Well that did it

So tonight my esophagus threw a royal fit. I went in for a .1cc fill today and my esophagus just couldn't handle it. Got to the point where I couldn't keep anything down, including my own spit. I felt like there was something squeezing my throat. It was so incredibly painful! So I called my girl, Colleen, the awesome nurse who helps me, and asked her if she could meet me and unfill me. She did and now I feel 100% better! I can't even explain how awesome that feels.

I don't think I have a slip because I felt immediately better once unfilled. Colleen said most people who have slips don't find that there is really any relief when unfilled. I'm going to go the weekend unfilled and on Monday put a bit back in again. I'm going to get filled back up SLOWLY! Meaning, at best, .2 cc's at a time. Maybe that'll do the trick. In the meantime I'll have to be pretty careful about my calorie intake!

Ten pounds gone!

Oh yeah. Uh Huh. Ten pounds are gone! That's ten full pounds in one month. How have I done it? Mostly by following the no-sugar rule and exercising almost daily. It also helps that my esophagus is doing the super lame first-bite syndrome so it spasms every time I try to eat something. Makes me just not want to eat. Mostly happens at dinner time, so I eat about three bites of dinner and then just give up. I've tried the warm liquids, but it doesn't seem to help.

At any rate, this is good news! My husband says he can "feel" that I'm skinnier. That makes me happy :) The only thing right now that's not making me happy is this freakin fickle band! Ugh!

Okay, so my daily calorie burn rate continues to be about 2,300. That's not bad! Especially for the winter. We're going to buy a bike trailer for my son so we can go riding with him in the summer. I'm excited for it!