HAPPY WED

I remember when we talked about the possibility of seeing each other.  I was also crazy busy that week, babysitting for my daughter, and then going to my granddaughter's dance recital.  I think her dance classes are in Owosso, plus, I went to an AA meeting there while I was out there. 

I am hoping to be well enough to go out there around Halloween, because my birthday is the day after, and it would be neat to be there when the Munchkins are wearing their costumes.  I would like to fly this time, because I got free tickets in February when Delta had me sitting at JFK for a six hour delay when I was flying to Tampa for Phillies Spring Training with my son.

Hugs,
Trish

Just a quick dash off --- I'm at work an hour early -- helping out with the insurance as the gal who does it has had heart issues (long story) and won't be back to work for at least another week.

Prayers for Karen C -- glad surgery is over and hope the recovery is not too painful...thank goodness for those good drugs!

I had many of my support group members e-mail me and express their thanks for all I had done with the group -- made me feel good.   We do have a website and I told them I would be available to answer any questions or concerns they might have.

We had storms in the night -- slept right thru them.

Time to get busy -- have an especially wonderful day - be thankful for being healthy, happy and alive.

Pat R.

Morning OFF...
 
 FUnny about the earthquake yesterday. I live in upstate NY didn't feel it, but..weird.....

  I've lived in my house (trailer) for 25 years...seldom have had a problem with critters. Yesterday my daughter told me she saw ants on my kitchen counter...welll I jumped up and cleaned and sprayed and counted maybe at the most 30 of the little buggers...

   Later on realized they hadn't showed up till around 1:30 which was just about the time of the earthquake..felt in NY.  I killed maybe 5 more last night and haven't seen one ant since..??????  WEIRD huh?  I have heard that animals and critters can sense those things...I just thought it was weird that they chose YESTERDAY to come into the house.

  Everyone have a great day...
  I'm off to get my compression hose and then sleep study tonight...yippee...NOT!

  Marcy

Good morning Shirley and everyone.....

Praying for Karen C.......hope her recovery is going well. 

I am feeling quiet today so this is all I have for now.

Wishing everyone a good day. Praying for those with testing and other needs as well.

Love and hugs to all....connie d

Good morning ShirleyG and my OFF sistas!

Yes, prayers for a swift and easy recovery for Karen C.  I'm just now getting to the point where I can think about PS without panicking over more surgery.  I think PS must be a very BIG step to take!  Don't know if I'll pursue that route--or if I'll even need to--but it would surely take a lot of thought and prayer ahead of time.

Re-entry into "normal" life continues to bump along today.  As I posted on FB this morning, this is "crack" Wednesday for me. Took my car to the shop to replace the cracked windshield.  Damn heat.  First cracked windshield I've ever had.  And I always crack the windows whenever I park it, too! LOL!

Then this afternoon I have a root canal scheduled to repair my cracked back molar.  Oh, joy!  You know, I never even had a cavity in my whole mouth until I was 36 years old.  Now my teeth just seem to be cracking up!  Got fillings, crowns, 4 missing teeth (in the back, thankfully), etc.  One of the perks of aging, I guess.

This morning that damn scale FINALLY moved again!  I've been stalled forever.  I surely do want to reach Onederland.  Just 5 more pounds.  Pretty please!

Need to ask for prayers for my youngest daughter, Christie--the one with bipolar disorder.  She's having some bad episodes and fighting so much with her live-in (they're not married, so I can't call him her husband).  I'm worried about her, but I can't get down there to see her until after next week.  HIS mother calls me almost every day.  They are driving her crazy.  I feel her pain.  Been there, done that.  I don't know what I can do that she hasn't already tried, but at least I can be there and lend support.  Maybe take the baby for several days to give my daughter and live-in a break.  See if they can settle down and get over their mad.  They've been fighting for weeks now.

Got my 6 month checkup with my WL surgeon next Monday.  I'm excited and nervous, all at the same time.  What if my levels aren't good?  What if he tells me I'm not losing enough?  I do so want to be a successful WLS patient!  I feel like I'm trying very hard, but I did get off my program a bit while on vacation.  Had a bite or two of dessert, drank some wine, ate some bread and butter, etc.  Guess I'm feeling guilty.

