Feeling Alright

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I’m feeling alright, mostly. It’s 5:25am, I’m about to take my morning vitamins and do my morning exercise. My stomach is feeling pretty gassy right now. That’s the only negative. I did something last night to earn it, but I’m not sure what.*

My step son is here. He got word late yesterday afternoon that his car was ready for pick up so he drove his rental car home and stayed overnight. We’ll go and pick up his car as soon as the shop opens this morning, a couple of hours from now. It’s not really a social visit, but it’s always great when he’s here even if it’s a short visit. I’ll take it.

It’s Friday and this weekend is Labor Day weekend. A couple of weeks from now we’ll have another long weekend as we travel to Disney World again. I am really looking forward to both mini-breaks. We don’t have any plans for Labor Day weekend, but it doesn’t matter. It’s going to be great no matter what we do.

The moral of the story? I’m feeling alright on this Friday, pre-dawn, morning.

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*Okay, just a little comment on stomach issues. Folks have been making suggestions on what I should do to stop the issues. While I appreciate the advice, it is coming based on normal people’s normal digestive systems and that is not me anymore. The troubles I have are side effects of gastric bypass surgery. I no longer have a normal stomach or a normal intestinal tract. Hell, the post surgery literature tells me that I don’t technically have a stomach anymore. What I have is referred to as a pouch. I was told before the surgery that the issues I am having today would be the norm.

It’s not down to diet, it’s down to the physical changes. I have very strict rules for how I eat, as well as what I eat. Sure there are things that I can’t eat anymore. If I have anything with more than a couple of grams of sugar I will get seriously sick. As time goes on I will find other things that I can’t handle anymore. Every time I’ve had Cod I’ve gotten sick. I won’t have Cod anymore. When I write about having problems, such as having a lot of gas this morning, it’s not from what I ate, it’s how I ate it. I either had too much food overall, or I ate it too fast, or I didn’t chew it thoroughly enough. Things like that are what cause my stomach issues today.

So while I am very appreciative of the advice, it’s no longer applicable to me. I’m not a normal human anymore. I am Bypass Man. I am He Who Has a Pouch Instead of a Stomach Man. I am Rewired Digestive System Man. I am something different and I will be for the rest of my life. I have a lot to learn, and a lot of rules to follow, but I’ve also lost over 220 pounds in just over a year and I feel healthier than I’ve ever felt in the previous 50+ years so all of these ridiculous changes are absolutely worth it. That’s why I am feeling alright today.