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"Yaddy, yaddy, yada" 

Like Grandpa always said, "If you can't say something good, don't say anything at all".............. 





In light of his wisdom, I opt to remain silent.

Which ain't a whole lotz!  LOL!  ...NEVERTHELESS, 'tis my world...  I have found myself once again surfin' the net for more post-op products and found some 'purty good "stuff" at reasonable prices, along with some 'purty good "stuff" that isn't so reasonable!  Made a few Bookmarks to return to them later when I have the cha-ching or maybe just to drool awhile...  I now have a fair "collection" of sample sized stuff's and went grocery shopping yesterday winding up adding more variety to it all!  (Crystal Lite, beef jerky, etc.)

Talked to my foster daughter, Jen, so she will be expecting us on the 18th & 26th.  Hopefully we won't end up doing any back-tracking this time on our way home!!  LMBO!!  (*sheesh*)  All three of my appointments are scheduled at 8am  God grant me the where withal to make them on time and be successful...especially for the Phycologist exam!  *Yikes!*  

No doubts about it I'll be taking to Dr. Foote about my possibilities on having the VSG rather than the RNY.  I have had the pleasure of being sent a few messages from OH'ers on making an appeal for "special consideration" to my insurance...to which I have some mixed thoughts about.  1.  Its Medicare A & B so in my heart of hearts I don't think I have much of a chance at getting them to give special anything!  2.  If I don't at least try I'm sure I'll be kickin' ma'self later on...  3.  Gosh there is sooo much on both sides of the T on the RNY long term wise for ME and what I need at least.  4.  VSG "is" convertible to the RNY "if" it doesn't work out as well as hoped.  *Sigh*  ...SO I think I should just ride it out and do what needs to be done for both and take it from there even though I want to be loosing weight years ago!!

On a lighter subject, the pup's are doing FANTASTIC!  I do believe they have all grown 5 times their birth weight already...think I'll weigh them 'lil darlin's again today.  I noticed a couple of days ago their blue eye's were peepin' through ~ *gulp* won't be long now for the FUN "stuff" to begin!!      Gonna be a pretty neat Summer though because of these 'lil dolls.  I have been sooo impressed with their first time Momma and my other 3 adult dogs ~ wha'da tender loving family of Fids I have!  

I actually took pic's to verify the following;  My Male, Meiko, has always been fascinated by puppy's, moreover has always groomed them at every chance he gets but wants 'nuffin' to do with them when they squawk too much, (typical male 'eh?)...the rest of the time he begs to be up on my bed so he can get in the corner and watch over them!!  (An yes he DOES have an overly "concerned look" when he does that)  LOL wa'da character!  What is so strange about that?  It's a well known FACT that males, even if they have Sired the litter, will kill pups is all.

Chloe, Meisha's Momma, has been documented via pic's of not only getting into the whelping box to groom them, cuddle & rest with them, but ALSO caught her allowing the pups to suckle too!!    Chloe was spade just one month before these pups were born and I honestly think she knows it and misses having puppies.  What's so amazing about this is that females with fight to the death with other females in a NY heartbeat over their pups!

Meisha had initially given Chloe a slight warning to back off during birth but like most Moms Chloe ignored it and got in there and helped "clean-up" each one...  Meisha eventually took it in stride and now I do believe is becoming too lax on taking care of them...but then she's still a bit sick too so not quite up to par.  I don't let her get away with walking away too much and do have the bottles & goats milk on stand by if their cries become alarming or excessive.  (Which thank God hasn't happed yet and may not)

My third adult dog, Yasmin, (aka Baby Gurl), just sort of "hangs around" to see what all the fuss is about...  She too will sit and watch for hours, cocking here head from side to side wondering why they squeak like that...hmm, maybe even tryin' to figure out if their toys 'er just what.  Tooo gosh'durn funny watching her either way!!

