WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY.

I guess all of you that work Mon thru Fri. are glad to see today. Another week gone, and one week closer to Christmas. Have most of you all gotten Christmas presents bought? I haven't bought one single thing yet, can you believe that? It's true. Just hasn't had the extra money to buy Christmas presents yet. I'm so glad to see that things went well yesterday on the board. So much nicer isn't it? It certainly is to me. I'm too old for all of that. And as the saying goes I'm a lover not a fighter. Lol Rachael: wow what a day all of that happened in one day. I don't know what you did to make the devil follow you around like that all day. Lol Just kidding. Did you get hold of Melissa yesterday? I hate to call her too much im afraid she is resting. So is she better? Did she get some of the fluid off her body? Andrew: Sounds like you are being busy,busy,busy. Hope your support meeting went good. I know it isn't like ours but any support is better than nothing and at least you have a good bible study. Yeah when I cook me a baked sweet potato it usually last me at least 3 meals and sometimes 4. So have you figured out anything about your blood sugar. Probably since you haven't been able to walk it has been messing with the blood sugar.Sure hope you get it figured out. Alan: Sure hope your knee gets better soon. Congradulations on the weight loss. Soon you will be able to see it too. Tracey: So good to see you online again. Yes feelings all of us have lots of them and deal with lots of feelings before and after surgery. We go thru so many things that it makes us all sometimes wonder about our sanity. Or at least I do mine lol Maybe if you come on the board more it will help you to make better food choices. Not that I know of has anyone heard from Wayne. I hope he is alright. I have been wondering about him and also David. Sherr: lol on the hands getting tired from typing. Yeah they do sometimes but I do it on Word so I can stop and save it and then go back to it. I love you too sweetie. Tell Janet I hope she will soon be feeling better. Why is she sick? Is it weight loss surgery related or something else? Sounds like you really need to stay away from everyone and don't get sick too. Diana: good to see you on the board. I would love to see everyone participate more and post and talk to everyone more. But I think everyone does what they can and some people just don't have the time to answer everyone I know. We will accept everyone as they are . Barbara T: Oh wow I am so very glad to see you posting again. Sweetie you don't know how much I have missed talking to you. So very glad that your husband is doing better. They still haven't figured out why he has a problems retaining fluids? Did you talk to Sweet honey any after her surgery? I just wonder why she doesn't get online anymore? Hey about your book maybe you need to do like Tracey is doing this next week. She is having her husband bring her to Springfield to a hotel and not leaving her a car and locking herself up for a week to finish a book. She writes Christian romance novels. Very good writer. Would like for you to meet her sometime. I hope you will continue to pray for me and all of us on the board here as I do for everyone. Well not many posts today. I guess everyone talked themselves out yesterday. Is good to clear the air once in a while. Didn't do a lot today, exercised in the house. Ate only protein all day long today, no carbs at all not even complex carbs. Hoping to jump start my fast weight loss again. Need at least 5 more pounds off before Christmas lol or more. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Wow it was so cold yesterday and guess who forgot to wear a coat to work? I froze going to lunch.Brrrr! Anyway it's great to see so many people posting.This board is definately unique . I am pretty excited about going to my sleep study next Tuesday.I see it as one more hurdle to have behind me as I wait for my approval. It sure shouldn't be too long now.My doctors office said with the holidays it would probably take about 30days to hear back. I went to my consultation on 11/22/06.It sure would be a great Chrismas present to get approved. I feel really patient but excited. It's different than when I had an exclusion and was obsessed with trying to find a way to make this happen. I feel confident that now is the right time and it will happen soon. I know my plan covers because I called and asked,just to make sure. What a relief!! Well thanks for everything and everyone. You all have really kept me fighting by sharing your success. Dannielle

