Changes and hospitals

Sep 17, 2012

 It's funny. I just read my last entry and WOW! Back then I was complaining about getting "only" 80 g protein in a day and that I wasn't eating a wide variety of foods. Boy, I'd do anything to get that back. At this point, I'm getting less than 50 g protein in a day. Nothing is setting right in my pouch. Most foods are like a bomb that explode on impact. And when I say "most foods", I mean anything protein. Meats are really just not happening. Protein shakes? Ugh. They make me get chills, shake, feel nauseous. Not plesant. All the things that USED to go down, don't. Tuna, chicken, shrimp, pork. Nothin'. Even refried beans give me issues. And the protein bars?! BLECH!!! The only one I can stomach is Quest Apple Pie. But by the time I'm finished it, I feel sweaty, sick, dizzy and of course...nauseous. I've made an appointment with my dietician for this afternoon. There's nothing she can tell me that I haven't already tried. But whatever, it's worth a shot I guess. I'm trying to better plan my days as far as food and activities go, as opposed to just winging it day to day. Today's schedule is good. 102 g protein and 826 calories eaten with 404 cals burned. Wouldn't that be amazing?! Yeah, doubt that's gonna work. I'm gonna guess at least half of what I try is gonna come back up. But it's worth a shot! Today's schedule is as follows:

8 am Wake up

815  vitamins & breakfast (5 wheatables crackers with 1/2 a Laughing Cow cheese wedge)

920 2 minutes on my elliptical

930 1/2 hour at the gym 2.5 mph on treadmill

1015 1/2 MorningStar Farms veggie pattie

1200 2 minutes on the elliptical

1215 Vi-Shape protein shake

120 leave for appointment

2-230 Dietician

300 Elliptical

330 Chocolate protein shake w/ banana mixed in

445 elliptical

5 Quest apple pie bar/leave for group meeting (eat bar on the way there)

6-7 Support group meeting

730 1/2 (ish) Lean Cuisine Meatloaf...pureed. Just like the "old days"

Before bed 2 more minutes on elliptical

So, that's "the plan". So far, I've checked off all items to this point. But the shakes are where I'm afraid. That's probably where my day will begin to go downhill. So not excited about that. But that doesn't mean I won't try.

Now let's go back in time, shall we? The date is August 27. I'm on day 4 of vomitting everything that passes my lips. Including water. I pack my fiance into the car and drive to St Agnes Hospital (where I had my surgery). I sit in the ER for a few hours, then finally get called back. They tell me I need a CT scan, so to drink the barium fluid. Seriously?! After throwing that up all over their floor twice, they say they're going to admit me so my surgeon can look at me in the morning and they can pump me full of fluids all night. So, I get my scan, get my IV started, get wheeled up to my room (on the Bariatric floor of the hospital. yay!!) and get into my very, very comfy bed. Within a few hours and a whole bag of fluids and vitamins, I'm feeling a LOT better. I'm not constantly nauseous, no more headache. It was nice. But I couldn't sleep, never can in hospitals. In the morning, Good old Dr A came in to see me. He said my blood work looked like shit and I was probably getting so nauseous because I was getting too dehydrated and the vomiting made it worse. He told me to up my water as much as humanly possible starting that day and he'd see me the next (I had a follow up appointment with him the next day anyway). By the time I was discharged, I felt a million times better. I hadn't felt that good since BEFORE surgery. I followed the doc's orders and so far, mostly good. I know my fluids have been slipping lately. I think it's a mix of depression and just plain forgetting. But I'm trying to be more concious of it...

Anyways, thats enough for today. I'll post again tonight if I'm free about the dietician and group meetings.

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