Just_Me_Grandma
*Sometimes I'm Just TOO Confused About All This*
Jul 21, 2007
I've been reading along now for alittle while on the pro's and con's of protein drinks when you're a few years out after surgery. I had an appointment with my surgeon about a month ago. I had been feeling REALLY out of it, so tired that I felt like I was just dying. I had blood tests done, and he told me my iron level was a 27.... I should be in the range of 100-175. So I'm told .... Now..I understand that I need to take iron pills...ok. I bought some. I keep reading how when you're tired to take the protein drinks..so I have been.. RELIGIOUSLY. When I told my surgeon that he shook his head and said *no you don't need those anymore, you only need to eat 3 times a day...no snacking.* ::sigh:: I'm lost....totally lost.
*Odd How Old Memories Suddenly Hit You*
Jul 19, 2007
Isn't it odd how something as simple as bending over to tie your sneaker can bring a memory back SO sharp and clear that you almost wince??? I was in the middle of doing a zillion things at once as usual, and there I was this morning, putting on my sneaker and as I sat there hunched the whole way down, breathing NORMAL and not straining, an image of me a few years ago hit me like a brick. I was in our van and we had just come out of a store where I bought a pair of new sneakers. We had gone to another store and as my husband ran in I stayed behind. While I was in the van I suddenly decided to put my new shoes on. I'm in the front passenger seat and I kicked off my old shoes. Now I had to bend over, a simple task for most...just BEND OVER to put a shoe on and I realised it was almost next to impossible to do that one small NORMAL thing. I couldn't get my over sized leg UP, and I couldn't move forward enough and BEND over to even begin to reach my foot to put the new shoes on. So I strained, and strained and pulled and maneuvered myself around PRAYING my husband didn't come out and see me struggling. (as if he'd suddenly realise I was out of shape?????). I finally got them on only to sit back and try to catch my breath. I couldn't believe that I had to STRUGGLE to put on a pair of shoes. Bending over comfortably was impossible, I couldn't breath while bending over. I had all this pressure in my head because I was straining myself to just reach my feet! I'm not where I want to be at this point in my weight loss battle, but I can atleast now bend and breath and put on my ever trusty shoes and not feel like I have lost *me* in the process. Life is strange isn't it? Small rewards come to us in the most oddest of times and doing the most trivial things.
