Going through a Rough Time

Apr 13, 2010

 This weekend was really hard, but it didn't have anything to do with my RNY.  My family has three dogs, and one of them was diagnosed with cancer last year.  We paid for her to have surgery, and the tumor (on the top of her skull) was successfully removed.  She was fine for about a year, then a few weeks ago she started coughing a lot.  I took her to the vet about three weeks ago, and they did X-rays.  Her cancer was back, and had spread to her lungs.  There was nothing else we could do.  Long story short, she came inside from the backyard on Saturday night and collapsed in the dining room.  She died there about 10 minutes later.  On Sunday we had to take her body to the Humane Society to have her cremated.  So this weekend really sucked.  
In terms of my weight loss journey, yesterday was my two week post op checkup, and I've lost 17.5 lbs. since my surgery on March 30, and 25 lbs. total since my highest weight of 270 on March 1st.  Yesterday I got about 58 grams of protein in, and only about 25 oz of water.  Not so good.  This morning I woke up with a headache.  I used to get migraines all the time, and my PCP prescribed me muscle relaxers, which took care of them.  I've been using the muscle relaxers at night, too, to get rid of the insomnia and restless legs that I've had since surgery.  But for some reason something didn't work, and I woke with a headache.  My mom, a nurse, suggested that I take one of the oxycodone that was prescribed for me for pain after surgery.  I took one, and almost immediately started feeling woozy and dizzy.  I thought that eating something might help, so I tried a little cottage cheese.  2 tiny bites later and I was throwing up, for the first time since surgery.  I still feel totally weak and dizzy, but I'm just resting now and drinking water.  Hopefully things get better.

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