Week 38 Post-Op Update

Nov 03, 2011

OK!
This week, and in particular today, my spirits are higher. Last week I had blood and urine tests that came back negative for markers for bladder and/or prostate cancer (YAY!). So why all the hoopla last week then? Well it turns out that the urologist isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. He had all kinds of plans for me that were both very expensive and very uncomfortable (although I have not had it done to me personally, shoving a small camera up your pee hole can be quite painful I'd imagine?). The Internet is a wonderful thing! Had my brilliant urologist actually read the background info I had given them on the 5 page medical questionnaire they made me fill out he would have seen that I indicated extreme problems with constipation as of the past several months. Well it turns out that I self diagnosed myself (via the Internet) with a bruised prostate and bladder from the bad time I've been having in the potty. I stopped taking that nasty medicine the urologist gave me and started taking very large amounts of fiber in despite my carb count going through the roof. I tell ya, it's amazing what some good old homemade cabbage soup can do for your potty problems! So long story short is my trips to the potty are now daily and hardly even strenuous. My bladder and prostate are on the mend, and all pain and difficulty with pee pee is subsiding nicely. I also dropped about 3 more Lbs since last update (the scale says 241 Lbs today!) so now I'm just 16 Lbs from goal! To top all this good news off.. Today I went to a job interview and I was looking smokin' in my black pleated pants and long sleeved black and paisley dress shirt. It's the first time I've interviewed as a normal size person in over 30 years. Well I got the job and I start work on the 16th! I'm so stoked that I wasn't discriminated against for my weight like I often have been over the years pre-op!
More next week, thanks for reading... Craig

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