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Posted 10/5/2010 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
Pammie,  Well I am 5'9 and yes I was overweight...now everything has moved south...he he,  That is crappy what they did behind your back, try not to stress and I hope that today is a better day for you.  You dont need to work so many hrs. take care of you.

Yes, I am going to start eating better, cutting out the junk.  I just wanted to see if it would put any weight on me, but no it did not...So going to go shopping tomorrow, as I am on SSD and I get food stamps, so have just a little bit of food left for today, but I will be fine.  I called my doc yesterday to see about the results on MRI of my Brain, and she said she would put a note in for the doc that I want to know.  What did they think I would not want to know?  I swear, some offices are so passive, but I keep on their butts...

I want off of this Depakote he has me on for seizures as I cannot wake up in the morning, it always almost noon before I come around.  I don't like how that make me feel but he wants me to stay on them for a month to see if it helps with my black outs...  but I have a lady that they give me cuz of all my illinesses, and since I dont have to do enemas anymore they have cut her hrs 68 a month, down to 20 a month.  So they say that I am very close to losing my health care coverage, OMG, I could not afford it if they take that away from me without being well enough to find a job with benefits.. so that worries me.  My bills for this year alone is over 140,000.000....YIKES.  Well have got to run and be sure and take the time to eat that is very important..Leslie

Posted 10/5/2010 7:09 PM (GMT 0)
You must be thin for 5'9" ! According to the guidelines, I was told to add 5 pounds for every inch over 5 feet/100 pounds ie someone 5'5" like me should weight 125 - but that does not take into accound bone structure as I have always been on the slender side. You must really have a very high metabolism !

I understand about being off work and on SSD. I was there once myself after two car wrecks back to back in 2004 & 2006 (neither were my fault, btw ;-) I was blessed enough to be able to recover after 6 surgeries and had to change jobs several times before finding this one, which is why I am trying to hang in there and make some adjustments so I can still get my work done and not have to work over or miss breaks.

Have you thought about adding protein shakes (use soy milk if lactose intolerant) to your diet between meals ? That would give you extra vitamins as well as energy and would maintain your weight without having to eat junk food. Just a thought ...

I have known people on Depakote before and they complain of the same thing - inabalility to concentrate, drowsy, sleeping all the time. I hope they are able to adjust your dosage or perhaps the time you take it.

That is an enormous amount of $$$ that your medical bills amounted to this year - OMGosh !!! I will pray that you do not loose your health insurance benefit coverage and that hopefully now that all your surgeries are over your medical expenses will go wayyy down !

Yes, you do have to keep on the docs backs about anything now days ! lol Let me know how your MRI results out when you find out. I missed out soomehow that you were having blackouts. They could be related to low blood sugar or the Valsalva manuever when you go to the bathroom - along with just about anything else - so will add that to my prayer list as well.

Ok - I gotta get going so I don't get behind at work. Thanks for writing back & good luck with your grocery shopping and getting your MRI results back. Will ttyl then ! :-) Sooo - bye 4 now ... ~ Pamela ~
Posted 10/5/2010 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
Pamela   No I don't or ever had a high metabolism that I know of.  They have me on a 1000 mg of Depakote.  I really dont drive much because I am afraid of not being totaly with it ya know.  I am allergic to dairy and I should look into the shakes, my problem is that I really am not very hungry it takes so little to fill me up.

So you work gal and try not to stress....take good care.

Leslie

Posted 10/5/2010 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
Geez - I would be afraid to drive as well ! You be careful & take someone with you when you are able. I am lactose intolerant - not really allergic to dairy - but if you are try to substitute soy products or blend the protein powder which you can get at any health food store in with fruit and make a smoothie :-) for an inbtween meal or bedtime snack to help you with calories. Wonder if the Depakote is messing with your appetite ? as I stay hungry ALL the time - I guess because I eat such small meals I never feel all the way full even though I eat about 4-6 times a day. I have decided NOT to stress about my job. I will work at my own pace and do what I can the best I can and leave it at that. Thanks for your support & encouragement and you take good care as well !
HUGS !!! ~ Pamela ~
Posted 10/5/2010 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
Pamela

Thanks for telling me about the protien powder, I just hope it does not have dairy so I will check that out.  No the meds are not messing with my appitite, it has been this way since I starved myself before my surgery and still after.  I kind of graze all day if I am at home just a few bites of turkey or cracker, or fruit.  The taco salad was a bad idea last night as I only ate a little of it, the dang lettuce, gave me a gut ache.

