To those of you who speculated that it would be awful to have Thanksgiving dinner, and not be able to eat: You were absolutely right! After three days of cooking -- hours spent in the kitchen -- I didn't enjoy one single bite. Oh, I had a few nibbles as I was preparing dinner, and for a few minutes, I enjoyed the appetizers (a cheese ball, crackers and mixed nuts), but as soon as I sat down to dinner, I was DOOMED! On a conservative estimate, I bet I was up six or seven times during the meal. Not because I kept eating (although I admit that I did at first), but because that damned food just wasn't staying down.
I learned several valuable lessons, though. I don't generally drink with meals, but I learned that (for me anyway) it's paramount that I don't. Not even thinking, I poured myself a glass of water with the meal. Big mistake! And the cup of coffee I thought I'd enjoy with dessert (My first since being banded, actually). "Enjoy" isn't the word I'd use. I finally just poured it down the sink while I was doing dishes.Actually, I think I should stop drinking at least 15 minutes before my meal. I'll have to try that and see if that helps. I really suspect it will.
I'm going to give myself through the week-end to see how things are going (today's lunch mostly stayed down). Monday, if it's not going so well, I'm going to call for an appointment for a slight unfill. If I'm still having problems on Monday, I'm also going to ask for an evaluation for a slipped band. I've been throwing up enough for that to be a concern, especially after yesterday. Yesterday was awful ...
Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday, if you celebrate. For those of you who don't -- I hope you had a wonderful day!
That stinks! I am 100% sure I'll be calling for an unfill on Monday. I am WAY too full. Its so hard to tell when they are doing the fill how you are going to feel. I can eat almost nothing. It's been painful. Luckily I am doing ok with fluids. Water even has a hard time sometimes - but I have a strange problem where I can't throw up at all. I have had some slime, but I can't actually get food to come up. So, when it's stuck - it's stuck!
ReplyDeleteOn the good side - I've lost like 3 pounds since Monday - so I can't complain about that!
I hope the rest of our holiday was good - it's terrible that you did all that work and didn't even get to enjoy it!