Written on Wednesday July 02, 2008 at around 1 PM
Yesterday I read that Starbucks (I'm sorry, Fivebucks Coffee)is finally closing stores. Who knew that it would take gas to be over $4.00 a gallon to make some people stop going there and wasting money on really bad coffee. Luckily since I have no colon, I can't have caffeine so oh darn, can't have coffee. It just dumbfounds me that people can't just brew their own coffee OR go to the gas station and get a cheap cappuccino there. You get more for your money. But I guess for those of you who just have to have Starbucks, I really don't feel for you. But I guess if you want to spend your money on stupid things (too big of a house, H2, Starbucks) more power to you but don't ask for help when you need it because you could have saved so much money by getting the right size house, a crossover SUV, and just brewing your own coffee.
Ok so to tell you about my update. My surgery has now been scheduled for Thursday August, 7 2008, that means three months and one day from my first surgery. This one will not be as intrusive as the first and I'll only be in the hospital for 3 days compared to 5 days the last time. After this surgery, and I've healed, I can go back to eating whatever I want, nuts, popcorn, etc. I won't though because I am down to a size 2/4 and I really don't want to go bigger. I have been told to NOT do a whole lot of abdominal workout until six months after my surgery, can get a hernia. So for now I will only do yoga once a day, on the Wii Fit and try to run for at least a half hour a day working up to 5/K by December.
My surgeon was quite impressed with me running and doing yoga. I hated my examination though. After you have a J-Pouch constructed you don't actually poop out of your rectum, instead you still produce mucous and so from lack of use a "web/scab" grows above your rectum and to safely stick a scope in he had to stick his finger in and break it. OMG that was just as painful as giving birth. Then he had to stick the scope up and while that's being done, they are also pumping air in to inflate the small intestine and that's quite painful. So after the five or so minutes of him looking I laid there for a few minutes waiting for the pain to subside and went to the bathroom. I had never thought that the air that was used would also blow up my bag. Well now I think about it, of course it should because my small intestine is looped right now and of course the air should fill the bag since the bottom half of the intestine leads into the bag. It's still a weird and smelly process.
Here it is mid afternoon and I am dead dog tired. It takes a lot out of you when a "scab" is being broken inside your body, then you get the scope with the whole lovely air up your butt too. At least the end is near and I can see it. No more being embarrassed taking the kids to the bathroom with me because they say loudly, "Mom did you poop in your bag?" Or something to that extent.
Hating Arizona more and more every day. We have wildfires going on all around us, smoke up the butt, horrible air quality days. Because of all that I feel like crap and I can't get the phlegm out of my throat. Plus it's super hot out (103°). It felt so nice this morning as we were walking into the Mayo Specialty Building at 8:30am. The cool doesn't last for long.
I'm going to rest for a little bit then get to scanning my pictures, packing for our holiday and finishing up laundry. Have a great afternoon and cut back on the Starbucks and Coffee Bean, save for your retirement or better yet, kids college fund so they don't have to go in debt.
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