Speed Bump

Mar 18, 2016

So, three weeks in everything was going just fine and then just about the beginning of week four the bottom dropped out.  Suddenly all the foods I had been eating and the new ones they allowed me to eat were making me sick to my stomach just to look at them.  Chicken made me sick to eat right off so I didnt try that again but foods that I tolerated suddenly NOPE.  So no to yogurt, shakes, cottage cheese, roast beef, turkey, cheese..I am running out of things that I can eat that are easy.

So I called the Doctor obviously worried after about 3 days of this and the calorie intake about 200, protein 30 or less on most days, previously at about 80 a day.  They figured I was suffering from reflux and took my reflux med and upped it from one time a day to 3, before each meal.  So, im still not able to eat all the things mentioned and if I dont take the med three times daily I get a really sour mouth.  Im trying to drink a ton of water but also hard when your mouth tastes funny.

I was wasting so much food shopping that I started ordering food like eggs and whatnot and giving 90% to my three kids and just taking the bite or two that I can stomach.  The other day I got steak tips from LongHorns and it lasted like three meals and that was with giving a little to my mom and son.  Literally two bites and I felt like a starfish.

I dont know if this happens to anyone else but I usually get two bites maybe three out of whatever I am having.  Sometimes because it tastes so good I go in for another bite and start to chew and my brain says spit it out and there is nothing I can do to fight that.  If I dont spit it out immediately I feel like I will be physically ill.  Am I alone on this?   I wish I knew what the "norm" was for each stage.

Hoping things continue to improve, I see my doctor next Wed, weather permitting.

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