3 months post op and Life goes on...

Jan 01, 2010

I am 3 months post op and life goes on.  I still have bad days where some food hurts my insides.  I find that if I stay away from dense meat I do great.  Dense meat like pork chops, ham, or steak.  I can't eat much of it and even if it does not block my stoma it still hurts my pouch.  Not an intense pain but a dull steady pain that last for like 2 hours.  I also added Bariatric Advantage chewable probiotic once a day with food.  This product seems to have made me more regular with my BMs.  I was taking Colace before, but now I don't have to take it.

Supplements I am taking right now;
1.  Building Blocks Calcium, orange chewables, try to take them 3 to 4 times a day.
2.  Building Blocks Multiple, mixed berry chewables, 2 times a day.
3.  Bariatric Advantage Iron, strawberry chewable with vitamin C, 1 time a day.
4.  Bariatric Advantage Omega-3, mixed berry chewable bites, 1 time a day.
5.  Bariatric Advantage Probiotic, chewable strawberry, 1 time a day with a meal.
6.  B-12 shot, 1 time a month.  I was doing the Building Blocks sprays, but the shot is free and easier for me.

I added the elliptical cross trainer to my walking (at least 2 miles a day).  The elliptical machine I have is a Life Fitness x9i.  I have had that machine since 2006.  In the past I really did not use it.  The machine I think is the best elliptical on the market, and for what I paid should be.  I am hopping to start ridding my bicycle again soon.  The weather has not been good for outdoor riding lately.  The wind chill while ridding is to high, and right now with losing all the weight I don't want to invest in bicycling cold weather clothing.  Bicycling clothing is in the 100s of dollars.

For 2010 I hope make goal weight or lower but not below 160, be comfortable being me, pay off the F_en bills, never vote for a Democrat again.

added note: the Democrat comment, I was in the Air Force for 23 years and worked hard and sacrificed for the health care benifites that I have.  It seems to me the Democrats are messing with my health care and that cuts me to the core.  I am not saying the other party is any better, but they never messed with my families health care either.  Without your health you have nothing.................................

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