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Hey Eileen
Hope you get your neurostimulator soon. I remember you saying it kept you pain free. I can't imagine facing the work dilemma you do. Working in a dying industry makes constant uncertainty. Hope it all works out.
I am so sorry to hear that you lost Joe.
Now that you are back on OH keep posting. We would love to hear from you and support you. I also watch a lot of Law and Order and others of that genre.
I can't do Starbucks. Not a coffee drinker. Where are you working?
Hey Julia
I know you are enjoying your retirement. I am not a crafty person. I enjoy crafts but never know what to do with it all. I used to do ceramics and I know people got to where they were afraid to open gifts from me. One can only use so many salt and pepper shakers or celery dishes.
Congrats on your weight loss. Mine is going much slower than yours. Kudos !!!
Hi Debbie
Good to hear from you. I must be confused. I thought you always lived in Slidell. I can relate to the desire to downsize. My hubby says he wants that too but can never get rid of anything. I think we need a smaller house and a huge storage unit.
You have definitely been on a roller coaster ride. I understand the devastation a cancer diagnosis can bring. The fear and the uncertainty. My sister had an advanced stage rare breast cancer about 3 years ago. She survived but is still dealing with some of the side effects of the chemo. Having family steal money from family is something I can only imagine. Anger and disappointment come to mind. I wish you and George the best and also your mother. I remember my dad dealing with dementia and you are right, the long term memory stays intact while the short term disappears. You can see the decades leave the memory. By the time my father died he was living back in the 40's. It's harder on the caregivers.
Best of luck to you
Jeannie
I take my first yoga class on Friday. I also found a meditation class that I might try. It is one evening a week.
I remember the traveling clothes. I had forgotten. I remember buying at thrift stores and if I wanted something new, it came from Wal-mart. As newbies we dropped sizes so quickly that it was a waste to buy anything that cost much. I have given away so many clothes. Even though I have regained some I still have 2 or 3 suites I bought when I was at my lowest. They were expensive suits that I got on sale and I will get back into them.
I also credit this forum with keeping me sane. I did not know how important vitamin B-12 was and that low levels could cause irreversible cognitive issues. I learned that here. I had never heard of ferritin and had never gotten it checked until I learn that here. When I checked it I was dangerously low even though my red blood cell count was normal. That was followed by 3 X a week iron infusions for 3 weeks to get me back to normal. I am grateful to all who were oldies when I was a newbie and helped to keep me safe and healthy.
Laureen
I so understand your emotional eating. I know I am not an addict. I attended a group for food addicts and I really did not belong. As they shared stories of their childhoods and some really horrible experiences I could empathize but I could not relate. I asked the phycologist if abuse, neglect, and or abandonment was a symptom and was told that most food addicts has this in their backgrounds. I do not and I am thankful that I had a "normal" childhood whatever that means. My parents like all including myself were not perfect but I knew I was wanted and I was treated well. I use food to soothe. If I am sad, moody, or even happy (gotta celebrate ya know) I eat. I also eat out of boredom. So like you I am fighting regain. I am doing better and I would like to think it is because I am beating the demon but my life is going rather smoothly at the moment and that is probably a huge factor. I have worked hard to keep the stress out of my life. The only stress I can control is the stress caused by toxic people. I no longer deal with such individuals. Since I am retired I have more leeway than some. If the toxic people in one's life is co-workers that's tough.
I also agree that the accountability factor on this board and wherever else we find it is a huge factor in keeping us on tract.
Glad everything is going well with you and who knows maybe a get together could be in our futures.
Carla your Florida Floozies sounds like a fun group. I always liked to camp but most folks in my life didn't share my enthusiasm. Now I am too old to tent camp. I guess I could if I had a cot and only camped in cool places. Getting up and down off the ground would be difficult. However, if you need a fund raiser, charging to watch me try could make a lot of money.
Do you know if you are having a grandson or grand daughter? Those young years are so precious. My grand daughter is going to be 5 in a couple of weeks and I will miss those toddler years. My boys have already passed all that by. My eldest is headed to middle school and the last time I saw him he was combing his hair and using hair products. I guess girls won't be to far behind. My middle grand is 2 years younger than his brother and already claims to have girl friends. Gonna have to watch that one!!
Enjoy your camping and enjoy your trip to Chicago. Spoil Vinnie and the new one. That's what Nanas do.
Hi, just popping in to say Hello. Am a regular reader, not so regular contributor, but you all know from tagline that had my RnY in Feb 2008.
Never made it to goal before started regain as weightloss stopped at 8 months. Wasn't eating sweets or drinking pop or doing too many carbs, but still I was overweight from repeat dieting since age 13 under doctor's supervision off and on. Finally surgery. Did help lose about 100 lbs but regained 20-40 before trying again to lose. Breast cancer intervened 3 years ago. Not in remission for another 2 years, this OFF Board, including recently maligned people no longer posting were a wonderful help to me, so I will not speak badly of them ...they were extremely supportive and I feel very uncomfortable when the returnees here speak badly of them. Enough said.
i miss those that no longer post for whatever reason. Life is such that we move on and some things and people no longer fit in our lives. I will always be grateful to all OFF members here who supported me at different times, found everyone very helpful since my surgery in 2008 as a senior : I was 62 at time of surgery and am on record saying it is never too late for WLS. So glad I did it, am not skinny but am so much improved in every way, just slowing down with age...
My story's the same as many here, still having to lose weight even after surgery, but so much better for having had it.
Fond wishes and hugs to all!
jennifer
No, that would be Joe Bailey from Starbucks in Euless. The Dallas gals saw him twice.
So sorry to hear about George, Debbie. I remember you so well from our Dallas get-together. Hope all will be OK. Swinging chickens for you. 