Oh and one other short - 'neva wanna do that again, incident I had was experiencing what Heat Stroke is ~ OMG!!  If this is indicative of "dumping" I WILL do everything in my power to watch over ma'self so's not to go there!!  The heat has been unbearable, for Moi at least.  Humidity unbelievable along with it.  Hey I don't do either one well anyway ~ anything over 70 degrees and I'm miserable big time.  Anyway, we had attended an outdoor wedding, oh yeah sunshine with a crowd of sweaty folks always makes for an enjoyable event...  By the time we arrived at the reception hall for dinner I needed a shower!

The AC in my car has yet to be fixed and the hall had none either...ok it did have two small fans set in opposite corners blowing every ones body heat in the heat around...by the time I finished eating I had become nauseated...went outside for some air only to get fresh hot dead air!  I wound up making arrangements for my family to get home and I left for home...half way there a headache hit...as soon as I walked in my door, AC at full blast, I was pealin' clothes & flashin' the dogs!!  (I know, sorry for the visual on that one)  LOL!  Quickly feed the dogs and drew some very cold water in the tub...sat on the edge soaking my tootsies and splashing my wrists...by this point I thought my eyeball were gonna' explode...hey, no kiddin', it hurt to close my lids over them!  Crawled into bed before 9p and eventually fell to sleep until 3:30a  Shuffled to the deck with my industrial size mug'o coffee an brought in the sunrise with gratitude!  "Hot'damn I'm still here" 

Love 'n Laughter to All ~ Terri  ^i^

P.S.  Dun'cha just hate it when Bloggers Blog on an... on an...........on? 

1.  Get me A good man.

2.  Be able to wrap any towel around me.

3.  Get me A good man.

4.  Breathe while doing anything.

5.  Get me A good man.

6.  Cross my legs while sitting.

7.  Get me A good man.

8.  Look good wearing a bathing suit.

9.  Get me A good man.

10.  Shop for "average" size clothes.

11.  Get me A good man.

12.  See daylight between my thighs.

13.  <~Always a lucky number ~> GET ME a GOOD MAN!!!!!

Geesh, I've been waiting all week to hear back from Dr. Foote's office as to when my next appointment will be scheduled and haven't heard anything...sooo, I called them!  After being on "hold" for a good lengthy time I was told I hadn't turned in all my papers "!?!?!" and !@#$&! too!  LOL!  Low and behold, I was still hanging on to them!!  *D'ohh*

Today was my re-schedule with my new (and hopefully improved) PCP, so no problem with faxing off my two coveted pieces of paperwork to MMPC/Dr. Foote.  Only one flaw in that plan though, I messed up on the phone call from my PCP's nurse this morning and arrived there exactly one whole hour late!!!!  *Aaaarughhhhh!*  ...How o'how do I sabotage myself so easily I'll just never know...  Now I have to wait until the 14th of July to see her.  My plan is to call there like three times a week, every week, an attempt to take a cancellation.  (This is a clinic I go to and was told they "don't do cancellation lists")

Meanwhile I am very happy to say we have had a break in the sweltering hot weather to a few very nice breezy days ~ My ideal is nothing more than 70 degrees with a slight balmy breeze...*ahhhh* heaven!

Gosh, where did the 5 days go since my last posting???  Moreover, where do I begin to cover all that has been going on in my world since?Ok, as for my last blog post...lets just not go there for now.  (hey, at least I am trying right?)  LOL!

...Moving right along...Orientation day with Dr. Foote was last Thursday, 14th.  I too am impressed with how young and not bad looking either, but what I very much enjoyed is his sense of humor!  I love it!!  The meeting itself was for me a bit boring.  Much of what is already common knowledge to us WLS hopefuls was covered, (I'm sure it has something to do with keeping it all legal though).  What I did enjoy thee most about orientation was the Q & A portion at the end.  Many excellent questions posed an although most didn't apply to my situation it was interesting and valuable info.  I also walked away from there questioning my decision of having the RNY...I now find myself greatly favoring the VSG instead.

