Headed to Bismarck..

Mar 21, 2009

03/21/09 - Tomorrow night I am headed to Bismarck after hubby gets off of work.  The last two weeks, when I eat, I have been getting a feeling of being like overstuffed after only eating 3 or 4 bites of food and cannot even think about eating anything else.  My liquids are not going down the best the last couple of days either.  Judy finally got ahold of me on late Thursday and we discussed what was going on.  She told me she needed to wait for Deb to get back from rounds with Dr. Bruderer in order to talk to her to see if I should come in.  We both figured I would need to come in.  But she called me back after hours Thursday night and told me I needed to make an appt. because I either have a stricture or because they say I have lost more weight than anticipated that I may be starting to get a hernia.  Judy told me she would call me back Friday morning with a day and time.  I wanted it to be put off until next week Wed, Thurs. or Friday, but Judy told me I could not wait that long.  Judy called me back Friday morning and my appointment for a stomach X-ray is scheduled for 9:30 am on Monday.  Depending on what they find from the X-ray will depend on what kind of procedure or care I will need after that.  I will either have to have the stricture reopened back up again or I am not sure what they do if there is a hernia started.  I was kind of shocked that they had not anticipated I lose this much weight by now.  I thought I was doing really good, and turns out I am losing more than I should be.    And here I thought I could be losing so much more, because when I have problems with my eating and not staying in me, I noticed I do not lose any weight.  But when I am eating, I lose weight pretty regular.  Wonder how much more I would have lost if I could eat normally with no complications since my surgery?!?!  So I am a bit confused.  Anyways, I will update when I get back from Bismarck.  Hopefully I will be back home Monday night, although hard to say since they are calling for 1 to 2 feet of snow between Monday and Tuesday

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