I am going to post this question to others that have been reconnected like me, but when I feel like I need to poop sometimes its like a left side bump and cramping in my intestine.  So I did not want to go all day feeling like this so I took part of a fleet enema this morning to move the gas thats holding things up, and away it went.

I don't like to ever do a fleet but when I have to do something  and dont want to feel that way I do it just so its easier for me than waiting for the air to move.  I have only done this a few times as I do not want to stretch my J-pouch and have more problems.

So I have been sitting and waiting for the doc to call but I have to go somewhere so I am going to leave a message for them to call me on my cell.

Have a great rest of the day...

Leslie turn

Posted 10/5/2010 11:45 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, please definitely check to make sure the protein powders do not contain dairy. Surely they have one out there for people who are allergic ! Let me know what you find out !

Ouch re the lettuce in the taco salad ! I have not tried lettuce yet. My gut says NO just thinking about it lol Sorry about having to use the fleet enema. The Reglan does it for me if I have eaten something new or with more substance than what my body is used to and I don't go right away.

I wonder if "Beano" would help eliminate the gas problem ? I have heard it has helped other people although I have never taken it myself - but was thinking about it because I have been eating so many beans to get the protein until I feel safe with real meat.

So far just the soft chopped can meat has worked and I just added canned fruits so I don't want to push it too fast. Am glad the fleets work for you though when you do need them !

Maybe someone can help you re the issue of stretching the j pouch with using enemas frequently. I am clueless on that one lol.

Good luck ! ;-) ~ Pammie ~
Posted 10/6/2010 12:21 AM (GMT 0)
Pammie   Ya please dont do lettuce as I am going to stay away from it altogether.  Beano, and gas x does nothing for me.  I just thought I would try lettuce again but no, not ever probably.  I may talk to my doc about the Reglan, but I usualy go within 20 min of eating, I am not saying that its what I just ate that is coming out, or at least I dont think so, but if I eat a good bit then I go no problems.

I like to stay away from doing enemas because if you get dependent on them then its not good either.  I will just stay with what works for me.

Got great new today all....MY MRI CAME BACK GREAT  SO MY BRAIN IS ALL GOOD, SO CT SCANS ARE NOT RELIABLE FOR ATROPHY....WEEEEE...DODGED THAT BULLETT..

Love to all

Leslie yeah

Posted 10/6/2010 12:29 AM (GMT 0)
My sis in law had an open colectomy with ileostomy and then reattachment & she can't eat lettuce either. I am sure I will try it at some point, along with raw veggies as I LOVE salads !!! If it goes through me too quick or causes me pain then I will back off.

I know we each have to listen to our own bodies as what one person can tolerate the other can't. I welcome advise though as some people have the same or similar reactions as well - so is nice to know what MIGHT to expect or avoid, anyway - by swapping info.

That is FANTASTIC news re your MRI results ... CONGRATS !!! yeah Maybe now you can wean off of the Depakote ?!? Will be praying so for your sake as it sounds like you have had more than your share to deal with medically as well as financially ...
Posted 10/6/2010 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
prtty_wmn

Thanks so much, no he wants me to stay on the Depakote for a month to figure out what is causing my blackouts to see if they are Sezieurs, so still  have to take it.  Yes eating is a delicate balance.  So today was a great day my friends daughter had her first baby, and my daughter accidently came across a good friend of mine on Facebook that we had lost touch 30 years ago...so I am waiting for her to reply to me on Facebook..so all in all I am a happy gal.

What kind of surgery did you have and when?  Oh no, not raw veggies....yikes...

Best of luck to you...

