Melanie Watson
Another setback .... GRRRRRR
Jan 20, 2009
Since I had my reduction before my Christmas trip, all has been well. UNTIL last Thursday night. I've been doing really good about my eating and fitting in my snacks. It's been hard, but I seem to manage. So here is what happened ....
I get home from work and I grabbed 2 rice cake bites. I forgot I had them in the cabnet. Feeling way to full, I go to purge. Nothing out of the ordinary. A few minutes later, Earl sneaks up on me again and I notice it's a little pink. Nothing like I had eaten throughout the day. Again like a monkey on my back, Earl is SPANKING my ass!! 
I'm yelling at my son, I think I'm throwing up blood. GUESS WHAT? I was ... Lots of blood. I call Dr. Schwartz to let him know what's going on. He tells me to eat ice chips and drink ice cold water and see if it subsides. If not, I needed to pass go, collect $200 and continue onto the emergency roon. The bleeding stopped ..sort of. I continued to have a bad night puking my guts out. The only thing that stopped me from going to the er was a $250 co-pay vs a $40 office visit (for my regular scheduled appt)
The next morning, I woke to great hunger pains, but unable to eat. I tried cream of wheat several times and it came up. I kept downing water, it too came up with that familiar pinky color from the night before. OMG!!!
I get to the office to find that I'm down another 5lbs YEA!! 
Then Dr. tells me that I either have an stomach ulcer or a hernia. Both very common. Since I've been having so many tummy issues, he was leaning toward the ulcer. Not good. He drained me, gave me the what you need to do in order to heal lecture and tells me to return on Monday (yesterda0y), and loads me down with a chit load of previcid. Tells me if I have another episode, straight to the er and I'd have to have an endoscope done.
Monday rolls around, no more episodes, just an upset tummy. He tells me no refill for another 2 f'n weeks 
So, I just paid another f'n $40 co-pay that wasn't in the budget all to hear is I have to wait. I'm almost in tears at this point. I tried to appeal to the judge and jury. He wasn't hearing it and just rested his hands on my shoulder and said ...
"Mel .. your my problem child. You know all the problems you've had since day 2 and you've overcome them. I don't care about any weight you may put on in 2 weeks, I just need to know that your healthy and your tummy is healed. And then and only then will I re-fill you." Needless to say, I don't like this man right now, but I know he is telling me the truth and truth hurts.
So now that I'm through venting, I made a promise to go back to my pre-op routine and hopefully the weight gain (if any) will be small. I shouldn't complain, I'm 5 1/2 months out. 63lbs down. I feel good, doing things I couldn't do before. I'm truly blessed. I could have lost my life shortly after surgery, but the good Lord saw fit to keep me around to entertain everyone who is reading this and everyone who is supporting me in my journey.
