WHATS HAPPENINGS WEDNESDAY

First off let me say a great BIG THANK YOU JANET. I really appreciate you doing the Whats Happening thread. You did great. I knew you would. I love to read your post to my thread every day so I knew it would be great and it was. Again Thank You….

 

We went up Monday and got to Beckys house about 3pm. She has this beautiful house that is just absolutely stunning. And she and her husband and daughter were the most charming host and hostesses I have ever met. Except for her trying to burn my husband up lol Just kidding Bec. Told her I was going to razz her about it on the board.

She had a great supper for us and it was delicious. Anyone else out there a great chef like Becky? She is worried because she likes to cook for people , how will that fit into her life after having wls.

 

My visit with Dr. Hornbostel was great, Dena came across the hall and said hi and we talked a lot about different things. She said she appreciated my email to her and all.

We both have a lot of things in common of likes and dislikes.

Dr. H. said I was doing really good and that I don’t have to come back for a year that they will send me a card on the 11^th month to call and make an appointment. Unless I have trouble of some kind. He doesn’t think I have much of  any problems and since my labs were so good he said to keep doing what I am doing.

 

Went to the park and there was Craig, and his sister Leta, Brenda and her husband Dennis, Denise and her daughter, Becky , and Faye and her boyfriend came later as did Julia Carver. She is an amazing woman.

We really enjoyed seeing each other again and touching base. Brenda is this tall slender lovely now. Wow. And Craig. You almost cant recognize him either. Julia Carver is a beautiful woman too. Becky and Faye were there at my invitation as they haven’t either one had their surgery yet. Will soon we hope.

We all enjoyed catching up and making new friends too.

I was so supprised when I got there there was Debbie Murdock. Wow. She had an appointment with Dr. H. today too but for later so she came to the picnic early.

I didn’t recognize her as she had on sunglasses. Was so tickled to see her. And I see she has posted on the board too.

 

After the picnic I went by Julia Davis house and she was sitting out on the front porch . She recognized me right away . She seems to be doing well has lost 65 pounds in two months since surgery . She doesn’t have a computer anymore but said she will try to go over to the office and post ever so often. She is looking good , told her how much everyone misses her She has had a stricture and had to have that dilated so has had some things go wrong.

Told her that if she just cant get on she can write me and let me know what is going on and I will report stuff for her. Lol

  

JANET: again thanks sweetie. You did a great job.

Hope your mother finds out what is wrong soon . We will keep her in prayers.

 

Now when is Megans wedding? I remember when I got married the first time. My mom made my wedding dress and I kept losing weight and she kept taking it in and I would lose more and she would take it in again. Wi**** were that easy now.

 

Thanks for missing me sweetie. Will see you Monday at the COF meeting.

  

CINDY: glad to see you posting on the Whats happening thread. Great to have you. Hope you continue to do so inbetween hair cuts lol

  

MELISSA: man im so sorry about your pain and all you are going thru. I sure hope the specialist can help you a lot. If they are starting to get infected looks like he should have put you on antibiotics shouldn’t he have?

I read what your father in law did with the cigs , wow that is scary. You may have to take the cigs totally away and only let him have one when you or Terry can supervise. I know that sound mean but better to be mean than dead. So sorry about all of that.

Will make you really scared to leave him along at all wont it?

Hope you can get the surgery soon and get the masses taken out so you will feel better soon. We all will continue to pray for you , let us know for sure about the surgery date.

 

CONNIE: Wow not much of a vacation was it ? that is too bad when you get sick on a vacation , sort of ruins the good times huh? Lol

Am axious to see you at the meeting this month. Will be looking for you sweetie. Hope you are feeling some better by then.

  

BEV: Dana wont call you for an appointment for a conference with Dr. H. until you have the seminar on July the 3^rd. Then she will call you and set up a time to see him for a conference. He will at that time accept you as a patient. I know it is hard to wait for any of it at first it seems as if time is dragging or it did for me.

What insurance do you have? I thought you had medicare

But anyway the next step is the seminar on the 3^rd and you already are planning on going to that aren’t you?

Time will all of a sudden go on when you get some answers. Lol It is just a matter of waiting now.

