16th post - starting to feel better already

May 23, 2009

I saw my surgeon 5/15, as I said before, and he thought I had an ulcer and a stricture so they scheduled me for an endoscopy (my 1st ever) on 5/22 which verified the ulcer but they found there was NO stricture, which is obviously a good thing. On my 5/15 appointment they gave me Carafate (that's the one I'm supposed to take 4 times a day), which has worked wonders. It's like a miracle drug. I have not thrown up once since I started taking it. The only problem I've been having with it is all the restrictions on when to take it. You're supposed to take it 2-3 hours after a meal, at least 1 hour before a meal, at least 1 hour before, and one hour after, any vitamins or supplements, etc. And yet somehow I'm supposed to fit in 4 servings a day. Pretty soon I'm going to have to use an hourly calendar to keep track of when I can eat, drink, take supplements and meds... but at least I'm feeling better and holding down food!

Now that I'm eating again I need to start tracking my intake again. I use www.LiveStrong.com because they seem to have the best list of foods available, plus it's really easy to add one in, or verify the accuracy of some of the listings by providing links to nutritional information online. It's all available through the "Daily Plate" section of the site. Two other things that you may find useful are the water tracker on the upper right side of the Daily Plate where you can enter how many cups of water you've had throughout the day as well as an exercise tracker so you can measure calories burned.

Anyway, since today is the Sunday before Memorial Day I'm the only person who came in on time for the 7AM shift, so I have to get back to work. TTYL!

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