Where is everybody? It's 5:15 a.m. on the West Coast . . .

Hello Annette...those protein bars sound great! What is the sugar content and how many grams of protein?

Those damn scales...they do talk!!

Love and hugs...connie d

Connie they have 4 grams of sugar, 14 grams of protein and 190 calories. To me they taste better than a Milky Way candy bar.

My doctor doesn't care how, but insists that I get in 2,000 calories a day and gain weight. I want healthy calories to keep my strength up and something that doesn't make me feel too full.

Scales are evil. I wear my boots when the doctor weighs me.

Kisses

Annette

Thanks Annette....I am going to have to check these out.YUM!!

You were boots to get weighed....LOL....I wear a trench coat, naked, and barefoot!!!

Love ya...connie d

Hi Cindy and my OFF family:

I had a busy afternoon yesterday ... I had planned on an eye doc appointment, but as I was getting ready to leave, the office called to confirm my appointment for Thursday, not Wednesday. Well, I had written it in my calendar for Wednesday. I work Thursday, didn't want a Thursday appointment. So I went to my chiro and then decided I'd see if I could do a drop-in at one of the places around town. Went to one place, the optometrist was off Wednesday. So I went to get my hair cut. Then I went to a second place around 3 p.m. ... couldn't get me in until 4:30 p.m. OK, well, I figured I'd get something to eat and come back. As I was driving away, I saw another place so I thought I'd check that out. They had a buy one, get one free special. I went in, the optometrist was available so I took advantage of their special. Got two pairs of no line bifocal glasses for $500 (nice frames, too, although I probably could've gone cheaper ... but it's paid through my FSA ... use it or lose it ... plus, I get reimbursed $200 from insurance). One pair will be RX sunglasses. 

It took awhile for all that to happen ... they had just two people to help out the ordering process. And because I wanted antireflexive coating on the regular glasses, it will be two weeks before they're ready. But that's OK.

Then I stopped and picked up dinner, came home and watched my recording of the White Sox game ... they won 5-2, lots of homers. 

Well, I've got to get into the shower and get ready for work. Have a good day.

Hi Cindy, Vickie and Connie and everyone to come...

Totally forgot about April Fool's Day and can say no one pranked me.  I spent the first days of this new month ( April already?!) doing paperwork, and worked yesterday one short day, but then spent the rest of the day visiting the hospital and a friend I met through WLS support group years ago, who had herself brought by ambulance to hospital because of her leg infection...

She is confined to an electric wheelchair and the WLS surgery really hasn't been successful for her and she has regained a lot of her weight...After keeping her in observation in ER overnight  2 nights ago, they finally admitted her to a ward at noon yesterday, and after work I went there to get her housekey, had copies made at a local hardware and brought her key back plus a decent coffee and pastry as she was already sick of the dishwater and tasteless food.  Then I went to her neighbour and asked if she would look after the cat and bring in the mail daily ( the neighbour has 2 cats of her own and had seen the ambulance take my friend away the previous night. and was worried about the cat).

Millie the cat had been fed and watered and had her litterbox changed just before the ambulance took her owner to hospital and before I arrived yesterday another friend and her husband  had come in the morning to take care of the cat's needs, and bring items to the hospital my friend needed, but they live too far away for daily cat duties. Thank heaven's the neighbour agreed to take on the daily duties and I gave her the new spare key I had made, and kept the other for myself in case I need to access my friend's house and bring something to her in hospital..  Don't know how long my bedridden WLS friend will be in hospital, they are doing tests and think she may have a kidney problem as well...She has diabetes, cholesterol and other ongoing problems and as she is wheelchair bound ( a huge extra-wide electrical chair, the size of a Smartcar, I kid you not, which of course stayed at her house as didn't fit in the ambulance) .So she is now  immobile in her bed at he hospital...The hospital is a centre of excellence for bariatric surgeries so she is in the best place to be, and they put her in one of their special large sized extra comfy bariatric beds.

