Ahhhh...Sweet Relief!

Thank you for all your words of encouragement to get the unfill. Best decision I made! I had .15cc's of my .35cc fill taken out! What a difference it made immediately! I am so glad I went to see Dr. D today. He even explained that with everything I have been through these past two months, he is certain that stress is playing a huge part of my tightness. He further explained that when the body is stressed, you retain more fluid which in turn adds to your tightness. Light-bulb moment because leading up to my 2nd fill, right after my Dad and BIL died, I all of a sudden started feeling restriction again and the fill added to that. By the time I had my 3rd fill, I think we just over-did it with the amount of .35cc's not thinking about the stress factor.

My husband, on the other hand, almost got punched in the nose by me while in the exam room waiting for the doctor. The nurse commented that I had lost 3 lbs in the one week since I'd been there. Steve said "why don't you just leave your fill/restriction alone...at this rate, you will be at goal in a month!" At first I thought he was kidding...he wasn't! He really didn't get it at first why this not eating thing was not good but after I explained and then the Dr. explained more, he was ok with it. Are you kidding me? I was at the point where I was going to start gnawing on his arm in the car on the drive to the doctors office. I was so hungry. I wasn't even able to drink coffee again this morning! Came right back up after a sip.

I am happy to say that I had 1/2 of a hamburger with ketchup (no bun) for dinner and a little bit of the ice cream from last night. It felt so good to eat and not get stuck. I took tiny bites and ate slowwwwww. He also suggested I take Prilosec for a month to make sure my stomach quiets down from all the inflamation.

The only good thing that came from this episode is that this morning, for the first time in at least 8 years, I saw 189 on the scale! Not sure if it will be there tomorrow but that is ok, it was there today and it will be back! I feel it!