Good morning Jan and Everyone It is REALLY cold this morning so I think I'll just stay in and yes write on my book My husband is getting back to his jokester self which let's me know that he is much better. After his surgery he insisted upon coming home same day (he does not like hospitals) and the instructions were if he did not eliminate on his own to bring him back in 8 hours for a catherization WELL needless to say things weren't going as expected and just started to back up and his bladder was so extended that it affected his heart also and the surgeon told him I saved his life (but I know *****ally did) so it has taken quite a while for things to get back to normal, but I'll say this that when God created this body he made it MAGINIFICENT When I had surgery after 3 heart attacks and not knowing the dynamics of Open Heart Surgery and not wanting to know the procedure before hand I was amazed when I found out that the surgeon took my heart out of my chest to work on it (I had a Quad Bypass in "97") and after getting the nerve to question him about it, he explained everything to me, but here is what stuck with me, he said and I quote "Once I was through working on your heart I put it back in your chest where I thought it should go, but because it knows its place the heart nuzzled itself into its rightful place" and the question in my spirit is why does everything know its place and we as humans seem not too and we are the the highest form of God's creation? Excuse me for this being so long winded, but you know Jan I told you once I get wound up I talk to much CONRATS TO ALL the pre-ops whose dates are coming up, it will be soon than you think. I'll will be praying as well everyone will be. Everyone have a blessed and wonderful day! Barbara T.

Good Friday morning everyone..... Just sittin' here at my desk waiting for lunch time...We are very slow today...Went to the doctor yesterday afternoon....all my lab work was great, they were waiting on my sleep study results....so hopefully I will get them today.....He did give me medicine for my migranes so hopefully that will help.... I am so glad it is the weekend....I have alot to get done to include finishing my homemade Christmas cards....I need to get ahold of Melissa today and check on her and I will update you guys....I will also to ask her if she can give me the addresses that we all sent her so we can get our card exchange going....If I get them I will send everyone's addresses via email through this site.... God bless I am getting ready to call Melissa... Be back in touch soon.... Rachael

Goooood Morrrrningggg Missouri!! Im like Dannielle it's COLD this morning When I got up the temp gauge on my deck said 6 degrees I'm starting to get like alot of you now, cold natured, last night I burned my wife outta the bedroom lol she said I had it so hot in there she had to go out to the living room and sleep on the couch where it was cool LoL I was freezing last night, had 2 blankets on me plus had the heat turned up lol Jan I really think my sugar is up some what cuz of not being able to exersise and walk right. Someone gave me a stair stepper exersiser and I started using it, go****'s so much more tougher then walking lol I started out doing it for about 3 mins and when I got off I thought my legs were gonna give out LoL This morning tho my sugar is down to 145, thats better, still not where I want it tho but with the exersise it'll get back down. You know it's kind of funny how each persons taste buds seem to change after having the WLS. I used to love the crystal lite stuff in water and started off drinking that right after surgery but now for some odd reason plain water taste so much better to me lol go figure! I went to the weight group at a church last night, the ladies there were so happy to see me back and said they could tell how much weight i had lost. I havnt been there in about 6 weeks or so. I weighed in and their scaled said I was 408...thats 30lbs off since surgery, woot woot!! Thats 107lbs total, no wonder my clothes dont fit anymore lol Speaking of clothes, there's a church near by that is having a youth sale and their suppose to have some large sized clothes, it's tomorrow so Im gonna go early and see if I can find a couple pairs of pants and such to get me through. No use buying new clothes when I wont be wearing them long, ya know? Dannielle good luck on your sleep test, I've been through that test twice now, I felt like I was all wired up like a robot when they were done with me before it was time to sleep lol But I do know the sleep test pretty much saved my life, I been using a CPaP machine for a few years now, hopefully soon I wont need the silly thing anymore, it keeps me from not breathing at night, I cant wait for my neck to shrink so that I dont have to use it! Barbara T. That is great your hubby is feeling better. I was thinking back when my dad had open heart surgery and I remember the doc's saying how they took his heart outta his chest and worked on it then put it back. Thats so amazing how your heart just nuzzled itself back where it's suppose to go. God's creations are so amazing to me. Like you said it seems everything know's its place but we as humans dont, sometimes I think we DO know our place in God or at least our spirit does but we tend to listen to our carnal minds, I know I do. Im really working on listening to the spirit of God more in my life. Does anyone remember a few months back someone talking about a support group in Cape Girardeau?? I havnt been able to find it listed in the support groups or anything. I remember they use a yahoo group too so I'm not sure. I been trying to find one halfway close in this area. I know there's several people within a 30 - 40 mile radius that have had WLS so I dunno. I been praying lately about starting one, tho it's alot of work but we'll see what God has in store. Claudette I may hit ya up sometime and ask ya a few questions bout support groups. The wife and I are gonna drive up to springfield maybe in January to the COF Support Group. We wanted to try this month but I gotta be in Sedalia on the 19th for my one month check up. Well I better stop this before it becomes a novel lol Sure hope everyone is staying warm. Have a wonderful day!!! Andrew

