I forgot I had wls!

Ok, last night was not a good one for me but I wanted to share it here because it is kind of funny now or at least one part is. ok, I have a genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis. this causes tumors to grow where ever the heck they please, most people have them on their skin, you may have soon the lady on Maury last year. well I dont have any one my skin, mine are mostly scattered about under my skin and my scalp. they are not noticable to anyone. well last night the tumors on my head were really hurting, it felt terrible and it seemed that everytime I fell asleep I would jolt awake with the head pain. so I made my way into the kitchen and took my regular daily pills plus some lortab. about an hour later I was feeling really weird. I could not seem to function. I asked hubby the same question about 5 times and then headed to the kitchen to grab a bite to eat... now for the funny part. I opened the fridge and took out the left over pizza and started to put it on a plate so I could nuke it, well about this time I "remembered" I had the surgery and its all because of this board, yesterday someone was talking about that Pouch Pal and said something like " like were going to forget we had surgery!!" I started to snicker and my hubby thought I had really lost it, I put the pizza away and grabbed a cheese stick and went back to bed. oh and the reason I felt so weird, I took my medication for dinner and bedtime just 1 hour apart,thats how much my head hurt, I was not thinking straight. some of the meds can make me sleepy and the lortab makes me really sleepy Donna

Yes, it's possible to forget isn't it? I remember shortly after I went back to work I was driving home after a very stress-filled day and deciding to heck with the stupid diet - I was going to get pizza (maybe it's the pizza that throws us????). Then it dawned on me - duh - no way would pizza fit in my new little pouch. I forgot just the other night as I was eating ne too many bites of rice - raced to the bathroom which was empty thank goodness and felt like an idiot. Maybe I should look into the Pouch Pal after all!! Hope your head is feeling all better - Bette

Yes my head does feel better, I called my neurosurgeon but of course he is on vacation, what kind of doctor goes on vacation??? I think maybe we can just get so used to our new life that we dont alway think of our "pouch" like we used to. I still find myself wanting to put too much food on my plate, habits are hard to break but thankfully for me, if I eat too much I know it. Donna

ya know I just thought of something, all my medication was prescribed to me when I was overweight. I wonder if need to have my doctor re evaluate my medication? hmmm. I will make sure I bring this up to him next month Donna