I met stomachless people!

I met people without stomachs!

Yesterday I had lunch with some amazing people from Hope For Stomach Cancer that haven’t had stomachs for more than a few years. Before the lunch I told them that I would be staring at them while they ate, asking questions about drinking water, and post surgery recovery.

With each of my questions they calmed me down and told me that I would be ok. Neither of them regrated the decision to remove their stomach and if you hadn’t told me they didn’t have have a stomach I wouldn’t have known. It was really inspiring and just gave me a lot of hope. I heard about hikes, wrestling competitions, trips to Mexico, and adventures to New Orleans. It’s just trial and error until you learn your new normal.

Alternative Methods

I’ve been receiving a lot of alternative methods from friends, family, and some of you. Thank you for sending them all and trying to help but I’m not going to be using them. The decision to remove my stomach is really difficult for me to do. In my mind treating this as a parasite that feeds off sugar, or just going to the gym more, would cause more fear and uncertainty. It’s scarier to me to try other things than it is to remove my stomach. I’m sure I’ll keep getting them, but in July this bad tummy is coming out!

✨ Until Next Time…

Go forth and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge! Let me know if I had any spelling for next weeks #sidspellingerror!

Thanks for reading!

—Sidney

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