Leslie

Posted 10/6/2010 2:15 PM (GMT 0)
I've been having trouble the past couple of days :/

I've had to stay away from red meat and bread completely, but those were the only things I seemed to have trouble with. Now I'm really slowed down. I haven't taken my vicoden in 3 days (My fiance says I'm being a hero, but I legitimately don't feel like I need it) and I've still been eating all soft foods. Mostly pasta, canned pears, water (I can't have pop at ALL. I'm trying to drink some Gatorade to keep my electrolytes up too) but I've slowed down so much I'm really concerned. I'm hoping that it has to do with my coinciding menstrual cycle (I was kinda hoping the trauma from the surgery would be enough for my body to stop it, which is tends to do when I'm stressed, but no dice this time.) My surgeon is out of town at a conference this week, and I'm good friends with him so any other day I wouldn't mind bothering him about my concern, but I just don't want to freak out when its probably just my period that's whacking everything up. I'm not horribly uncomfortable, but its concerning to go from 6-8 BM's a day to one or 2 now. Am I being reasonable in my concern, or should I wait out my stupid period and see if things return to normal?


Leslie, why are you on Depakote? I used to take that for migraines and it did absolutely nothing. I had no effect from it whatsoever. It didn't stop my migraines, but I didn't see any adverse effects either. Its interesting to hear that you've had so much trouble with it when I thought that it was a total crock. I hope things get better for you soon :/

Is being underweight normal for CI? I was about 135 prior to my surgery and I'm 117-121 now. I'm 5'4, so I'm actually at a healthier weight now then I was before, but it seems like everyone is underweight or quite small. A lot of people ask me how I stay so small when I'm chronically constipated because you'd think it would be the opposite. Its never something I've even really thought to ask my doctor about. Though he did tell me once that its most prevalent in younger women and that of the last 20 surgeries he's done on CI patients 18 of them have been nurses. He's taken to calling it the Nurse Curse. Haha. I said its because we understand what its like to suffer so we go into nursing so other people don't have to.

I hope everyone is doing well. My thoughts are with all of you :)
Jana
Posted 10/6/2010 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Jana !

When I had sudden or large weight losses before my hysterectomy my period would stop as well. Girls who are anorexic (NOT implying that you are ! lol)- or have an eating disorder where they are underweight do not have periods also. Stress will also stop them- as you know from your previous missed periods during your surgeries. So - it is a good sign that your body is healthy enough to be menstrating !

I have not tried red meat or bread and don't really intend to. Bread always stops me up and I am not a fan of red meat. Seafood, chicken and turkey are enough for me and I eat beans for the iron and protein that I miss from not eating the red meats. I am glad you are not taking the Vicoden when you don't feel like you need it as you can become dependent on it or build up a tolerance to it to where it doesn't work anymore and you need more or even stronger pain meds.

If you can eat things that are naturally stimulating to the colon to help you go more than 1-2 a day I would try that. Applesause or apple juice, papaya, or even prune juice as gross as that sounds - anything that you know will help you go. I have a Rx for Reglan which I have had to take a few times when I slow down. Have you taken that before or tried it ?

My doc said my BM's would eventually taper down to several a day from 6-8 a day as my body grew used to not having my large intestines & colon. But - if yours just all of a sudden slowed down then I would think it would be related to your period, esp if it has slowed down before when you were having your monthly cycle.

Amazing that so many patients with CI are nurses as I am a nurse as well ! The Nurse Curse - that's cute ;-) It may be because we internalize our stress which goes to our gut like others have stomach ulcers, heart problems, or high blood pressure etc. I guess the saying "my stomach is in a knot" or "I feel it in my gut" actually have some truth behind them ! lol

I have always been underweight even before my surgery and I wondered the same thing - how can someone who is always constipated be UNDERweight ?!? You would think it would be just the opposite ! I was taking laxatives at bedtime and staying up all night in the bathroom to eliminate before my surgery so the bloating would go down before the next day (couldn't take laxatives during the day as then I would have accidents at work or be trotting back & forth to the toidy all day whicle at the office ! ;-) I think taking the laxatives helped things get pushed through faster and maybe had something to do with me staying so thin.

