Update to HEMORRHOIDS nightmare LOL

So I finally went to pick up my prescription. I have not been bleeding as much as I had been. but still bleeding.

So let me catch you up on this nightmare of finding out that I have hemorrhoids and trying to rid myself of this issue.  So I went to Urgent care about two weeks ago. I went because my stools were bloody. I mean like BLOODY. I don't scare easily but I was a bit frightened I have to admit. I put it off for several days because I really thought something was wrong with me.

So I find out that it is curable and an easy remedy. I was embarrassed because Mr. Doctor had to put his finger in my butt to apply some ointment. On the other hand, I was happy that it was just hemorrhoids and not cancer. I don't know why it did not occur to me that it was hemorrhoids. I guess other than the fact that I had never had them before. It just never came to my mind until he said it.  Here's what I found on google to give you a visual. As I try to post pictures on every blog :)

Okay, enough of the gross stuff. I have external hemorrhoids which you can see in the picture above. So the prescription that I would not go get because I was being silly and a bit childish to say the least, was an ointment. However, My health insurance would not cover the ointment. So the urgent care doctor had to prescribe something they would cover. THIS went on for days. I don't understand why but I was finally able to get my prescription that my insurance would cover and it was a suppository. OH, MY GOD, that is even worse than a cream you rub on. I have to now stick this little pill shaped cream in my butt. If you have not guessed by now I am like totally OVER this whole situation.

Well Like I said in my other post I got the prescription because I want to be healthy. More than that I want this bleedy to stop and I hope once they are gone they NEVER come back. Well, that is all the story for now.

By the way, while I was in the pharmacy I also got my vitamins so I can start taking them and build up my deficiency. So I am taking Vitamins A, B12, Calcium and D3. One pill a day. I added the B12's myself. I figure I have always wanted to start taking the B12 vitamins. I have heard good things so I figured it can't hurt.

UH Oh, Something Went Wrong!!!!!

Well, if it's not one thing it's another. I am on my journey to Weight Loss Surgery. I really did not make this decision lightly. I have played with this idea for almost five or six years. After one failed Diet plan after another. I went to a seminar and decided. WHY NOT! it's my body and I need to be healthy.

Okay, so I started the process as you know. I had my physical, no problem. I went to do my labs, a small problem but fixable. Remember I found out I had H. pylori. So I started my two-week regiment to take antibiotics to rid me of the bacteria in my stomach. Which if not detected could cause other major problems like cancer in the stomach or ulcers. So YAY! I dodged a bullet. Thanks to the test they wanted me to take.

So I'm in the last week of the medications. And about Wednesday I notice blood in my stools. Not just a trace of blood but like ministration from my back-end. I get a bit worried but figure I will monitor it. Thursday it is the same. So Friday I stop taking the medication. But nothing changes. I decide I will go to ER but talked myself out of it. I get up Saturday still bloody stools. So I decide to go to urgent care.

I explained to them what is going on. The doctor comes in and says he needs to do a rectal exam. A what exam? OH HECK no. I'm embarrassed, but now I am thinking I hope this isn't something that will hinder my journey to have this surgery or worst cancer. He steps out to get the nurse and I prepare to have the rectal exam.

Sure enough, I have hemorrhoids. Not going to delay the surgery and NOT CANCER! however, do black people get hemorrhoids, How did this happen to me. I have NEVER had hemorrhoids before. He explains that if I hold my bowel movements for long periods of time it can cause irritation and that could lead to hemorrhoids. I see, so now, how do I get rid of them. You got it! An ointment I have to apply to my hemorrhoids in the exterior part of my butt hole. YUCK!

So I still have not picked up the prescription. Don't worry I will. Back to the Urgent Care visit. He also had to check my hemoglobin because I do have a history with Anemia. But all is well in that area. thank God for small favors.

Here's My Official Before Pictures

I started this journey on September 27, 2017. This was the first day I went to the Central California Surgery to meet with Dr. Patrick Coates. Well, I meet with a PA who gave me some pointers about each of the four surgeries available to me and asked which one I was leaning towards. I said at the time I wanted the Gastric Sleeve or also know as the sleeve gastrectomy. 

She then told me that because of my weight and BMI I might want to research and consider the Single-Anastomosis Duodenal Switch also known as the DS Loop. I told her I would look into it and she assured me I would have enough time to decide.

I must admit the results of both surgeries are very satisfying. I am now leaning more towards the DS Loop surgery over the sleeve because it seems to yield faster results. But again, who knows. I am not totally decided as of yet. I mean, I don't even have a surgery date nor have I seen the nutritionist yet. So I will keep researching both to make the best decision for me.

But as promised, Here is my official BEFORE picture:

 

At the time of taking this picture: I weighed lbs, I am 5'4' or 64 inches tall and my BMI is 59.5%. So, yes I am morbidly obese. I am 49 years old and have been overweight for about 41 years of my life. I think it's time I see what I will look like as a thinner and healthier me!

For the record, I do not have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol nor do I have sleep apnea. For all intents and purposes, I am a healthy obese individual. My goal now is to stay healthy and live a life that will afford me to stay alive as long as possible.  My goal weight is 125 lbs and my BMI at 21.5% which is normal for that height and weight. Wish me luck!


Til Next Time


Linda H.