Pain

Oh my tummy. As I had mentioned previously, I was hospitalized last summer for "Crohn's disease related issues". One doctor told me the Crohn's had spread to my stomach - the other doctor told me it hadn't and he thinks I had a bad case of gastritis. Whatev. At the time, I hadn't eaten in about 2 weeks, I had lost about 14 pounds, and was severely dehydrated. I was sick, sick, sick. Long story short, they put me on steroids (prednisone) for short term and Prilosec for long term.

Fast forward to now. I still have severe stomach pain. I go to bed every night with a heating pad on my tummy to help relax the muscles because it hurts so bad. I am hoping it was the diet I was using. Meaning - there wasn't any and I ate whatever I wanted, when I wanted. (Which has also made me fat.) So...I am trying to eat cleaner now. My lunch today is albacore tuna packed in water, a leaf lettuce salad with cucumbers, avacados, almonds, broccili and light Italian dressing. I also have an orange and a yogurt. For breakfast I ate oatmeal and I have grapes and strawberries. I haven't had pop (soda) in about 36 hours and the headached is starting to set in. I have worked out the last two days, though.

At this point, if I lose weight in the process, that's an added bonus. I just want to not hurt. Yesterday it was awful. We had pizza for the Bears game and it didn't bother me until about eight pm. All of a sudden, I couldn't even see straight it hurt so badly. Seriously, I was seeing spots I was in so much pain. I have Vicoden they had given me for the pain, but I can't very well work and be on that - so that's out of the picture.

I just want to feel better...