Setbacks and looking forward

It's been awhile since I've posted and its not that I had nothing to talk about, it's just that I didn't want to sound like a whiny baby. At my one week follow up appointment I felt great! The doc told me how wonderful I was doing and that I didn't look like someone who just had surgery a week ago ( and I'd lost 14lbs!)

That night I started to have more pain in my left side but figured that I just overdid it for the day. They next morning it was worse... then horrible by Sunday. So bad that my mom insisted that I go to the ER to be checked out. I had already talked to the doctor on call and he called in flexeril (a muscle relaxer) and Valium to help but the pain was just getting worse. When I got to the ER my blood pressure was 178/103 and my heart rate was 142 due to the pain. But luckily in the end

It was only spasms. According to my doc it only happens to about 1% of patients (lucky me), and usually takes a couple of weeks to pass. He ordered me another muscle relaxer and Percocet to take as well as the other two and to just work through the pain (easier said than done). The pain from these spasms are the worst pains I've ever felt, 10x worse than what I felt after surgery and brought me to tears multiple times.

The good news is that things are starting to look up. The spasms are still there but not nearly as often or as bad. Diet is still a struggle somedays, but I make my self get that protein and water in. I just keep reminding myself that it will get better and will totally be worth it in the end. So far I'm down 26lbs! And hope to be able to exercise once these spasms stop. 

Tomorrow WILL be a good day... I insist on it. Until next time :-)