Steve Triathlon

6 months, New Friends and a Triathlon in 2 Weeks

A couple of weeks ago I got a message from Rachel who had been in contact with another CDH1 patient going in for her total gastrectomy at Stanford. While it sucks to have such a rare condition, it makes the HDGC community very unique and tight knit. This past Monday I got a chance to … Continue reading 6 months, New Friends and a Triathlon in 2 Weeks

Steve Reflections, Triathlon

Training Day and How You Can Help Me Support Gastric Cancer Research

It's official, Kate and I have restarted triathlon training and yesterday I ran the furthest distance since parting ways with my stomach. In about 40 days we will be competing in my first "stomachless" triathlon at Pacific Grove (Kate's first triathlon ever) which will make it exactly 6 months, 1 week and 1 day (6 … Continue reading Training Day and How You Can Help Me Support Gastric Cancer Research

Steve Farewell Stomach Tour Revisted, Motorcycle Diaries, Reflections, Stomachless Adventures

My Eyes are too Big for my Stomach, Literally

A little over 4 months after surgery and I finally feel like I'm getting back to normal. This past weekend I was feeling well enough to make our annual trip to beautiful Laguna Seca for the World Superbike races. Rather than spending two days at the track, my friends Brian, Steve and I decided to … Continue reading My Eyes are too Big for my Stomach, Literally

Steve Gut Checks, Life without a Stomach

Kinked Plumbing, Jose Conseco and Turning 3-0

It has been a little while since my last update, but I'm now 14 weeks out of surgery. I have been busy wrapping up the school year with my students which has been fun, but unfortunately I have not been feeling well in the middle of it all. Weeks 12 and 13 were very rough with particularly … Continue reading Kinked Plumbing, Jose Conseco and Turning 3-0

Steve Farewell Stomach Tour Revisted, Gut Checks, Life without a Stomach, Reflections

Long Week. Ends.

It's been 11 weeks since I've been out of surgery, and this week has been tough. I had a lot of stomach cramps that would last anywhere from 40 minutes to 90 minutes and the return of the dreaded "cat and hair ball" syndrome during certain meals. After making some gains in the weight department … Continue reading Long Week. Ends.

Steve Adventures in Cooking

“I Smell Ice Cream!!!”

I've been experimenting with homemade ice cream and today I discovered a winner! My best homemade ice cream yet: Sugar Free Coffee Ice Cream 8 egg yolks 6 ounces of Truvia 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 cups half and half 1 cup heavy whipping cream 2 Starbucks Italian Roast Via packets Whisk egg yolks slowly … Continue reading “I Smell Ice Cream!!!”

Steve Gut Checks, Reflections

The Truffle Shuffle and Things Skinny People Don’t Tell You

It has been 10 weeks since my surgery and two weeks since my last blog post. Week 9 was a terrible week as far as recovery goes. I felt sick for most of the week and had terrible episodes of "dumping syndrome" which contrary to popular belief, has nothing to do with my bowel movements. … Continue reading The Truffle Shuffle and Things Skinny People Don’t Tell You

Steve Farewell Stomach Tour, Gut Checks, Reflections

Cooking? #YOLO Homie.

It was 8 weeks yesterday that I said, "farewell" to my stomach and to celebrate, I tried to eat a piece of steak again. After cutting the beef down to tiny, delicious teriyaki marinated morsels of skirt steak and a good amount of chewing, the meat went down and stayed down. Sweet glory! The steak put up … Continue reading Cooking? #YOLO Homie.

Steve Gut Checks, Life without a Stomach, Reflections

I Still Have a Torso

One of our amazing middle school students this past Wednesday gave me a hug, but thought removing my stomach would leave me without a torso. This is hilarious, but I definitely see the confusion. We often refer to and think of our torso's as our stomachs rather than the organ itself. The two most common comments as I've … Continue reading I Still Have a Torso