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lightswitch
on 10/1/16 11:14 am
Topic: Saturday and I am not in the park.

Okay, so today is Saturday and I am sitting with my damn leg propped up on pillows with ice packs around my knee with orders to keep it up...I am having surgery in a little over a month and I am tethered to a damn stool.   The grands are here and they are waiting on me hand and foot and the granddaughter did make me a scrambled egg but I am just not use to not doing things.   Crap. 

I will finish the modify articles and begin posting them...****I cannot do anything else.  

Now that I have sufficiently felt sorry for myself, here's what's good: my granddaughter, who is only in third grade but is a member of the junior high debate team, participated in her first debate on Thursday night. We went down to watch and the teams compete in groups and individually. She debated with an 8th grader from another school with my granddaughter taking the position that girl's restrooms should be just for naturally born girls.  I swear, two weeks ago, she and I had this huge discussion with my sister and my sister's granddaughter so my granddaughter was well prepared. But, it was one of the potential topics so she had done research on the pros and cons on several topics, this one included.  Let me just say that girl is going to grow up to be a supreme court judge...she was so logical in presenting her information and when she countered her opponent....she won second place in the individual and her team won first place. None of her other team members placed in the individual.  Friday was homecoming for the football team and they had a huge assembly for the homecoming royalty and we went down because the superintendent said they were going to announce her and her team's win at the beginning of homecoming...considering she is in third grade, you would think they would have been so proud of her but the captain of the team went on stage to represent the entire team and as an after thought the superintendent drew attention to my granddaughter as having placed second in individual debates and added, by the way, she is in the third grade competing with the junior high team...that was it and then it was on to the girls in low cut dresses....really? Maybe all my pain and the medication is making me grumpy but I would think a debate team should be given more than an after thought announcement.   

B: scrambled egg with 1/2 piece of toast

L: tomato and cottage cheese (1/2 medium tomato and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese)

D: Beans, okra, and potatoes 

Snack: sugar free jelly

With all this inactivity, I can feel my fat cells sucking up every carb, every fat, every thing that goes into my mouth....damnit

yvonnef1964
on 10/1/16 8:08 am
VSG on 08/11/14
Topic: RE: Surgery Date is Set

Jeannie,

Thats good you have a surgery date.  I will keep you in my thoughts.

Ready2goNOW
on 10/1/16 5:44 am
Topic: RE: TGIF

Jeannie,

I'd say I'm glad I'm not alone with the eating thing, but it's not something we want to bond over, lol, right?

Glad you got the surgery scheduled. You will do fine!

Kathy

Ready2goNOW
on 10/1/16 5:41 am
Topic: RE: TGIF

Yvonne,

I wi**** was just one or two snacks, but it is meals...poor portion control & poor snack choices.

Will see how today goes...

Is this the same friend you talk about? Funny how the crap continues even as we become aging seniors! I love my neighbor, but she wears me out. I think she has become a hypercondriac since she had breast cancer. She calls me over for some of the dumbest things like a ref mark on her thigh. She wanted to know if I thought it was a blood clot! And she is a nurse!

But I feel bad for both her & her husband who is terminally ill. Gotta take the bad with the good..

Kathy

seasheleyes
on 10/1/16 2:49 am - Manteca, CA
Topic: RE: Surgery Date is Set

I totally agree with your doctor...I just can't see you suffering like this. Thank goodness we have pain meds, BUT they are not intended for lifetime use. Tell him to lop off some sags and bags while you are asleep! I'd sure love to get rid of some of that crap, but one of those surgeries would lead to five more....

Nancy B
on 10/1/16 12:58 am - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Topic: RE: Surgery Date is Set

Oh Jeannie:

I am excited for you but dread my own when the time comes. I see my surgeon in six months and need to lose another 30 pounds before he will do it...also, the fact that I had cellulitis in both legs (toes to groin) makes him hesitate...me too, to be honest. I greatly admire your courage. Yes, I agree this pain is truly nasty but I am also a weenie when it comes to surgery.

I send you much loving and positive energy & prayer for a successful surgery.  *hugs*

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lightswitch
on 9/30/16 8:44 pm
Topic: RE: TGIF

Kathy, 

I have been eating a lot of crappy food because I am just not cooking. We are eating the canned soups and beans that I have put up but I'm also eating crap.  Damn. We've also had some cooler weather and I can say, knock on wood, summer has finally left us. 

I'm getting the knee done...one more iron infusion and then a couple of week wait and it will be done.  My poor knee is so messed up....hopefully I will do as well as my brother.  

lightswitch
on 9/30/16 8:40 pm
Topic: Surgery Date is Set

Okay, Nov. 4 is my penciled in surgery date.  I see the blood doctor next week and go back for one more infusion and then I am ready. I have to tell you guys...I'm not really keen on this but the pain is now constant and nothing helps. The knee guy said, I knew you would come to your senses. No one should suffer like this.  yep...that's what he said.  

yvonnef1964
on 9/30/16 5:49 pm
VSG on 08/11/14
Topic: RE: TGIF

Hi Kathy,

I understand the night time eating. Ill have my snack and next i know im eating popcorn lately. At least its airpopped.

My friend kind of got mad today because she owed me money for gas taking her places. She didnt say it but i could tell by her expression.

Have a good weekend

                
Ready2goNOW
on 9/30/16 1:23 pm
Topic: TGIF

Hello Everyone!

Almost dinnertime here on the East Coast & no one had posted! I know weekends can be slow on here...

I have done alot of emotional eating this week & am disgusted with myself...which seems to fuel the eating. Every morning I vow to get back on track & plan my meals, but go off in the evenings. It is very frustrating!

The weird thing is I am not gaining & have lost a few pounds. I would think with my one yr surgery coming up in 2 weeks the easy ride would be over. Not that I'm complaining, but I WANT to eat healthy...

It has been chilly & rainy here all wk. We hope to visit Philadelphia on Sunday when it clears out.

Jeannie & Nancy...I'd be procrastinating about such major surgery, too, but best to get it over with. Constant pain is no joke!

Julia I love a grilled hot dog with home fried potatoes w loads of onion & green peppers!

Yvonne, hoping that lamp helps out.

Everyone enjoy their weekend!

Kathy

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