Saturday Roll Call

Good morning to one and all from the north woods of the WI Dells. We have been enjoying our time away and the good news is that the time continues to a week from Sunday.

We enjoyed the water park here at the Wilderness Resort yesterday and are going to continue to take the plunge again today. I got a little tired with walking with my cast and opted to use my crutches for part of the evening when we went out for dinner.

Have a great day all.

It is almost Turkey Day -  

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Good Morning Christine and Illinois!

Chris, sounds like you will have a nice, relaxing time!  Enjoy.

Chloe and I are going shopping today.  She needs a new winter jacket, so we're going to check the sales our at Carson's and I have an appt to have her bangs cut, so that'll take up the morning.

Work around the house this afternoon, and not much else scheduled...oh yeah, when shopping gonna get Thanksgiving food shopping done.

Hope you all have a super weekend.

Georgie

G M to EV1,

Christine and Dave, It sounds like you are having a great time. Have a lot of fun.

Georgie, you seem to have your Sat. planned out. I will be joining you in grocery shopping today.

A big dissapointment yesterday. The car we were suppose to get yesterday morning, was sold the night before. I guess it wasn't meant to be. Another one is coming in in a few days. Maybe that one has our name on it.

I have already washed two loads of clothes, and  redid the bed. I need to load the dishwasher, and do a few other things. I want to go to Sams tomorrow for a few things.

hope everyone has a great day.

Hugs,
LISA

Good Morning Illinois!

Wow Christine! Sounds like you guys are having a blast.

Have a great weekend!

Morning All-Christine,,,,continue to have fun on your vacation!! 

I am doing some laundry now.  Was going to get up early and go workout,,but I got home late so I opted to sleep a bit.  I am going my monthly support group today at 10:45 and after that I will go workout.  Will probably pay some bills and do some work after that.  Tonight I am going to see New Moon --very excited.
 

Have a great Saturday everyone!! Enjoy the sunshine!!



Joy,

Good Morning ILL,

Thanks to All for the encouragement and well wishes pretty soon i will be on the losers bench with you all

Dr. V left the few stitches left in and said the areas that are open to drain looked like they would heal up and to come back in six weeks.  I had lost 65 pounds since our pre op appt.  That would have included a week of liquid diet pre op.

Staying home and taking my diuretics today.

Good morning everyone!

Today is the first day that I have really started to feel like myself again.  I can't wait to see Dr. Lahmann on Monday so he can take these staples out as I think they are the main cause of my discomfort.  I started purees yesterday and it seems to be going pretty well...my appetite hasn't fully returned, but it's nice to be getting in foods that I haven't eaten in a while.

It seems like everyone has a busy weekend ahead of them.  I'm just going to do the usual...sip, walk and rest.  It seems to be working well and I'm feeling better each day.  Take care everyone!!

Kathy

 Good Afternoon Everyone!

I have been up and at 'em today.  I had a check restitution class this morning.  Then came home to find out that I had bounced a check.    I am so mad at the bank.  I have an automatic notification to let me know when my account goes below a set amount.  With this past two weeks being so stressful, I have to admit I had not been keeping up on my checkbook.    Well, the bank sent me the notification the day AFTER they bounced a check.  Some good that does.  I called today and I think they are going to waive the fees.  After all what good is notification if they do it afterwards.  I has put money in immediately, the same day so I would not overdraft.  

Yesterday I had a myelogram for my neck.  It is not a test that I recommend going out and having for fun.  They put you in more pain in the area that already hurts to get pictures of the injured area.  They inject dye in the spinal cord.  Then they were like lay flat for 24 hours or you will get a spinal headache and that those are the worst headaches possible.  I looked at them and  informed them that I have had a spinal headache for the last 2 months.  (I finally had a doctor tell me why no medicine was helping).  Needless to say, I did not stay flat on my back for 24 hours or even the rest of the day. 

I got to the dentist yesterday afternoon and got the crowns permanently on.  Now the kicker is that two of the teeth are really loose and I may lose them and THAT may cancel surgery.  I can't win.  So I am on a soft food diet praying that these two teeth get stronger.  

Need to finish up shopping today/tomorrow.  Have a great weekend! 

Good Evening Christine and Illinois,

Christine, I'm glad you are having a good time despite your injury! 

Nancy, you poor thing!  When will you learn the result of the test and what they can do to help you?  I always hate it when I have to hurt my patients in order to help them.  Stay strong, I'm thinking about you and wishing all goes well for you to have your surgery on schedule.

Kathy, good to hear you are recovering well.  Let the adventure begin!

Randy, WOW!  Congrats on your continuing weight loss. 

I'm down 42 lbs now.  I'm still struggling with food, but things are a little better.  I go for my 3rd endoscopy on Dec. 2.  I keep trying new things, but nothing solid really feels good to the pouch.  I had one episode of scrambled eggs getting stuck.  Ugghh, that was painful.  Won't be eating those again any time soon.  I'm going to make a lentil soup in the crockpot tomorrow, I can puree it if I need to. 

Have a great evening everyone.

Stephanie