Onward and upward

Jul 09, 2013

I really ought to write about what a rotten ingrate of a bariatric fail-patient I’ve been over the last two weeks—how I cockily overestimated my ability to visually "measure" my food, leading to multiple instances of overeating that left me feeling like I was gonna daaah; how I ate all the fruit in the world; how I played fast and loose with hydration, protein and vitamins; the fact that I STILL haven’t ordered the iron supplements I need; et cetera. But I don’t want to write about that stuff right now so I’m going to go on about this morning’s ultrasound instead.

Got up early, avoided food and drink, arrived on time for my appointment at 8:30. A very friendly ultrasound tech intern took care of me, aided occasionally by her instructor. Lots of “take a big, deep breath and hold it” and “okay, breathe” and “another big, deep breath” and at one point they had me turn so my back was to them and the machine.

Nothing about the experience was particularly unpleasant but it took longer than I expected, certainly longer than the abdominal ultrasound I had in February as part of my pre-op checklist. I guess because they’re looking for something specific (my “liver lesion”) maybe they needed to take more time and get clearer images of that particular area? I don’t know how ultrasounds work.

But that’s that for now. They said my doctors should have the images within twenty-four hours so I suppose that means I’ll get an update on the might-be-a-hemangioma-thing when I go for my next follow-up at the bariatric clinic a week from today.

And now, lunch.

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