  

TAMMY:  glad that you all finally got some rain. You are right I am very proud of Janets take on the whats happening thread.

How are you doing with the water and protein now? Take care and talk to you later.

   

NUTTI: hey glad that you will be at the COF meeting this next Monday. Janet thanks for setting up picking up Nutti for the COF meeting

NUTTI: So glad that we will get to meet with you soon.

Sounds like you had loads of fun with the kids.  Your right about how much more fun it will be next year. I find myself getting down and playing with them now and it is fun.

  

RIANNE: GREAT we will be looking forward to meeting you at the meeting. Wonderful

Have the psych office to fax it once more and get a receipt for it. Then they cant say they didn’t get it.

It will be worth it in the end. I know there is a lot of hassle but it will be all good in the end. Sounds like you have some major illness too. So it is really important that you have the surgery done.

 

Well kids im really tired has been a very busy day. Will hopefully be up to par tomorrow.

Love and hugs

  

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

Jan... Glad that you had such a good trip and experience at your Drs.  It just reaffirms how well you are doing and I'm sure that he is quite pleased with you!...  Equally happy that you enjoyed your get to gether and had fun visiting with everyone.   It looks quite hazy out right now like it could easily change it's mind and throw some rain our way. Who knows?  After all this IS Missouri right? *LOL*... Not much on tap other than working today.  I don't have to work at C Barrel tonight.  I was scheduled for 3 hrs. last night (from 5 to 8 ) but they ended up sending me home around 7:20 as we were soooooooo dead.  I am not scheduled until Friday so I will be able to knock about the house and do some cleaning for the next couple of days.  I will be a closer on Friday night so I will be there til we lock up.... makes for an extremely long day going from the bank directly to C Barrel but I truly love working at C Barrel.  I call that my FUN JOB..... I'm on day 4 of my boot camp protein challenge.  Mike is doing this with me and so far so good.  I have lost 4 lbs. and he has lost 5 lbs.  We are really pushing it and adhering strictly to the plan.  You really have to as you cannot go over 20 grams of carbs a day or you will push out of ketosis.  If that happens it could easily take you another 3-5 days of strict adherence just to recoup what you lost.  So no cheating on this baby.....  When you think of it ...it is really HARD to keep the carbs under 20 grams per day.  Even with eating "good" there are loads of carbs in everything.  It really takes some doing but we are pledged to it. Say some prayers for me at work today.  Today is a "food day" at work and I KNOW that they will be pestering me to eat and I will not waiver.  I have already warned them that I will not be eating.  Not even nibbles.  There is too much at stake here and I will not cave in... *s*.... With this boot camp plan that we are on Mike & I are both working at being at our ultimate goals by the latter part of this summer.  I am working on getting to a size 4-6 and he is wanting to get back into 32-34's.  I know that we will accomplish this... I just know it! Hope that everyone is doing well this fine Wednesday morning...  everyone take care and have a splendid day! Elizabeth ----------------->

