Late post for me today.

my appointment with the rheumatologist was rescheduled for February 12th. None to happy with it.

they are saying we're going to have a major winter storm this weekend. So we'll get some groceries tomorrow or Thursday.

QOTD: a recumbent cross trainer. The PT place has us ride one at the start and I love it. It does bother my arm and elbows but it's easy on my legs and hip. Wouldn't mind a recumbent bike either...used to have one but it broke.

B: steel cut oats and coffee

L: spinach and sausage puff pastries

D: egg, toast, ricotta and artichoke bruschetta.

S: PB, crackers with cheese and a skinny dipped dark chocolate PB cup.

hope y'all had a good one! It was great to see you posting Geminidream!

No, I've never heard of that. One good thing about it (so long as the disruption didn't add to the colitis) is that they can now routinely examine the original stomach for any changes. We have stomach trouble in my family and I worry my old stomach just sitting there potentially will hide cancer someday.

If you haven't had a massive regain and are at a healthy weight I'd just leave it alone. It is irritating that doctors often don't want to pursue surgeries on anybody over 70 thinking that it is just a drain on the medical system. Or that we don't statistically have enough life left to get our money's worth out of it. But if repairing this would improve your health then maybe get a second opinion.

Hopefully your bout of colitis is all gone and you feel better already.

Glad you got safely to work. The amount of snow the East has gotten is insane. I couldn't believe the drone footage of that pileup on the interstate in Michigan. With all the preseason prep Irvin and you did for your Buns' living quarters I know they are happy and toasty in their better digs in all these snow storms, you are good stewards of your animals. Your new breeders must be so beautiful!

QOTD: Absolutely not since the web version of my tracker went away. I can still use the phone app but it is clunky, buggy-acting and I just don't reach for it like I should. That's a pretty poor excuse, I admit. In the last 8 months there's been little fruit and veggies. But I'm trying to add more home-canned veg and mincing raw veg to add to protein dishes. My days are still one frozen protein shake for breakfast and lunch (it is really big from lots of ice and holds me till dinner) then a meal of 3 oz meat protein and 1/2 c either FF cottage cheese or FF Greek Yogurt. A Premier Protein shake in the evening to bring the protein count up. The poor diet has caused my hair to MaHoosively fall out and I now have a few balding patches. Doing all the vitamins in hopes of growing baby hairlets.

Finally I got over the flu/cold/whatever that lasted a month and grateful. Hubby brought home a stomach bug during that time yuck. All the cold meds made the ulcer flair. A couple times I nearly had hubs take me to a minor emergency. One of my cousins died from her bleeding ulcer last April so I try to keep track of it better now. No cold meds (or coffee or diet colas) and the tummy is happy again.

Surgical checkup today (still have swelling, normal) and then I dashed to the thrift store to try to get smaller jeans. No dressing rooms because of the zombies but I can try on at home and return if they don't fit.

Hoping you get a break from the weather and keep safe and warm.

Good mornin y'all.

i have two appointments today at the same place. That's about all I've got going. It's going to be chilly today. They are saying snow this weekend. Not too happy about that part. I have an appointment of some kind every freakin day this week. We were supposed to get fiber internet Saturday but they were running late so we decided to reschedule to Wednesday. Pain clinic tomorrow. Rheumatologist Thursday and pt Friday. We have to get a lot of laundry done. I cleaned yesterday while my mom went to the last lord of the rings movie at the theater. I also napped which was nice. The tv never came on for over 4 hours. Ahhhh heaven! LOL

weight loss is going well along with tracking. Down 10 pounds in total in about 2.5 weeks. My blood sugars have been great. So I am very happy with that.

QOTD: sometimes. Dinner and breakfast almost always. Lunch is the crap shoot. Sometimes I do the easy thing.

B: egg, ricotta, onion and low carb toast.

L: probably a burrito and an apple.

D: I'm wanting fish and some broccoli

I got a 4qt instant pot on clearance. I'm so happy about it. I am making some steel cut oats today for the week and maybe some beans tomorrow.

an old favorite!

I had a roux-en-Y gastric bypass about 23 years ago at Celebration performed by Dr. Keith Kim. I've had zero problems. This week I had an EGD & colonoscopy after a terrible bout of colitis. Here are the report findings. Has anyone ever heard of this happening?

-Disruption of the gastric partition. The entire remnant stomach was accessible with the scope.

I'm kind of freaked out. I've had no problems and have no idea when this occurred. My GI doctor told me to not worry about and it and at my age to not have the surgery redone. I'm 72.

Thanks for your time,

Karen