ShirleyG--you should just see my yard!  It's all brown.  Not a blade of green grass left anywhere, except the very small patch I've kep****ered in my back yard.  We have had unrelenting 100+ F heat daily, plus no rain at all since June.  It's not a pretty picture.

So, prayers for all and best wishes for an uneventful day on the East Coast!  Hurricanes and earthquakes be gone!

Love you all!

Hi Shirley, OFFr's,

Well we on the east coast sure are having our fair share of things lately, a tornado about 2 weeks ago, an earthquake yesterday and a possible hurricane this upcoming weekend, which if we get it, will not be a great thing, as the rains we have had recently have the ground saturated with no room for more water, my basement is smelly from the wet, but in my part of the world, wet basements are normal, don't have the $5,000 to $7,000 it would cost to waterproof my old basement, my sump pump will be doing overtime if we get the hurricane, but oh well, such is life. . .  about the earthquake, my roommates were both home yesterday when it struck and my one who lives upstairs said she was at her computer when things started shaking and she at first thought is was the dog scratching herself, but then the walls started moving and she got up and ran downstairs, my other roommate was in his room (he works from home) and he said he thought at first it was the washing machine and realized wait, no one is using it, he said all of sudden my house started rolling and he went to get off the bed and literally was thrown off of it.  I checked the foundation of the house and it seems like nothing out of the ordinary, however, I do have some new cracks or worsening cracks in my ceiling in the old part of my house, nothing I'm worried about, as the house is over 60 years old, pretty amazing thing to live to tell about.  A dear friend from the West Coast called us East Coasters, weenies and said it was just a baby quake, well sweetum's if that is a baby quake, I hope I never experience a momma of one. . .

Shirley one thing I'm curious about, we have been told by our nutritionist, that we cannot do time released stuff because of our rerouted innards, so just be sure you will be getting what you need, we cannot afford to mess with our calcium intake. . .

Well today I'm here at work, after work I'm going to see my grandchildren and then home to sleep. . .  just another work day.

Wishing Karen well and for all you facing challenges, may you find peace and strenght to get you through it!

Hugs, Laureen

Haha!!! Laureen- I had to say that about you guys being weinies! Earthquakes barely faze us here anymore- except for BIG ones- the one that rocked SF in 1989 had everyone freaked out, but it was huge, broke the bridge, flattened a freeway, etc. 5.9 is actually good sized, just not BIG.

Funny thing about that earthquake is I lived in the Piedmont section of Oakland back in 72/73/early 74, so when it happened it was kind of freaky to me since I knew the area where things happened. . .  I remember going over the Oakland Bay Bridge when I lived there thinking, what if there was a big earthquake, that bridge was so long. . .  also there is a tunnel carved through a mountain going to Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill and I used hate going through that. . .  I was young and had never experienced an earthquake and the whole time I lived there I never experienced one either. . .  go figure, that all these years later, I get to experience one in Delaware. . .  btw, Roxie got spooked, roomies told me it was pretty scary being in the house as it rolled. . .  I got a kick out of you calling us weenies (lol). . .

Hi Laureen
Yes , I have to check on those time release Citracal as I was never told that about time release meds..
So since you were , how many others were and did my surgeon just forget that little item ...
GEEZZZZZZZZ and I was jumping for joy because trying to space that our with a multivitamin and B-12 and so on is a darn JOB ...
I need to find that out though this week..
Thanks
Shirley

Shirley,

I take my multi and vitamin Bs in the morning when I wake up, then around 11 a.m. or if I forget, at lunch, I take my calcium citrate (the one that you can take with or without food, calcium carbonate, needs to be taken with food or it won't do the work it's supposed to), then around 3 p.m. the 2nd dose of multis and either dinnertime or evening snack time, I have my 2nd dose of calcium.  However, I also take no other supplements, as my iron levels are consistently ok.  If you take iron supplements that throws things off for the calcium/d vitamins can't be taken within 3 hours of iron.  For a long time I used to set my computer to remind me of when to take vitamins because if I was busy I forgot, but now I have my routine and am pretty good. 

The things we were told were basically, no time released meds and also no NSAIDs, most especially in the first year.  Some doctors will allow them after that, with limitations, or in conjunction with a stomach protecting drug, such as prilosec or something, but those are damaging to our new stomachs.

Anyway, there is so much information they give you in the beginning, you may not have heard that, or it might just have been an oversight.

Take care, Laureen