Morning all...yes I did make it to the picnic...for a short time anyway! It was nice seeing everyone!  I knew Brenda just as soon as I laid eyes on her! Looking good, Miss "M"...lol I knew Jan too but she was a little farther away when Brenda told me who it was....when Jan came into "my" focus...lol I knew right away! She was just as I pictured her and her personality...lol It was like I have known her all my life! Hey...my sunglasses kept me anonymous...lol No body, except Brenda knew me until I took them off...others didn't even after...lol Craig...I would not of known you....you have changed sooo much! I'm glad Brenda pointed you out as well as your sis. You guys look great! Denise...it was so nice meeting you and your daughter. I hope we get to know each other more. I'm sure we will at the reunion! Faye and Julia...we didn't get to talk much but I'm sure we will get to talk more but was nice meeting both of you! Appt. with Dr. H went GREAT! I have lost another 7lbs. and this morning the scales confirm what Doc said! I weigh 258lbs...WooHoo!! I have FINALLY passed that 260lbs. mark...that was a hard one! 8 more lbs. and I will be at my first "mini" goal!!  For those keeping score...lol I started out at 292lbs. and I have been flip floppin back and forth over the 261lbs. mark for what seems like an enternity! I have to remember tho that I was quite sick there for awhile....but I'm on a roll and gaining speed!...lol  I called my youngest boy on the way home yesterday and told him that I was about to catch him (he said I never would but he would still pray for me...lol). God's gonna make him eat those words....literally!!   Anyway, he didn't answer but I left him a REAL GOOD message!! ....lol Dr H didn't seem concerned about the rash which sends me right back to what I though at first, it must just be something I get when I get too stressed. I usually get something like it right before any surgeries I've had, just never this bad. With what I have read...the older we get the more rashes we are susceptible too! I guess I'm going to be one of the lucky ones. Thank God, it wasn't my Lap Band causing it!  Well, now some of it would be from the Lab Band....from losing weight and my breast and belly hanging! I'm keeping track though and told my PCP that he would be hearing from me EVERY TIME I get a rash and I explained why...he had no problem with it! I have been lucky with this Lap Band so far...the only problem I had with it was when I swallowed that piece of meat before I chewed it up enough...that was self induced but....that didn't make it any less scary! I know Dr. H has stopped doing Lap band Surgery but I sure am glad I got mine before he did! Thank you, Lord! Well, as for family...David's healthy, the grandkids are healthy, the kids are healthy and praise the Lord...so am I!  When Brenda asked me yesterday if all the grandkids ever got well, I had to stop and think. I actually had to go down my list of grandkids to remember which ones were sick...lol That list keeps getting longer too!!....lol Then it was like oh yea... duh!!  The ones that made ME sick...lol My daughter's daughter, Emilie...poor baby, she was so sick but she got through it just fine and is walking now and getting into EVERYTHING!! ...lol Deb S....are you still hanging around? Where are you on your "fills?" My first fill was .2, second was .4 and yesterday was .3....for me that adds up to .9 but Dr. H said I was at 2.7 and the band only holds 4....I am so confused on this and if theres anyone out there that can explain this to me I would really appreciate it....as you can tell, I'm no math genius!! I can feel that this "fill" might be the last one. If I need anymore at all, it will be just one more and I should be at my sweet spot. Another, WooHoo!! Hey...Janet, Jan, Brenda and Barb...I'm back on!!....lol No more writer's block...lol Love & Prayers, to all...Deb M

Hi, Debbie!  I'm still here.  I'm mostly a lurker these days.  They're watching us at work and in the evenings I don't have much time to do anything other than read a few posts. As for your fills - I have no idea.  I calculate what you do.  Wonder how your doctor came up w/2.7?  I've had 3 fills as well but my band is much bigger than yours!  I've got 8.8 cc's in my band.  I'm contemplating getting another small fill.  I've got restriction now, but now sure if it's enough.  They say we should only be able to eat 4 oz. but I can eat a lot more than that.  How much can you eat?

