Well yesterday I got a fill... and an unfill! First time I ever had to do that! Which in and of itself is a bit amazing considering it was my 5th fill and this was the first time it was too restricted for me. Part of it was my fault and part was the docs fault pretty much equal "blame" between the two of us. He did put in too much when he added .5ml to my band but for my part I did drink too cold of water and was not entirely feeling like the water I drank at his office was getting through but said nothing because I usually reflux right away and not half hour later. So when nothing happened immediatly I figured it was ok. It wasn't. I hate figuring out what to call it. Throwing up is I guess the correct term for it but it doesn't make it into the lower stomach and so there is no bile involved at all. But reflux kind of brings to mind acid issues and again it's not. On the group I am on they call it PBing ( for progressive burp) but I loathe that term. Regurgitate is probably also a good word but it is hard to spell and I am lazy about remembering how to spell it. So anyhow, back to the story... So I revisited my water ( I don't know that one isn't to bad of a description...) and lost is all in the parking of WalMart on my way back to work. I was concerned but waited deciding to give it a few hours and try a warm liquid. I did and when that revisited me as well I got very concerned. So I called my doctor and they said if I could get there by 4:30 they could see me and take care of it. If not, I could come in Monday or if things got worse call and see him over the weekend. NOw I really didn't care for any of the options. Waiting till Monday scared me because one can only go 3 days without water and if I am not getting water to go down by monday I could nearly dead. I had already missed most of the day at work and really did not want to miss another two hours of it and I could just imagine the bill for the hospital or er for a weekend visit. Besides which I hated the thought of encrouching on someones weekend. SO as I was struggling with what to do a good friend got online and I proceeded to ask her thoughts. She said go in now! I went and talkedto my boss and he said go in now! So I called and set up for the last appointment of the day with them and left work. I was shaking and had a pretty bad headache starting from lack of any thing at all in me, and yet I still felt like a fool. Like somehow it was my fault and I should have been able to solve things on my own. How absolutly whack-o is that? So my surgeon saw me and removed part of my fill to back things off about .3ml so that made my fill an increase of .2ml. He also explained that the cold water put my stomach in spasm and made things way worse but he had been less conservative than he normally was on fridays and apologized for that. So I got put back on clear liquids for a couple of days, yeah! Made it about 30 hours and then had to do something with nutrition and calories so I tried some yummy sweet potatoes from Tommy Bahamas and they went down and stayed down but I think I will stick with soft foods till Monday at least to continue babying my stomach for a bit longer.
Now it probably goes without saying, but I did lose weight this past month just not as much. My total weight loss since my high is 105.5 pounds!!! I didn't ask for a fill he came in asking what I thought of my restriction I told him I could tell I wasn't as restricted and he said ok and gave me the fill. He was surprised that I could eat steak but not chicken. I said well maybe it has to do with the savoring factor. When you know you only get a 1 inch cube of something you love you savor it and make it last. Which is partly true but chicken just gets stuck for me no matter what I do to it, dice it, shred it , or sauce it! It still gets stuck! I did tell him that too. I try to eat chicken every once in a while cuz I loved it but I don't miss it much any more so I don't bother with trying it much.
There is much more to tell but my bed is calling me so later dudes! I am off to get some Z's!
2 comments:
yes, I was quite concerned when mom called u the other night - i was quite glad to hear that u were ok. i would have told u 2 go in right away 2... and it is NOT your fault... and how could u possibly take care of the fill yourself??? i love u.. please b careful! hugz
Hi!
Good to hear you are OK, despite the fill anf unfill.
Reducing wt. in itself may be encouraging, but, more importantly, it is the good feeling of it that counts, and that you are happy in the process.
We want you to be happy, dear!
Hugs,
Good thinking, anonymous Hi!
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