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Day 21 - Your Favorite TV Show
There are lots of shows that I like. There are reality shows that I am very addicted to; Amazing Race, Project Reality. I have a hard time missing an episode. I have a real thing for all the CSI shows. I love sitcoms; Two and a Half Men, Mike and Molly. But, if I was to choose a show that is my favorite, I would have to say The Big Bang Theory. There is a reason that I love the Big Bang Theory - it's because I am absolutely 100% positive that they based the character Sheldon on my husband, Ted. I am always talking about how Ted is a dork - well, he is a dork to Sheldon extreme. Though Ted doesn't have the whole germaphobe problem, he does seem to have a lot of the idiosyncrasies that Sheldon does. In the very first episode, was where I became convinced and it's all because of Sheldon's spot. Ted has his own spot that he sits on - and even my 83-year-old mother is not allowed to sit in Ted's spot - and it's all about the way the air flows, the line of sight to the television, the lack of glare from the sun.
It is because of this that The Big Bang Theory has become my very favorite show.
LOL I think the that's my spot is a guy thing. When watching tv Josh always sits on the right hand side of the couch and I the left but when playing video games it is imperative he sits on the left to be straight at the tv even though the distance between left and right is maybe a foot.
Malabsorption - definition - Malabsorption is a state arising from abnormality of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract. Impairment can be single or multiple nutrients depending on the abnormality. This may lead to malnutrition and a variety of anaemias (blood disorders). I have heard the term before. But the first time I had heard it in response to me was a little over a week ago. I was with my roommate daughter at her appointment and her doctor pointed to IVY and said, what's up with that?? So I told him. And he said, people have no idea how hard it is when you have malabsorption. People think you can just eat to make it better, but you can't. So let's go to the beginning.... If you have known me at all in the last few decades, you know that I was "morbidly obese". I topped out at 245 pounds. I had Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid disease and stomach issues (gerd) for the last couple of decades and had taken...
Today I finally got answers!!! I do not have Cirrhosis!!! I am Pre-Cirrhotic. Very close to that precipice but still not falling over the edge and falling into a place that I cannot get out of. I had seen my gastric bypass doctor a while ago - and was given the wrong information. I think he was looking at the headline and had not read the story. It's something I'm good at, too. My doctor explained that when I was overweight, the fat in my body was damaging my liver. Then I had gastric bypass and that should have helped my fatty liver. But, then I wasn't able to absorb the calories, so I became malnourished. My liver was not getting the proteins I needed in order to supply my body with the proper nourishment. Every organ you have needs protein, and it starts in the liver. So - the malnourishment started to affect my liver. Leading to the state I'm in now. The thing I need to work on is getting off the diu...
I was asked for an update. So - I waited until my last appointment with my liver doctor to see what he was going to say. What we were going to do. What the hell is going on. So - a little recap. Mid August I was admitted to the hospital due to liver disease. The initial diagnosis was cirrhosis of the liver due to malnutrition, which was caused by malabsorption. After a biopsy, that diagnosis was changed to pre-cirrhosis. I had over two liters of fluid removed from my belly by needle aspiration the first day. I left the hospital five days later with a PICC line with IV nutrition. IV nutrition supplemented my regular diet for four months. My PICC line was removed in December and now it's a matter of how my body adjusts as to what the steps are. Since August and having the IV nutrition, I gained over 40 pounds. I was a little over 140 pounds when they disconnected IVY (my PICC line/nutrition/bag - that's her name...
LOL I think the that's my spot is a guy thing. When watching tv Josh always sits on the right hand side of the couch and I the left but when playing video games it is imperative he sits on the left to be straight at the tv even though the distance between left and right is maybe a foot.
ReplyDeleteIt's a dorky boy thing. That's for sure!!
DeleteOh yes the Big Bang Theory!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited that Scotty commented on my blog!!!
DeleteHe must love you!
DeleteI read them every day
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