WHATS HAPPENING TUESDAY.

Well tonight is the COF meeting, I always get excited about seeing all my friends and anyone new that comes. Should be a good big meeting tonight. We have people coming from all the way on both sides of the state tonight. Or at least we hope so.

 

I did my year to date page in my before and after book today. Wow when you put pictures side by side you can really see the difference. I still have a ways to go but not as far as I did before. I think if I have the lower body lift then it will take care of all the rolls and stuff or at least I hope so. I have set up a consult with the plastic surgeon for the end of Sept. Hopefully if I get really busy with it and it cools off some I can get to walking again and lose some more weight before then.

I am using my ab lounger but I need more I know. I really haven’t exercised that much at all really. I would love to go to water aerobics but the nearest one is in Branson and it is such a hassle to go there even 3 times a week ,maybe when I get to working Gas wont be such an issue and can afford to do it.

 

Im excited for Tammy and Brenda to get to be at our meeting tonight and to stay all night with me. I have been checking to see if I have all my linens clean lol. (I do)

 

We had a wonderful rain last night and today up until about noon , just a nice slow rain that everybit of it soaked into the ground. Just what we needed , but it needs to do it for about a week just like that.

 

The satellite to my computer is out , has been out for several hours. Don’t know when it will get back on. May have to call the satellite company don’t know.

So until that comes on I don’t know what or if anyone has responded to my whats new post. If it doesn’t come back on before we leave this afternoon for the meeting when I get back I may not respond to anyone , just post this and hopefully all will continue to post to it. We will see what happens.

 

Well Tammy im not going to answer you on here because you are sitting in my kitchen right now lol

 

JANET: was so good to see you tonight, I know you were in pain tonight but was so great to see you and Melissa tonight

Im so sorry about all that you are going thu and all but just pray that God will help you and take care of some of  those problems. I know that sounds like maybe being pious or something but some of the things in this ole world we just cant fix and have to turn over to God to take care of ..

Thanks for the cute shirts. They are really cute.

 

You need to get another picture put up on the board as your avatar, you are just getting way too cute and need to let everyone know how you look.I haven’t seen you in 3 months and you have really changed. …Mike is going to have to hire body guards soon .

 

 

BEV: I hope you enjoy your new internet and can do more than you did with the old one. Did you get your results from your lab work., hope it all turned out ok.

 

Hey watch it about those sweet treats , yummy they are good but not good for us you know.

 

 

BEVERLY B: I have got Joe my husband an appointment with the pain clinic to see about  the nerve ablation for his back. Is yours feeling better , I know you said it was hurting today but has it been doing better now.

 

Hey sounds like you have a built in house keeper now. When she gets thru cleaning yours she can come to mine. Lol. I need organizing.

 

JULIA:Hey fishing woman,,,,all those good fresh fish sound good. But the only trouble with me is that the only way I can eat fish is fried and I know we aren’t suppose to eat it that way. Oh well I cant eat as much of it as I use too anyway.

 

We had a really great meeting tonight wish everyone could have been there.

 

Im getting to be now if I can get Tammy and  Brenda to go to bed lol

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

 

JAN           

 

Good Morning all... Not much going on around here! No test results yet from Jason and Wendy nor mine. I wish they would hurry up...the waiting is the hardest!  I ask for prayer for Wendy and lil Adam of course but the poor girl now has a severe UTI that they can't seem to get under control! I guess this is where her leakage is coming from. She says she has had problems with UTIs all her life but never this bad! I have been trying to stay busy but with the heat and humidity I haven't been able to go outside much! Everything is dying or wilted, except my grass and it needs to be mowed! Figures! Jason told me that he got an ecard from someone on here, he said he was sitting there, in the library and almost started balling! Poor guy, he's trying to be strong but what he really needs is to just sit down and have a good cry!  Thank you to those of you that sent ecards and/or are praying for this young couple and their unborn son whom they have named Adam Lee! We do appreciate you!! All of you!! David went back to work yesterday and he's already ready for another vacation...lol I told, I bet with that place being ran like it is! Well, I need to get off here so the phone line will be open if my results come in! See you all later... Love & prayers, Deb M.

