WHATS HAPPENING FOR WEDNESDAY
Yesterday, Monday I felt really bad and had a lot of diarrhea, today is even worse and haven’t been able to eat or drink much because every time I do it gets worse. So I am feeling pretty drained. I have taken Imodium so should see some results from that soon. I hope anyway. If it is still going on tomorrow morning I will go to my pcp and see what is happening. I feel very weak and all but I figure that is because of 1.not getting in any protein, 2. not enough water, 3 dehydration.
We bought new shelves and stuff to fix up our closet Sunday when we were at wal mart , Joe got that all done today and it sure looks good. Now I can see what I have to wear and all. makes it a lot nicer even have some shelves to put some things on. Now need a shoe rack to hang at the end of the closet to keep the shoes up off the floor.
Started to work out side in the yard this morning but by the time I got out there it was already too hot and with me being weak anyway it was a no go. So I have just stayed inside in the house today. Haven’t done much of anything really when Joe took all the clothes out of the closet I sorted them and threw away all that was too big or out of style or of his too worn out. He wants to keep these old t shirts that have holes and stained so bad . he says they are good to work in . lol.anyway I got at least 4 of them thrown away today that he didn’t see me remove. Lol
I keep getting these plus size catalogs in the mail and it feels so good to be able to say Too big , cant wear them and throw them in the trash. Lol I have sent off for other catalogs for my size and haven’t gotten a one. Do you think there is a list somewhere that says ( oh no she cant have this catalog , she is getting Romans or lane bryants catalog ) lol. If so I want off that list.
CHELLE: since you replyed to the Monday post after I posted for Tuesday I am going back and picking that up . you weren’t alone another one did the same thing. It is ok just didn’t want others to miss what you wrote.
Have you called your surgeon about the pain you are in ?I would think any surgery pain you had should be resolved by now. You are going on 3 weeks since surgery. I would call and if you have called I would call again. Or go to your pcp and ask for them to have xrays or something done.
We miss you too and hope soon that all will be resolved with your pain. Please call at least your pcp and get some test run .
SHEILA: Hey I hope the guy you met as a pen pal isnt a mass murderer or something like that. Be careful girl you know there are all kinds of weirdos out there in this day and time and it pays to be careful.
That doesn’t seem right to me for your kids to push you out of your home but then if they don’t want free rent sounds like they are being really stupid. Is the house in Elkland old or something?
Oh well the boonies are good too you know. I will bring you seeds I have for you to plant next year at the next meeting. Ok?
I for one sure don’t understand kids now days at all. I really don’t understand this deal they have that what ever you have is what they want and you should give it to them. I worked for every penny I ever got so my brain sure doesn’t work that way.
DEBBIE M: well so glad that you have the one doctor down and the mammogram to go today right? It will be ok ,really , trust in God that it will all play out right.
When I went thru this a few weeks ago I was scared but I just gave it to God and he gave me such peace about it that I didn’t really care. I had several mammograms , several ultra sounds etc. they could see it , they couldn’t see it. What a mess. They seemed all upset and I told this one doctor that came in to do the ulta sound himself hey it isnt there God has taken care of it and he will you too. Just wait and see.
BRENDA: LOL you don’t want all the castor bean seeds I have is enough to plant a field of castor beans. But I will give you a good amount so you can plant several. I use them as back ground plants. They have a sort of tropical look don’t you think?
Yeah I think you get cheated with trading shots with Dennis. Lol
Dr. H told me that about the B-12 shots but I am going to have to call up there and have him send me a new script in writing to that effect to give to the pharmacy cause they are being stupid. Saying that I shouldn’t have needed more b-12 so fast.They gave me a new bottle but only because it says I can have it prn. Lol
Sweetie I didn’t mean you should wear smaller than a 14 I really meant that you look so slim that I cant believe it is a 14 you wear. It was meant as a compliment really.
Glad you got the pictures at least of the grandbabies. Maybe that is the start. Did you call and tell them thank you? Never know that may be what God wants right now.
