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Why oh why does it have to be sooo hard to make good choices. I know what I should be eating, but I someone just can't stop eating whats not good for me, and I know everything in moderation is how I need to do it, but so many times I forget the moderation part and just do the everything part.
Have a big load off my mind after yesterday. We took our 15 year old to a large hospital yesterday to speak with the pediatric surgeon for the 4th time. We found out in February that he has malrotation, which is a birth defect where his intestines did not rotate back into his body the way they were supposed to at about 10 weeks gestation. It's not a problem unless the small intestine twists and cuts off blood supply to itself and then it can die off in 6 hours. It's a hard thing at his age because 80% of cases of malrotation are diagnosed in the first year of life because it twists. He's never had any problems and we found it when he was having pain and they did a cat scan to see if it was his appendix and that led us to talking with a pediatric surgeon and lots of research. They can do surgery to straighten the small intestine and we could have that done, but its a MAJOR surgery and could lead to problems with scar tissue that he's not having now. Some people have it their whole lives and don't have any problems and don't even know they have it. Of course as soon as my son found out he had it he didn't want to have surgery, so it's been 6 months of research and discussions and not knowing what the best thing to do is. Well we decided not to do anything since he hasn't had any problems in the last 15 years, we figured if it ain't broke don't fix it. However I didn't know if the pediatric surgeon would agree, because he had recommended surgery. Well he was every comforable with our decision and even told us that if it was his son he would do the same thing! Yeah!! It just feels like a ton of bricks has been lifted off my shoulders this morning, and even though we know we need to be vigalent and if he has any severe pain and is vomitting bile we need to get him a major hopital asap, I just having a feeling that he's not ever gonna have a problem with it.
Now I don't have any excuses of stress to eat, so its time to get it going. Thanks to whoever reads this, its a load of my mind and feels good to get it out there.
Diet Calendar Entry for 18 July 2012:
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220 kcal
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Fat: 13.18g | Prot: 18.39g | Carb: 4.21g.
Breakfast: coffee, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, egg, oscar mayer chopped ham. more...
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