Good Morning Everyne:          I feel like I have been run over by a mac truck. I dont think I would make a very good truck driver. I cant hardly handle sitten for the long period of time. lol        We had such a good time last night getting to see everyone again. Makes me even more excited (if that was even possible) for the reunion!!!! I got some really good photos last night that I will bring to the reunion.      Well I am off busy day today so I need to get moving or I am going to be late to my first appointment!!!!! Love ya'll Mel

Good moring OH family!  Jan I wish we lived near one another I would go to water aerobics with you I think that would be fun to have an exercise buddy?  I need to exercise more myself my body is all out of wack.  I did get my test results yesterday but they weren't good.  My sugar was elevated as well as the A1c which is the 3 month avg. blood sugar so my dr. increased my metformin to 1000mg 2x a day which I hate that medicine it makes me sick but they say I need it and just have to deal with the side effects.  My C-Reactive Protein was also elevated I guess that is a inflamation test it was elevated back in April too.  My AST and ALT which is my liver test they are 3x the amount they should be so I have to go see a specialist next Tues. about that.  My liver test are always elevated but not this high so I'm a little concerned about that maybe that's why I was having all that pain in my right side?  My TSH (thyroid) was low so she increased my thyroid medication.  The good news she had for me was that all my cholesterol test were really good.  I'm a little nervous about my liver though I hope it's not something serious?  I don't want anything to put off my surgery any longer then I have already waited.   We got our ATT cable and internet finally installed the guy was there from 12:30-6:30 I didn't think he was ever going to leave.  We have over 400 ch.s now and the internet seems much faster so all is good! I didn't get to go to water aerobics yesterday like I wanted but I'm hoping by Friday I will get to go then?   I made a wonderful dinner last night.  I got this chicken recipe off one of the boards it's low carb.  I put a can of low-sodum chicken broth and 1/2 bottle of low-carb italian dressing in the crockpot with boneless, skinless chicken breast and let them cook for 8 hours it was really good then I made a cheesey veggie bake which was also good.  I love trying new recipes.   I'm still not sure if I will be able to go to the reunion or not?  I wish I lived closer instead of 4 hrs away then I wouldn't have this problem about what to do with my dogs for the day.  Sure I could put them in a daycare but I also want my best friend to come and she has too many dogs to put them in daycare.  I also didn't want to drive there and back all in one day that's a bit much.  I'm still thinking about it..... Well, guess I better get some work done.  Take care everyone and God Bless....

Hi Jan and OH Peeps~ First I want to say that last nights group was definitely worth every bit of pain that I went through to get there and going through now because I went-LOL....I had a WONDERFUL time and it was sooooo good to see everyone again and meet the others I have never met before!  Claudette did a wonderful job as she always does! I wished I could have split myself in 4-5 ways so that I could have been sitting by everyone at the Village Inn and talking to everyone!!! The pictures we took turned out really nice! I even liked the one where I did my pole dancing and Tammy wouldnt join me-LOL... And Jan, we got a really nice one of your rear-its so tiny now that Mel had to zoom in on it and she was only a couple inches away-LOL....I hope that you liked the shirts and if not, I hope you can find someone who will? I really liked the black one, I know it was long sleeved-but I thought IF it ever got cold it would look nice on you. I hope they werent too big. I have been trying to keep my eyes peeled for your size-so let me know if they are too big AND if you liked them... **Jan-You look fantastic. I forgot until we got in the car-I kept thinking I needed to tell you how good your hair looked! Love the style AND the color...Told Mel when we were group how much I liked it-and then again at the restuarant and kept forgetting to tell you. You look absolutely wonderful-as always, but I love the new hair! After I saw the pics last night, I think its time for a change-a REAL change, NOT just a trim or some layers-something really different with mine. IF I make enough from the sale-I think I am going to treat myself to a real hair cut and either highlights or frosting or something like that-will see. I am not telling though, it will be a surprise-BUT...I will have to also go and get the new pic for my license IF I do that!! LOL  It was so good to see you last night. I love ya so much and I cant wait for the reunion. Do you remember-I think it was Cathy something who asked about entertainment for the reunion? I had told her that I just posted about it? She said her and her family do it? If you remember who that was-could you put a post up asking her to contact me OR tell me who she is so I can email her and see what all they do and what we would need to accomodate them, not sure if they will allow extension cords etc if its electric music instruments etc-would have to get it checked out. I also forgot to ask Sug if her and Rick are coming-do they know if they will be coming or not?  Have you heard from Sheila anymore? I havent seen any posts from her lately-and she was going to share a cabin with you and Joe if Sug and Rick didnt come. I wonder what happened to her? I feel bad that I forgot the print outs about the reunion and white elephant-and I also forgot your pic of Jon and thank you card from megan. Guess we will put them in the mail or bring them to the reunion....... Dont forget to send me your guess who fact! Some of the things I have gotten so far-I dont think anyone is gonna guess-cause I wouldnt have! I cant tell anyone either-Like Mel or anyone-Im so excited about that-you guys are gonna be so surprised!

