Life

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Healing

I am finally healing!! I went to the doctor again this past Tuesday. The hole in my incision is finally free from infection and is healing nicely. It is getting smaller and smaller which is a good thing. I am feeling better each day, am able to move around a lot better and not quite so nauseated from the infection anymore. I am still eating very little, but so far things are agreeing with me. I still struggle with getting the total amount of fluids and protein that I am suppose to get in a day, but I am working on it. I love vegetables and fruit, but they have very little if any protein in them so...I struggle to find things that are high in protein and get them in daily.

I have lost a total of 63lbs as of Tuesday, and I have been keeping my sewing machine busy taking in the pants that I have so that I don't have to keep pulling them up all the time. I am not even going to bother taking in the shirts I will just keep them till they don't stay on my shoulders anymore and then get rid of them. I was able to go to the store the other day and actually buy some new shirts in a size smaller and it really was a good feeling for me to actually be able to go into a store and buy something right off the rack and it fit!!!! Actually what I bought is a little loose but next size was to small, so this will do for awhile. May be small but its a big accomplishment to me.

I go back to the doctor on July 10th which will be 2 months after my surgery, and if my hole is closed up really good, with a good solid scab on it then I will be released to go back to work. Not that I haven't enjoyed this time off, but it will be good to get back to some sort of normal life again. But I can imagine after a few weeks back I will wish I was still off, but thats normal.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Trip to the Doctors Office

Just a small update. I have had to go to the doctors office now for the past 3 weeks. I had a part of my incision open up and it has been draining the fluid that was left after they took out the drains. Well it got infected, which from what I was told is common. Well I have had to keep it bandaged up, and it has a slight smell to it. The antibiotic that I have been taking is in liquid form and man is it NASTY. I even had it flavored, well that didn't help at all. It tastes like I am chewing on old nasty rubber tires that are grape. Not that I know what a rubber tire taste like but you know the smell they give off, well imagine tasting that, UGH. I already went through one round of this but since I still have a little of the infection left, I need to take it another 4 days.
But on a positive note, I have lost another 5 lbs since last week, so now my total is up to 60lbs that I have lost. I was also measured and I have lost a total of 17in. So I am happy about all that.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Almost a Month


Just a small update. I went to my doctor appt this morning and I have lost another 20lbs. So that brings my total up to 47lbs. I am happy and doing ok. I still have a small issue with part of my incision that has decided to stay open and leak. At times it leaks a lot, and I wake up to a wet bed and wet nightgown. But from what the nurse said this is common and that I have a small pocket of fluid that keeps building up and has to get out, so it comes out this hole. She drained a lot of it this morning in the office, and I am suppose to massage my stomach a few times a week during my shower. This will break up this pocket and hopefully will begin to heal. I get sort of queazy when this does leak a lot and today was no different. But this is just another little hurdle in my strive to lose weight. I am feeling better and better each day. Yes I still have good/bad days but there are more good days now. I will really be happy when I will actually get to sleep all night in my bed. I still am having trouble sleeping, but that is getting better. I just get up in the middle of the night and go sit in the chair in the living room and cover up and go back to sleep. I am going to see about getting my dads recliner over here and this way I can sit but yet keep my feet up when I sleep. This will help tremendously with my feet swelling. This journey is going full speed ahead. I am doing good and I am happy. Each day brings something new as far as my body is concerned. So I just keep plugging along.