BEV: sorry about your new desk not having drawers but like your boss said there will be in about 3 weeks. So at least you have that as a promise huh. No I didn’t know you worked at a
Sure hope you will be in west branson on the 8th of Sept. that is the main day of the reunion. If you are anyone else wants to know more about the reunion be sure and watch for Janets post about it sometime this week.
JANET: It sure does rain over there a lot doesn’t it? Yesterday and today was both hot and sunny no rain in sight.
Sorry about the pain you are in but I figured that doing the jumps in the pool would sit in sooner or later , im sorry poor baby I know that has to hurt.
Yes I pray for Melissa daily I know she has to really be fed up with all the trauma she is going thur. Poor girl I know it has to be depressing.
Yeah I cant do but very little meat. Hamburger meat that is in tiny pieces is about it. No baked or broiled fish my stomach turns the minute I put it in my mouth. I can eat fish fried but we aren’t suppose to do that. I can eat shrimp and lobster, and crawfish, and crab so basically seafood is all good. Just cant afford most of that all the time. Lol
That is why I mainly do my protein part of my diet with protein shakes. Cant be helped I have to have it and cant eat enough of the other to do it.
Yeah you are facing a lot of surgeries but I think so are a lot of people since the being overweight played havoc on the joints especially the knees. I know I am facing that and carpal tunnel surgery on both hands, the rest I guess is optional but I really want the lower body lift and a face lift and arms done, don’t care about the boobs I can wear a good bra and fix that. Lol
That is one reason im going back to work as a nurse so I can save up some money lol Maybe by the time I get it saved I wont care so much but right now I do. I hate the flabby arms and I hate how bad my face looks now , when before surgery I didn’t have but very few wrinkles and now I look like a cheap road map. Lol
Im not complaining about the surgery I love that and what it has done but I don’t think I knew how bad my skin would look after wards. Glad im not facing some of the ones you face tho.
JULIA: Oh that is too bad about having to wear o2 at night. But if it helps you sleep better that would be great. Hope you don’t have to go back to the c-pap machine they are hard to get use to aren’t they? I have heard lots of people complain about them.
LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS
JAN
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GOD BLESS YOU TODAY
JAN COOK
Tammy~Ammy
~~~Happiness is being Christa's Nanna~~~
Start~474lbs /Now~285 /Goal~200lbs
Surgery:06~04~07 Total~191 lbs down!
Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Well, its August 1st already-I cant believe it!!! Where did this year go so far? To top that off-its already the middle of the week-and I dont feel like I have gotten anything done this week yet-due to feeling puney and then the pain yesterday. Dang.
I got to talk to Mel and her sister was up-with her great neice (her sisters granddaughter) and her cousin, Becky. She asked if I wanted to meet Isabelle. They call her Izzy and she turned one on Sunday-Oh MY Gosh-she is sooooo beautiful-blonde curly hair and huge blue eyes and she was wearing this little pink shirt and adorable shirt!!! It made me miss having a little one like that around-but not full time, dont think I could do it anymore-LOL....Anyway-we walked through the door-she took one look at the boys-and that was it-she went waddling across the floor-moved Darrels hand-and backed her booty up and plopped down right on his lap-and she was just jabbering away-she then tried to do the same thing with Jon-but he moved-he did laugh and play with her-but wouldnt let her sit on his lap!!! I held her for a bit and gave her her bottle and I hummed to her-and as soon as they left-Jon got up in my lap and asked me to hum to him-(a little jelous, maybe?) So-that was definitely the highlight of my day-meeting Izzy....she is the sweetest little thing!! Plus, I got to see Rosey (mels sis) and meet Becky (mels cousin)....I then went and got my RX from the doc, made my appt for Sept to consult with him about having the nerves burnt in my back and what he thinks I should do-should I give it a try before surgery or just have the surgery and get it over with? Although he no longer does any form of back surgery-he has been my doc for 9 yrs now-and I trust him tremendously. Then we came home and I vegged out on ice and heat pretty much the remainder of the day.
