Where the Heck Have I Been Update

Okay - been really busy with multiple trips to FL for ailing in-laws, and then I came home to my first complication. Ewwww. I took my daughter to a class in Piscataway - an hour drive for us. She had a 3 hour class, and we were getting hungry, so we took a little ride to a diner off of the turnpike. The two little kids had fallen asleep by then, so the hubby ran in and grabbed two cups of hot soup. We drove back to the parking lot where the class was and ate our soup - it was DELICIOUS. But on the way home, my stomach started hurting seriously. I first thought it was food poisoning, then maybe a really bad case of dumping (it was awesomely good soup - there had to be bad for me stuff in there). I got home, took a left over pain pill from some procedure 2 years ago - oh wait, the birth of my daughter. I dozed off, still in pain, and woke up about 40 minutes later with an increase in the pain. Ended up in the ER, where they thought it might be just the flu, but because I had WLS, they decided to keep me and send me for a CT scan in the morning. Well, it ended up a long ordeal, and by Friday morning, a surgeon finally took a look at my CT scan and decided I needed surgery. Now. Right now. Right this very minute now. Yes, now. Long story a wee bit shorter, I had a bowel obstruciton, caused by adhesions, and spent a week in the hospital after the surgery. I've been home now for just over a week, and have had my staples out. I seem to be doing okay - although pretty hungry the past two days for some reason. On a positive note, I am now 7 months post op and down 127 pounds - just 3 pounds more than I weighed the day I got married!!

Good to hear that all is well with you. That was some ordeal you've gone through. Keep up the good work with the weight loss. Carla

omg Anna, you look just awesome!!!! i was just wondering about you the other day. sorry u went thru such a bad time with a bowel obstruction. glad you are home and i hope that things will be lots calmer for you now. and hope things improve with the ailing inlaws as well, thats tough on everyone. keep up that great work you are doing, whatever it is, it looks great on you. as for me, im still playing catchup with you, im now down 102 pounds and im so thrilled. i now weight what i was back in HS and college so im pretty pleased. i may need an endoscopy because im having heartburn again, but for now doing prilosec and staying on top of how i feel from day to day. hugs, jacki