It sounds like you are at a really healthy weight now - kudos to you ! :-) You are RIGHT at your normal hight/weight proportion. I was told to add 5 pounds for every inch over 5 feet and 100 pounds ie I am 5'5" and should weight 125 - but I am small framed so 115-120 has been the most I have ever weighed. I always weigh naked in the morning after my AM routine and I am barely breaking 100 right now. 105 is my goal for now and I am going to try to add 5 pounds at a time slowly eating a healthy diet and try to get back to my cute figure of 115-120.

Right now I have NO ass at all and my pants are falling off of me and the muscle in my arms and calves have shrunk. I can't wait to start working out again and am going to ask the doc when I go back for my check up on 10/25 when I will be able to exercise. One other question I have that you might know the answer to is if I start back on my vitamins - multivitamin, Calcium with Vit D, a vitamin for my hair as it starting falling out when my weight plummeted - are they going to be digested and absorbed or will they pass through me so I will need to crush them up first ? I know this sounds gross but some of the food I eat is only partially digested when I eliminate - so I can't see how big horse pill vitamins are going to have enough time to breakdown before they pass through.

I hope your period doen't last long ! and that you get back on track with your elimination. If you end up having to call your doc I would be curious as to what he has to say so please keep us posted. My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope you feel better soon :-) God bless, ~ Pamela ~
Posted 10/6/2010 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Leslie-

When did you start having the blackouts/possible seizures ? Sorry you have to stay on the Depakote another month :-( Now that you know your brain MRI is ok - are they going to run any more tests to try to diagnose the problem ? I am on facebook as well and have reconnected with a lot of my high school friends form over 30 years ago as well and it has been a lot of fun catching up with them - so enjoy ! :-)

I had a laparascopic total colectomy with ileorectal anastamosis for chrinic IBS/CI on 9/16. Went home on 9/19, saw the doc on 9/27 and came back to work on 10/4. I go back to see him on 10/25 for my next post-op follow up visit. He said my surgery was the easiest quickest he has ever ever done and I am recovering in half the time than most of his patients - just not to overdo it as I am a go getter !

I was only on IV meds for 2 days and on Lortab 5 mgs for about 3 days and have not had anything since then. I am pretty much eating what I want except for raw meat and breads which I didn't eat much of before - and no raw veggies which I love ! I guess I will have to eat them cooked or steamed and have not had raw fruits except bananas - tolerating canned fruits ok so far.

I used to be lactose intolerant but am handling yogurt and cottage cheese ok - just no regular cheese as it sklows me down and no milk unless soy. I am totally off of sugar and chips and any kind of pastries or snack /frozen junk foods which I am happy about as I needed to eat healthier anyway so something good came out of the surgery after all ! I wish I had done it years ago but they didn't have the scope technique then so I am glad I waited after all.

Ok - back to work I must go,. Have fun catching up with your facebook friend. My name is Pamela Weems if you want to send me a facebook request :-) My regular e-mail is [email protected] as I think you can look it up that way also. Well have a great day and will be in touch again later.

 Blessings ! ~ Pamela ~

 

Posted 10/7/2010 2:00 AM (GMT 0)
I ate way too much pasta today. Its killing me. Starting tomorrow I'm back on the soft food band wagon. I wish my doc would've given me a Rx for Reglan. They gave it to me in the hospital to start my bowels working again, but it caused so much cramping they had to knock me out with really high dose IV pain killers and benadryl because I itched so bad from the narcotics, but at least it worked. I was doing so good when I first came home from the hospital, and things really slowed down right before and now during my period, so I'm just hoping that's what it is. As soon as its over with then I think I'll stop worrying... because I'll have a concrete reason as to why it slowed down so much.

Coffee always moved things straight through me, but I was getting stomach ulcers from all the caffeine. I'm interested to see if without my colon it still has the same effect, but I'm a little scared. I'll just have to make sure that I do it when I'm at home close to a bathroom.

