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Topic: A tribute to my mom.
As many of you know my mom was suppose to come live with us as of yesterday. Well, she got very ill on Wednesday night and had to be rushed to the hospital. Thursday the nurse called to let us know she would not be able to fly here, so the trip was cancelled. This morning she passed away peacefully. She will be greatly missed.
It seems so strange to know that she won't be coming here to live as planned. Hard not to pick up the phone and call to asked her how she is and tell her all about the changes at the new house. I have called her every single day for months. Always filling her in on our adventures and the changes at the house. She was so excited for us and was looking forward to living with us too.
I was very, very fortunate to have two wonderful parents (both now gone) who were loved by us and who loved us too.
Just wanted to share. It's been a tough few days. We are doing fine, so please don't worry.
Mary
Topic: RE: Promise to Myself
Dorothy,
Sounds like a great plan. I know you can do it, you are so worth the effort and the results are fantastic when you stick to the plan.
Mary
Topic: Promise to Myself
I promised to take care of myself for the rest of my life. Quitting the cigarettes was the first step. WLS was the second step. Exercising and eating right were the 3rd and 4th steps. I am within 30 pounds of my goal and I am starting to look into excess skin removal.
My problem is that I have been slipping with the eating. I have been snacking frequently and eating more than I should in a sitting. Overall, I think that I am doing OK staying away from the really bad foods. Just because I can eat more than a cup of food at once, doesn't mean that I should.
Right now, TODAY, I promise myself for at least the next 3 months:
I will eat 6-1 cup meals (high protein, vegetables, fruit occasionally)
I will get some form of exercise everyday (even if it is yardwork)
I will take my multivitamin everyday
I will drink a gallon of water everyday.
This is not too much to ask of myself. I am worthy of the time and effort to maintain this healthy body. I deserve to feel young, energetic, and beautiful....AND SO DO YOU!!!
Be good to yourself,
Dorothy
Topic: RE: Gas Problems
Hello, Normally, I am a lurker and not really posting...Don't waste your money on Devrom. I have a whle bottle and it DOES NOT WORK! I have tried it on more than one occassion and it doesn't help.
Noelle
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Topic: RE: Anyone have plastic surgery yet?
Hi there my anniversary date was Feb 18th and I had plastic surgery on March 11th. Ive lost 128 pds gone from a size 24 to a 4 and life is wonderful
Any questions I can anwser please let me know!!!
Any questions I can anwser please let me know!!! Topic: RE: Bad day gone good....
Wanda,
What an uplifting experience.
I think we all have days that we don't feel different or we feel larger than we actually are. Glad to see you got your feelings turned around.
Mary
Topic: RE: Bad day gone good....
Hi Wanda,
How wonderful to get such a compliment right when you needed it. I hope the rest of your day was good.
You know, I have that same feeling of feeling fat at times. I have to pat my belly to make sure that it hasn't gotten bigger. I was thinking I was the only person who has these feelings. It's so hard for my brain to accept a new body image.
Wanda, thanks for sharing.
Paula 
Topic: RE: Bad day gone good....
That's Wonderful you should feel great and you probley had a huge smile on your face. I know how it feels for people to react like that it's awsome.
Congrats
That's Wonderful you should feel great and you probley had a huge smile on your face. I know how it feels for people to react like that it's awsome.
Congrats 
Topic: Bad day gone good....
This morning was really tough on me. I did not want to get out of bed and get my day started (which is unusual for me), but I got myself going. This was one of those days that I felt huge even though I know I'm smaller than I've been in YEARS. Do you ever have those days? I have them ever so often and today was one of them. Anyway, I get to work this morning and am waiting for an elevator when a lady I haven't seen in probably 9 or 10 months walks up to wait on the elevator. I said hello and she like to have fell out when she looked at me. At first glance, she did not know who I was! She was amazed at my weight loss and just gushed over how healthy I look. She couldn't stop looking at me! I felt kind of awkward but good at the same time. She made my day! I needed that boost of confidence this morning! Today is going to be a good day!
Just wanted to share....
Wanda
Topic: RE: Goodbye Terri
No matter which side of the fence you were on, or even like me in the big gray area between the 2 sides where you can see both sides, the biggest things we all can learn from all this is : Don't leave your wishes undocumented. Get a living will, health care proxy. Make your wishes known.
I watched my wife's mother suffer from ALS - Lou Gehrig's. She went from being vibrant, to tripping and having some walking issues, to losing fine motor skills, to losing the ability to walk on her own with some more hand issues, to losing use of her hands, then arms, then speech issues, then not being able to speak, then finally losing the ability to breathe - all while being 100% mentally alert.
She asked us, after she had lost use of her hands, but still could talk, to give her extra morphine, knowing what it would have done, but we couldn't legally do it.
My biggest issue with the whole Terri Schiavo case isn't with the legal battles on both sides - both sides were trying to carry out what they saw as "what she wanted/would have wanted" based on the person they knew. (Hence my statement above - get your wishes in writing!!!)
Courts and "experts" looked at more than the propaganda and the canned footage that was made available to the general public (I realize that we only got part of the story, the rest was all private medical records stuff etc), and made a determination, right or wrong.
My issue is more that in the same situation, they would let you put a dog to "sleep" and in fact, would probably jail you for cruelty to animals if you didn't, but wouldn't provide the same option, at least ONCE ALL THE LEGAL WRANGLING WAS DONE, for an actual human being. So we can be "humane", but "humane" isn't good enough for the root word, a human.
But that's just my opinion. I know this all is very emotionally charged, on all sides.. which is why I haven't posted until now. And the biggest thing I hope everyone on all sides of this does, is to get their 'end-of-life' wishes legally documented and notarized.
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