**Brenda-it was such a pleasure to FINALLY meet you!! You look absolutely wonderful and I am so sorry you were hurting. I am keeping you in my prayers. I appreciate all the advice and letting me pick your brain. Let me know where you and Dennis end up going on your "honeymoon"...How exciting. If we lived closer-I would pet-sit for you!! Thanks for making the trip and for sitting by us at the restuarant so we could talk-I really enjoyed it. I love you and see you soon, I hope. **Tammy-Ammy-Girl, I just want you to know how much I love you. I knew something was up-but I want to ASSURE YOU, that YOU have done NOTHING wrong-NOTHING.....I PROMISE...I am in a place right now in my life where I just cant seem to find time to kick back and do anything with friends or emails or calls. Please dont take it personally. Nothing has changed on how I feel about you OR our friendship. Believe me-I MISS ALL of you so much and as soon as I can get things on the homefront settled down-I WILL be back-with a vengence!! (sp?).....Maybe I shouldnt put this in the post-but I want you to know that you are VERY dear to me-and always have been. We have shared a lot-and I didnt send all the emails and make the calls and etc-when you were pre-op because I felt obligated-I did it because I CARE and I WAS THERE before too-and I didnt have ANYONE to do that for me-so I wanted to be the person I wished I would have had on my journey when I started etc. I WANTED to do that for you because I LOVE YOU....You became MORE than an angelette-you became a friend-and I dont know about you-but you cant have too many friends-I dont think. Real friends are very hard to come by-and I cherish mine. I never had the kind of friends and family I have now. Outside of my immediate household-I really dont have any family to speak of. None that I want to hang out with anyway-and with all of you-I do! Please dont take my lack of time as seperation or that I dont care-I sure do! I have been praying for things to get settled down with Stephanie, with all my stupid ailments and so on-because I MISS having the interaction with all of you that I once had-this is very hard for me too-but I pray for all of you daily-and I think of you guys 100 times a day-at least LOL....Mel lives close-and we dont even get to hang out OR talk like we used to-Last night was the first time we have been together without it being at the hospital or for the wedding or reception, since May. So-see-ITS NOT YOU, its just timing and life-thats all!! I love you and I am so sorry if I hurt your feelings or you thought I didnt care-because I do. I will try my very best to get an email out to you today and I will email to both of your addresses so you will hopefully get it at least at one-LOL....Be careful going home-you look awesome! Your face looks so different and you are HOT!!!! Keep it up and I am praying like crazy that you get to come to the reunion-it just wont be the same without you. I love you. **Nutti-Thanks for riding with us to the group. It was so good to get to spend some time with you-and thanks so much for the heartfelt advice. I appreciate it. I hope that if you have any questions about food or the B12 shots or what have you, that you will post so we can help you, if you need it. You are doing fantastic-Im so happy for you and Mel and I may be coming to bug you to show us how to do the tie dye-thats too cool. I hope that you had as good of a time as we did and again-thanks for the kind words and for the advice. For making me feel like I am doing the right thing. I appreciate it more than you know! **Lana-MAN~you look so different than you did the last time I saw you in May! I dont think you can afford to lose another 9#-I dont know where you could lose it from! You look awesome and I am so happy for you and I was so glad to get the famous Lana hugs and kisses! I love you so much....Your car is soooo freaking adorable! I cant wait until the reunion! I wish you could stay overnite, but, hey-I will take what you can give time wise and enjoy each second of it!  Thanks for the name tags. Are you bringing hubby or anyone with you to the reunion? couldnt remember! I know your not bringing any kids unless you see them on the side of the road-LOL....So I hope you dont see too many on your way-I dont think you could fit them all in your car anyway....Love you. **Glenna and Claudette-It was so wonderful to see you both! I love getting your hugs and how welcome you make everyone feel! You guys are just the best. I dont know if your lurkers and read the daily thread-but I just want you to know that you both are in my thoughts and prayers daily and I love you guys. I hope that you will make it to the reunion-if nothing else, but for the day! We would be honored to have you, thats for sure! Love you both!

