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 I ended up in the hospital overnight on Friday. Got a cat scan and they found a spot, possibly an ulcer.O f course I'm on new meds for it but I have to get an Endoscopy done next week. I have 44 hours next week and not even sure why.  Now I'm back to Phase 1 of the bariatric diet and I'm really stuggling with the protein. Chicken flavored Unjury tastes horrible to me.The one good thing is I'm off all diabetic meds now. The bad thing is the liquid diet is giving me diarreha. That is defeating the whole purpose, I have to work 10 hours tomorrow so I hope I don't have it tomorrow.  These are trying times.

 This week has really been challenging , food does not want to go down well and then after only a few bites I'm having pain. Now, last night  I wake up at 3 am with reflux like pain and I ended up getting up and sitting on the couch. At 5:15 I drank some decaf tea and I do feel better now although I'm feeling pretty tired. Suppose to work 9 - 5 today and I haven't had a good nights sleep in like 3 nights now. 

 Try as I might, I have such a hard time getting the required protein and liquids each day, and now I fear my hair is starting to fall out! I think tomorrow will be my last session with my dietician and she should have the results of my blood tests by then and hopefully I can stop taking Metformin altogether. 
I love swimming at the Fitness Center, and only wish I could go more often but work always seems to get in the way of that, plus I wish I had some time to go to the different consignment shops and charity stores, I NEED new clothes desperately but can't afford to but them right now.
I do have a small incisional hernia but my surgeon doesn't want to do anything about it right now. It sticks out of my belly so I've named it Ella. 21 lbs. to go to get to my dieticians weight goal, personally I'd like to lose about 20 more lbs. than that. 

 Today my mother turned 92! We took her and Dad to Cracker Barrel to eat, then we took cupcakes to their house along with her gift (HP Deskjet Printer) and we hooked it up for her. I got a grilled chicken salad and when I was done eating you could barely tell I ate any of it.
Next week hubby and I are both on vacation and my week consists of: blood tests before a contrast dye cat scan, the scan and then more blood tests to determine if I can restart my Metformin. I think I'll just schedule my overdue mammogram too...lol. So I guess we're not going anywhere and will use some of the vacation money for surround sound in the living room.
I have a bulge at an incision site and went to see the surgeon, so thats why I have to have the scan done, to determine if it's a hernia or not. I sure hope NOT cause that means more surgery and I can't afford to be off work again.
I am down 30 lbs since surgery and people are starting to notice. Still have 34 to go till I reach the goal my dietician set for me, which I personally think is high. Starting going to the local fitness center to swim but my bathing suit didn't work out so good so I'm waiting for a new one to come, hopefully tomorrow, so I can get back to swimming!

Today is my day off, I have to work tomorrow (Sat.) and I don't think I could have made it to work today so it's a good thing I didn't have to try. My knees are so bad I can barely walk and of course my job is to stand all day long. The biggest problem is I can't wear my brace anymore. Even though both my knees are bad it started with the left one and I was fitted for a special brace which helped me get through days at work tremendously. Now, it's too big for me, so now both knees are just so painful all day and when I get home it's ice on them, as they look like grapefruits.  For now I'm back on Tramadol but honestly it doesn't help that much. I keep wondering if by being on my knees all the time now if the damage continues to get worse.  Anyway, I can't wait to get a paycheck after 5 weeks without one, I'm going straight to the fitness center so I can join and swim for exercise. Sure hope that will help me. Still struggling to get my protein and liquids each day,don't know why it's so hard.

 Who would have thought that this would be this hard to do?  I feel like my whole waking life is just centered around...what to eat....what to drink and when. Next week I start back to my full time pharmacy job after being off for 5 weeks. All I keep wondering is, how am I going to get my required amounts of protein and liquids?? I can't just be eating and drinking all day when I'm suppose to be working. I mean, I'm sure my boss will be understanding about it, at least for awhile, but even now at home all this time I really struggle to get what I'm supposed to have daily, I can't hardly tolerate those protein shakes anymore, I actually gag when I first start to drink one, they are just too sweet for me.  So I try to use the unflavored in anything that it will go into but that's only 4 grams of protein in a teaspoon, so it doesn't pack a whollop like the scoop in double strength milk. And unfortunately I tire easily of eating the same foods over and over. Please tell me this will get easier some day.

 Today I'm having some difficulty with eating and drinking. I could only eat half of a scrambled egg this morning and even water isn't going so good. I don't have any pain except a few twinges on my right abdomen and of course the back pain I've been having since the hospital.  I started walking this morning, I'm suppose to take 3 walks a day, it's very painful because my knees are still hurting very badly. But, I'm gonna stick with it, it can only get better, right? 

Had my first check-up today and my surgeon says everything seems great!  Although he says I need to step up the liquid intake. It's been hard trying to adjust but hopefully my head is clear now and I'm getting in the game! My major problem is back spasms, no thanks to the hospital bed. Was hoping my own bed would have cured it by now but it's really bad today. Still have my Ultram so hopefuly I can get rid of it soon. Going to start my walking outside this evening when it cols down some. Then it's back to work on the 1st of August. I had to go there after my Dr. appt. this morning and they acted like they truely miss me...lol. After nine years I think I deserve a little time for me so I'm going to take it and hope when I get back there things won't be as bad as they seemed to be getting before I left to have surgery. 

I came home from the hospital yesterday around 5pm, the house was pretty much a mess....who cares, right?? It's looking a little better this morning. My son is here, he's sleeping in the basement so I have some quiet time. Hubby is directing a softball tournament and our 2 grandsons are with him to help. I'm worried about him, his right leg is swollen, the Dr. has seen him but it's worse now so he needs another appt. next week for sure. Well, not surprisingly, I'm having bowel issues so I'm going to need that stool softener that I neglected to get beforehand. Other than that, I feel pretty good.

 Well, this is it....tomorrow is my surgery. Have to be at the hospital at 9:45 am. So I'm guessing surgery might start by 11:00 am. Hope I can sleep tonight, getting a bit nervous. I've had calls from everyone now wishing me luck and telling me they love me, so I'm set. I've had no food in 7 days and I'm told I won't want any for quite some time afterwards. Best advice is, get up and get moving as soon as possible.