What's on your Monday menu?

Good Monday morning gang. I think my Fall allergies are starting to kick in. I woke up this morning with a watery left eye and runny nose. Time to break out the allergy meds. I hate not being able to breath through my nose or see clearly. The weekend was lowkey, but I did get the horse paddock cleaned out with the bobcat something I've been wanting to do before Winter. Other than that rain came in Saturday afternoon and stuck around the rest of the weekend so I did some inside cleaning.

I'll be back in the scale house three days this week and next week because Renee is on vacation now. Though I will say the PM had a talk with her when she came back from being on FMLA about not doing stuff when she said she did.

QOTD: What's your Zodiac sign and do you think it matches your personality? I'm a Capricorn and yes everything they say about them is 100% spot on.

B: coffee and 3 egg bites

L: Jalapeno poppers and toss salad

D: grilled pork chops with yellow beans

The Y is finally back up and running so I think we will head there tonight to get back into the routine.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good mornin y'all.

what a weekend...glad it's over!

today we took momma to get spayed. Praying it's successful. I'm so worried about her. I so wish we could keep her as she's just so sweet.

We're going to Sam's here in a bit. Then we need to come home and clean my room a bit including the kennel she'll stay in for recovery.

i'm still battling the never ending snot fest. It feels like it'll never end.

QOTD: I'm an Aquarius and I am not sure about it fitting me. I'm not terribly into the whole zodiac thing.p so I don't know a lot about it.

B: breakfast sandwich and coffee

L: ????

D: probably chicken thighs and some roasted carrots

a piece I am making for my aunt for Christmas...it's not finished yet.

I got all of my tomatoes canned this weekend. I forgot how hard it was, and Saturday I had terrible nausea. Probably due to dehydration and too much work without food. All but 3 of them sealed, I just froze the contents of those jars. My back is hurting, I have terrible posture which just makes it worse. I got most of it cleaned up this morning, but I still have more to do.

QOTD- I'm a Capricorn, yes it does fit me mostly.

Football was a mixed bag Oregon won 69-3 over Oklahoma State. The Seahawks lost to the 49ers 17-13, of course losing in the last 2 minutes... But at least it is back.

It was warm enough to dry my clothes outside, so I was happy. Still waiting for the rains to come.

Have a great day everyone!

Yay you for getting all those tomatoes canned...that is so much work! I got the last of the plum juice canned on Friday and was too tired to clean the mess till Sunday. But it feels good to have it finished, doesn't it?

Good morning all and Happy Monday,

Let's all have a wonderful week. It's a great day to be alive.

Music, movie, and dog park were in the cards for the weekend.

QOTD- I'm a Scorpio and don't really know anything about it. I know that there are matching signs for a good or bad match with different peoples' signs.

Accountability- 6 Coconut cookies.

B: everything bagel with chive cream cheese, tomato, as well as a fresh picked apple

L: Corned beef and brown mustard. Carrots.

D: Chicken breast baked with onions and thyme

I can't seem to do a search on this site anymore. So, I'm hijacking this post (sorry!)

my iron is in the gutter because I haven't been taking my supplements like I should have. I'm probably going to end up getting an infusion, but for future reference, what type of iron is best for absorption after RNY?
I have iron bisglycinate, carbonyl iron, and heme (bovine spleen) on hand.

thanks for any replies!

Hi Dot T. The best iron supplement that many of us have found is Proferrin ES. A bit pricey, but it has really been helpful to many of us. I had low ferritin like a 4 and had to have iron infusions 6 times, but in 2022 I had a hysterectomy done due to a massive fibroid which for me caused excessive bleeding during my menstrual cycle each month. Between having that done and making sure to take my Proferrin every day my Ferritin hasn't been below 75 and my total iron is on the higher end.

Hopefully that helps you. Feel free to join in on our daily menu if you would like.

Thanks for your reply. I'll check it out. I don't really know much about the numbers, but they look really bad when I look at them in graph form on the labcorp app.

iron binding 547 high

UIBC 523 high

Iron 24 low

iron saturation 4% critical alert

ferritin 6 low

transferrin 417 high

hemoglobin 11.8 in range, barely

MCH 23.0 low

MCHC 27.8 low

RDW 20.4 high

platelets 504 high

RBC & WBC are 5.13 and 8.9 and both in range.

I'm afraid of an infusion, but I feel like it's my only choice at this point.

Your ferritin is dangerously low. Mine was as low as 4 once and no matter what I did all I wanted to do was sleep. I felt exhausted all the time. Yes the infusions suck, but they help so much. When I was dealing with low iron and ferritin I had to go to an hematologist every 3 months to be checked.

Don't wait any longer get those infusions done to start feeling better and figure out which iron supplement works best for you to help keep the numbers up.

Thanks for replying. I'll check it out. I just replied but I don't think it went through. I was just saying I'm afraid of infusions but I feel like it's the best for me at this point.