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Hello again.  Well the bleeding continues and I found out I have fibroids as well as a 'complex' cyst on my ovary.    I'm in a protocol at NIH & it looks like I will have to have a complete hysterectomy.  We have also discussed removal of the ovaries as well so there will be no worry of future ovarian cancer.   I had RNY to get healthy & it seems like it has been one thing after another!    I am so happy I had the surgery though as I do feel better and am glad other health issues are much better if not totally resolved!!!   I do not have that far to go to goal and am looking forward to getting there.....Wonder if there is a plastic surgeon out there that would be willing to do abdominoplasty at the same time as the hysterectomy????????? 

Ok, so I was at the ER on Halloween,  up all night vomiting that Friday  (which caused a blood vessel to break in my eyeball)-well how about leaving work early this past Wednesday because of feeling like a crapsicle and going to the doctor and being told that after he pounded on my back which hurt on the left side and then tested my urine and found it +++ for blood, he thinks I have a urinary tract or kidney infection?  He prescribed Cipro and said I should be feeling much better Thursday morning.  Well, I took another dose of Cipro Thursday morning and went on and went to work feeling worse than I did Wednesday but thinking the Cipro just hadn't kicked in yet.  As the morning went on, I felt increasingly worse and felt like I was going to pass out.  I called the doc again and told them what my symptoms were and he said to come in for X-Rays of my kidney as he felt I had a kidney stone.    Well, the X-Ray was negative but when I went back to the office, the doc pounded on my back again and I told him it still hurt on the left side and then all of a sudden I had to pee BAD!!!!    He asked me to give him a urine sample and when I went in the cup, there was something else in it too!  I told the doc there was something besides pee in the cup & when he came back, he said, "Congratulations mama!  You had a baby!  A pretty big one too!"  I passed a kidney stone right in the office.  He set me up for a urogram which I had Friday and am waiting to hear the results to see if I have any more stones.  I guess if I do, I'm prepared because he gave me a prescription for Phenergan and Percocet in the event anymore get lodged in my kidneys or ureter.  I guess this is payback for when I used to laugh at my father because he used to get kidney stones when I was a kid and used to roll around on the floor howling in pain.    I am happy to say that I have a high pain tolerance and I certainly did not display any of that!!!!!  So, will next Wednesday bring anything besides my daughters 19th birthday????    

Well hello!  Long time no post, right?  I had a 3 week plateau where I didn't lose an ounce and was getting pretty bummed.......  Some great folks on OH felt that I wasn't eating enough, so I started eating a little more and Voila! I started losing again!!!!!!    Now I have a different problem though, I had my period beginning the 12th of October, (after not having one in September and getting it the day after my surgery in August) and I started bleeding again on the 29th of October.  This time it is heavier than it has ever been and the blood was 'gushing' out and running down both legs!!!!!    Talk about scary!  That happened on Halloween while I was at work and I guess I could have entered the Halloween costume judging as a slaughtered pumpkin since I was dressed in orange.......My husband took me to the hospital when I got home and they thought I would need a transfusion, but just decided to send me home to see my GYN the next day.  Well, she decided to take a cervical specimen (OUCH!!!!!!) and this is how I felt after that.....  You think that would have been the worst right?  Nope, she had to apply several swabs of silver nitrate to try to stop the bleeding and then sent me off with an Rx and to have more blood work and a vaginal sonogram!!!!!  (Ok, I am thoroughly embarassed now!  )   When I picked up the Rx, I see it is for Megestrol and the info says it is generally used to treat breast and uterine cancer, and if that isn't bad enough, it causes INCREASED appetite to prevent or reverse significant weight loss!!!!  (WHAT!!!!!)  So, do I take it or not?  I am still trying to decide.....  Test results won't be back for about a week....... 

I went back to work this past Monday  and I felt great!  As the day wore on, I got a bit tired and my back started KILLING me!    At that point, instead of sitting in my chair, I wanted to get under it!    We had an office meeting Tuesday on a different floor (our office is split into two floors) and people that had not seen me since July just looked at me and said I looked good and wanted to know why I was out......  Only 3 people at work know the deal and they are sworn to secrecy.  I don't think it's anyone else's business at this time.  Wednesday I was pretty tired (I have an hour each way commute) and was glad that I am working 1/2 days for the next 4 Thursdays.  Around 1 I was just wishing I could take a nap!   Thursday went by pretty quickly since I was able to leave early.  I came home & made 2 cream cheese pound cakes.    1 for my PCP's office and 1 for my surgeon's office as a way to thank them for all they did to get me to this point.  I delivered them to each office while they were still warm and I was told that they were devoured!   I went to the endocrinologist yesterday and she told me that my HBA1c is 7.5!  It had been over 10 for the past year and was 10.1 in June!  She was very pleased and reduced my diabetes meds and next time we hope it will be below 7! Today I am volunteering at the snack bar while my son plays football.  It should be a great day for football as it is 12:15 pm and only 64 degrees out!      

I went to the surgeon yesterday for my 1 week post op & guess what?  I lost 10 pounds in a week!!!!!!!!   I had to get off the scale and get back on again 'cause I couldn't believe my eyes!  And another fear was relieved too, she said she wants me off work until September 10th, and maybe longer if there are any problems!  So, I am happy to hear that, especially since I am experiencing a LOT of lightheadedness.   I have to do something about this protein business though as I am able to drink only 1 drink a day if I'm lucky and she said I am going to start losing my hair if I don't get it up to at least 70 grams per day!  Wonder what will happen if I use 2 scoops instead of 1.....It may taste too nasty or something.   I also have to try to take in more water as I am getting dehydrated as well and I don't want it to progress to the point where I end up back in the hospital.....  Well, I am in it to win it so I am going to keep chugging along....... 

Ok, I have not even had the surgery yet and I am angry!!!!    I went to the surgeon's office to get weighed before surgery, (which is the 3rd), and the receptionist asked if we had made the post op appointment and I said "no".  She checked her book and said Monday the 13th wouldn't work since I am unavailable on Mondays, and I told her that would be fine because I would still be off work.  Her comment was that as long as the surgery goes well and there are no complications, I would be back to work Monday!!!  What?!?!?!  One week later?????  Driving a 1 hour each way commute after major surgery?????  Even if it is done LAP, all the info I have read says a 2-4 week recuperation period!  She said she would have the surgeon call me, but alas, I have not heard from her.  At this point, I am contemplating being a 'no show' on Monday.......  Everyone that has had the surgery in my office, even lap-band, has been out 6-8 weeks!!!  I want my body to have the time it needs to HEAL!  And what about the issues I hear there are in the beginning?????  I can't do that at work!  And suppose I need to go on the way to or from work?????  I am so upset/angry right now!!!!!!  Yes, I know I am having laparoscopic surgery, but come on, my insides are still going to be radically rerouted/redone......After all the waiting, hoping and praying to get to this point, is this a good way to start my 'journey'???????