the Fries was overwhelming, but it kinda made me sick, smelled so greasy, can you believe it?
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| I went to see Dr. S Wednesday because I was having a hard time holding anything down. He set me up to be scoped the next morning. The scope was a piece of cake (sugar free of course - LOL). First they start an IV, it's just the connection with nothing hooked to it, never felt it. Dr. Ostower is great, very nice, he explains everything he will do, then they give you drugs, Versed and Demoral, I was sorta awake, but never felt the scope. They put a bite block in your mouth that is secured around your head. I kept burping and trying to cover my mouth and say "excuse me". Ostower just laughed at me telling me I was too polite. Then to the recovery room. By then I was fully awake and need to pee. Of course they won't let you go by yourself, had to wait for Roy the RN to walk me to the potty! Mom came with me and went in just to make sure I didn't fall in or fall asleep. LOL Next they took blood and then I had to have X-Rays, a KUB. For this you stand on a little platform at the end of a table, then they lower the table so you are laying down, it was kinda cool. Then they take the X-Rays, my tech was so funny, he made it like a game show, I won a trip to Hawaii!!! (not). Then they raise the table back up, I tell you it was like being on a ride at Feista Texas! I think the KUB is Kidney, Urinary and Bladder. Then Roy came to take out my IV, he puts the bandaide on, pulls the needle, and then puts tons of pressure on the site for 4 minutes, I was so badly bruised, what a jerk. Next time I'm there I'll take my can! |
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| My scope found that my tiny little pouch was very irritated. The pouch was so irritated it would not let me keep anything down. The stoma was OK. So I did some thinking and this is what I came up with. As soon as I got home from the hospital I became a Crystal Light fiend, the taste of the pink lemonade is wonderful after all the blah tastes of the hospital. Turns out that all Crystal Light is made with citric acid for tartness, and that really irritated my new pouch, so I gave it up, went back to square one with liquids for a few days. I drink hot tea first every morning and in the evening, very soothing. I am really so much better now. As of Tuesday August 15th (3 weeks out) I have lost 50 lbs. I am also in Ketosis (sp?) and my breath is always awful, my mouth feels like something died in it. I bought some Eclips gum (sugar free) and it helps for about 5 minutes.
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I saw Dr. S on Monday from my 4week follow-up, all is well, 53 pounds is the official loss for 4 weeks on his scale. I did get the lecture for not eating. Jennifer gives it to me also, I don't know which is worse, gettting a lecture from my doctor or from my daughter. LOL
I am taking my vitamins everyday and trying to eat. I'm eating, but just very little. Yesterday I had 4 small shrimp with cocktail sauce and that was all. Today I have had about 1/4 of a cup of cottage cheese and that will probably be all. I have no appetite at all. Sometimes the thought of food makes me gag. Susan said that I was becoming "food phobic" and I have been really thinking about this. I don't think I afraid of the food or the amounts, but of going back to my old crappy ways of eating. I'm trying to make good food choices, but my brain is saying "eating nothing would be better then that". Barb keeps reminding me that you have to eat to loose. I'm drinking water like crazy, I should be floating away! LOL
This is my second week back to work (bummer). It's taken me almost two weeks to get my office back together after being gone for only three weeks. The palce kinda fell apart, I left everything so organized all they had to do was leave things alone, but boy can these guys screw things up. LOL But I guess that's my job security.
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