Wendy R.

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I have been reading, like forever, about how people find crab the one thing that agrees with their pouch.  I'll be darned.  I am on soft foods right now and I tried crab this evening for dinner.  My little tummy is sooooo happy.  I just can't believe it.  Usually, I have to force myself to eat something, don't make the whole quarter cup cuz it just "feels" yucky.  I was really thinking that I might be developing a food aversion but this crab thing is totally making my day.  I ate 2 legs and still had some room for 2 strawberries.  Oooooooooooo  such a food splurge.  The berries were so sweet.  I also know, beyond a shadow of a doubt that I HATE the vanilla protein powder from BA.  I ordered soooooooooooo much    If someone near me wants it, I'd be happy to bring it to you (Ann )  I will try the chocolate, which I have even more of, but I just don't seem to want sweet anymore.  Hope this lasts forever cuz sweets were my downfall BIG TIME!!  Had such a good day, even though it was foggy and gloomy all day.  Didn't bother me a bit.  I got a Kindle today.  Whoo Hoo!!!   reading on a plane will be so much easier, now.

March 31

I LOVE MY SURGEON.   I gave him a big hug today cuz I am so happy about my new life.  3 weeks.  Go figure.  How can someone be so excited after only 3 weeks, but I am.  He told me he was proud of me.  He told me that he is very pleased with my progress and that I am right on track.  Goodness!  That meant the world to me.  He is so great.  He even removed this stupid little growth that isn't really a part of his job description but it has been bugging me near to death, so he took it off.  What a sweet thing that was for me.  He really seems to be interested in the whole me. 

March 30

Well, I am off to Denver, tomorrow, to have my 3 week check.  I still have one of the round thingys they put on the incisions but the others have fallen off.  One of my incision scars is sooooooooooo tiny!   It's amazing.  Feeling a little lonely, lately.  After all the attention I got, now it's just me and my critters.  Oh, well.  I'll have some people tomorrow. 

Mar 24

oh, boy!  I tried this with ricotta cheese and hated it, but today I used 1/4 C. fat free cottage cheese, 2 tsp. of garlic spaghetti sauce and some romano/parmesan cheese on top.  I wanted it cold so I ate it straight from the fridge.  Seems I don't want heated food these days.  It was sooooooooooooo yummy.  There were a few tomato and garlic chuncks and I am supposed to be on pureed food, but I just chewed the heck out of them.  I may eat this for a while!!!  I loved it.

I am sitting in a blizzard!  Check the date!!!  Goodness.  Winter started on Oct. 15 and is still blowing.  Another snow storm might hit in 3 days.  I have about 20 inches of snow already and it doesn't look like it is going to slow down very soon.  whoosh!

March 22

Putting food in my belly is really scarey!!!  First I was afraid to do the liquids and since I wasn't hungry, I only sipped about 1/2 ounce.  Today I started pureed food.  It was a little scarey, but not as much cuz I have been drinking so much.  I had a lightly scrambled egg for breakfast, ate my first meal in a Mexican Restaurant so I had refried beans with some guacamole on it (Yummmmm!!!) and I had some ricotta chese with a little spaghetti sauce and a little parmesean cheese on the top.  Not too shabby.  Everything seems to be working ok.  :)

Had the drain taken out today.  It was still getting a lot of liquid, but the drain had shifted and it was poking me in the side.  I thought the drain was just a tube, but on the end it was flat with hundreds of little holes in it.  Really interesting. 

Had lunch with a friend and told him about the surgery.  He is such a neat friend cuz we can talk about everything.  I love that.  That is where I had the beans.  He told me that he was so happy for me and I could see on his face that he was.  That is just lovely.

