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I know this is a major weight loss. However, this is a fluke, as I just had my uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) earlier this week!
Obviously I was not very hungry the next two days. Then I pretty quickly got my appetite back and started eating what I used to eat: some premade ground beef, some veggies, scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese. I even ate a couple of cherries yesterday! I still drink water and I gradually added back coffee. The only thing that annoys me is constipation -- I took some PEG 3350 yesterday, but I think I will have to take some later today again. I just drank my first keto coffee since the procedure. Maybe that will help.
The pain is not as bad as I read online. It is like my period: very intermittent, sometimes intense, sometimes light, sometimes no pain at all. I have a feeling that the medication I have been taking (Tylenol with naproxen) may or may not be effective, because it is hard to make it sync with the pain. Then again, I did not take any yesterday. After my 2014 myomectomy, the pain was more intense, but quickly subsided in a matter of days, then would come back once in a while. It was hard to hop into bed and get out of it; now after my UFE, no difference.
I still have some spotting and I still have to take iron supplementation, as I was told that my iron levels are low. All that steak I have been eating in the past weekends cannot beat heavy and/or extended bleeding apparently.
Good news about my blood pressure: it is still good, it even was when I was waiting in the prep zone before my procedure! This was not the case before my 2014 myomectomy.
The main thing that worries me: I had to undergo a Covid test before the UFE and get a negative result, otherwise no UFE. I tested negative and the procedure was done. Problem is (they told me the next morning), they put me in a closed room shared with a lady that tested positive! And she did a lot of talking, screaming and even singing! I had a mask and we were separated by a curtain, but that is not very reassuring since she was very often not wearing her mask! I was told that she has supposedly recovered from Covid and that the positive result was due to remaining virus particles. OK, but then I was exposed to those remaining particles! And they knew I am hypertensive! This is really frustrating and the only thing I can do is hope that this lady was not contagious, wait for 2-3 weeks, cross my fingers that I don't develop any symptoms, don't infect my live-in friend and don't die! If I survive this by mid or end of July, I am so going to buy some champagne or sparkling wine and celebrate!
In the end, death is not the only thing I worry about from Covid. There is also the aftermath of the disease, which can sometimes leave to survivors many unpleasant (and maybe permanent -- nobody knows) consequences often caused by blood clots, like heart issues, respiratory issues, brain issues, long-term fatigue.
In the meantime, I hope that the UFE will be effective in reducing my menstrual blood flow for a while. I will have a follow-up appointment that is to be scheduled sometime in mid-August and a follow-up MRI in about 6 months.
I am happy and grateful to be relaxing right now, but I have to go back to work (from home) next week and I am almost looking forward to this. Overcast to rainy all weekend in my area, but I don't mind. The sun will eventually come back. Sorry for the long ranty novel and have a great weekend!
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68.1 kg
Lost so far: 10.8 kg.
Still to go: 0 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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Losing 2.4 kg a Week
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