Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Don't Read While Eating

Just waiting to watch the leafs kick ass! (Ya, I know what you're saying, I could be waiting awhile. Very funny.) I thought I'd fill you in on how things are going. The stomach issue seems to be a lot better. They ran many tests and didn't see too much. They did see thickening of the intestines though. I personally think it's my CF getting worse in my digestive system. I've never had it too bad when it came to my stomach/pancreas luckily. I didn't need to take digestive enzymes, even though most CFers do and I've never really had issues with pain, diarrhea or gaining weight. I've now been taking enzymes at most meals and it seems to help. The pain is gone and I'm able to continue doing my PD dialysis. I had to stop for a couple weeks and switch to hemodialysis because they didn't know what was causing all the problems and they wanted to clean me out still. I eat a lot but I'm not gaining weight. I read on the internet that those with CF that don't require digestive enzymes are more prone to pancreatitis so that's what it could have been. I'm still going to have a colonoscopy to rule other things out and I want them to do a physical check on my pancreas just to make sure it's not something else, although I don't think it is. PD dialysis is going quite well. It's generally easy and not that intrusive in daily life. I just worry that it's not cleaning me out the same way hemo did because I felt the best when I was on that. I'm going to be have a PET test soon to measure the permeability of my peritoneal lining. That will tell us how well it's working. I've been really tired the last couple days and I was actually starting to feel more energy prior to this so who knows. I have a funny story which I'll share because, well, you gotta laugh at things sometimes. Jeff and I went to the Keg for dinner because tomorrow I can't eat anything solid so I wanted to fill myself up. Keep in mind that a few weeks prior I was suffering with vomiting relentlessly and I constantly had to scope out the washrooms wherever we went. Lately though, I've been fine. No nausea, no vomiting so I didn't really think about it and we were seated far from the washrooms. Midway through the appetizer I had to vomit. I had to make it to bathroom FAST! I grabbed the cloth napkin, covered my mouth and went for it. I barely made it but all seemed to be well after I...you know. I came back and seemed good to go so I dug right into my steak dinner. I felt pretty good but suddenly I didn't feel so good again. Normally after I puke once I'm good so I just figured it was because I wasn't that hungry. Suddenly I knew things were not good. I knew I wouldn't make it if I ran to the bathroom so I tried to use mental powers to calm my stomach (hahaha) but that didn't work so well. Just as the server was coming over to help us I barfed all over the place, spewing vomit all over the wall and the picture. It was so gross and embarrassing. The poor server. I'm sure he was thinking that he doesn't get paid enough for this. We tipped him generously lol. Jeff had to point to the top of his eye to tell me I had lettuce there lol. It was horrifyingly embarrassing but what can you do but laugh right? This is not the first time this had happened either, that's the worst part. Anyways, I appreciate those of you that read my posts and your comments. Love you all :)