Phyllis M.
1-10-2009
Jan 10, 2009
Okay - here is what's been happening in my neck of the woods.Been feeling pretty good.
As prior to WLS patient...the holidays just suck........................I started nibbling on everything just prior to Thanksgiving Week thru the week of Christmas. I just chalked it up and excused it as to the holiday blues................I still get those I guess. I don't like the holidays that well - I guess just because my mother passed away 1 week prior to Thanksgiving back in 1996. I KNOW - NO EXCUSE..............BUT IT DOES EXPLAIN MY BEHAVIOR NOW THAT I LOOK BACK.
I remember that she was always ILL during the months of NOV, Dec, JAn. I guess holiday blues........she was more or less a single parent raising 2 teens (my brother and myself) I'm deterined to try to break that cycle, so I tend to try to get really really busy and work all the time to avoid holiday busy ness............
I only gained about 8 lbs and with that little gain - ticked me off and then I was really scared that I may have hurt my pouch..........if only I could take back what I had been doing for 4 weeks.
Then..........I gained control..........I just needed to "get back on track"..revamp though processes..............tell myself that you are looking too good now and doing too well to go backwards since you haven't hit your goal yet - you have 50 more lbs to go..............so I decided on the evening on 12-25-08 was the time to get back on-track. I let my friends and co-workers know that they had to stop me......hold me accountable and that is working.
On Sunday 1-4 I got sick at weekend job. My stomach hurt for about 4 hours. I was thinking gall-bladder attack. Not sure....drove myself to the ER to make sure nothing wrong with pouch after all. Labs, ultrasound, CT Scan, exrays - ER doc advised all normal.............What was strange to me was that they were going to keep me overnight and put me on a liquid diet.............NPO (nothing my mouth) after midnight for the possiblity of doing a scope on Monday 1-5-09.
On Monday morning..........I see my surgeon who had done my RNY 14 months ago..............they want to do surgery. Go in and take a look around - thinking maybe stricture which is really hard to diagnose, check out for possible intestine twisting, close up empty spaces (when you lose weight like we do - really fast - very common) and repair the OLD hernia AGAIN - holding up with MESH..............okay - the CT wasn't exactly NORMAL - but did show that my hernia had turned black again................... surgery scheduled for this week was actually on 1-6-09. Okay - stayed on liquid diet all day Monday and NOT Much until after surgery on Tuesday........TALK ABOUT GETTING ME BACK TO BASICS...........Thank you Dr. Matin....................
IF ONE EVER QUESTIONS THE ABILITY OF THE 5-DAY POUCH TEST......TRY GOING ON LIQUIDS FOR 2-3 DAYS............ and then trying to eat again after surgery............MY POUCH REALLY TIGHTENED UP.............
3 BITES - and I'm full. whoo hoo...............I got back that beginning of WLS feeling again..........now if I don't screw this one up again............
BUT............I'm not able to get all of my water in again.......nor all of my food requirements - protein, calories...etc...
so - taday 1-10-09..........I DON'T FEEL WELL............WEAK, TIRED AND JUST VERY HEADACHY.......
Thank you all who are following my blogs.....not much information in mine........but I just really don't know where to go from here. This is a lifestyle change and I - only I can work this tool......................only I can make the correct choices to remain on track..................There will be times that I go off......but thats okay - this is a lifestyle change............at least when I go off track now ...................I don't gain back 20 lbs........maybe just 1-5 lbs.........and then gain control again.
(((Huggss))) to everyone out there.
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About Me
Irving, TX
Location
43.0
BMI
Surgery
10/16/2007
Surgery Date
Nov 19, 2007
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