**Bev B-Im so sorry your hurting. I have been praying for you, and have thought a lot about you-because I know how bad I am hurting right now too. Last night at the restaurant-I went outside to call my hubby before they all went to bed-and I had gotten a spasm in my back about 1/2  through group-so I went out to call hubby and it hit again....Mel tried to get the knot out by messaging it-but it wasnt working-what a nightmare. I was bound and determined NOT to let it have control over my evening-but it made me tired just trying to get passed it! Please take care and keep us posted. Is your back as bad as before? Is it a different kind of pain. I hope it is just the weather change and not the end of your relief in your back. Take care. Well, I am going to finish this up. Have some other posts to read and maybe posts to do. I have already gone to my appt, stopped at 2 stores and came home. I really didnt feel like going anywhere today, but didnt want to have to reschedule either-so I just got it over with and now I am going to douse myself with Polar Ice-and go get the ice pack out of the freezer-and rotate heat and ice for a bit and put the Cyro Cuff on my right knee thats bothering me.  As always-all my love and prayers-Janet

Janet,    i was sitting right  down below you HAHAHA and i was out side with you, didnt talk but listened...im kinda shy at first,,but dang girl u need new pics up ur a beautiful gal...and good luck with rest of ur journey.. 1 week to go till our 1st appt. with Dr H. im so excited but at same time i dont think its gonna go well for Mona cos she still hasnt gotten her insurance back... and i feel bad cos i know if i get approved im gonna go ahead and do it cos ive waited    and waited for this, but at same time im gonna feel bad if Mona doesnt get her insurance and cant do it with me... ya know what i mean? or should i wait for her???? when she has lost her insurance twice since i started this journey....any advice gals???   i couldnt believe how much ALL of u had lost and  changed from ur pics on here..need updates gals... Lana ur such a doll i wanted to take u home with me ( and ur car too) hahaha Jan,  once again u looked lovely and loved the new hair cut and color. Rianna, was so good to see u doing good so keep it up and keep posting Reunion,   i wanted to stay the whole weekend with Jan but MOna has no money and now im not even sure she is coming, which will make me mad if she dont...so  i hope to be there for sure if nothing gets in my way... well im not a poster alot but i do LURK a lot haha so hope every 1 has a GREAT day... cant wait till reunion it will be a BLAST!!! love ya

Good afternnon Oh and Jan Well sounds like everyone had a great meeting lastnight.  I am so happy everyone got to go. Today was the first day of school and needless to say they have loaded me down with homework already!!!! I will try to do at least one post daily but don't be surprised if I pop in and out. I also found out me going to the reunion is going to be impossible. My work load is just too heavy!!! A few have asked how I have been doing since surgery and I have lost a total of 54 #'s now. I feel so much better and my clothes are starting to get really baggy. I don't want to buy new clothes so I guess I will wear these until they just fall off and I have to get clothes. I just don't have the budget to buy clothes and then not be able to wear them long. Sounds like everyone is starting to feel a little better and for those that aren't believe me I have prayers in for you!!! I hope everyone is doing okay and I see a lot of people are getting somewhere on their journey's to have surgery. Please let me know if I can help in any way. I better start plugging away on this homework uggghhhh!! Hugs

Chelle,    why dont you consider coming to the KCMetro support group next Monday nite at Lees Summitt?   Would love to have you join our group and get to know you.  Colette

Colette I have been telling myself I am going to venture that way (to Lee's Summit) I get lost going around the block here in Independence but you know what?? Mon is my birthday so I think I might!!!! If I get lost I can chalk it up to old age??? No probably not huh?? LOL Hugs

HEY EVERYONE!!  My internet is FINALLY hooked up....only took 11 days and me calling to gripe/yell 3 times :-D I have missed you guys SO much!  It was absolutely wonderful to see all of you that I saw last night....I wish I could have gone out to eat with ya'll so I could have spent more time talkin' w/ some of ya'll :-)  I just love you guys....  School started yesterday and boy.....I've got SO much reading to do....had to read over 100 pages for my first clinical tomorrow "Physical Assessment"....but I did it by golly....I am SO excited to finally be in nursing school and be taking classes that pertain to my area of interest.  Just wish they'd calm down on all the reading....good gravy! I'm gonna do my best to stay on top of my work so I can come down at least for the day on reunion day....but no promises :-( Jan, hope your hand is okay :-(  I still feel SO bad.....I came home and told Jon he needs to buy me a diff ring...hehehe Nutti, it was SO good to meet ya!  You look amazing....and girl, I totally understand the juice thing.  I've just bout decided that I'm gonna give up trying to drink all that....I'm sticking with my one glass of OJ a day (for potassium) and just doing my best to get my water/protein in.....I just can't drink that much stinkin' juice.  Don't tell Dr. B.... Janet, SO great to meet you too....you look fabulous!  I wish we could have talked a little more....but maybe next time?? Lana, you looked amazing as usual!  Thanks for the hugs :-) Chelle, Erin, everyone else....I've missed you!!!!!  I'm gonna get back in the groove now.....Well, I'll try...... I love you all!  I've gotta get off to bed b/c I have clinicals at 8 am tomorrow....fun fun!