Mel had all kinds of tests ran yesterday-she had a bone scan and some form of labs that were 2 or 3 parts-cant remember which. At least the hospital is only 3 blocks from where she lives-so thats not too bad-but she still doesnt look or act like herself. I just HATE seeing her this way. It breaks my heart to know how bad she is hurting. Today she goes to her PCP to go over everything and see what he has to say. I hope that someone hurries and finds an answer for her.
Last night, before Jon was getting ready to go to bed, he went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and get his sip of water-and Mike and I were in the livingroom and we hear him say-Guys, SPIDER-SPIDER-SPIDER, theres a SPIDER in here with me-and I was thinking-oh man, I bet its one of those huge wolf or garden spiders we get every summer-and they are so big and mean looking etc-so I sent Mike in, cause he still had his shoes on and could step on it or spray it-or whatever....anyway-Mike starts yelling for us to get him a glass-so Darrel runs and gets a glass-and Mike brings out a......SCORPION!!! Yes, a scorpion-not one of the huge ones-its only about 1 1/2 inches long and we caught one last year right before school was out and Steph was doing a project in biology-and so we caught it and she took it to school for biology (after it died of course). This one-he is gonna die too, cause I am gonna put him out in a jar in the heat. Cant have those running around-they dont kill you or anything, but they can still sting you and I dont want the boys getting stung, or anyone for that matter-cause I dont wear shoes in the house. YIKES...
I have to take the kitty in for her free check up today, go to the grocery store and then try to get some stuff done here that I have been putting off-like cleaning out the fridge and etc. My back hurt pretty intense last night-but it feels much better (so far) this morning, so I am praying the worst is over with. I got a letter from child support yesterday and they found him again (stephs biological dad) and have put the paperwork through to garnish his wages-he kept telling me he would do it on his own-but I knew better. He isnt going to let us have a dime unless they MAKE Him. How nice of him with school coming up and all to be so giving with any help-just like Darrels mom-she has never even helped with a pencil. I cant wait until she has to start paying the little bit we are asking for-to her it will be like a million bucks-but....they should have to help- Darrel hasnt seen his biological womb since the weekend before Mothers Day and he doesnt even ask to call her or go and see her (YAY) which is why he is doing so well right now. Once she gets in the picture for any length of time-she plays such severe mental games on him-that it affects his home life. Now that he is 13, she knows he can go into court and tell the mediator that he doesnt want to visit and she CANT make him-so she really doesnt say much to us. She isnt even calling to bug us about seeing him. She knows that we caught her in several lies and that she wont be allowed to see Darrel again unless SHE picks him up-so she is going to wait 6 mos or so-thinking we will have forgotten and not say anything to her- WRONG.....
**Jan-I am so sorry you arent feeling good. I know that there is a lot of different virus's going around. I will pray for you and I hope your back to your *****y ol self soon-
It didnt rain yesterday-it sprinkled 2 or 3 different times, but nothing that amounted to anything. It got really dark a couple of times, but it missed us. They were saying thunderstorms throughout the night, but we didnt get them either. Im glad-I dont like it when it storms bad out here.