Good Friday all, Just taking a minute to pop in. Have a full work day ahead of me. Kids are going to my mom's tonight so I can work without worrying about cooking and bedtime etc. My deadline is one week from today and I'm way behind schedule. Could use some prayer. Yesterday was a great food day. Better than in weeks. I ate more protein, less junk and drank more water. Today is starting off well too. You're right, Jan. Coming back to the board more and speaking up is making me more accountable and making me think about food choices better. I guess I won't make the support group. Rusty has decided to take off Monday to spend more time with me and do some shopping. SIGH. It's a sweet thought, but I'd planned to start working when he left me at the hotel Monday morning and went to work, now it'll be a few hours later so that will cut into the night hours. Oh well... Work is the most important thing next week! Everyone have a great day and a great weekend. Hugs! Tracey PS congrats on the 30 lbs, Andrew

Well, ya'all are gonna love this. Last night in the middle of the night, our patio door that was closed and locked , but I suppose not latched well enough, blew open from the wind. When we woke about 3 am, it was 42 degrees in the house. BRRRR! Then at 6 am, our power went off for about 45 minutes. I was never so happy to get to work in all of my life. Atleast there it was 70 degrees, not nearly as cold as at the house. Hey, I love the idea of the re-introductions. I am learning more about all of you. Hope everyone has a great day. ~Diana~

Okay, I got to talk with Dena about my wls, the shrink, medicare, the change of our ins and why nothing from the hospital so far....but first I need to say something. First off, I need to apologize to Barb from Freeman! I am sooo sorry that I haven't posted back to you! I had good intentions of doing so, seriously! Some, I got at real bad times, others I didn't have time and some I planned on getting back after finishing something else up then totally spaced! I see you, I know your right down the road...about 9 miles, yes? I have seen you around town, just can't remember where, probably walmart! ...lol My hubby and I are thinking about attending the get together on the 19th....he may be able to take a vacation day on tuesday but we will have to come back home that night because he will have to work the next morning! No promises tho! We will have to get toegether some time and gossip about all those on here....lol!! just kiddin guys! To others on here that have wrote to me and I haven't got back with. I'm terribly sorry! I don't mean to hurt anyones feelings, upset anyone, think my problems are worse than anyone else or feel like I'm better than anyone on here. I don't feel that I mourn or hurt more than others concerning Marilyn's death...it was a horribly tragic end to a beautiful person's life and we all are grieving over it and we all are praying for Tom and the rest of her family! To the ones that think I say I pray when I don't, you couldn't be more wrong! I love everyone on here and when I say I will pray for you, I mean it! God broke this hard hearted old lady's heart sometime back and turned her into a soft hearted old ball baby, with a heart that bleeds for anyone that the Lord causes to cross my path! No, no one has accused me of anything but I'm covering all bases in this one email so I hope that everyone reads this because I don't want to have to do it again. When I get on here it is to try and find a smile...someone that may be able to lift my spirits, to bring me out of the deep, dark hole that sometimes trys to swallow me up, to try and help others that may be were I am or where I have been, to ask questions, to answer questions, to help whoever I can and to find whoever can help me! I have laughed at your jokes and cried with your sorrows! I am not fake, I do not lie, I am as real as can be and I ask that you take me as I am because I will not change! You get what you see...and that's me! Now, Dena said....Dr. H is booked through the first of the year, no rush on the shrink paperwork! As far as the hospital calling about me getting a date. They are waiting on another case where medicare is the secondary insurance, to see who is gonna pay and who won't. If medicare covers what the primary won't then I will get a date, if not...who knows! I am another one of those cases and according to Dena, I'm not alone! Several others are in the same rut, I'm in...at least I won't be lonely! With my insrance change come January, Dena said with me already having everything ready there shouldn't be a problem! Hopefully, medicare will cover it and I won't have to jump any more hoops! I might need help climbing down off my soapbox I've been on here so long! You all have a wonderful night and I will back later, tomorrow, the next day! Whenever I can...God be with all of you now and always! Deb M.