Hello, Can I just tell you. I had a wonderful time yesterday. I had waited the whole year for this day and I had a great time. At first we thought we werent going to make it to Sedalia. My sister took a wrong turn and went down a DIRT road and it had rained and we kept getting stuck on TOP of the hills because the radiator hose kept coming off...I had to put it on three times and I was getting testy because I was getting dirty. LOL..and not to mention Muddy from head to toe. BUT, we kept praying each hill we would go up . LORD HELP US..He pulled us through and we made it. Then coming home we blow out. I got my excerise all in too, by the way. :-)  Everyone looked so good and I enjoyed meeting everyone for the first time and Again. I couldnt help to think that Jan and I came full circle. Meeting last year and both of us so miserable, then meeting yesterday feeling oh so fine...Joe her husband is guy. Brenda, you are amazing. She loves to talk like me. :-) Brother Minks is also awesome. Denise, looking good girl. Hello to the lil one with you. Becky, I loved your protein balls. I dont get along with Peanut Butter but I did these and they didnt disagree with me. I need to learn to make them. Hello to Faye and her friend. Faye Iam so sure you will do good. Look to Jesus as you take your journey, Thats my special word to you. He helps SOOOO much. DEBBIE, LOL I was shocked and I felt so bad that I could not regonize you... BUT, that is also a good thing if you think about it. Julia, what an amazing Woman. Very beautiful. inside and out. Iam now ready for my tummy tuck and got a good Dr. report also. Julia, has been having her tummy tucks and inspired me so much. Gosh I hope I did not miss anyone. When I get excited I tend to forget somethings.I just want you to know guys im so proud of you all...I hope I get to meet the rest of you some day, down along the way. I dont go back for a year but, Iam not going to wait that long to ever go visit Dr. H. he is awesome. Marge and Dena and the staff are such blessing in my life. I will never forget them. Im sure they hear this many times but They really dont know how much of a Blessing they are to everyone who passes through on their WL journey. Dr H, has surely been touched by God. My binder that I got last year is now completed. I will keep it as a reminder that of my battle with Obesity. Also to remind me that Gastric Bypass is a tool not a diet plan. I have talked to so many people about Gastric Bypass that many of them are now getting ready to had their surgery. That makes me feel good that God would use me as a witness in saving someones life. When you go to that first Seminar. That is when you become part of the family, and your testimony begins. Do everything as your surgeon tells you, Pray, and you will be ok. If you get discouraged, come to the board and vent. There is always someone here that can listen. If that doesnt work. Raise your hands up and give it to Jesus. You will be fine. As I tell everyone, if I can do it, you can too...AND, if I had to do it all over again. I would in a heartbeat.  MELISSA, I so want to meet you someday. You have been aesome. Calling me sometimes to check on me. You are amazing girl. I wish you could have been there... My sister Leta was there, and she too had Dr. Scott as her surgeon...We wanted her to take a picture with us but she said she felt out numbered by Dr. H's patients. LOL. But, she had a great time. Iam glad I got to take this journey with my sister. And like Jan, she also has a sister that went through it with her too. HI SUGAH, HUGS...I missed you... I  hope you get better soon.

