OK...deep breath...
The past week has been horrible. I am on several meds for nausea; Phenergan, Zofran, Levsin, Prevacid and now have to take Pepcid complete, which are finally starting to work a bit. At this point, a little bit of relief means a lot. I was in the ER on Tuesday night for fluids (very dehydrated) and back in the hospital for an endoscopy this morning (a camera went down my throat into my tummy to see if they could find a reason for my nausea). The good news: no stricture like they thought (where my stomach would have healed way too tight), and the bad news: still have the nausea. The surgeon did find some irritation on my stomach, which is being biopsied. He said it may be bacteria that casues an ulcer. He told Austin that it may just be taking me months to get rid of the nausea now that I am eating actual foods. This aparently happens to very few people. Lucky me... Can't eat or drink very much at all, consuming less than 100 calories a day (and that's only when I can get juice down). Hopefully this will all be a distant memory soon.
On a lighter note, the drugs were so good during my scope that I saw a beautiful Lion Fish (????) and came home to watch Dora the Explorer (????). Don't know where that behavior from...oh yeah, the awesome drugs!
I am down 48 pounds form January 4th. I'll post again soon.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
One Month Update
Posted by Back to Me at 4:04 PM
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4 comments:
sorry to hear about the bad but on the good side 48 POUNDS, WOO HOO! Way to go Kate...you will be bikini ready by Gulf Shores:)
Wow, 48 lbs that is so exciting. You are doing great!! Hopefully the side effects will pass. Thats not so fun. Hang in there. It will all be worth the up and down journey you are on, soon!! We need to hang out when you are feeling better! CHEERS!
Prayers that those meds will help sooner than later and that the calories will be up sooner. But congrats on the poundage loss! At least there are some results even though the journey sucks right now. Loves and smooches from us, we can't wait till you feel better!
So sorry to hear about the yucky side effects. Here's hoping that you'll start feeling better again soon.
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