Gwen M.

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It's April. I've been dreading this month. I didn't know it at the time, but a year ago today was the beginning of the end with my dad. I predict the next two weeks or so are going to suck for me. But, life still must go on. I have my first appoin

Friday yayday! Lots of stuff going on in my life and I'm totally tired of dealing with flaky college "kids." Argh. I've got fitness classes in the morning, helping my bff stuff bags later on, and then prep to see a psychiatrist tonight. That appointm

I can't believe March is almost over. I'm about to go run and after wearing shorts and a t-shirt on Tuesday, today I'm bundled up again in cold gear. Whee. Since it's Thursday, I'll be spending the rest of my day at school because I've got class aro

So far the week is going well for me and I'm not feeling overscheduled or overwhelmed. It's a great way to feel! I've got class this morning and then, on the way home, I need to get my new glasses adjusted and get my allergy shot. Other than that, i

It's Tuesday! A bit rainy here but in the 60s, and I'm getting ready to head out to run. It'll be a busy day, but not horribly busy - running, class, mental therapy, and then home for the evening. I'm not feeling quite as sluggish brain-wise as I di

Another question! When I was reading random surgeon's FAQ pages yesterday I found the recommendation for Colace/stool softener post-op. Is that a thing I should get?

Spring break is over and I'm of the opinion that it's just a cruel joke. I need to figure out how to brain again after a week off. Seven weeks left in the term, I'm sure it'll go by much faster than I'd like it to! Ten weeks until plastic surgery!</

Hi all. I'm a planner, what can I say. It's hard to believe that my first plastic surgery is only 10 weeks away. Eek! I'm thinking about what I'll want to get to wear while healing.

First surgery - LBL/arms
I figure

It's a movie day here and Lance is feeling well enough to join me. I'm not feeling super hungry so I just packed some bars in my purse in case that changes.

1: protein bar

2: protein bar

3: balsamic beef shoulder in slow cooker

I woke up this morning to learn that my partner was super sick last night. I hope he didn't get whatever stomach bug I got :/ He's thinking it's just because he's been eating lots of crap at work because yesterday was his last day at his current job

I had my three year follow up today and it went super well. The surgeon was most impressed that I'm still losing weight at 3 years out, apparently this is not normal. I've lost 20 pounds in the last year - certainly not as much as I would have liked,

Yesterday was a no good very bad day for me. I woke up in the middle of the night with stomach cramping and wasn't really able to get back to sleep. I got out of bed at 6:30 and proceeded to have horrible diarrhea for the next few hours. Google diag

Today is already an emotional day for me and I imagine it will continue to be so. It would have been my dad's 74th birthday. I will conquer this day in my normal manner - by being so ridiculously busy that I don't have much time to think. I'll be go

I was diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder in July. I had initially tried to find a psychiatrist, because that's The Right Thing To Do, but I gave up and ended up getting diagnosis and medication from my PCP. However, my PCP has started getting squir

Holy crap! The scale didn't ask me to tell it who I was this morning! That means I'm below Lance's weight with enough of a margin that it knows I'm a different person!! I actually weighed myself twice because I was wondering if I'd just forgotten wh

A few years ago I was at an event and wondering why the heck so many people were wearing green! (There were around 2000 people, so it was pretty obviously green.) Oh, right.

I'm so close to spring break now. I finished my essay last night

When I was filing taxes a few weeks ago, Art made the comment that we might be able to deduct my plastics next year since they'll definitely eclipse the "10% of gross income" or whatever it is that's required for deduction.

Is it possible to

Last day of classes before Spring Break! Although I do have an essay due tomorrow at midnight as well, but I'm hoping to finish that up today in between everything else that's going on. I'm not sure how people who don't have Spring Break survive ;)</

My bowels finally started working again yesterday! This is a downside to races - your body goes hardcore into sympathetic mode (fight and flight) which means your bowels are like "lol." Thanks to the snow day yesterday I was able to Miralax it up wit

As I was taking my vitamins this morning I found myself thinking, "Wow, I know so much more about vitamins than I did pre-op." Specifically, I know that there are different types of vitamin D, and different vitamins K. And that calcium citrate is dif

Yesterday was my third surgiversary! I had planned on posting yesterday, but time ran away from me.

I'm not going to bother to post about the weight I've lost. 1) you can read this in my signature and 2) the numbers are really the least imp

Getting out of bed this morning was super challenging, especially because I stayed up a bit past midnight last night doing school work. Thankfully I don't have much to do today and I can hopefully go to bed a little bit early!

1: protein shake