All right, I’m ready for the Oscars. The red carpet walk to announce
I’ve had my first solid stool in a loooooooonnng time. Just to grasp
the significance of this; my last formed stool was in July of 2007
(once) and the time before that was March 2007 (a few times) and
before that, December of 2006. Can I just do a little dance?
Another major milestone; I had a bowl of oatmeal yesterday. A small
bowl, but my first oatmeal in over 6 years. To appreciate my
depravity, I’ve been watching my husband eat oatmeal EVERY MORNING for
the last few years. He piles it with apples, bananas, raisins and
cinnamon, melts a little butter in it, splashes 1/2 and 1/2 on at the
end. I skipped the 1/2 and 1/2, but even ate it with raisins! (All
IBD sufferers should grasp the importance of this. Raisins are
usually WAY down on the list of foods to eat with Crohn’s.) I know
most people can’t understand what the big deal is about oatmeal, but
if you’ve been on SCD for over 6 years, and nary a complex
carbohydrate has crossed your lips in all that time, oatmeal and rice
look pretty damn good.
So,
POSITIVES; (besides the BM and oatmeal)
*stools are soft, formed (the solid one, I must admit, was only once)
and actually feel good coming out (you didn’t need to know this, but
it’s true.)
*I think I’ve slept through the night all but 2 nights, but I wasn’t
keeping track
*no pain
*I’m eating toast for breakfast daily, chocolate daily, had Thai food
once, I ate a sourdough bun last week, had peanuts, raisins, and
chocolate chips; (GORP, another milestone), salad (a small one; with
no regression!), and I’m munching on raw peas every day, which is
pretty incredible when you think just 5 months ago I was nursing an
impending blockage
*I’m getting a fat stomach (maybe this should be switched to the
negative?) Now I get to either start exercising more, or stop eating
so much 1/2 and 1/2 yogurt and bread. Oh my God, I might become a
normal woman who’s actually watching her weight! I think I’ll become
fat just for fun.
*I can nap, almost immediately. I’ve never been a good sleeper since
having Crohn’s. A nap is a difficulty; usually I just lie there and
think of 1000 creative things and call it a nap. Lately, I lie there
and think of 5, then I’m out. For hours. I mean long, take up the
whole afternoon naps. 5 hours long sometimes. I also go to bed
between 8 and 9:30, and sleep until 4. So I’m sleeping 8-13 hours a
day, usually averaging around 12. I have exciting dreams, but haven’t
had any lucid ones in a while, or I wouldn’t be complaining. (If you
can control the fantasies, it’s kind of fun.)
*I rode a bike up a hill with my 50 pound daughter on the back, and
not only did I make it, but I wasn’t even breathing hard, and I’m not
sore! I’m trying to be a little more careful after the skateboard
incident, but I think it’s time to start adding exercise! My daughters
forbid me to surf, but that’s on the list. Sneaky surfing.
NEGATIVES:
*I need a ridiculous amount of sleep.
*I’m very tired (when not sleeping) and am getting fed up with the
constant fatigue
*I’m worried I’m more anemic (was borderline when I started). I just
got a natural iron supplement; I figure if I’m tolerating toast, I
will probably do just fine with Floradix
*Still having mucus between bowel movements, though a little less
*Still have some diarrhea mixed in, and urgency
*My sensitivity to caffeine and marijuana seems to be increasing (I
guess this is good; saves money)
*I’m very itchy, all over. It comes and goes, but still.
*Am starting to wonder what to do with my self if I become fully well.
My husband suggests I should become a food writer. I’ve always wanted
to be an international spy…
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