Visual Therapy: Food I Want

10Sep09

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Update on hospital vacation

02Sep09

Day 5: My pancreas is still acting up. The levels, like me, seem to be quite indecisive. Up and down and back up.
So this still means no food and the list has grown.

Pudding
Tacos
Blueberries
Muffins
Cake
Peaches
Ritz/Saltines
Bagels an lots of cream cheese
Tuna sandwich
Churro
Blueberry pancakes
Popcorn
Spaghetti
Snickers ice cream bars
Snack crackers
Pizza
Baby carrots
Quesadilla
White cheddar popcorn
Apple cinnamon oatmeal
Pretzels

Mom helped me start a bucket of food, it sits nearby with Reeses cups, a chocolate muffin (that smells sooo good), mom’s apple fritter (that smells more amazing than the muffin) a tin of “I Love Lucy” mints, these new Ritz cracker sandwiches and my brother shared some of his Riesen candy.

You probably think that smelling the food would make it harder, honestly sometimes it is, sometimes it’s comforting.
When I was little and had pancreatitis I couldn’t eat for 17 days. That’s when my mom came up with the food list idea, back then the food at the top was broccoli.
At one point I wanted chocolate so mom got me a funsized bar. I fell asleep with it under my nose leaving a little indent in it.

As for today, they’re thinking nutients through a bag. Yum!

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Weekend vacation

31Aug09

So, what do you do when you get your pancreas angry and inflamed?

1. Wither in pain. I hear it’s worse than child birth, so at least I don’t have much to fear.

2. Puke your guts out. I know, I know sounds gross but it doesn’t sound as bad as it actually is.

3. Because you’re puking your guts out, you don’t get to eat food. 3 days so far.

4. So in between the C.A.T scans and an M.R.C.P scans (I’ve been in and outta hospitals my whole life and still don’t know what half the letters stand for. Feel free to Google it and explain if you want.) You get to watch tv. Which means lots of comercials. 90% are, yes, food comercials. Which brings me to…

5. So you’re starving. They finally get the right amount of anti nausea meds flowing through your veins, (after stabbing you in the arm, and digging around. And don’t even get me started on the “Blood Fairy” who comes in at around 4am to draw blood). Every food looks good. So I started a food list. Everything I’m going to eat when I get out. See below.

6. In between needles, tests and food comercials are movies. I’m getting all my 80’s cult classics in.
-For Keeps
-Pretty in Pink (which I’ve never seen)
-Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Hope AMC plays The Breakfast Club, haven’t seen that either.

Gotta go, they gotta check my vitals (blood pressure, temp, and stick that thing on my finger, think it checks my heart beat.) Food List below.

Rascals beef bowl
Cantalope
Cheerios /Fruit Loops
Peanut butter cups
Toast/ hawaian rolls
Oreos
Maple bar
Seasoned fries and ketchup
Wheat thins
Sushi
Grilled cheese
Pb and j
Dennys Grand Slam
Chili cheese fries

And the list is growing…

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