Another blockage

I had one blockage last week. Much worse then the two previous ones. And today I have another obstruction.

For breakfast I ate a lemon square and one egg cheese omelet. I guess all it took was that lemon square because less then an hour later the cramping started. Very painful. I stopped eating or drinking until just a few minutes ago I had a jello. So I guess it's mashed potatos for dinner tonight.

I go to Portland to have a test done on Friday. It will take most the day. I did call Dr. L and he wants me in the emergency room if I start vomiting, or don't pass gas or have a BM within the next 24 hours. Otherwise I go in on friday for the test as planned.

I can not believe how frustrating this is.

Improvement!

This morning, I woke up feeling that my intestines are on the upswing in healing. When I eat too much fiber or meat or residue, if it is starting to block, I get bad cramping. I might also vomit. 3 nights ago I started doing both. The vomiting stopped. Slowly, over a day or so the cramping stopped. But then I am left with the bloating, swelling of the abdomen, intestines and stomach. It also is tender to touch. I have not wanted any pressure from pants, even some of my jammies to be against my middle.

This morning, I woke up knowing I had improved a lot. I am still swollen in my upper small intestines, but I don't feel like someone took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the inside of my bowels. Yes, that's how it felt. The secret to avoiding doing this is to first make good choices, keep track throughout the day on fiber grams, and then post here on my day so if I have an issue, I can go back and see what the problem may be. Why do I get lazy and stop this process until I have problems? I don't know. But I need to be consistent. Today, I plan on eating more. My calories have been too low because I wanted to give my bowels a bit of a break. I probably could use one more day of very low eating but I am hungry and might start making bad choices if I don't eat more soon.

I weighed myself this morning. I guess the tightness of my pants is only because of swelling. I weighed 124.5. I am conflicted about what weight would be the healthiest for me. I know I can't be any bigger because I gain it in my abdomen region. Which is not good for cancer detection. And I am pretty sure if I lose 10 or 15 more pounds, most of it would come off my middle because that's the only place I still have fat. But to maintain 110 to 115 lbs would be much harder and the foods I eat are not low fat, diety type of foods. I guess I will just stick with trying to keep my calories between 1400-1600 and if with more activity, I lose a few more pounds, great! If not, it wasn't meant to be.

Saturday May 29, 2010

I kept my eating somewhat to a minimum.

Breakfast

• coffee
• creamer

Lunch

• Halibut
• mashed potatoes
• garlic toast

Dinner

• I skipped, just to be safe

Fiber-4.4 grams Calories-547 Fat-15.17 grams

Health-Cramping has been slowing down. BM about 2:00 in afternoon. Not very much. But my abdomen, intestines and bowel are very swollen and very sore. Need to have my head examined if I ever do this to myself again.

Spitting Nails

I am so angry at myself. I have no business just winging it with my diet. The stakes are too high.

Not only have I not been keeping track of fiber grams, but I also have introduced many foods to my diet at the same time. Without even documenting. So today, I am about 36 hours from my last bm, I had bad cramping last night. and I vomited 3 times. All signs that I possibly have a blockage. I can't even say what food has caused it because in yesterday, I had 3 new foods. Stupid, stupid, stupid. So today, I am going to my sisters to celebrate her birthday. Then we are all going to lunch. I will be lucky if I make it to my sis's. Let alone go to lunch.

I will not eat breakfast this morning, just coffee. If I do make it to lunch, I need to be very careful what I eat. If I am still cramping, I will skip lunch also.

I have said it before, I need to be meticulous on documenting what goes in my body. But I have ignored this. I have had too many scares this month. I am being reckless with my life. Stupid stupid stupid.

Oh no, maybe blockage

So far today I woke up and felt a bit bloated. Ate toast with margarine and very little seedless marion berry Jam. By about 8:30 cramping started. I have had nothing else to eat and am sipping just a bit of water and 7-up. It is almost 5:00pm and I am still cramping. No BM yet today either. post more later