I went shopping for new clothes today and just trying on jeans took it out of me. Its so misleading that I feel so much better health wise, but still feel so crappy from the surgery. I can't wait to be able to work out again!
Posted 10/7/2010 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
I love reading about these good experiences. I had a Total Colectomy with Ileorectal anastomosis for motility problems and it took them 9.5 hrs laparoscipically to get it done. That led to 12 days in the hospital, because I got paralytic ileus and had to hook me up TPN. It's almost a year later. Doing much better, but am still surprised when I excercise and don't have the endurance I once had. Still, I'm better for having had the surgery. The sensations are different for example when you get the stomach flu, because you don't have a colon. I guess I'm still getting used to my new configuration. :) :-)
Posted 10/7/2010 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
Jana -

I hope you start feeling better and are you sure it is the pasta ? as I always considered pasta a soft food anyway. I guess it depends on what you put on it or what is in it. I just eat mine plain or with a touch of fat free Italian dresssing to give it a hint of flavor.

Sorry you got the cramps so bad from the Reglan. I am blessed that I can tolerate it. I have had to take it a couple of times since I got home. I have slowed down a bit the last few days myself and am trying to figure out whay as I keep a food journal and have not really chnaged all that much with how much or what I am eating.

I am thinking my gut (what is left of it ;-) lol is slowing down or tightening up because of the stress at work as it was not until I came back to work on Monday that I satrted noticing my elimination slowing down and have had to take the Reglan. I sure hope this does not keep up.

I didn't go after dinner last night and only a little after I ate this morning and normally I am going within about 20 minutes after each time I eat. Will see what happens after lunch today. It has to be from the job stress ! and I hope it does not continue because I don't feel good and get crampy unless I go each time after I eat.

I hope your period will be over soon and will be interested to see if you return back to your normal patterns afterwards so you will know for sure that is what has happened and can brace for next month or let your doc know. Perhaps half a Reglan would work without too much cramping ? Might want to see what your MD has to say about it all before your next cycle !

Coffee used to help me although I am not a big coffeee drinker. I have a bathroom right near my office and I will try some after I eat lunch if I don't go on my own as I left my Reglan at home and don't want to use it unless I absolutely have to. If I do try the coffee I will let you know what happens ! lol ;-)

I am with you re wanting to work out again. It is taking all I have in me just to get up early and the whole process of getting ready for work ie showering, doing my hair and make up, getting dressed, packing my lunch, and then the drive to work - wears me out and then I am looking at a 8-10 hour day once I get to the office.

This is my first week back and I am struggling to get through it. The doc aid I could have 2 more weeks off but no one knows how to do my job and my work was backed up enough already just with me being out only two weeks.

I can go clothes shopping for tops, but I have lost so much weight I don't want to waste any $ on pants and skirts until I stabolize at just ONE size ! and hoepfully a healthier and near normal weight. I am really going to have to work to tone up as I can't believe how much not just weight but inches and muscle I have lost.

It is hard to gain when you have to eat small meals and I don't eat junk food, breads, or red meat. I just try to take it one day at a time and get enough calories in each day. I looked at some older pics when I was at a healthier weight and I looked sooo much better !

Well let me know when you finally make it through your period and how you do today after you back off the pasta. I will be thinking about you and praying for you and will let you know if I have to try the coffee or not ! If  I can't go after lunch I may try to hold off until I can get home and take a Reglan then. Will let you know when I have time to write back later.

Thanks for being there to talk to about all of this ! Take care and will check back in soon. Have to get back to work now - UGH !!! lol

HUGS ! :-) :-)

~ Pamela ~

 

Posted 10/7/2010 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
Pamela,   I have been on constant pain meds for 11 years,  from Fetenal patches. with 6 vicoden a day to oxycotin for a year, then a morphine pump implanted for 2 years, which made me ill daidly and could never poop on that.  Then they changed the morphine pump to dauladid in my pump by the next day my body was starting to overdose, and I could not sit still and sweating uncontrollably, to not acting right and my daughter took me right to the hospital.  Where they immediately gave me morphine and OD me, so endend up in the cardicac care unit so out of it.  If it was not for my daugher asking me a few days into it " what in the heck do you have my mother on because this is not her and when they told her, she said no they have her on the dauladid, but anyways I was in their for 3 weeks, and I had no clue I was even their and I lost a whole month of my memory and ended up that when they OD me, gave me atrio fib for a year.

