Adios, 270s!!

Okay, so quick update from my appointment yesterday.  Weight: 266.5! :-o

Apparently, the pain I've been having on my left side is completely normal and as long as I don't feel as though it is worsening, all will be fine.  I was advised to use a heating pad; this should help. 

So with my new weight of 266.5, I have lost 27 pounds in a little over 2 weeks and I have lost - get this - 84 pounds since the birth of Jamie.  HOLY LOTTA FREAKIN' WEIGHT GONE!

Now for some seriously bad news:  Jamie and I are sick.  I have so much nasal drainage going into my new tiny little stomach that I feel nauseous all the time.  I try to cough it up, but have absolutely NO luck.  Anyone else who's had the surgery have any suggestions?  It's been so bad that I've been hugging the porcelain god several times today, dry-heaving and having a good ol' time...  I seriously do not know what to do... I am completely miserable.

Maybe this is due to the fact that that I am sick and feeling crappy, but yesterday I admitted that I am in shock... can't believe I have done this.  Sometimes it feels like a dream (a bad one...).  I know it will get better, but right now this sucks.  I can't drink enough, I can't eat what I want to eat, and the things I do eat are making me feel even worse.  Now, it is possible that this is due to the fact that nothing tastes good with snot, right??  There are probably people that will read this and say, "I told you so!" and to you, I say, "Kiss it!"  Like I said, maybe I am just so down-in-the-dumps because of this cold. 

Tomorrow is New Year's Day.  I got a very sweet and unexpected card from a friend the other day that said I'm an inspiration to many... and she wrote, "Happy New Year and Happy New YOU!"  It's crazy to think that next year at this time, I will be 80, 90, maybe even 100 pounds lighter.  These feelings can be very overwhelming.  Maybe this is why they tell you to stay on your depression and anxiety meds after the surgery.  HA!  I was off of mine for about 2 weeks and I could totally tell.  I cried almost the whole way through Toy Story 3 AND for 45 minutes AFTER IT ENDED!!!

Maybe this is TMI, but trying to throw up now is so very difficult.  It mostly ends up being a lot of dry-heaving and crying.  I wonder if you can have mucus sucked out of your nasal cavity? ...that would help a lot.  I sort of wish I had Jamie's problem - a snot faucet... then I could at least blow my nose to get it out.  But mine is just post-nasal drip.  Gross... I feel completely gross.

The end.