Weekly Weigh In week of 3/3/08

Well, today was a BIG day for me! I went back to work! First time in nearly 5 months! I am doing 4 hour days this week, and then evaluate at the end of the week whether i'll go back to full time or one more week at 1/2 time. Speaking of swell hell, I lived it last week with my severe pain and swelling. I have no idea what it was from, except I have a theory. I think I go****er seeping into the tube port hole when I took a bath. I used a waterproof bandaid over it, but now in hindsight, I think waterproof means that the bandaid won't come off in water, not keeps water out. So I think it got irritated, started to swell to get rid of the irritation, and the swelling caused the pain, and the oozing. By yesterday, I was back to normal, no pain (essentially), and no swelling. The oozing slowed down alot. So I decided to go to work today. The movement irritated my port area, and the oozing is back, along with some localized pain, but not that bad. The swelling isn't too bad. I will keep an ice pack with me and use it throughout the day. Along with my episode last week, I also must have gotten a touch of that flu. I was dry heaving for two days and I lost 2 pounds. Something I didn't need to do. But I gained one back, but I'm down one pound net. So here are the stats Starting weight 202 Last week = 112 This week = 111 Loss this week = -1 Total loss = 89 Current BMI = 19.1

Wow - Kim, Congrats - I am glad that you are back to work - I bet it felt great and a bit odd to be back right? Swell Hell - oh jeesh and a touch of the flu .....come on????? hang in there Kimmy You will probably need to up your calories again with work - no? Hugs, Britt

Hi All, Sorry some of you are having a hard time, you'll get it back on track. I think I finally broke my 2month stall, at least I'm hoping. Starting weight 349 Last week = 189 This week =186 Loss this week =3 Total loss = 163 We'll see if I can keep it going. Phyllis