Update on struggling at 6 weeks.

Thanks for every ones support and suggestions.

I am feeling so much better.  Got another Vit B-12 shot-think that may have helped.

I have been working on my fluids.  They are going down and as long as I am not at work I made my goals.  Last night I only got in 6 glasses but I think I am just going to have to come to accept it is not going to happen at work.  Maybe I can try to hydrate more on the days before or after.  I made myself drink 20 ounces on the way home from work.

I have been making my protein goals.  I got some Inspire and while I don't love it, I can tolerate it.  I bookmarked the protein recipes page on this thread and the DS which also lead me to a link on lap band so I think with experimenting I can get some more down.

Best of all these changes have caused the scale to start moving.  I finally made the 20 lb mark and am now in Wonderland.


I just have to keep chugging along...

Happy Halloween all!

It will get easier, be patient with yourself. Back to water...have you tried adding a little fresh lime or lemon juice to ice water and sweeten with Splenda? 

Keep working it, babee.

--gina

I have been looking for a product that I used to use .  I think it was called True Lemon/lime/orange.  I have not had any luck finding it.  I think it would really help to mix with truvia.

I tried plain truvia and could not stomach it.

A freind told me about True Lemon and Lime. She gets it online: http://www.truelemonstore.com/

I need to order some, it was good!

--g

Are you near a Wallmart???  Ours carries these, so check one out.

I have the same problem with water consumption at work.  It really helps me to drink herbal tea throughout the day.  I'm loving lemon zinger right now, or ginger lemon.  I can down glass after glass of those.  

Congratulations on doing better!  It will continue to get better, too!

Can you hydrate on your breaks?

Oh, Loverof cats- thats so cute you think I get breaks.  I am always jealous of my husband who gets a break every 2 hours.  That would really come in handy.

I work in a very small unit with only 2 nurses.  Most of the time I am lucky to pee in my 12 hours let alone much else.   Right now we have a tough unit full of drug babies and they really take almost constant attention.  Its rare to have a quiet moment.  Some one is always having a melt down.  I am afraid they are all gonna be with us for awhile before they can safely go home.

I think part of the problem is that as nurses( women, mothers- fill in the blank) we are instinctively take care of others needs while ignoring our own.  I promised myself at the beginning of this journey that I would really make it a point to take care of myself while at work, but the truth is that I always put my patients/co-workers first.  But when there are crying babies, admissions, bIood sugars to check, IV's to restart, mommies who need support breastfeeding etc those things take priority.

I am just going to have to keep my days spread to make up for the neglect on my days off.  Working back to back nights last night and tonight made it tough on me.

I am thinking that I may just start an IV on myself, tuck the bag under my shirt and infuse a couple of liters over my shift- that would cause my bladder to overload....  Maybe on my way out the door for the drive home LOL

This is just going to have to be a work in progress for me and I will have to hope for lulls where I can take care of my needs.

I live in Northern CA, where there is a very strong nurses union and the nurses do get their breaks or they get paid overtime. I just spent 2 weeks in the hospital and there were covering nurses for when the other nurses were on break, but I had nurses tell me that it was difficult to get pee breaks in.

You are right about nurses taking care of other people first. Your idea of spreading your shifts out, sounds like a good one and I like the IV idea LOL.

Learning to live with this procedure is a work in progress.

Glad that you are the mend.

I am glad you are feeling better.
Keep on chugging!!
Linda