I have cronic pain all the time because of my back and I am prescribed 6 10 mg vics a day and I try to make it by with only 3, as I know from all my blackouts that my lower back is screwed up cuz in more pain than ever.  So trying to get the Oregon Health Plan to pay for a new MRI on my thorasic and lower lumbar but need to get my doc all the info to do it.

futurecanadian
  Pasta I have trouble with 2 if I eat more than just a few bites, and for me I went to the bathroom constantly after my surgery and within a month it slowed down, sometimes only once a day sometimes all day long and some nights its quite frequent.  Just depends on what I eat

prtty_wmn
It has been almost 3 years ago that the blackout started, and sometimes I have seizure like episodes...but I was bad and did not take the depakote last night as I have stuff to do today and did not want to be in a fog, and I dont like the way it makes me feel.  He  said it could possibly help with my frequent migraines, but no I had one all day yesterday till 3 am this morning, and all the vomiting that comes with mine.  I get them horribly.  You should hit me up on Face book, under Leslie King, with a note of who you are, would love to see what people look like that I am chatting with....take care all thing will get better with time.

Pamela, I have this too...Right now I have NO ass at all and my pants are falling off of me and the muscle in my arms and calves have shrunk. I can't wait to start working out again  ...my hands have wrinkled so bad its awful, you would think I am 80 years old by the way my body looks, thank god I look good in clothes...he he got to run for now but I added you to my facebook...cant wait to see ya...

Love to all

Leslie

 

Posted 10/7/2010 5:39 PM (GMT 0)
Pamela   I know what you mean about clothes I am in a 5/6 and I am 5'9...so there ya go...
Posted 10/7/2010 6:26 PM (GMT 0)
leslie - wow - you sure have been through the ringer & I will pray you get the insurance to pay to have the MRI's on your back. I was in 2 car wrecks back to back in 2004 & 2006 so I know all about the back pain ! I have had migraines before as well as my son (they run in our family all the way back on my mother's side) so I feel your pain there as well. Now that you mentin it my hands are really wrinkled as well and my arms and calf muscles have atrophied also. I am looking older than the pics I have posted on facebook (Got your friend's request btw ;-) but haven't had a chnace to check out your profile. They have padded panties (like padded bras ! lol) and I have even thought about ordering those so I have at least some kind of figure ! I am not dating any guys so don't have to worry about someone pinching me or patting me on the butt and getting a handful of foam ! lol Google padded panties and see what you think ! haha I am in a 3/4 and am 5'5" so we are probably about the same amount underweight. I wonder why the pasta slows you down - that may be my problem as I have been craving carbs and have been eating a lot of that lately. Geez - if I rule out everything that affects me there is going to be nothing left to eat ! How am I EVER going to get my weight up and my figure back ? I am single and want to start to date again but no one is going to look at me if I appear to have AIDS !!! And YES - thank GOD for clothes !!! lol ;-) ttyl then and will shoot you a message on facebook when I have time. Love & hugs, ~ Pamela ~ tongue

 

Posted 10/7/2010 6:35 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Thumper60 -

Welcome and thanks for sharing! Gosh - it sounds like your surgery would have been easier if they had just opened you up ! Why did it take them so long to do your procedure via scope ?

I have heard about the paralytic ileus and TPN - bless you heart for having to go through that ! I am so blessed to be doing so well so soon after my surgery. I just pray no complications hit me down the road.

I am taking it one day at a time and I know I pushed it by coming back to work after only 2 weeks but I have a desk job so I felt I could sit at a desk as easy as sitting at home in front of the computer or TV.

I forgot about the stress part though ! lol and how that affects your healing, digestion, and the fatigue of having to get up and get ready for work much less the dirive to and from after working an 8 hour plus day.

I have had others tell me that their bodies did not heal completely until 6 months to a year after surgery. I really hope and pray I do not have to wait THAT long before I can work out.

I was hoping to be able to start around the new year and be at least in better shape by next spring/summer. I will aslk my doc about it when I go back to see him on 10/25.

