What's On Your Thursday Menu, RNYers?
Late post...busy day...I'm at a school with no AC, and I'm feeling hot and cranky. I'm considering leaving early and taking phone calls from home this afternoon. 10-12 hour work days in hot schools, with 4 hours of commute times, are killing my gentle soul. One wee****il school starts. ONE WEEK!
QOTD: Arms, eyes, and smiles.
B: Fit Frappe Mocha with Decaf & DD Lg Iced Decaf
S: 2 babybel cheese and salted almonds
L: Morningstar Veggie Burger
S: Sargento Balanced Break (cheese and nuts)
D: Coconut Chicken
Calories: 902 / Protein: 73 / Carb: 62
- High Weight before LapBand: 200 (2008)
- High Weight before RNY: 160 (2015)
- Lowest post-op weight: 110 (2016)
- Maintenance Weight: 120 (2017-2019)
- Battling Regain Weight: 135 (current)
Good morning OH Buddies!
Sorry for my absence. I had a bit of an adventure. I had an internal hernia. Wheee! Apparently this is a complication that can happen for RNY folks. The surgeon said "Your insides get skinny too" and that allows your bowels to roam about a bit. Basically my small intestines decided the grass was greener on the other side of my large intestines and they got wrapped up. I had this bizarre pain that felt like the worst gas pain EVA and then this alien bulge on the right side of my belly popped up. I called my Guy in to check it out and asked, "Is this what skinny people farts look like? Is this normal??" He immediately said, "NO! NOT normal...get in the car." ER visit and then a second ER visit when it returned was followed by several days in the hospital and surgery to repair everything. My RNY doctor did the procedure and he said everything is "good to go" now. Another day in the hospital to recover and FINALLY poop again (I went 7 full days with no poo...It was the worst). Today I am back at work and feeling tired but good.
Lessons learned:
- Skinny people do not grow alien babies if they have gas
- Pooping is AH-mazing and I will never take it for granted again
- After the surgery and discharge for hospital stay I was up 8 pounds!!!
- Weight post surgery is mostly fluid from the IVs and I lost that 8 pounds in 2 days, actually lost more than I gained now, weird.
- Complications are possible with RNY even when you thought all was going well
- Complications have still been 100% worth it
- When you are away from your support buddies on OH, you miss them! Glad to be back.
Menu:
B: Greek yogurt
L: Chicken breast and 1/2 cup rice with soy sauce
D: No clue...haven't been to the grocery store in forever, The Guy is in charge
S: Cheese stick
Consultation weight: 265, Surgery date: 10/6/15, Goal: 150, Current weight: 129; 5'5, 46 years old
"I am basically food's creepy ex-girlfriend. I know we can't be together anymore but I just want to spend time hanging out" ~me, about why I love cooking so much post WLS
