Digestive Health
Yeh, been slow on blogging again, Just not felt like blogging, like what’s the point. Does anybody out there really cares that I’m doing this. Maybe 1-2 member of my family are semi-regular readers, that’s also why gotta keep it PG-13, prob have more reader if wrote steamy sex stuff LOL. But I guess This blog is more just for me to keep my head straight. Anyway…..
Of the many, many, many tests, scans, procedure I’ve had over the last year like 90% have uncovered new disorders, illness, syndrome or whatever. This makes me feel worse because seems so many of my body systems are dysfunctional or damaged and that it seems hopeless to keep struggling.
But I guess it good to know what all the dysfunctions are because then all my Physicians and I can try to repair and heal my body, even if they have yet to discover the root cause.
I’ve been trying to lose weight I’ve been not so fabulous on watching calories but have cut back and become more active and for like almost 3 months my Metformin which I have to take with brunch and dinner has been giving me diarrhea. So most my food lwas leaving me within 30-45 minutes of eating, which is totally unpleasant and means for meals I have to plan to be near a bathroom. diarrhea is not undercontrol by taking a couple special tri-fiber pills every time I take the Metformin.
But I’ve been trying to lose weight and I have done it before I thought with my increase exercise, reduce food intake and partial absorption of thus food would create weight loss but I haven’t lost one single pound, So I’m like WHY ^$&*%^ am I not losing ANY weight.
Well my Gastroenterologist, Dr. Walsh explained it to me at my last visit:
Blood tests I’ve had thru out the last 12 months show I have not been absorbing nutrition very well. That I was/am actually malnourished - even though I am OBESE and on doctor prescribed/recommended Mega High does vitamins and supplements, Amounts that could possibly be overdosing to a normal person.
Because I have this absorption problem when I go on a diet my body triggers a response believing I am starving and holds on to every new calorie absorbed and locks in my massive stores of fat believing my life depends on it, when in fact its slowly killing me.
Dr. Walsh said between this digestive problem and my insulin resistance I WILL NOT LOSE WEIGHT DIETING!!! He said only way I can lose weight is if I get Bariatric surgery. Surgery scares me, I don’t have a good track record with surgery, 3 out 4 times I’ve developed complications. Also I don’t know if my insurance will even cover it, but Dr.Walsh said I’ll keep getting worse. SOooo I guess will see if I can even talk to Bariatric Surgeon to weigh my choices, no pun intended. Dr. Walsh said he’d back me; My Pulmonologist & Neurologist also recommended the surgery and said they would back it too. Maybe that will help with approval?
Also learned from the EGD results that I have a small Hiatus Hernia and that is the reason I developed chronic GERD, which has also been made worse by medications. If I get a Bariatric surgery then will likely also correct the hernia at that time too.
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