HEY!!!

Count me in whenever it happens!!!  I'm glad you're feeling better. :)

Yeah Buddy!

I went to the chiropractor today, I go every Mon, Wed & Fri.  I am on day 9 of this awful headache and just wi**** would go away.  My rat DustBunny died of Resp. Failure saturday night, so I only got a couple of hours sleep as I stayed up all night with her, giving her xanax ( to keep her calm and slow her breathing down since she was gasping so hard she made a clicking sound everytime she took a breath) and updrafts of albuterol and kept an oxygen tube near her mouth.  She died a little after 4am. 

Then last night my restless legs decided to give me trouble and I was up every hour rubbing them, walking circles or taking hot showers, finally decided abt 9am that there was no use getting back in bed.  

My iron should be fine since I take iron pills, my sister says potassium, my chiro says magnesium/calcium and gave me a magnesium packet i mix with ho****er and drink 30 minutes before I go to bed to help me sleep and to help my legs.  It is a calm/relax thing according to the writing on the back of the packet.  So I will give it a try and hope I can get some sleep.

Meanwhile I am feeling sorry for myself, I am so tired of all the work I do around the house and just not feeling appreciated by my siginificant other.  Why does he wait till night time to tell me he needs laundry done?  He gets home from work most days around noon to 1am, if he would just say when he gets home that he needs his work clothes clean, then I could fit it into my schedule, not till night time when I am already exhausted from washing dishes, cooking dinner, and picking up the kitchen.  Did I mention that we don't have a washer/dryer that I have to go a few doors down to the building laundrymat, that only houses 1 washer, 1 dryer, and its a small room, with about a foot between the washer/dryer and the wall, and its a front loading washer and the door can't open all the way because the room is small so I have to bend down to try and get all the clothes in, then bend down to get them out and get them over to the dryer.  If I am lucky, the washer/dryer is not being used by one of the other 36 people who live in this building. 

Oh and for anyone who might just say, make him do his own laundry, I barely fit into the laundry room, he weighs 350 the only way he can get to the washer is to pick the dryer up on 2 legs and wedge in there.  Atleast before surgery I could use my weight as the excuse for not doing laundry, so I can't use it anymore and now its his turn to play the "to fat to fit in there" card, cause I played that card for several years, LOL. 

Also I forgot to call my surgeons office today, I am almost 2 years out now (Aug 15th will be the day) and I have not heard anything from the surgeons and I am sure I need to have some kind of labwork or something done, and I am thinking that he sees patients at the 2 year mark.  So I would think that I would have gotten something in the mail saying I need to schedule to come in and to have this and that labwork drawn beforehand.    But I don't want to wait until the last minute to do it, so I am just gonna call and ask them myself what I need to do and plus I need to have time to find a ride to little rock, and my sister will need to ask off for that day to drive me atleast 2 weeks in advance, so better to do it now, LOL

I am here too!
Not been paying much attention to my computer lately though.
Milk it while you can... :-)
I'm 11 days out now. Doing pretty good (I think). 16 pounds down since surgery.
My biggest problem seems to be finding a protein drink that I like and likes me.
I bought several samples before WLS and have now tossed several of those down the drain.
Didn't even care for the apple melon clear protein drink either. Have 3 more flavors of the bottled clear stuff to try. Several more powders to try.
Thought I'd try adding some sf chocolate syrup to some vanilla today and see if it is drinkable.
After reading all the great posts about syrups I purchased 2 (chocolate & raspberry). Today will be the 1st taste of those.
Do they make protein pills?

Be careful!  Early out I had a devil of a time finding a protein that didn't make me sick... of course, anything vanilla flavored was out of the question after those shakes pre-op (blech).  The thought of chocolate made my stomach turn, too -- gosh, I wish I still had that problem, ha!

Don't forget -- you don't have to do a whole scoop at once.  You can dilute it down if you'd like and spread it through the day. 

Sixteen pounds already!!!!  You're a rock star! :)

Ohhhh, to have protein pills!  I think I read once that there are such things, but it's not a good type of protein and you'd have to eat handfuls of them for any benefit.

Was the apple melon the ready to drink in a glass bottle? Isopure is a ready to drink that isn't too bad IF it's very cold. You might be sensitive to cold for a while, but if you aren't, you might give it a try. Also, you can add Crystal lite in a similar flavor to mask the protein flavor some.
I'm kind of weird that I actually like the taste of the protein that I drink (Syntrax Fuzzy Navel) and still enjoy it at almost three years out. Most people just have to find one that they can tolerate. It's really important, so keep trying!


16 lbs in 11 days is wonderful! 

hahahahah Wendy!!! Thats the same thing with me.... Nothing Vanilla or Chocolate for me since those Pre-op HMR  Shakes... YUCK!!!

I do love the Protein packets from Special K that you can buy at WalMart.... I have the Lemon Tea, and pink Lemonade flavors, and I mix them together in my water bottle and thats what I do for my protein.... Plus I get my water in....

Honey, there aren't many grams of protein in those, are there? Remember, you need to be getting in at least 60-80 grams a day

Susan, Thanks for pointing that out to me... There is not hardly any protein at all in them... only 5G
I was not at all sure of how many grams I was supposed to be getting in, but I know I have not been getting near enough in because my hair proves that.... I have been doing a lot f ground deer meat, shrimp, beans, and cottage cheese... But, I need more.... Thank you so much Susan!!!!

Love you so much!!!

I'm here.  Sorry I haven't had much time.  I've so deep in remodeling it's not even funny. 

Miss you all.