Hugs to everyone and all the newbies. God Bless..Craig Lee

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ YAY-So glad your back, Jan-I MISSED YOU. Felt a little weird yesterday, thats for sure!! But-anytime you need me-I will do it for you again...dont feel it was as nice as yours-but thats what makes YOU the best-LOL....Sometimes I really think my posts are too long, but I just get to typing it-and its a dang book when Im done. I guess maybe if I didnt type 70 wpm, it would take longer and so I would FEEL it was too long~Yikes. Trying to keep them down. Im so glad you had a good time at Beckys place. I knew she would be a good host-she is one of the most kind hearted people I think I have ever talked to-I pray for her daily that she gets to have this surgery too. She deserves it. Do you know if she will be at the grou*****t? I feel bad-I do not remember meeting her when she came and sat by you-and it wasnt the month I missed due to the back pain and sitter issue-so...would love to reach out and give her a hug. Im so glad Deb showed up-I have been worried about her-and I told her to go early so that she could see everyone. She has been on my heart so much lately-I felt like I was bothering her, but told her that she became a part of my life-and I got some of the most amazing emails from her-where she really touched my heart and did what the Lord laid on her heart-so turn about was fair play and she cant just disappear-because she meant too much to me and others to just leave us-I hope she found out something about that rash yesterday and that its not the lap band doing it! I have been praying for her. Jan-Mel is on her 3rd round of antibiotics. Im sure Im driving her nuts about this new specialist she is going to-because I want to make sure they have someone there in surgery that is a bowel specialist so if it gets nicked or whatever-Mel wont get sick and in the hospital for months-I couldnt handle that!! I keep telling her to ask this or that-and started a list of things to make sure of. Dammit-Im so angry that all of this is going on and Im scared~ Um-yesterday was really an overwhelming day for me. Was finishing up the on line class and our power went out-lost everything, even from the beginning the other day....had to sign in again here-had all kinds of issues-so I was frustrated, then my pain level was extreme-I called my ortho surgeons ofc here, talked to my nurse and I was just crying. Told her Im not sure Im gonna make it another 3 months. Im going to get my new script and get my back adjusted. Maybe something got knocked out of whack on the road trip? Hope so...Hope it helps. I got into it with my parents yesterday about Steph and my discipline. My dad told me that I cant take Stephs phone away when she is the one paying for it-and he also told me that over his dead body was I sending her to a program for troubled teens. I was like EXCUSE ME? This is coming from someone who had BOTH his kids moved out of their house by the time they  were 16, never gave us stability, security, and moved us at the very least 3-4 times per year? Never paid his child support to help my mom out financially and never held a job to support us? Would not control his temper and wasnt a real parent? Back up, Jack-cause you dont want to go there with me! Thats for sure. Then I find out that my mom has been letting Steph use the phone over there-and said-oh, I didnt know she was grounded from all calls-I thought she was just grounded from HER phone-and I said-Thats awfully funny, because when I said she could stay this week I told you SHE IS NOT TO USE THE PHONE~ Now they are offering to let her live with them and she can work for my dad-and here is the kicker-they live in a motel-my dad is the manager and their apartment is very small-one bedroom-but they have this huge walk in closet and Steph says she will make that her bedroom.....NOT...A motel is no where to raise kids. Sorry. Not mine anyway! Aint gonna happen. SO, now I get to deal with that crap on top of everything else. Wonderful. They also informed me that I cant keep her from having a social life. Hey, Im NOT trying to-Im just telling her that she cannot be around the guy who wants to just get in her pants-and her two friends that have stolen cigarettes from Mike and I twice, and stolen from Steph twice-and the one that didnt steal-tries to get Steph to do drugs-Tell me how "I" am a bad parent for trying to prevent what we ALL know will happen if I just let her run wild like my parents did with me? Please, Please, Please say some prayers for this situation and for Mike and I, I appreciate it. Well, I am also frustrated with my mom-because the surgeon told her on Monday that her adrenal gland was NOT causing all her pain and her diarhhea. I was so flipping mad-because for the past 10-12 years-my mom has gone every 2-3 years to get polyps removed from her colon-and I have been telling her since January that she needs to have another colonoscopy and that the polyps are whats causing the diarrhea-and if there are enough or what have you-they WILL cause pain...she just keeps saying-oh, its the tumor on my adrenal gland, its the cysts on my ovaries etc etc-and being that she sees her doc like twice a month-you think she would insist on the colonoscopy because she has had that procedure 3-4 times where they have taken off polyps etc-so I told her yesterday that IF she isnt going to tell them about her past with that and etc-and not going to take care of it anymore-she cannot whine about the pain or the diarhhea or anything to me anymore. Its almost like she doesnt want it to be an easy fix, cause right now she doesnt have to work and can sit in front of the tv all day doing nothing and whine about the pain and how tired she is. She said-well, at least with your pain, you KNOW what your dealing with-and I said-yeah, but I had to go to several (about 10) different appts to get it down to where we knew exactly what we were dealing with-I sure didnt just guess or wave a magic wand and had the answers. Golly-so-she has wasted over 6 months of time-when I told her in January and 20 times since-go get the colonoscopy. Im not wasting any more time on this situation IF she wont take care of herself-Im done. The ER doc told her that she needed to go see a shrink....I agree. She was mad-but something isnt right upstairs when you could have this over with and dont do anything to correct it. No one told her that she had cancer-and so that bothers me that she ran around telling us they were. They didnt tell her they werent cancer-but they did tell her that 99% chance they werent. So-now she is saying that the cysts on her ovaries are cancer and thats why she is in so much pain-so I shot that theory down, by telling her that cancer usually wont hurt, AND then WHY doesnt Mel have diarrhea all the time? She doesnt have to stay home in front of the tv? I have had cysts ALL my life-and they never hurt me until they burst-and mine usually burst on their own-and when it happens, I would swear Im gonna die-but I feel better within 2 days or so...SO-please pray for that situation too-cause I am ready to have her committed. I decided to take the boys swimming. Thought that maybe it would help my back out a bit and hadnt been in the pool for 3 days. We were jumping off the side-and I went over too far-and where the pool slants (like a slope) from the shallow end to the deep end-I jumped and jammed my leg-and my back-and that was all she wrote. It was an instant pain I have never had before. I was so mad at myself for doing that. I was on the heating pad and ice for the rest of the day and until I went to bed. I even took Mikes big dog pain meds-and nothing. It was horrible. I really havent been able to eat this week either because my tummy is upset-know its from the pain meds-but....The good news on that-is I have lost 5# since Sunday. YAY... Today I have an appt for Jonathan at 11 am, have to stop at Mikes work and take some pics of him and his boss with the award trophy he got-then off to Carthage to get my new script and get my back adjusted, then we are stopping at Aunt Mels to check on her and give her some medicine. **I talked to Susan last night. She was FINALLY in a room-she had to stay in recovery for several hours because they didnt have a room available. Dang-Im so glad my surgery is already over with, when I hear about all the delays and things going on with my angelettes up there now-Anyhow-she was in a huge amount of pain-and I told her that some have a lot of pain just like me-and some dont-like Jan C and Mel....so-we were the unlucky ones-LOL... I will be talking to her again today when she has her leak tests. She did sound good tho-and had already been up walking. She said to tell everyone hi and thanks for the prayers.

