lets get gross for a minute!

Jul 14, 2011

I'm talking about poop.  I don't dump.  At least I always assumed that I didn't.  I've never thrown up from my surgery (not including the time I had a strangulated hernia & bowel obstruction).  What I did have though as my eating progressively got worse, was almost uncontrollable diarrhea.  You would THINK that after having this issue for MONTHS on end, would be enough to make me evaluate my eating habits.  Nope.  Apparently, I'm quite the stubborn being.  =)  One thing I HAVE noticed this last month of very conscious eating, is that certain aspects of my digestive system have....shall we say, firmed up..?  I can't begin to tell you what a relief it is to be "normal" again!!  I have FINALLY come to the conclusion that perhaps I was dumping all along!  But since partially digested food wasn't coming out of my mouth (EWWW), it was much easier for me to ignore what was happening.  Since my eating has so drastically improved, GONE are the noxious fumes that my husband swears killed some of his sense of smell.  The smells that seriously made my mother stick her head out of her car window like a dog as she was driving in order to get some relief.  I think it will take YEARS to end the jokes that my family continuously does when some gas slips because lets face it!  I could clear a whole block after eating the delicious Chicken Scampi at Olive Garden!  Just another unexpected light bulb that has gone off over my head as I re-evaluate what exactly I've been doing to myself.  Even though I'm almost 9 years out, I'M STILL LEARNING!  The part that I'm most grateful for?  That my WLS Tool is STILL working for me!

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