rough days; good days

For the past few days, I've been feeling as if I've taken a step backwards rather than forwards. Since my x-ray last week, I have been feeling more nauseated and more pain than I have been feeling the past month. It's very frustrating. Frustrating not knowing what is causing this pain an nausea. I can be fine eating a meal one day and the next time I eat it I end up feeling horrible. Gastroperesis is a tricky thing. I usually have pain when I eat or after I eat foods. However, for the past week, even DRINKING FLUIDS makes my stomach ache and sometimes I get nauseated. I'm not sure if that is suppose to be part of gastroperesis. One would think that fluids are easily digested and easily goes through the GI track but like I said, it's been a rough week since my x-ray. I have left a message with my doctor to see if I can see him earlier to determine if something else is going on inside my stomach or GI track. For the past two days, I had trouble eating and drinking well; today is a bit better and I'm able to hold down bland foods like plain rice and drink broth easier. I still have to take it extremely slow and n 8 week jump into eating "heavy foods" anytime soon. I hope to be better this weekend as I plan to go to the beach with some friends for the weekend.

Today was my 8 week post op visit with my orthopedic. He told me he was pleased with my outcome and that my motion is really great. He even thought there was a great difference between my pre-op motion (my very first visit in April) and now. I actually feel a whole lot better when compared to my first surgery back in Feb from the doctor in Harrisonburg. This really taught me not to trust just any doctor. I'm so grateful I had connections to this new doctor from UVA and that he was able to help me out. I am suppose to continue with PT for another 6 weeks or so. I still am not allowed to do much overhead lifting or lifting anything greater than a gallon of milk. I still don't have full motion but I am getting there and with PT I should be as good as new very soon! I don't have to go back to see him unless there is something that has come up or something that I feel needs to be addressed. So grateful one part of my physical health is doing much better!

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