As for the trip to Grand Rapids ~ LMBO!!  Geesh, I hope to never ever experience such an ordeal!  To begin with I had only gotten about 3 hrs. (at best) of sleep the night before... This is of course never such a good thing for a total of 10 hrs. (total) drive time and ohhh yes, that is without road construction and detours!!  (Which BTW we spent about 6 more hours either getting around or through)  *Aarugh*

'Course the plan was to stop for a mini family reunion with my foster daughter and family before I had to be at orientation.  (Insert notations here; Never make plans)  LOL!  Pleased with having driven right to where I wanted to be free from any major incidents, my car decided to simply up and die in the middle of 5 lanes of traffic 6 blocks from Jen's house!  OMG!  ...I didn't panic, (I never seem to do that anyway ~ fall apart after the fact maybe, never during), having quickly noticed a gas station 3 lanes over...so despite the honking horns I coasted in.  *Whew*

No idea why the car did whatever it was it did to die but I gave it a rest, fueled up by the time Jen and her little one arrived and it started up just fine...  Onward to our family reunion!  Ya' know 9 yrs. kinda' changes kids?  LOL!  I thoroughly enjoyed our time together and very much looking forward to seeing them on my return trips!

Orientation was scheduled for 6pm with a request to be there at 5:30...we arrived at 4:30pm to a lobby already filled with us beautiful WLS wanna-be's.  As it turned out Dr. Foote was 30 min. late and we wound up not getting out of there until about 8:30pm!  L-O-N-G day.Now, the trip back was....well.... "a trip"!  LOL!  More like a journey into the Twilight Zone!!  OMG!

Unbelievable...  Only two things good came out of that experience; 1. NEVER relinquish the driver seat to a sweet, precious, little ole gray-haired Momma that hasn't much highway experience to speak of...no matter how much ya' love her!  2.  We DID make it home...eventually!!!  (Gawd I could have died from the numbness in my body alone)Still totally stumped as to how it all came to be...

I had driven us almost half way home when I realized I was having those moments of drifting off to sleep with my eyes open.  So I pulled into a desolate rest area and rendered the wheel to Mom.  I do recall pulling out of there and seeing a confusing array of construction barrels but beyond that I couldn't say what came next....although since I have tried to guess!  Ha!  Next thing I knew I'm jolted back to reality by hearing this gasping exclamation of "Whaa'ta ~ Ohhh NO!"Yep, there we were, right back to the same exit IN Grand Rapids to Jen's house!!!!  Let me just say NO ONE has ever moved into the drivers seat as swiftly as I did ~ NO ONE!!

Not wanting to make Mom feel worse than she already was again I didn't get upset but rather remained positive about no use in getting upset as it wasn't going to get us home..blah, blah, blah.But oh what an overwhelming urge to bow down to the home town Welcome sign...."HOT'DAMN!!!"

Ha, I seem to be enjoying my "blogging" time far more than I had ever thought I would.. (who would'a thunk it 'eh?)...I'm sure its because of my recent renewal of hope even if I'm not at all sure I know what I'm doing!  LOL!

The more I read the boards the more I become just a smidge cautious though.  One reason being is that I have never "kept records" of my past attempts of weight loss and it seems to be the one request for insurance coverage's.  God forbid if I even have to guesstimate dates and such let alone which ones!!  "YIKES"

Another shadow of caution is I've read somewhere on here that post WLS I will no longer be able to take meds for arthritis...?...  Omg!  Tell me this isn't so ~ I have degenerative spinal arthritis with radial bulging disc's (lumbar) as well as all weight bearing joints.  I do not function at all without my meds!!  I have posted this tidbit on the boards to hopefully get replies...Meanwhile, I have to believe there are alternatives (gulp).

Yet another curiosity is after care with the excess skin.  There just is no way I'll be able to get by upon reaching goal weight without reconstructive surgery.  Additional prayers for my insurance to be there when I needful of it AND I get approved!

That's about all for now ~ be well ya'll!