Craziness....

Things have been pretty crazy lately. I have been taking my Mom and Dad to their doctors appointments because neither one of them like to drive. haha I have also been battling blood pressure problems (that I never had before surgery) and not being able to keep anything down. On Wednesday of last week I called my surgeons office and told them that I felt really jittery and that I ate one bite of fish and it came back up!! I am so tired of this. She told me to go check my blood pressure and then let her know what it was. Well it was 175/102, so she told me to call my PCP. Called him, he told me to come to his office right away and they gave me a pill that would make my blood pressure come down really fast. I have to go back to him in a month to have it rechecked because he gave me some meds to take until then. So then I called the surgeon's office back again and asked what I needed to do about the throwing up and she told me to go back to liquids a couple of days. On Friday I called back and asked her what to do next and she told me that I could try foods again and if I still had a problem this weekend to call her on Monday and she would get Dr. Avara to look at me....I may have a stricture. Last night I ate the insides of a taco or at least a 1/4 of it. Meat, cheese, sour cream....it was awesome. LOL

Hopefully my pouch was just inflamed from the throwing up and it won't happen anymore!! :0) Well later!!!

*One more thing!! I am almost down to below 300!! I am so excited!! hehe*

Stricture.....

I may have a stricture!! UGH!! I can't seem to keep things down. UGH!! I am going to call the doctor tomorrow. I am so scared!!

Happy Halloween!!

WOW....

Well it's been almost 3 weeks since I had surgery. I am doing ok. Yesterday I didn't have a very good day. I don't think I can tolerate tomatoe sauce or anything with tomatoe based anything. I threw up 3 times in a 1 hour period. I am fixing to go now and eat lunch. Probably a piece of deli turkey with swiss cheese and spicy mustard. I am just so scared to eat anything!! It's horrible. Hopefully it will get better. Well that's about all the update that I have for today :0)

Oh yeah, Han took a pic of me last night....here it is.....

Home....

Well I am home. I have been home since Friday afternoon. Had a bad day Saturday, thinking I had made a huge mistake having this surgery done. I have since decided that everything is going to be ok. :0) I have to think positive. I am starting the puree stage of my diet tomorrow.

B: 1 oz. scrambled egg substitute
1 oz. grits with 2% cheese added

S: 8 oz. CIB NSA
8 oz. diluted juice
8 oz. water

L: 1 oz. pureed chicken salad with fat free mayo
1 oz. grits with 2% cheese added (possibly)

S: 8 oz. CIB NSA
8 oz. diluted juice
8 oz. water

D: 1 oz. deli turkey
1 oz. beans, peas ?

S: 8 oz. CIB NSA
8 oz. diluted juice

Just a sample of what I may be eating tomorrow. I am scared but excited to begin eating. I haven't dumped yet. I hope that I don't!!

My blood pressure was up last week a little and I had a slight fever. Hannah and Richard have been staying with us. I feel 100% better than I have been feeling last week. :0)

Well more later!! SLP

Some pics......

Day Five.....

Ok....so yesterday didn't go so well....I cheated......I ate a small McDonald's Cheeseburger without the top bun and a chicken strip!! I felt horrible!!

So far today has been better. I just keep thinking I only have five more days!! I am so tired of being hungry!! I don't know if it is all in my head or if I truly am hungry. I try not to think about food but....what's one to do when previously I admit I ate a lot??

Trying to start getting everything in order for next week. I am making sure I have things that I am going to need packed. I have to make sure my baby is taken care of...which I know he will be because my sister is taking care of him. But I have to see what days he isn't eating lunch at school and put all that together for her to send with him on those days. Whew!! It's a lot of work!!

I'm going to be ok though!! I just know it!! Well 5 days down 5 to go!!! :0) Later!!

First day of liquid diet....

Ok so today is the first day of my liquid diet. I think I am doing pretty good. I have drank some water this morning and had a Sugar Free Jello Pudding cup. I feel a little hungry but I'm not sure if that is head hunger or real hunger. I CAN DO THIS!!! I know I can!! I don't need to doubt myself. :0(