Kay,

Have you looked at the ice creams that have more protein than others?

I'm aware that Halo Top seems to have more protein and tastes mostly o.k.


The detente with the father could hint at a better relationship with the
neighbors. That's my hope for you.


M

Thanks ladies

There IS a playground, park, and a basketball court here! There is also a walking/bicycle path that circles the entire property, which is HUGE, and built around beautiful conservation land. There is plenty for the boys to do, and plenty of places for them to be, instead of right in front of our patio.

The kids were leaving the bikes all over the place and running up and down the fire escape yesterday
The father took the bike upstairs again last night, so obviously somebody told him that it's not okay to keep it down here anymore.

Please, no suggestions about laxatives. I had major surgery that drastically altered my digestive tract, and I have at least one narrowing in my small intestines (my poop was coming out thinner than pencil thin until it stopped coming out), which is causing the issues I am having now. Laxatives could do serious damage. My surgeon said I can only take Mirilax. The only thing that's going to help things move is that, and time.

I passed enough gas that my stomach contents dropped a bit, so I decided it was safe to have applesauce for lunch, and the rest of the chicken broth flavored rice for dinner. Then I had a massive coffee ice cream cone for dessert. I tried an Ensure Max Protein earlier in the day, and it was gross!!! I only managed to get 1/2 of it down. My weight this morning was 136.4lbs.

I'm having some stomach pain this morning, so unless it goes away and/or things start to move a little more, I'll be on a liquid diet today.

We have to do laundry today, and neither of us is looking forward to it.

I was not suggesting that you take magnesium oxidereally just stated that for bobby. I KNOW how complicated your GI tract is....The narrowing of the small intestine, is that where you had the bowel blockage before?

It makes sense that you are only allowed to take myralax.
Wonder why you have this narrowing?
I am sorry for this. You have a lot on your plate.

(((((HUGS)))))
love,
bizi

I was not calling out anyone in particular about laxatives. I just don’t want to hear about them at all on my thread please. It’s frustrating.

Bowel obstructions can be a result of scarring due to abdominal surgeries, and I’ve had 3: (all laparoscopic) removal of my gallbladder, removal of a big ovarian cyst along with burning off my Fallopian tubes, and most recently the subtotal colectomy. The obstruction that put me in the hospital was on the mid to lower area of my right side, where I still have been getting pain.

I never had pencil-thin stools prior to the bowel obstruction, but I had severe inflammation as a result of that, and an infection in my abdomen due to the bowel perforation, and sometimes tissues will stick together after things like that causing adhesions that can cause narrowings/obstructions. The new area of concern seems to be low on my left side... new, and possibly from that. I had no problems while I had D. I got in trouble when I started increasing the amount of fiber I was taking to control it.

Not having anything flow through my intestines for almost a week couldn’t have helped either.

I see Dr. Chen in a month. Maybe she will order some tests that will shed some light on the situation... IDK.

sorry
((((HUGS)))))
bizi

Wishing good health to you, Kay

Thank you for your support ladies

I've been continuing to have some abdominal pain on and off, but I think a lot of it is due to the constipation, and I have upper GI discomfort, but it's alleviated by taking Gaviscon, so I'm not too worried about it right now.
I had the best trip to the BR in a week yesterday, but that's not saying much... not much at all, but enough to allow myself to have toast last night. But not more than that. I'm still really afraid of overdoing it. I managed to drink one of those awful Ensure Max Proteins tho. I weighed 136lbs this morning, so maybe it helped.

It felt to me like the time went by quickly while we were doing laundry yesterday. It didn't feel that way to Corey tho lol. The place was deserted. We had not been in 2 weeks. I still have to put everything away.

I have an appointment with my nephrologist on Thursday, and have to get labs drawn beforehand. I should go do that today, but probably won't get around to doing it until tomorrow. He's still trying to figure out why I have my kidney condition, and this blood work isn't going to be helpful since I'm not really even eating. I should make sure I'm at least well hydrated before I go.

Corey's going to the cemetery with his mother today, then they will probably go out to lunch. I'm finally going to do some cleaning and will put those clothes away. I have to take advantage of this free day since I have appointments Tuesday-Thursday this week. This place is a mess right now.

yes make sure you are hydrated....since you are not getting that many calories you could find yourself to be weaker. Not good.
Please be careful.
love you
bizi

I AM weaker an more tired right now. That's to be expected tho... less food, lost a lot of weight, it's been hot out...

All the cleaning I got done yesterday was doing the dishes, straightening up the kitchen, doing dusting/polishing, and putting the laundry away (including dealing with the socks and undies). I had hoped to do more, but maybe I will get around to cleaning the bathroom or doing the vacuuming today. IDK. I just don't feel good. My OCD is quiet because my mind is occupied elsewhere I guess.

I have an appointment with Judy around noon to get my nails done. I have no idea what color I want to have them painted, but something will jump out at me when I get there. Afterwards, I'll go get my blood drawn. The lab is less than 10 minutes up the street from the nail salon...
I know that my electrolytes are going to be way off because even though I've lost a bunch of weight (136lbs on the nose again this morning), I can't get my wedding rings off. I'm obviously retaining water, so at least my sodium will be high.

Things are pretty much the same... very, very little in the BR department, but at least something is happening, so I'm not in danger at the moment. I had 1/2 of a banana, applesauce, and Lipton noodle soup yesterday along with my usual ice cream cone and TONS of fluids. I didn't have an Ensure. They are f'ing gross. I think I will go out and buy some Muscle Milk today. The one I tried was much easier to get down, and it was an alternative suggested by one of the nurses in my PCP's office.

I'm hoping that one of the nurses from Tufts calls to check in on me again, and Dr. Chen has a suggestion about what I can do to get things moving. I've been waiting for over a week now... on this restrictive diet.

I ran into our next door neighbor (the one who made the agreement with the people upstairs about the bike) and asked him if he heard about the altercation I had with the kid's mother. He said he hadn't. When I told him I told the kids to "Cut the s-" he said "Good for you, it's about time somebody said something." But that did make me think he had heard all about it because at that point I hadn't mentioned that I had talked to the parents/yelled at the mother.
Anyway, it wasn't him who said the kid couldn't keep his bike down here at night. The mother must have complained to the office about me swearing at her kid, and they must have told her the bike belonged upstairs, and not on our patios... I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during that conversation

I am so glad you are seeing Judy