Thanks gain for sharing and feel free to join in anytime ! Have a blessed day :-)

~ Pamela ~
Posted 10/7/2010 11:09 PM (GMT 0)
Pamela   I added you thanks...ya I am single since 1997 I cant even imagine dating ,OMG I look all saggy baggies, no muscle tone, so going to try and do some exercise to build muscle.  My arms are more wrinkled than my 83 yr old mother...Plus the huge scar from my surgery is awful. But the landscape of my body has changed I can go around the world with all the scars I have on my body...LOL  Pasta, I love I just eat too much at one time when I have the herb and butter noodles...love them...but they too have dairy so its a double edged sord for me even with my dairy pills...OMG talking about the noodles I want some now...hehe

catch you on Facebook sweetie..

Leslie

Posted 10/7/2010 11:12 PM (GMT 0)
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futurecanadian

I cant say this enough take it slow,slow,  you are overdueing...its going to take a bit, I remember when just getting to the bathroom wore me out..so please listen to your body..

Leslie

Posted 10/8/2010 1:31 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Leslie and thanks for being my facebook friend ! :-) We do seem like two birds of a feather re our weight ! lol ;-)

I ended up taking 3 Reglan last night just to be able to go to the bathroom after dinner and have taken one this morning and am about to try to eat breakfast here in a bit and see what happens. I did eliminate some last night but did not completely empty like usual and my weight was up 3 pounds in one day and adbomen swollen when I got home. It went down after taking the Reglan and going to the bathroom.

I tried coffeee before taking the meds and it still did not help me go. I KNOW it is the stress from work and being tired from getting up early just to get ready and the stress from the rush hour traffic driving back and forth - along with what I have to deal with at the office and thenj when I get home.

I am going to call my doc this morning and ask him if it will hurt to take Reglan regularly as the Rx bottle I have has no refills but the instructions say to take before meals and at bedtime. If I am eating 6 meals a day then I don't think he wants me to take it before all 6 meals ! lol

I am not sure if I am supposed to stop taking it when I start going again on my own as it doesn't say to take it PRN - so will have to check on that today sure and get a refill before this weekend. I am going to back off some of the solid food for now until I get regulated again as well and maybe not eat so much as I have stayed hungry and may be overdoing it with the food.

I think my body knows I need to gain and so my appetite has kicked into overdrive and I am a stress eater and being back at work with all the stress I have been eating at my desk all day ... guess I will eventually get it figured out. I am glad I at least passed some stool after the Reglan last night as I was so afraid I was getting an ileus or blockage !

OK - got to get busy and get through this day of work. Thank God it is Friday. I am doing nothing tomorrow but laying around an watching football ! I am worn out from this first week back on the job !!! TGIF to you and hope you have a good day.

Oh - and ditto re the dating. I have been divorced since 2000 and have not dated in 3 years as my health started to decline from the CI at which point I stopped working out so I have my own share of sags and bags. I can't wait to start working out again and that should help things keep moving along the GI tract as well. I am sure just sitting at my desk all day long is not helping !

OK, I am off here for now. Will catch up with you later !

Love & hugs :-) ~ Pamela ~
Posted 10/8/2010 6:18 PM (GMT 0)
Pamela   If you dont go poo then I drink a quart of gatorade and for some reason if I don't go that evening after drinking it I sure do by morning.  I could be just me but give it a try ok...Yea, friday for you...

Talk to you later my FB friend

Leslie

Posted 10/8/2010 7:15 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Leslie - thanks for the advise - I tried coffee & gatoraide - & it didn't work, but the Reglan did. I put a call in to my doc to let him know what was happening. His office closed at noon today so I will follow up with him on Monday. I think I have enough Reglan to last me until then if I need it. I am going to the bathroom ok today since taking the Reglan last night. I appreciate your help and yes- TGIF !!! to you too :-) Have a great weekend and keep in touch !!! Blessings, ~ Pamela ~
Posted 10/8/2010 10:04 PM (GMT 0)
Pamela and everyone,  I have gone bms two times this morning with blood clots so the doc is sending me right to the ER, OMG now what?  Will contact you all when I get back hope its nothing..

Love Leslie

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