Another Week Gone By

Nov 02, 2014

My week has been filled with ups and downs.  I had a really bad episode at work on Friday which rendered me almost completely useless for about two hours... I (like a stupid idiot) forgot to eat before I went to work (I used to never eat breakfast, and changing my habits to include breakfast has been touch and go, but this was the first time I forgot).  I'll tell you what, I certainly won't be forgetting again anytime soon, because I started work at 9, then when just about 9:45 rolls around, I break out in a sweat all over and things start getting blurry.  Now, I've only almost fainted one other time in my life, so I knew what it was, but then all the sounds started to get muffled, and of course, I was right in the middle of helping a customer with something.  Thankfully, one of my managers was close by, and I called for her help.  She came over and got me a chair, and finished helping my customer.

After sitting in the chair with my head between my knees, it got better but it didn't go away.  Another stroke of luck was that I happened to be training a new cashier that day, so I was able to just sit by the register while she did her thing.  Around ten o'clock, I managed to walk to the break room and get a pack of peanuts.  I know I wasn't supposed to eat solid food yet, but I had to get some protein in my body.  I chewed it up thoroughly and only went through half a little pack, but at about 10:30 I was feeling so much better.  No lightheadedness, no sweating.  Around 11 I was completely back to normal and didn't need the chair anymore, but by that time a lot of people had come into work so the boss told me I could go home.

I decided that I could stick it out a while longer, and actually stayed until around 2pm (I was supposed to get off at 4pm).  Anyway, that story was long winded, I apologize, but I honestly have no one to talk to about the surgery here.  My "surgery helper" aka my mother, is so busy all the time because she's in school for her masters degree AND she teaches full time.  So... anyway, it's Sunday so I just weighed myself.  Another 9 pounds down!

Starting Weight: 317 (October 6th 2014)

Last Weigh In: 295 (October 26th 2014)

Current Weigh In: 286 (November 2nd 2014)

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