Long time no see

Feb 13, 2014

I just realized it's been almost a month since I posted last. Oops. I'd like to say everything is magically better but that's really not the case. I still have issues eating. Fluids are fine, but eating is not so great. I still don't know if I have a stricture. He wanted me to wait until I hit 6 weeks post op before being scoped, and now I haven't been able to get in touch with him to see what he'd like to do. I am able to eat solid foods every once in a while, so I personally believe it's probably not a stricture - it's probably just an incredibly picky pouch that will have to learn to accept food again.

I am down 62lbs since I started this journey. 52lbs in 6 weeks - holy cow. I'd hoped, but I never really believed that would be a possible number for me. I know my weekly loss will start slowing down, but I am hoping I hit -100lbs by my birthday in May. That would be a fantastic birthday present to myself. I weigh less than I have in 7 years, I get around easier, hygiene is so much easier, and I fit in chairs I didn't fit in for the longest time. The food issues suck, but I will take those as a trade off.

I did my first B12 injection today. Disaster. After I already had the needle in my damn arm, I found out the syringe had a hole in it, so as I was pushing the B12 through the syringe, it was actually coming out of the syringe rather than the needle. Looks like I'll be doing sublingual B12 this month, and I'll try again next month. I need different syringes, since the needle doesn't come off and it dulls it when you pull the B12 out of the vial. Trial and error I guess.

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