One week

Tomorrow will be one week. A lot has changed I would say. My body feels different after eating. I don't have the horrible pains thank goodness. But, there are other parts of my body that are doing different actions now and it feels different. I think I'm going to like being able to eat and not fear when the pain is going to hit. Not fear about eating certain foods or when I can eat them. Not having to worry about carrying medicines with me. I am so far liking it. I was able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with no problems. The only thing that I have to get used to is, watching what I eat and paying attention to where I'm going to be in case I need to use the restroom. The feelings down there regarding the digestive system is different. You think you gotta go, but you don't. I have to watch my fat intake. It might be a good thing because we don't need that much fat anyways... so if I get in the habit of watching how much fat I take in then I shouldn't have a problem with my fear of gaining weight. I just gotta keep moving. And watch what I eat....

Third Day

Well we're going on day three. I can move around a lot better. I took most of the dressings off this morning and I get to attempt to take a shower later. My back hurts a lot from the way that I have been walking but it's going to get better once I am able to walk completely straight. Food wise I'm still taking it easy. I had fish and mashed potatoes and rice and it went very easily.

Today is the first day for activity along digestive lines let's just say. It's different and it's very uncomfortable. Not as bad as it could be, but it sucks. A lot of work for very little outcome lol.

So far no vomiting though. I haven't really felt sick except for when I take a pain killer on an empty stomach.

That's about all for now.

Awesome Website

I found a great website for low fat foods. It tells you what foods you should avoid, and which ones you can eat if your doing a fat free/low fat diet. It's really helpful.

http://gicare.com/Diets/Low-Fat-Diarrhea-Gall-Bladder.aspx

Day of Surgery

Today was the big day. We went to the outpatient office at 6:30 this morning. I was prepped and ready for surgery by 8:30 I think. I was a little nervous. But it went very smoothly. I went back in to the freezing cold room. Was given an oxygen mask and the medicines and off to sleep I went. It felt very peaceful drifting off. When I woke up however that a different story. It was super bright, and very confusing. You literally forget where you are, and why your there. Then the pain comes.... and it all hits you.

I have a total of 5 incisions. Two on my tummy right above my belly button and three on the side. The two on my belly hurt the worst. My back already feels so much better. It was hurting pretty bad this morning. I have oxycodine thank goodness.

Eating wise, everything is pretty good so far. I've eaten little, but I'm handling it well. I'm not that hungry any more. I'm excited for Thanksgiving. I'm curious to see what I eat and what all agrees with me. I've been warned of a few foods to stay away from for awhile until I'm healed.

Pain wise I'm doing ok. It's getting harder to get up off the couch. The hospital medications have worn off and I'm really getting a feel for the pain but I took a pain killer so it's not that bad.

Well I think that's about it for the first day. Not a whole lot to really update on at this point in time. I look forward to updating though and tracking my new journey with food.

My intro

I am keeping this blog mostly for me. But for others who have gone or may go through this.

It started when I was a few months pregnant. I started getting pains in my chest that would literally take my breath away. The pressure was enough to put me on the floor. But it luckily only came a few times while I pregnant. I had the normal heartburn that comes along with pregnancy. It wasn't that big of a deal for me. After I had my daughter, that all changed. The pains got worse. They came more often. I decided after struggling with this for about a year that changes needed to be made. I lost 40 pounds in the course of a year, changes my eating habits for the most part, and became more active. Things calmed down pretty well.

Well the past few months, the pain has returned with no pattern in eating habits. Majority of my family members have had their gallbladder removed. All of the female adults except one. A little over a week ago I ended up in the er with pains that wouldn't go away. I knew deep down what it was. I told them that when I checked in and that was the first thing that they checked. Sure enough, I had gallbladder disease with gallstones, and severe pancreatitis. All my enzyme counts were all out of whack and were extremely high. The next step if I had not gone to the ER when I did, would have been my liver acting up. Then jaundice.

I was in the hospital for a few days. A week later I was back in having it removed. Today is the day I had it removed. The main purpose of this blog again is mostly for me to monitor things with how my body is going to change. I'm losing a body part that is in charge of breaking down the fat from the food that my body consumes.

I've lost 40 pounds. I guess this is for me and my journey down the "I hope I don't gain a crap load of weight" road. A lot of people have told me to be prepared. Food will effect me differently now.