Lynn Bee
First Set of Labs
Aug 16, 2006
I feel terrible!
Aug 05, 2006
Random Thoughts
Aug 02, 2006
Random Thoughts:
It is so strange how people who know me notice how "small I look." I am still fat. People who never knew me before would undoubtedly still think that I am fat. I think I am getting an artificially inflated (no pun intended) sense of how good I look because I am comparing it to before and because so many people close to me are impressed with "how thin I look." It is going to be a big adjustment when I go to my new law school in the fall and I will have to deal with just being a fat girl again - since none of those people will have known me previously and will not see me the way my friends and family currently view me.
Staple Removal
Jul 27, 2006
Medicine might be working?
Jul 23, 2006
One Month Update
Jul 18, 2006
Luckily I have found a bunch of protein shakes that I like so I have been able to keep my protein up. Anyway, I really hope I can eat more by the time I go back to school in the fall. Otherwise, I am doing well, I am slowly getting more energy and my incision is totally closed and healing very well.
Feeling a little Better
Jul 12, 2006
The last two days I vomited up all of the solid food I ate. The first day I had 2oz tuna with four wheat thin crackers for lunch and it seemed to sit well. At dinner I had about 1 oz ground beef and my chest got very tight, I vomited the ground beef up in the bathroom of the restaurant. Later that night I vomited for about 2 hours straight until the tightness in my chest went away. It was NOT a fun experience.
Yesterday, I ate canned beef stew as my solid food meal. About five minutes after eating my chest began to feel really tight. I tried not to vomit, but for the next two hours everything came back up. At first it seemed like only what was going into my stomach from my post-nasal drip was coming up. I was wondering if it couldn't make it to my stomach because I was full of solid food and that was why I was vomitting. Eventually, the beef stew came up as well.
Today I ate scrambled egg beaters with a mushroom in it as my solid food. I did feel tight in the chest, but not as badly, and I did feel nauseous for a little while, but it stayed in. An hour later I tried a bite of several different foods and they stayed in as well. Eating made me feel tremendously better and it made me have more energy.
What was weird about the whole things was that I was tolerating solid food for several days before the two days during which I had issues, and it didn't seem to me like I overate. I was also taking care to chew my food well and not drink before or during my meals. I am now feeling better and I hope I keep feeling better.
Two Weeks Post-Op
Jul 07, 2006
I have been following my surgeon's advice of trying one new food per day.
Foods I ate on my two days of mush food: mashed potatoes (went down very well) and refried beans (no gas but lots of DHR the next morning)
Foods I have eaten since I have been able to eat solid foods:
meatloaf (maybe 1oz) sat well, didn't taste good
hamburger (maybe 2oz) sat well, tasted yummy
While I was on liquid foods I was going to the bathroom 3-4 times in the morning once in the afternoon and twice at night. Since I have been on solid foods it is 2-3 times in the morning and sometimes 1-2 in the afternoon or evening.
My incision is healing really well - no draining and it is totally closed.
I have developed a small hemorrhoid, but I don't think it will be a big deal.
I am also really dizzy when I stand up. My heart rate flutters. My doctor said it could be too low blood pressure, too low blood sugar, or dehydration.
Overall I feel really good. I can walk 20min slowly and do some errands. I get really tired around 5pm each day. Not back to normal, but I am making progress.
Surgery Experience
Jul 06, 2006
Short story:
Surgery itself went well - spent 5 hours in recovery because bp, temp, and pulse were elevated; they stayed elevated all week. Given lots of anti-nausea meds which worked. Pain meds worked well. Slept a lot. Walked a lot. Had lots of gas pain in my chest. They tested it to make sure I did not have a leak. Stayed 4 days in the hospital then was driven 2 hours home no problem.
Day Before Surgery
Jun 17, 2006
- JUNE 18, 2006. So I have a surgery date tomorrow Monday June 19th. I am very nervous. Wish me luck please!
Reasons for nerves:
-General apprehension about surgery
-Weirdness of EKG at the last minute
-Resistance to pain meds in the past (I have been given Tylenol w/ codeine, vicodin, and percoset for prior surgeries and they were like drinking water – I ended up taking a lot of advil which helped a little at least. In general I am a baby who is very resistant to narcotic pain meds.)