**Erin passed ALL her leak tests. Im so happy for her. She has been up and about and sounded so much better yesterday and they did finally get her a pain pump and she was moved to the 5th floor, so I bet she will be going home today. She has a wonderful support team up there with her. She said the rooms were the smallest she had ever seen. I told her that I had a private room after the first day and my walk in closet was bigger than that private room-LOL...Whoever asked-she didnt have a pain pump because they didnt have any available! She had to wait because they couldnt locate one that wasnt being used- **Rianne-sweety, Im so sorry for the problems you are having with the insurance. IT will be ok. We will continue to pray for you and the situation!~ Keep the faith. I think what you did on the treadmill was wonderful. I started out my excercising at 5 minutes pre-op and then post op they moved me down to 3-because of my arthritis and DJD....SO-great job. Everyone has to start somewhere! Its gonna be sooooo good to meet you at the group-I wanna give you a hug-LOL... **Connie-oh, you poor thing. Im so sorry your vacation was ruined. I feel so bad for you!! I hope you feel better soon and I hope you get to make it to the meeting. We would love to see you there!

**Bev-Hang in there girl-it WILL be okay-and I know its discouraging, trust me, I know-I went through 4 denials before getting a different insurance and they did cover it. DO NOT give up-hang in there and when you need a pick-me-up, get on here and post...Just keep the faith and keep on keeping on-and as Jan says-Keep your eyes on the prize-it WILL work out!! **Chelle-did you get my voice mail about the girls last names? Did you make it over to the hospital? Susan didnt say anything about seeing you-but she didnt get to a room until after dinner time-and I didnt talk to Erin after 3 pm yesterday...I hope you got to see them and I hope your class went well. YAY-your almost done!! Cant wait to see your post. **Cindy-Im sorry, no-I havent gotten anything from you. I promise-next time I am in Kansas City-or know I will be-I will call and at least meet you. I cant wait.  How is everything else going? How did the psych test go? Did you pass? LOL-I know you did... **Tammy-thanks for the compliments. I have 2 more angelettes right now-Lynette (Nutti) whose surgery is the 27th of this month and then Trudy Littleton, but I havent seen her on here for months. Last I heard she was back from vacation and she was having to start the process all over again-but thats the last I heard from her. I hope she is okay.  So-5 down and 2 to go. I feel blessed to be able to help others-I really do. Its the highlight of my life lately-and I have been extremely blessed to be able to consider my angelettes not just someone that calls after surgery, but my friends and sisters in this as well. Im so glad your doing ok-dont overdo it with all the company there-its so easy to do when you think your doing and feeling so much better-I dont want you getting sick, dehydrated. I feel your pain with the 17 yr old. Maybe we could ship them to a deserted island for awhile until they get through this stage? I will keep ya in my prayers. **Mel-I am praying for you to get better. Im so sorry you are in so much pain. Something has got to give with the two of us. Dang....It looks like even with our bariatric visits being at a minimum now-we are still going to be going to Columbia for your surgery and for mine...At least Megan will be up there and I can see her too-and bunk with her for a few nights. That will be so nice. I love you-and Wish I could take this crap away from you, you know that. Call me if you need ANYTHING.... **Nutti-Yep-everything WILL be different next summer-trust me. You will have more energy than a lot of the kids-LOL...Im excited for you and this new lease on life. I kept meaning to get with you yesterday-but it was a bummer day!! Spent a lot of time on the phone and then later in the day on the couch with heat and ice. I will definitely get with you sometime before Monday-OK? Take care! ~~Well, it looks like we will have quite a few newbies at our COF group-how wonderful is that? Rianne, Nutti, Connie and maybe Becky again. I am so excited-I cant hardly stand myself!! I am looking forward to it so much!! Well, I am done here for now, doing my shake and vitamins, getting some chores done and getting ready for our appts and such today! I am thinking of you all. All my love and prayers, Janet