I, like you-cant do the baked, broiled or boiled fish/seafood. I used to love shrimp-but tried it all the healthier ways first-and I just cant-I have to eat it either fried or deep fried. So-I know what you mean. I guess its not too bad for no more than we can eat now-heck, now I couldnt eat one jumbo shrimp without getting full-you know? When I went to my 6 mo check up-Dr. Fearing told me that this far out I should be trying to get ALL my protein from food-and I didnt want to lie to her-it seems like I get ALL my protein basically from the shakes. I cant/dont eat enough of ANYTHING to give me all the protein I need-no matter HOW hard I try, I just cant. To be honest with you-I really dont have very many instances where I "want" food. Something happened to me when I had the surgery, I guess-because food just isnt an issue for me anymore-wish I didnt have to go to the grocery store-cook or see food anymore. I just hate it. I do try, but I just cant eat more than 2-3 bites-ever! One or two times I have eaten a whole taco-but it took forever, which I actually took a break for 1/2 hr or so before I finished it. It wasnt huge or anything and I didnt eat much of the shell-tossed it-but thats the most I have been able to eat in 8 months. I pretty much live on my shakes, yogurt, sf fudgesicles and occasionally, some dried healthy cereal. Those things I can do without a problem most times. **Deb M-you are in our prayers. I hope and pray that you have peace of mind today and that you feel calmness and the prayers that we are all praying for you. Let us know how everything goes and remember we love you. **Tammy-Ammy-thanks for all the prayers. I will try to get you emailed back today. Love you and am praying for your situation there and hope to see you on the 20th. **Brenda-Loved the joke about the living will~How funny! Thanks for making us smile-we could use more of that...seems like Satan loves to attack all of us on this board-because he knows how much we care for one another-and how he can affect so many people on here-cause we all love and care so much. I am praying for you and your family. Will email you back as soon as I can-take care and I pray for you and your family constantly. Love you and cant wait to give you a hug!!
~~CALLING ALL MIA'S~~~Where are you? I know I dont have a complete list here-but....Lana, Sherr, Denise, Deb D, Rachael, Connie, Rianne, Chelle, Susan, Mel, Rebecca M, Charlotte, Virginia, Bev, Sug, Tami......and all other regulars that posted for a while and then disappeared-WHERE ON EARTH ARE YOU? Are you okay? IF your lurking, PLEASE pop in and say hi and let us know how your doing-even a weekly check in would be nice so that some of our worry warts (like me) will know your okay. Dont make us hire people to come and find you to make sure your ok-LOL.....
Well, I am gonna get off here-and see if I have enough time to post about the reunion right now or not-and as always, your all in my thoughts and prayers. Janet
Hello all, Well I would like to say that I am still feeling better but go figure no. I am getting so discourged. Two days ago I started having really bad burning in my tummy and everything I eat or drink either makes me sick or hurts. Luckly if I dont eat or drink it is bearable. But you can imagine what that is doing for my weight loss. The scale refuses to move! I called Dr. Scott's office and they want to do that camera down the tummy thing, they are supposed to call me and let me know when. Enough about me, havent been here much because I hate to post so much depressing stuff, I feel like all I ever have to say is bad and everyone has problems. Know that I am praying for everyone and hope that all is good. Will try to be back here everyday when I get to feeling better.
JAN I am sorry that you are feeling bad and hope that you get to feeling better soon. I know that your yard and flowers will miss you.
TAMMY-AMMY WOW, on the weight loss, I am so happy for you, dont worry you will be in those 200's before you know it.
MEL I havent called you lately and I am sorry, please remember that you and Terry are in my thoughts and prayers. I worry about you and Janet so much some days, I wish I could move down there and see you all the time. Thank you so much for having me over, Rory and I had the best time, thanks again!
JANET I havent read any posts on the board except for todays whats happening but I can see by what Jan and Tammy have posted that Mike is sick? I hope he feels better soon. Guess we left some St. Charles germs in the pool huh? I had so much fun meeting and seeing everyone while we were down. Thanks for letting us use your living room, we cant wait to see you again. (((HUGS and KISSES))) to you all.
Everyone take care and cant wait to make it to reunion! Love Susan
Hello Missouri.... I have in fact been missing in action but for the last three weeks I have been working some pretty messed up hours and have not had time to check with everyone....I have been reading when I get a chance, just not been able to post much... Hope that everyone is doing ok...everyone is always in my prayers just know that....I will hopefully be able to post a little longer later this week when I have a minute to breath...
