Holy Crap! It has been forever since I've written here and I can only say to those who follow me that I am truly sorry. Things just became so overwhelming that I had to take a break and focus on trying to stay positive, not become depressed, and get ready for my surgery. I can't believe that three weeks since surgery day have flown by! Needless to say, I'm so happy to be on this side of things and like I said to my surgeon before going under, "No regrets".
I'm still having dumping episodes, but I knew already that this surgery was to try and help reduce the amount of episodes and severity, not cure me. There isn't a cure for what I have and there isn't a guarantee this surgery will work. I'm having my good days and bad days, but one constant is that the horrible burping and flatulence that I would get after having a meal has gotten insanely better! For three weeks in, that alone is a huge relief. I'm a little nervous about how my body will react when I start adding in actual food since right now I'm on a mostly liquid diet.
For my next few blog updates I plan on going over things that I experienced and learned while on my little "leave". I'll talk about having my original surgery date rescheduled less than 48 hours before to have a test for a rare disease, going in and coming out of major stomach surgery, the different protein shakes I've tried, putting food back into my diet, and what my next chapter in life has in store for me.
I still have a long way to go, lots of healing, changes and decisions that need to be made. But as always, I try and accept the challenge!
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