I'm glad they kept her instead of sending her home with a daily visit by a nurse as she lives alone and needs round the clock care as she has had a fever for a few days and was unable to get out of her liftchair at home and use the commode...she has me worried as she has a huge lymphedema growing on her leg and too big to remove as no surgeon wants to try to as surgery would be too dangerous as she would probably bleed to death ( so they are just letting it get bigger until I guess she dies without bleeding to death! I am amazed at how large the growth has become and how much skin can stretch).  She is very feisty and independent and I have had to ]back off from making suggestions she could be better off  in an apt or bungalow designed for wheelchair use.  She is on a tiny pension and living alone in a tiny townhouse with no real friends and no family ( rent geared to income co-op housing) but can't go upstairs anymore, and her life is reduced to a few square yards in her livingroom with a huge TV, internet,  and Millie her cat. She does go out by herself to concerts and special events with Paratranspo in her huge wheelchair, so is no shut-in, and gets daily help to bathe her and a little house-cleaning ...still, I feel she would be better off living somewhere else as she has to cook her own meals and do all the shopping and get herself to medical apts,  and always seems to be waiting for a Paratranspo bust either to pick her up or get home from wherever she has been and it seems to take hours out of each day..Plus she is in chronic pain, should really have hip surgery but no one will do it anymore, and is continually in discomfort as can't really sit or stand without special sling to support her huge growth...Plus she has no family to take care of her so is truly on her own.

 This woman once had a recreational pilot's license and still tries to get out to her monthly Astronomy club meetings, but can no longer join fellow members on their excursions as they use a normal bus and she can't travel with them on their trips anymore. When I feel sorry for myself, I think of her and how she is still battling to be independent and not shipped off to a longterm care institution, although sometimes think there should be better conditions for her than where she lives now. Just look around, and if you feel sad about your own  problems, there is always someone way worse off than you.

Gotta run, get myself ready and see if there is any news about how long they will keep her in, she was exhausted yesterday, and may be feeling more rested today and have news for me.

 

Everyone else have a better day today than yesterday

Jennifer

Jennifer I have a friend in a similar situation.  She is very heavy and still somewhat mobile but has so many medical issues working against her and she also lives alone.  She was in the hospital recently for elevated ammonia levels due to liver disease and got so weak they transferred her to a nursing home/rehab for 4 weeks.  I found out this morning they were going to have to take her back to the hospital to get some fluid build up off..... I feel so sorry for her, she is a wonderful person.  It's hard to stand by and see people you love go through these things.  Prayers for you and your friend.

Karen

Greetings Cindy, Vickie and Connie,

I had a busy morning, and am just settling in for the afternoon.  I had an ultrasound of my gall bladder and abdomen this morning.  It took 45 minutes from start to finish.  I came home and am ready to go back to bed.  I had to fast, so I'm catching up on my caffeine intake.  

I'm feeling pretty lousy, and just want to vegge out.  I see the doctor on Monday.  By then, he'll have the results of the ultrasound.  I'm concerned because if I need surgery, I'll have to be off the Coumadin for five days before it.  That means I'll need a medicine not covered by my insurance.  I'm applying to get it for free, and the paperwork is being processed.  I just hope it gets approved right away.

Must go.

Hugs and Prayers,

Trish

Sorry to the other ladies, when I started my previous post, I only saw that three people had posted.  Did not mean to diss anyone.  

Hugs,

Trish

Hi girls!

I haven't been on in a couple days.  The stress tests monday went well and we got the OK from the cardiologist.  I have started having some allergy issues and feel like I'm walking around in a fog all day. Haven't felt well the last couple days.  Was supposed to tutor today but I called and rescheduled.  Let's see.....made a pot of split pea soup with the hambone left over from easter. Going to freeze it for the puree Phase.  Just got a call from the county to contact and go out and help do achievement testing next week so I guess I will be working some.  It's OK I like doing the testing and it's just exra money for vacation in June.  I can't believe my husband and I have been married almost 15 years and have never been to the beach together. Go figure!  We are talking a "family" vacation with 10 of his family members.  Should be interesting.

Well, I need to go lay down for a little while, just tired and lethargic today. Tomorrow will be better!

Hugs to all

Karen

I too didn't see the others post, was busy doing my own and only 3 had started the thread, then once I posted, others were ahead of me.....surely because I am a slow typist and yet still make typos, must drive Eileen wild as I notice she never has any in hers! It's her job to use good spelling and grammar!