Eating out with friends and family

Aug 12, 2010

It's a friend's birthday so we all met at Momo's. I shared green tea and ordered miso and picked out the chives and tofu with chopsticks. We had a great time!

The same was for my family, we visited at the cabin we have at the lake with my brother and his kids from Vancouver, one of the kids friends, my bf, and my parents. There was a feast of my fav--honey garlic chicken and fresh veggies with dip, potatoes with cheese, beer, and pastries. I didn't feel odd out at all, I just sipped my hot v8 and my chocolate shake for desert, all went well. Lotsa laughs and nice stuff. :)))

No one made a fuss, all my friends and family know since I decided I don't mind being open about it, I was heartily supported. I sometimes am asked some questions due to interest, which I was happy to answer.

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A week!

Aug 09, 2010

Time seems to be going by slowly, yet it's already been a week!? :o!
I visited my family doctor and she re-dressed my incisions saying I might be allergic to the adhesive... I wasn't. At all. lol!
I'm not to exercise for a month, but I am allowed to casually walk. She said don't worry about the exercise right now, I'll lose weight no matter what and I need to let my insides heal with proper rest. But I'm so energetic! AAa!

I'm on thin liquids instead of clears now, woo! I mixed chicken broth with some low-sodium V8 and a scoop of anywhey, stirred it up (it was thin) and strained it, warmed it up... and it was HEAVEN. I started to have my first head-hunger cravings, and it's random foodstuffs every so often that I just want to nom. It passes if I distract myself or notice I'm not actually physically hungry. I think it's from being restless. I got cabin fever last night so I saw Dinner for Schmucks with the bf, it was good.. I sipped a thinned atkins shake and it took me the whole movie to finish one. I needed that, I was running low on energy a bit. The other three I'm going to be taking slowly.
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Weird eye thing happened

Aug 08, 2010

I went for my third walk yesterday in the evening, rather quick pace compared since I have barely any pain and don't need pills for it now, and got home at dark around a half hour later, maybe longer.

I sat down in front of my bright monitor and started typing when my vision startedbecoming odd. It was like a crystalline blur kinda flashy/fractally decided to grow from the almost-center of both eyes, engulfing my vision within 5-10 minutes, then faded from the middle out to normal again.

Needless to say, I ended up in the ER.

140/80 heart
4.2 glucose
normal ekg
normal eye exam and acquity tests
was sent home after two hours in triage.

I am fine, I just wanted to be safe.
:)
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First day home

Aug 06, 2010

After toddling around airports all day I got home around 1pm and promptly propped myself up on my side in bed and died until 5am when my drain port and sore abs decided to ask for a pill. Took pill, napped, had a great sleep btw, then got up to calls from friends asking me how everything went D:

So after handling all that, I drank some powerade zero and had some strawberry boonana protein water for breakfast (HEAVEN!)... which gave me so much energy I was on my recumbant bike / elliptical for an hour. O_o

My drain port's gauze came off and it's already healing closed, so my nurse online said it's okay to leave it off. Woo!

I did laundry.

I still am not hungry.

It's 3 somehow after taking care of a few things and I remembered to eat lunch. Mmmmm watery chicken broth with anywhey mixed in. :)

I already feel like a different person, like when I got back on facebook it was looking into the past. I used to constantly battle hormonal shifts in cravings and hunger all my life, and it's gone. It's like growing up with the radio blasting and someone found the off switch. I know it could be temporary, and I've already had passing thoughts of "making something" when emotional, but I found I wasn't really /hungry/ like before. I'm just enjoying this as much as I can. 

Oops, forgot to sip my lunch. lol!
  
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Finally wrote somethinggg

Aug 03, 2010

Wow, what a ride! This surgery was so easy and mostly pain-free. I'm still surprised I had surgery.. I keep peeking at my incisions and drainbaggie lol.

Sweet people here, I'm so glad I chose this so far.
I've been freed from my IV!
Started "drinking" apple juice and tea, no leakies showing from the dye. Passing gas fine and peeing and burping all that fun stuff.

Yay!
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Quick, before the half an atavin kicks in!

Aug 01, 2010

i didnt sleep last night becauseof that explosive fire in kelowna, so flying was pretty interesting! slept on the plane all weird... got to the airport and met with driver instantly, he took careof us all the way to the hospital here in mexicali.. passed through el cajon! it was so neat to see my old haunts again!

Got my blood taken, xray, EKG, and given a preliminary antibiotic and an atavin. wow, i just took half and i'm so heavy. the hospital startled Darin--it doesn't look or feel or smell like one, he's jealous I get my operation here and of my care so far. Always someone speaking english on, and nurses and I still laugh even if there's a language barrier.

We were busy all day after that swimming, having fun at the hotel, and i was allowed to eat and drink whatever i wanted.. so i had carne asada with roasted peppers, guacamole, the mexican works! no cheddar here, the real thing...real tortillas! HEAVEN for a Canadian missing real Mexican! darin ordered two quesedillas and we shared 3 margaritas (i was allowed!) so yaaay! We napped until 9 then went for a night swim in the OTHER pool! Going to bed soon, not allowed to even drink water after 10pm so I'm all set for tomorrow. Got skype installed on both laptops now, so I can relaaaaax. Ahhhh.
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