Nice day, just a lot of driving.  My surgeon is 2 1/2 hours away.  That makes 5 hours of driving.  Whoosh.  I think I am feeling perfect, but now I know that 2 weeks doesn't quite make perfect.  :)

15 Mar 10

It is nice to feel rather human again and soooooooooooooo nice to have some time to myself.  I haven't been alone since the day I went in for my surgery and that is something I am NOT used to.  Surgical patients need some time alone and most people think we need to be surrounded.  Since I am not at home, I have to be a good "guest" and not complain too much.  I am sooo greatful for this friend who would take me in, but I am sure she is ready for me to vamoos and so am I.  I still love her dearly and will miss her but it will be so good to be home.  Home is where I am comfortable.  Home is where I have all my "stuff."  :)

I drove to church yesterday, by myself.  One of the advantages of having no pain killers is that I don't have any drug induced left-over blurriness to my brain.  On the way home, I stopped at King Sooper's and did some shopping.  GO FIGURE!!  Who is able to go shopping in a grocery store one week out?    I got sorta tired but it was fun to putter around by myself and not worry that I was imposing. 

My check-up is Wednesday and my friend doen't have a scale, so it will be a surprise to see what I weigh.  I put on a 2X shirt yesterday which had been a little tight and now it is a little loose.  OMGoodness, how fun is that!!!

I am so thankful for my friends who prayed for me through this.  Anne, you are the best.   :)   I am still using my friend's computer, so when I get home, I can be more active.  God be blessing your socks off, dear reader.  :)

2 days out. tummy hurts;  can't find no sugar tylenol.  Guess I'll try the one with sugar...  Dear God, I hope it is what they were giving me in the hospital.  I DON'T want to dump!!!

My dear sweet husband took me out to dinner tonight for my last supper.  :)  He took me to a fancy restaurant and we had a really nice time, just being there.  Our waitress was wonderful but my meds have been making food taste so different to me that it isn't the food any more.  It's just being in a nice place, not having to cook, and being with someone I love.  That's kinda cool.  It is a good beginning on my last day of eating like "normal" folks.  I don't suppose I have ever eaten like normal.  It was either feast or famine all of my life.  Now I can do famine, but it won't hurt like before.  I can't believe that I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 on Monday.  It really went very quickly.  My husband will be here for the surgery but will leave before I am released.  That isn't much fun, but it is the Navy way.  Nothing breaks, no illness happens, no hospital discharge unless he is gone.  :)  My mom says I am brave.  I say I am just used to it.  Only get liquids tomorrow and they told me not to worry about the blood sugar.  I hope it is ok.  I must believe them but sugary juices all day???  Go figure.  Oh, I have Wi Fi in my hospital.  How cool is that!!  I can log on any time I want.  My laptop is going with me.  whoo hoo!!

March 5

My date got moved up and now the time has been moved up.  The lady who had the surgery before me cancelled and now I have to be there at 6:30 AM instead of 11:30.  Whoosh.  That moves up my bowel prep and I forgot to ask about when to take my meds cuz I was having trouble breathing cuz it is all going so fast now.  Now I need to find someone to call to tell me what time to take my meds or if that will change...  hmmmm....

March 4

My surgery is in 4 days and interesting things are happening.  One sister is trying to talk me out of it and heal my diabetes with the juice she sells instead.  My mom is terrified and telling a different sister that she wishes I weren't doing this but she doesn't tell me.  That sister calls me cuz she is so nervous.  Hmmmm....  Can anyone say, family anchor?  Who me??  Yes, you!!  The mom who has had me on a diet since I was 12 OMGoodness.  I KNEW there was a reason I was only going to tell my husband and that only because if I died, someone would have to know what I was doing.  *side note:  He lives in Virginia and is finishing out his last enlistment before he retires from the Navy.  I am in Colorado cuz I took a job out here, teaching, so that when he retired at least one of us would have a job.  Bad thing is, I got laid off because of the poor economy, so we have lived in 2 different states for 2 years, for no reason.  sigh * 

Had another pre-op in Denver today.  2 2/1 hour drives gives one lots of time to think.  I know I am doing the right thing!!  *smiles*  My husband is going back to VA on Wednesday afternoon.  They don't want me going home on the day they release me cuz I live on the top of a mountain and have no neighbors.  Now I gotta find someone to stay with for a couple of days.  That shouldn't be too hard.  I have a bunch of friends in Denver.  Thank God for that.  Actually, I am thanking God for LOTS of things.  I KNOW that nothing can happen to me without His permission.  I live secure in that so what's to be worried about.  Nervous?? A little, but scared?  nope.   :)