Okay...take 2 :-) Janet~ How old is Steph??  Sounds like some rough times, but it should get better...I will pray for such anyways!  I remember when I was 12 yrs old, either my mom or I was gonna die...there was no way that both of us were gonna live.  We fought ALL the time....one morning we had fought so badly and we were both determined not to be the first one to say anything....well, we were on the way to drop me off at school when finally she HAD to turn and say something to me about a meeting she had that day and she busted up laughing.  I, of course, started crying immediately as I was already emotional.  Turns out, I still had my towel from my shower on my hair and didn't realize it!  OF course later on, she told me she wished she woulda let me go to school like that!  HA, not funny!! I will most definitely pray for your mom for sure.  It's really hard to continue to have patience and compassion for a family member that refuses to listen to reason...whether it be all in their head or what.  My uncle has back pains and has convinced himself he needs to go on disability no matter what my mom (she's an RN) or his doctor says.....he's been out of work for a long time now b/c he refuses to go find a job and is trying to get approved for disability.  The problem is, I don't think he quite understands how difficult a process it really is to get approved for disability.  And, his doc has given him pain meds after pain meds yet he claims that none of them help....then he'll be out mowing his lawn?  Something doesn't quite add up....mom and I are convinced it's all in his head....but only time will tell I suppose. I am SO glad that your angelettes are doing so well!  That's just great for sure....I don't have an angel yet....I guess I've been convincing myself that something is going to happen to take away the surgery so I don't have to worry about getting an angel.  How do I go about getting one?? The COF group will be tons of fun, it is always nice to meet new friends and to put faces with names!  And also, I definitely look forward to learning tons and tons of information....I'm gonna bring a BIG notebook to take notes in....:-)  And, my arms will be READY for a hug from ya ;-) I posted on my insurance and the treadmill in response to Jan's post.....I don't know how you remember what everyone said long enough to reply to them!!  I had to do a separate response to you.... Rianne

Good afternoon Missouri, Thought I would drop a line to let you know that I am doing ok....Jaiden is doing much better...she is back to gettin into everything she can and letting us chase her around the house...Dalton called last night and he is doing wonderful...we made sure he knew that we would be there in two weeks...and then he would be coming home with us...

It has been busy here at the workplace so that is why I haven't been able to post...

Hope everyone had a blessed day.. God bless Rachael

GOOD Afternoon Missouri~~ It's a perfectly blah day outside with the gray, cloudy sky....but that's okay... My doctor's office called around lunch time and said my copies of my files were ready, so I raced into Springfield to pick those up and then raced back down here to Ozark to my pharmacy to use their fax and fax them straight in sooo....*crosses fingers*  we'll just hope and pray that this is what my stinkin' insurance is wanting so they'll approve it and everything will continue to move on schedule. I know there is some confusion on why/how I already got a date when insurance hasn't even approved yet, but my dr's ofc gave me a "tentative" date b/c I am in a time crunch.  I start nursing school mid-Aug and wanted to get the surgery done in plenty of time beforehand to recover and then start school!  Soo....the date is tentative.....but if insurance doesn't get off their arse and do what they are supposed to do my mom said she will help me try to get a loan to pay for it ourselves b/c she said and I quote "I really don't have time to wait for you to die before they do something about it"....so true...and scary!!  We also got the psych eval faxed in for the 4th time....so hopefully they will not say they don't have it....blah! I haven't gotten on the treadmill yet today, but am planning on doing so as soon as I get done replying to a few messages people wrote me on here.... Jan~glad your visit w/ Dr H went so well!  Very awesome news :-)  Glad you got to visit with some friends, that's always a good thing for sure! Janet~ I can't remember all you typed, so I'm gonna reply directly to you so I can use your post for reference...:-D