Hey there Squishy (cute name),
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I'll have Danita read your post as soon as she gets home from work.
We never thought it would be this difficult to not be able to eat our favorite foods. People who aren't addicted to food don't understand what it means to not be able to have what they want. I depended on my favorite comfort foods for so many reasons and now I can't have them. It's incredibly difficult to deal with. Danita and I aren't sure how we're going to get around or through this, but hopefully we'll figure it out soon. We watched "Big Medicine" on TLC all the time, where they show patients getting this surgery and not one time have we ever seen anyone go through what we're going through. It kind of stinks that they don't ever show what REALLY goes on in a patient's life. They didn't show how you have to analyze everything you're about to put in your mouth. They didn't show how awful dumping is and they didn't show how scary it is to sit and wait to see how a certain food may or may not affect you. This whole thing is just so damn complicated.
We just want to get to that place where other people are at who have 6 months or a year under their belt. You know, the people who "look fabulous and are feeling great!!!"
As far as the pain in my left side goes...I'm not sure what brought it on. We haven't started exercising yet but we've both gone back to work. I went back to work at week 3 and I basically sit at my desk and walk back and forth to the printer. I've been trying to stay still since I'm still trying to "recover" from the surgery and still have some pain but I was feeling pretty good for about a week. Then all of a sudden, 7 days ago I started feeling excruciating pain in my left side, every time I moved. It's like I'm back-sliding and it feels like it did when I first came home from the hospital. I just hope there's no complications or anything and that it's just scar tissue or something. Danita said that this very same thing happened to her at 3 weeks out and as fast as the pain came back, it left just as fast. So, keep your fingers crossed for me.
Also, congrats on all of your weight loss. You look great!
Thanks,
Hawaiian