https://apicazo.life/2017/05/16/on-life-death-and-grief/https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-16-at-2-03-48-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-16 at 2.03.48 PM2017-05-17T09:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2015/12/04/a-taste-of-the-future/https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-1-50-21-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 1.50.21 PMPhysical/athletic rebuild. Easy (and yes, wankish) pic to snap at the gym, but absent of proper physical shots to include, this allows for an idea of how the fitness is progressing. Still very lean, but stronger every day. Current weight – still stubbornly stuck at 106 (thanks to the adhesion bout). Please excuse the scars, and please excuse the pouch.https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-3-35-19-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 3.35.19 AMhttps://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-3-30-37-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 3.30.37 AMhttps://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-2-37-23-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 2.37.23 AMPhysical/athletic rebuild. Easy (and yes, wankish) pic to snap after training, but absent of proper physical shots to include (no recents) this allows for an idea of how the fitness is progressing. And please excuse the pouch. https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-2-31-32-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 2.31.32 AMhttps://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-2-22-16-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 2.22.16 AMA picture of a Polaroid of my cousin and I https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-2-21-09-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 2.21.09 AMMother-and-her-daughters dancehttps://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-04-at-2-20-37-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-04 at 2.20.37 AMBridal Party 2017-03-05T18:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/about/2020-03-25T09:02:16+00:00weekly0.6https://apicazo.life/2017/01/25/on-getting-through/2017-01-26T05:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2016/12/31/finding-enough/https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-31-at-1-08-27-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-31-at-1-08-27-pm2016-12-31T20:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2016/06/16/trial-and-error/https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screen-shot-2016-06-16-at-6-25-23-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-06-16 at 6.25.23 PM2016-06-18T06:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2013/06/29/fear/2016-06-16T20:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2015/12/30/for-2016/2015-12-30T20:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2015/07/06/securing-the-line/2015-07-26T08:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2015/03/09/the-day-nothing-and-everything-changed/2015-03-21T21:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2013/10/25/recovery/2015-03-16T19:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2013/07/03/home/2015-03-16T19:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://apicazo.life/2015/01/21/operation-smile/https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-15-at-11-39-39-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2015-01-15 at 11.39.39 PMMay 2013 surgery (this main incision would be cut through 3 times in total)https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-17-at-12-20-44-am.pngOct 2014October 2014 - 95 pounds and getting stronger by the day. https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-16-at-11-49-00-pm.pngMay/June 2014May/June 2014 - 85 pounds, the starting point of the rebuild. https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-16-at-11-27-33-pm.pngApril/May 2014May 2014 - After all was said and done, my lowest point of 85 pounds as the intestine struggled to recover from so much trauma in such a short span. https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-15-at-11-50-57-pm.png2014May 2014 - massive post-operative Post-op obstruction. Situation was critical, as the blood pressure shows.https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-15-at-11-47-55-pm.png2013June/July 2013 - rebound begins, organs start to function, body purges the excess fluid (daily weight loss in Kilos tracked)https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-20-at-1-41-50-am.png2014Jan 2014 - after long summer of working hard on recovery post discharge in July 2013, physical gains beginning to show. Shortly after this picture my intestine would prolapse again, leading to the third (and final) surgery in late February 2014, more small bowel removed, new ostomy created and anchored, but all gains made in weight and fitness lost once again. https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-16-at-11-23-55-pm.png2013Date: June 2013, same as above. https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-16-at-11-23-37-pm.png2013June 2013, post emergency surgery (small bowel resection and removal of the ischemic bowel) fill of edema, on TPN (IV feed directly into my heart), all lines maxed out, recieving one of three blood transfusions.https://apicazo.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-16-at-11-21-51-pm.png2013June 2013 - after having been readmitted with an assumed ileus (normal post-op complication) exploratory scope perforated bowel (because it wasn't an ileus - it was a twisted off and now dead piece of small intestine), waiting for emergency surgery. 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