I have to be at the hospital at 7:00 in the morning for esophageal manometry. This pretty much involves sticking a sensor-filled tube up my nose and down my throat to measure whether I swallow normally. I am so not excited.
I had a feeding tube once as part of the many unsuccessful attempts to treat my extreme hyperemesis when I was pregnant with the twins. It was possibly the most miserable part of the whole experience. Worse than the pic line or the central line and giving birth, vaginally, to twins, one with forceps and the other breech, about 10 minutes after my epidural was placed and well before it completely kicked in. So yeah, not looking forward to this.
The reason for all this is to confirm that I am a good candidate for surgery to treat my acid reflux. I'm also not happy about that. I had my follow up with my doc last week. I really expected her to tell me that I was golden and she would see me in a year. My reflux is 1000 times better since she changed up my meds, and I lost all the weight she advised.*
But my reflux is only better because of the meds. As soon as I scale back, it comes back. And the meds will continue to weaken my already thin bones.So here we are, looking at a miserable test and abdominal surgery. I'm not old enough for this shit.
* So, the weight. I have been sticking to the South Beach plan, as recommended by my GP. I have lost 19 pounds since my February post-holiday, PMS-bloat high, and 14 from where I normally hover. I'm pretty much back to my pre law school weight. All of my belts are too big now, my clothes fit better (and in some instances are really too big), and I can wear things that have been hiding in the back of my closet for years. I'm about 10 pounds from my target now.
And not one.single.person has noticed. Seriously, nobody. Not my secretary who always knows when I'm not feeling well, not my aunts who will never hesitate to tell me if I've put on 5 pounds. Nobody. I'm pretty private--I haven't advertised that I'm trying to drop a few pounds. But you think someone would have noticed that the skirt I wore on Friday was about to fall off. It's a bit frustrating--good thing I'm changing my diet for better health rather than to make myself look better.
4 comments:
Wow 19 pounds is awesome. People may not notice because you have the same clothes. I'm sure if you switch those up a bit people will notice right away. and doesnt your DH notice?
good luck with the procedure.
I am so so so happy for you! Congratulations! It is very very very frustrating when noone notices. You are not alone in that.
It might be the clothes, as previous commenter said, but you also said you busted out some older, smaller outfits and noone noticed. Grr.
Sorry about the impending surgery, but again, yay weight loss!
Thanks, y'all.
Hmmm, maybe the unnoticed weight loss is because of my clothes. I have thin arms and legs and all my weight is in the middle--so my wardrobe is built around disguising my tummy pooch.
DH didn't really notice either, but once I mentioned it I got an unconvincing, "maybe you do look thinner." Thanks, hon.
That is awesome! Congrats on the weight loss!
Don't feel bad though... I never notice weight loss on people I see frequently. If you lose 10 pounds and I haven't seen you in a couple months, I might notice.
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