Half-Way to ONE HUNDRED pounds! That is my excitement today! Although my journey started just over 6 weeks ago, it seems as though so much has happened along the way.
First, the stricture I discussed earlier was not a stricture. Rather, it turned out being scar tissue that had basically kinked my lower intestines, which did not allow for anything to pass. Food, water, stomach acid, bile etc, built up and was causing me a lot of discomfort and pain. I ended up having another surgery to by-pass my original by-pass and the scar tissue. This ended up being an "open" surgery rather than a laproscopic one, which resulted in an extra-long hospital stay. I am grateful for so much love and support that lifted my spirits that were so dampened by this setback!
First, the stricture I discussed earlier was not a stricture. Rather, it turned out being scar tissue that had basically kinked my lower intestines, which did not allow for anything to pass. Food, water, stomach acid, bile etc, built up and was causing me a lot of discomfort and pain. I ended up having another surgery to by-pass my original by-pass and the scar tissue. This ended up being an "open" surgery rather than a laproscopic one, which resulted in an extra-long hospital stay. I am grateful for so much love and support that lifted my spirits that were so dampened by this setback!
I finally started to feel like myself again, started working out again and even dropped 2 pant sizes last week! So exciting! I could finally see the benefits of my sacrifice. Then....it hit again!
Saturday morning I went to take a drink of water, and lo and behold....PAIN! The water stopped in my chest and would not go down. I tried a little food later in the day, and same thing....PAIN. I knew this meant another call to my Dr. Another drive to the hospital, another procedure and hopefully NOT surgery.
Sure enough, Monday morning the Dr had me drive to the hospital where I spent the day re hydrating on IV fluid. In the afternoon I underwent an EGD, where they knocked me out and put a scope down my throat. I had gotten a stricture, much like the one I wrote about in an earlier post. Only this time, I did indeed have a tight stricture which would not allow food or water to pass. Thankfully it went well, and no other complications were found. I was excited to be on my way home in the late afternoon as predicted by my surgeon! Today, I feel back to normal with the exception of a sore throat.
A- Shows a stricture much like mine
B- Shows the scoping procedure to stretch it
C-The new opening as it should be
Moving on from the medical lesson........
So....update time!!!
I had an official weigh-in today at the clinic and I hit an important milestone! I am half-way to one-hundred pounds.....gone!!!
That's right! I am down a whopping 50 pounds! I am not yet at my half-way point of my goal, but a fifty pound loss is indeed something to celebrate!
Goals I have set for myself, that I WILL attain:
80 pounds gone by May 31st
Jump out of an airplane with my son, Jeff- sometime in June
100 pounds gone by July 1st
Run the Color Run 5k in Boise, ID- August
Ride in the Salt-to-Saint endurance bike relay-September 21st
Saturday morning I went to take a drink of water, and lo and behold....PAIN! The water stopped in my chest and would not go down. I tried a little food later in the day, and same thing....PAIN. I knew this meant another call to my Dr. Another drive to the hospital, another procedure and hopefully NOT surgery.
Sure enough, Monday morning the Dr had me drive to the hospital where I spent the day re hydrating on IV fluid. In the afternoon I underwent an EGD, where they knocked me out and put a scope down my throat. I had gotten a stricture, much like the one I wrote about in an earlier post. Only this time, I did indeed have a tight stricture which would not allow food or water to pass. Thankfully it went well, and no other complications were found. I was excited to be on my way home in the late afternoon as predicted by my surgeon! Today, I feel back to normal with the exception of a sore throat.
A- Shows a stricture much like mine
B- Shows the scoping procedure to stretch it
C-The new opening as it should be
Moving on from the medical lesson........
So....update time!!!
I had an official weigh-in today at the clinic and I hit an important milestone! I am half-way to one-hundred pounds.....gone!!!
That's right! I am down a whopping 50 pounds! I am not yet at my half-way point of my goal, but a fifty pound loss is indeed something to celebrate!
Goals I have set for myself, that I WILL attain:
80 pounds gone by May 31st
Jump out of an airplane with my son, Jeff- sometime in June
100 pounds gone by July 1st
Run the Color Run 5k in Boise, ID- August
Ride in the Salt-to-Saint endurance bike relay-September 21st
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