Today is my Birthday ..WOOHOO.....

Jul 31, 2010

 All  I   can  say is that  I thank the Lord that  I'm here to celebrate my b/day after the ordeal I went through with my surgery I almost did not get to have this b/day!!.....Now when I even think about it I get all teary eyed, sometimes I just break down and have a good cry.
  Today was nice, I got a brand new shiney aqua colored  50's style bike! I already took it for a test drive , I LOVE LOVE LOVE  it!!!!....I can not wait to actually get Madison and I on the bike trail and ride, I think it will help me lose the last few  lbs.  that I want to lose! 
  Yesterday was my  6 mo checkup with my surgeon ( it has been almost  8 months). he said I was doing amazing and I have passed up his set goal for me which was  161 lbs,  he sets a goal the day you go into see him and set your surgery date! I want to be down to  145  and I weigh 152, I'm pretty tall at  5' 9', he said that would be a good goal to reach for and when I start exercising more then it will be easier to achive, with my bad back it has made doing almost any excersing nearly impossible, I'm actually going to see orthopedic dr who is my surgeons cousin, he is one of the best around, and he has some state of the art new things for the back and such , so it gives me hope that my back can feel better and I can get my total body working again , I have the wt. part being worked on now to the back, Ive been seeing a neuro. surgeon for many years but now I need a new person to take a look at me.
   I did talk to the Dr about how tired Im all the time and like he said with having chronic pain, taking my pain medication, and what my body has been through yes I will be tired and once I start exercising it is going to help get some energy again, so Im going to ride that bike!!  I'm so excited.
   I did not have a birthday cake, instead I had a fruit pizza, the bakery made it, they made everything with sugar subsitute, except they put some dark chocolate on the bottom of the fruit pizza, so I scraped off as much as I could, I have not had reg. sugar since surgery unless it is in my Light Yogert or something like that,,,,,I have not had candy, cakes, pasteries NOTHING at all and Im very proud that I have kept that up. the fruit pizza was still pretty sweet and it upset my tummy a bit, then my best friend made me a homemade sugar free strawberry pie with fresh sugar free whipped cream, it was good but I think I will put splenda on the next piece I have, the crust was made from all organic wheat flour, etc...and again no sugar or any sugar subsitutes at all.  As I have said before eating solid foods does not go down so well with me, but tonight I ate a very small taco, for me that was great, now my entire stomach is killing me......but at least i got down some more solid foods..........Well  I have  3  1/2  hrs left until my birthday day is over so Im going to go do something.  One more thing, Madison had me wear a crown all day today where ever we went and it said in rhinstones  "BIRTHDAY  GIRL "  I got alot of odd looks for people...and alot of happy birthdays............Good Night

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