A Few Questions

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Hey everyone,

Has anyone had difficulties with eating mashed potatoes? Last night

I had some masheed potatoes and a piece of chicken, and broccoli.

After eating I had right upper quadrant pain in my upper abdomen,

and subsequent diarrhea and terrible gas, and gas pains. I'm happy

to report that all of this subsided in a few short hours, but it did

worry me. In case you're wondering, my gallbladder is not the

culprit as it has been surgically absent from the bod since 1990.

I'm careful to avoid things like rice which expand in the pouch or

the small intestine. Oddly enough, I'm able to tolerate bread as

long as I eat slowly. The pain was almost enough for me to call Dr.

R, but due to the lateness of the hour I didnt want to bother him,

especially since I figured it would probably subside.

Well, aside from losing slowly, I'm doing ok. At the appointment

with my primary care physician, by his scale it showed I was down by

8 lbs. Ahh yes, and by his scale it weighs me at 181 lbs (clothed

of course). My scale had said 177-178, sans clothing.

This morning after waking my weight was 175, prior to eating or

drinking, which went up of course after eating and drinking. (ee

gads someone needs to take my scales away from me LOL). Oh, the doc

says that my bad cholesterol is well under 200, but by NIH standards

it should be 70, and that we need to elevate my good cholesterol. I

dont remember the numbers from my labs though. Blood sugar is good

too, so hopefully the impaired glucose tolerance is under control.

I've been a little down lately and seeminly very tired. I've been

considering maybe I need to be back on the patch...but doggone it

I'm allergic to the adhesive. Then I think...well maybe just

working the night shift is the culprit.

Okay...so thanks for listening to my ramblings.

Hugs to all,

Sue