Miss ya all
God bless
Rachael
Good morning OH family! From reading everyone's post it seems like we have a few who aren't feeling well including myself. I'm still having pain in my right side which I think has to do with my fatty liver disease. I know I need to go to the dr. but due to financial issues I can't go right now so I guess I just suffer a little while longer? I get off from work early today however I don't have any plans for this afternoon probably just go home and spend time with my puppies and get a few house chores done? Has anyone who has had surgery done a WLS scrapbook? I have seen on the srapbook forum that a lot of people are doing that. It sounds interesting, I'm thinking about starting one. Does anyone have any good ideas or suggestions? Jan; Sorry your feeling bad go to your pcp and see what's going on you shouldn't wait too long you don't want to become dehydrated and get worse. I wish I had an organized closet mine is a mess. Tammy; Congrats on your wow moment, I can't wait until I can post a wow moment. Your doing great on your weight loss keep up the good work. Janet; I know the year is flying by but this is one year I can't wait for it to end cause in Oct. I get to meet with my surgeon and hopefully have my surgery in Nov. or Dec.? Susan; Sorry you haven't been feeling well I hope they find out whats going on with you soon. I have to go for now it looks like I'm getting off earlier then expected so that's good I really don't want to be here anyway. Take care everyone and have a blessed day.
Adamsamah, Lana
"WLS is about making better choices, a healthier lifestyle and seeing how little you can eat. Portion control is the key to all weight loss surgeries. Bottom line - it isn't how much you can eat - it is how little you can eat."
Good afternoon OH Board, I too have been busy. Mostly with workers comp. appts.,blood test for packet to Dr. De la Torre,sick 14 yr. old (ear ache), and I also got DSL and it took me about 4 days to get it working right. It's still gotta be tweeked a little and I definitely need the GEEK squad to do a home visit. My SIL is at the Mayo Clinic and was going for a surgery to burn the nerves on the backside of her heart and she got some bad news.She has a valve not working on one side of her heart and there's a vein closing, so they've had to keep her in the hospital for surgery to fix it.(I Pray!!) My poor brother is so worried. She's only 40.She's had heart problems since she was born. Just 3 more weeks till school starts. Yea!!!I Is anyone else as happy as me? They are so bored. Baseballs over,swimming is boring,reading is boring,playing period is boring. I wish I was so bored!! JAN: Sorry to hear you're not well. I hope the imodium works.Being dehydrated isn't a good thing and I imagine for the after surgery ones it's even worse. I sure hope you get better. Well ,sorry I gotta run so soon ,but I have another appt. I have my psych eval. 8/10 and my last diet visit with my pcp on 8/9, and all my other stuff is done, so as soon as I get the letters from my pcp and the psych then I can mail it in. Yea!!! I'll see you all at the COF. Connie
Just got back from a visit with my pcp, he filled out all the paperwork and I had the labs drawn. Boy they took about 10 vials of blood. Never had that much drawn before.. So looks like I may be getting the show on the road. Yea!!!!!!
I am going to the Pain Clinic on the 8th to have the nerves in my back done, so will let you all know if it helps or not..Pray that it does. I am so darn tired of this pain I don't know what to do.
I haven't been doing much because I can't do much. My granddaughter (she lives with me) has been here this summer but she will be leaving the 8th to go back to college. I will really miss her. She got a full scholarship to Wentworth Military Academy when she graduated high school, this will be her 2nd yr there. She really hated it for about the 1st 6 months but I think it was because she had never been away from home, Now she is getting anxious to get back there...She wants to make a career of the Army.
Boy don't everyone get sick. I felt really bad for about 3 days but I think it was the new bp meds that the doc put me on. After I quit taking them I started feeling much better. Have not had the head pressure or weakness, nausea that I felt before.
Wel I am not doing good on the not smoking. I just can't seem to lay them down. I tried but I got so nervous I felt like my head would explore and cried about everything. That is sad....to be so hooked on something. But I will keep trying, my pcp said when I get ready he will give me a script for Chantix.
Well hope everyone starts feeling better, I can't call everyones name but I do pray for you everyday.
By the way I really like the peanut butter shakes. Yummy....I have lost 10 lbs..
It has taken about a month but I can't move around very much..Hopefully I can move better if I can get some more weight off.. 
