After my one month mark, the travel continued. I was slated to fly for the first time with my job and post op; I was flying to Dallas Texas one week and then Tampa Florida for the next week. I was very nervous as flying for me had always been a challenge and very uncomfortable. I was worried I would not fit in the seat, or that the seat buckle would not fit, but we will get more in detail about that in a bit.
My puking has still continued over the past few weeks as I continue to work on breaking the habit of swallowing my food too fast, but it was getting more under control as I was learning how much my body could handle at each eat time, and how much I could swallow and what I could eat. Now I have worked up to a point where I can almost eat anything that I want as long I really focus on chewing my food really good. Another thing that I have started to learn to do is NOT drink while I am eating, it is another hard thing not to do, but I have learned that if I drink before I eat, I end up filling myself up on non nutritional liquid; if I drink while eating or right after eating, I puke up all the food I am either eating or just ate.
Well the second week in August I traveled to Dallas Texas. I got to the plane and found that the seats were comfortable and I could fit into them very well. The seat belt for the first time in my life was lose on me, and that felt great. The flight there was very painless and the work there was painless as well. On the flight back I had a fun experience. I was sitting in my seat and the flight attendant came back and filled my glass with wine; unbeknownst to her I had just had surgery and could not have wine; but I decided to try it; and let me tell you after one glass I was pretty buzzed; so I can now say; I am a cheap date....lol.... another good thing for the people around me was during the meal that was served on the flight over and back, the lady sitting next to me got my food, ha, so she got double the food for no extra charge.... I also do have to say that the flight attendant on my flight from Charlotte to Dallas was very concerned for me. She noticed that I was not eating my food and was barely drinking (normal for me now, but others don't find it normal for a fat guy not to eat, haha). After I told her why I wasn't eating as much she became very helpful, she started checking on me every so often, getting me sugar free drinks, getting me small snacks to eat on and everything; She was awesome!
This current week I traveled to Tampa, and am actually sitting here now getting ready for my flight back to Charlotte; but work here has been great and my health is better now than it has ever been I believe. On the 14th it was my 25th birthday so I decided to go weigh myself in the gym at the hotel to see what I had lost. I was very amazed to find that I was down exactly 50 pounds. What a birthday gift.....through all the struggles, pain, weakness, and everything else that I had experienced, seeing myself down 50 pounds was well worth it all!!!!!
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