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Well yesterday I had a Endoscopy done and found out I had a stricture so and it was pretty closed and that's why I was having the pain and throwing up so hopefully it's fixed now. Today my throat is a little sore but I guess that can be expected and I'm still on liquids.
Yesterday I joined another gym that I can go to anytime but still going to continue to go to the one at the hospital as well, but I can only go on certain time and day. That one is more for working on my lungs and this new one is a regular gym with all the weight machines and its only about 5 minutes from me. So I'm hoping that my life will start going in the direction its suppose too and I'll get over all these problems.

Try this protein drink I made up today:   1 cup Vanilla Light Silk Soy Milk 1 scoop GNC Gold Standard 100% Whey Exteme Milk Chocolate and I had a left over sugar-free chocolate caramel skinny latte about 1/2 cup A few ice cubes   Blend all togther in a blender.

I posted this on my blog, but wanted to put it here as well.


A few months ago I was complaining how I was lonely and didn't have any friends around here and wondered if I had made a mistake moving back to NC. But as always God has me right where I'm suppose to be, even when I don't understand why I have to be there. I am blessed to be closer to my boys now and see them as often as I can and I've made a few friends and some online friends, they might not always be the friends I can go to a movie with or hang out at the mall with but still in my heart they are a true friend because they care about me and they are there when I'm up and I'm down and always there to listen and hope they know I'm there for them as well. I am truely blessed to have friends all over this world.
A year ago I would have still been saying no I don't want to have gastric bypass surgery because I was to selfish to want to give up eating food that was bad for me even knowing it was killing me and I feel that I was lead to this area so I could be around doctor's who really care about there patients and like I told my primary doctor yesterday if it hadn't been for him pushing me this whole last year I would never have joined a gym much less had this WLS. I really feel like my health is going to get better and I have a whole life in front of me to enjoy all the wonderful things God has in store for me.



 

OMG I had my first and I hope my only dumping this morning. It's as bad as the doctor said it would be! Now I know what having a heart attack would feel like. It was brought on by me either eating to fast or trying to take my pills to quickly with the cream of wheat I had, but whatever it was I don't want that experience NO more! I was throwing up and I had the worst pain in my chest that went under my right breast and also in the middle of my back and yes I was crying and couldn't make it stop. After about 25 minutes it started letting up and I've not ate anything else yet and don't know if I want to but am trying to get a protein drink down. Anyway I hope no one else has to experience this because it is awful.

Update: Someone's comment says that is wasn't dumping but was something stuck and this is what she wrote.

Post Date: 10/18/08 11:26 am
Hey, Cindy.  I don't think you were dumping, I think something was stuck.  Dumping is more shaking, sweating, diahrea, throwing up that sort of stuff.  Something stuck HURTS!!  And yep, it feels like a heart attack. I used to get my pills stuck all the time and thats exactly what it felt like.  It doesn't ease up until the pill disolves.  Try not eating and taking your pills at the same time. That was the worse for me.

I had to go to the doctor today about my sites and they weighted me and I'm down 3 more pounds. I'm posting a couple of new picture's taken today.

Cindy's Chocolate-Caramel Iced Java

1/2 bottle of Achiev One protein drink(Mocha Java)
1 scoop Matrix Perfect Chocolate
1 cup fat free milk
3 ice cubes
Dash of Monin O'Free Caramel Syrup

Mix all together in a blender and enjoy!

Total protein is 41 grams
 

I have a new blog on my WLS if anyone wants to check it out go here:
http://cindylou45.blogspot.com

In 11 days as of yesterday and I can't hardly believe it, but I'm so glad I am. I still find it so hard to get all the protein drinks and water in, and even got a little fussed at yesterday because I wasn't suppose to be having homemade soup that my friend made me and ended up having to pour it out.Also my full liquid diet says no more than 1/2 cup or 1/4 cup for two different things and I've been having either the homemade or canned soups and just making it a 1/2 cup and now I'm told I'm suppose to be working myself up to that. Maybe I need to go back to the nut and have her to explain to me again the "NO's" of this new life. I just feel a little down about trying to know what I'm doing right and doing wrong.

And I'm down 13 lbs. Feeling a little better today so hopefully by the time I go back to the doctor next week I'll be BETTER!

Its been a rough week for me. Yesterday I was feeling better as far as the asthma and bronchitis goes and then last night I coughed alot and today I've been coughing alot and that doesn't  feel good on my tummy, just did a breathing treatment. This isn't the way I wanted to wake up from surgery with sugars running high and getting an infection in the place they inserted the filter in my neck. As far as food goes I've not been hungry but still have to get my protein shakes in and today Yvonne made me some homemade cream of potato soup which I can only eat 1/2 cup of but it was good to have a different taste. Its taken me 3 days to eat 1 can of cream of chicken soup with milk. I either have sf no fat yogurt or pudding for breakfast and lunch so I don't think I'm getting in more than maybe 300 calories a day.Tomorrow I go to get my staples taken out and see if I've lost any, will be 7 days.

 I don't know what I would have done without Yvonne here, wtih changing my bed from me having an accident in it to making my shakes to helping me get a bath and dressed. She's 73 yrs old and I hate for her to be doing all this but she likes it. I thank God for her! I don't think I could have depended on my boys to help me out in everything she is doing for me. Its good to have Friends!