So that's what a blocked outlet feels like...
Made some Cream of Wheat this morning, on day 4 post-op, but it thickened up before I went to eat it, and lo and behold it was more like a solid than a liquid by the time I got around to eating it. A...
View ArticleSparkly Crystal Poo? WTF.
So just now, water going down the wrong tube turned into having to cough which felt like someone trying to rip me apart at the seams. I have my first post-op meeting with my surgeon today and I get to...
View ArticleFriday Weigh In
This is my one week Surgeversary and I've been staying off the scale because I went back up while in the hospital, as most people do, from the swelling and water weight. So finally I decided to look...
View ArticleTwo steps back
So, a few days ago, I was feeling so confident in my healing and had so much energy that I decided to go all day without my support band that they sent me home with from the hospital. After watching...
View ArticleIn a dark place.
If you've been keeping up with my recovery, you know that last week sometime I felt a ripping sensation inside followed by immense pain, which my doctor deduced was a suture tare and added six more...
View ArticleCan't sleep due to belly pain?
TL;DR- If you find that you can't sleep more than a few hours at night before waking up in pain, ask your doctor for Flexeril, a muscle relaxer. Get your sleep back! I'm 3 weeks post-op tomorrow, and...
View ArticleWeek 3 update
Well, it's not all bad, but it could be better. I'm still dealing with that abdominal muscle strain that happened my first week home, and some days I just want to be anywhere but inside my body because...
View ArticleGoodbye Salmon
Well, I'm in soft foods now, and last night the family and I had some baked salmon. Just as soon as I had taken my last bite of the stuff, the reaction started. I felt too full, gassy, burpy and had...
View ArticleA whole bunch of NSVs!
About 4 days or so ago, my muscle strain just miraculously stopped hurting! I can sit up from lying, bend over, squat, and even... be intimate again!! After a month and 4 days, my poor, patient...
View ArticleSoooo I'm getting a job on Monday!
Like, WOAH. This all happened so fast! Last week Dan mentioned to his boss that I am looking for work (for the first time in 6 years, btw) and she said she'd let him know when they were hiring again....
View ArticlePlateau- need to cut out carbs!
So, it's been a while since last I reported in. Since surgery on 6/26/14 I've lost 136 lbs, without much in the way of exercise. Now I've hit a long plateau and trying to do everything I can to break...
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