Day SEVEN

Today was WONDERFUL!!!!  My whole Friday was just awesome.  I did wake up with some major heartburn, and vomited up my morning meds, which hurt like hell, but I took a couple hours to re-group and started my day over... now I am so happy I did!

I have decided my heartburn is completely related to an empty tummy and one too many crushed and liquid medications.  I am going to work on getting some acid reducing pills today that I can start taking daily that for now I can crush and for the rest of my life I can take if I have to.  I don't like this raw gut feeling.  It hurts. 

After puking up my morning meds, which I finally decided was because of nothing but jello and water in my tummy, I decided to attempt to advance my diet to the full liquids again.  I bumped back to clears with all the heartburn and now am thinking that was a huge mistake.  I decided to make some cream of wheat for breakfast.  I used my soy milk to make it and sprinkled in a tad of cinnamon and splenda.  It was sooooo filling, but it actually made me satisfied the whole time.  It also kept me full for the whole morning and I have decided that most of this belly "pain" that I have been having, and thinking was stomach aches from surgery, is actually hunger pains!  Since eating the cream of wheat the belly pain went away all morning long! 

For Lunch I had started getting belly cramping pain again, so I fixed myself a piece of the potato out of the leftover pot roast.  I mashed it up really really good, stirred in some soy milk, to make it kinda soupy, salt and after 5 bites off of the baby spoon I was stuffed and once again the pain went away... satisfaction. 

Filling up my belly also helped reduce my heartburn which was AWESOME!  I was ever so thankful for that relief.  These few extra calories had given me a burst of energy too, so I actually did something today.  I made my mom bake up some cookie dough I had in the fridge, and while she was babysitting the cookies for Dennis and Bill, I cut up all the leftover veggies from the roast and made a stew for Bill and Brody's supper.  I also cut up an onion, and rolled out croissants.  Whew!  I did sit down at the table the whole time, but I did do it!!  Woo hoo.    Bill came home tonight and once he saw the mood I was in and how happy and pain free I was he was sooooo happy and excited to have his "normal" wife back.  He just kept saying that to me and mom!  It was kinda cute.  He's been so helpful and so supportive through all this.  I love that man so much!  He even worked on helping me change a poopy diaper last night after my mom had left. 

Best news of the day... I slept in bed!!!  I felt like I needed to go upstairs and give it a try because I was so sick of this recliner.  I stretched out and propped up next to Bill.  It felt soooo fantastic! 

I have finally started waking up with the dreaded bypass breath.  It happened yesterday, and again this morning.  Its the WORST most nastiest foul smell.  It makes me sick about myself.  Thank  goodness for Lysterine.  Toothpaste won't even cut this stinch.  It's so gross.  I've resorted to brushing 3-4 times and the mouthwash and then it finally goes away. 

Today I am spending the day with Grandma Trone again.  I hope today is better than yesterday!  I am loving the new me!  I also snuck on my scales last night and discovered I'd lost another 13 lbs last week.  This brings my grand total here at home to 28 lbs.  lost.  This EXCITES me!!!!!