The past 36 hours have been kind of hard for me. Yesterday I ate some soup at work and managed to not chew a piece of chicken enough, and I discovered last week that the only thing that will make me sick is not chewing enough and eating too fast. Despite this, I managed not to throw up, but when it came time for me to take my afternoon vitamins, those fuckers got stuck in a bad way.
Now see here's the thing. My surgeon is really aggressive in his practice, and that extends to the prevention of vitamin deficiency. What that translates to is 14 pills a day, including 6 calcium pills. And those calcium pills are quickly becoming the bane of my existence. Luckily, I have already found a liquid alternative I will be investing in soon if this doesn't get easier soon.
Anyway, my afternoon pills include 3 of my 6 calcium pills, and taking them so soon after my little "not chewing enough" incident made my pouch super not happy, and also sore enough that this morning, even drinking was hard. I was dreading my vitamin taking today until my friend told me to try using warm water to take them since that's what she has to do to take her vitamins. And it worked! Score one for my friend. So I got the vitamins down, but eating was still a touchy subject all day.
The whole thing left me feeling worn out and cranky and a little pissed off at my body for rebelling this way. I came home and sulked and ate some smushy cottage cheese, and then Kevin and I headed to the gym.
And thank goodness we did.
A half hour on the elliptical and a round of circuit training was exactly what I needed. About 10 minutes into my time on the elliptical, I closed my eyes and concentrated on my legs and my breath and the way I felt like I was running through clouds. And right then, as I built up a good sweat and felt my heart race a little more suddenly became very aware of my ass, I made up with my body. I didn't just make up with it, I fell in love with it all over again.
We've got a complicated relationship, my body and I. It's got a lot of adjusting and relearning to do and sometimes that adjusting is going to hurt and be sucky, but I've just got to remember how totally fucking awesome I felt tonight on the elliptical to make this whole wacky deal all worth it.
Now see here's the thing. My surgeon is really aggressive in his practice, and that extends to the prevention of vitamin deficiency. What that translates to is 14 pills a day, including 6 calcium pills. And those calcium pills are quickly becoming the bane of my existence. Luckily, I have already found a liquid alternative I will be investing in soon if this doesn't get easier soon.
Anyway, my afternoon pills include 3 of my 6 calcium pills, and taking them so soon after my little "not chewing enough" incident made my pouch super not happy, and also sore enough that this morning, even drinking was hard. I was dreading my vitamin taking today until my friend told me to try using warm water to take them since that's what she has to do to take her vitamins. And it worked! Score one for my friend. So I got the vitamins down, but eating was still a touchy subject all day.
The whole thing left me feeling worn out and cranky and a little pissed off at my body for rebelling this way. I came home and sulked and ate some smushy cottage cheese, and then Kevin and I headed to the gym.
And thank goodness we did.
A half hour on the elliptical and a round of circuit training was exactly what I needed. About 10 minutes into my time on the elliptical, I closed my eyes and concentrated on my legs and my breath and the way I felt like I was running through clouds. And right then, as I built up a good sweat and felt my heart race a little more suddenly became very aware of my ass, I made up with my body. I didn't just make up with it, I fell in love with it all over again.
We've got a complicated relationship, my body and I. It's got a lot of adjusting and relearning to do and sometimes that adjusting is going to hurt and be sucky, but I've just got to remember how totally fucking awesome I felt tonight on the elliptical to make this whole wacky deal all worth it.
2 Comments:
When are you taking iron relative to the calcium? Apparently my calcium supplement was inhibiting my iron absorption. Ask your NUT!!!
Dagny
I take my iron in the morning, half of my calcium 4-5 hours later in the afternoon, and the other half in the evening; this was the schedule my dietician suggested so it's the one I'm following. (And yes, I take the calcium later because of the iron issue...that's a big one!)
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