Good Morning Calif.....WWW

Thanks Jill,

Yup, it's very hard to lose those pounds now.  But lose them I shall.  I can't let the original surgery go to waste completely.  I'll take off this weight I've gained and then maybe even the 50 pounds I still wanted to lose before I started gaining weight.  I have a good partner in Mikey so it makes it easier.  At least he keeps me laughing and laughter makes everything better.  And I have so much to look forward to.  My upcoming vacation (Mike and I are going away) and then my weekend away with Lu.  Life is good.

Love ya,
Steph

Congratulations Step! That weight will come off as you can see it already is. I was on Prednisone once for I think a week and it was awful. I was so grouchy! I don't ever want to take it again. I am glad I only had to take it for such a short time.

I was taking it since January, Elizabeth and besides the bloating from it, I was just the moodiest person to be around.  It was truly horrible.  I finally went to my doctor about alittle over a  month ago and said, "get me off of this stuff".  Getting off it wasn't easy.  It's a slow process as you can't just stop taking it.  But it's all gone now and while the reasons I was taking it to begin with are still there, it is somewhat better and I think I can tolerate the pain I'm dealing with.  I will only go back on it if it is my only choice.  It's a wonder drug with horrendous side effects.

It did not help my pain at all. Maybe he did not have me on it long enough. Then I did acupuncture and all it did for me was to give me headaches. I used to work with this woman who had been on it for years and years due to asthma, and she is just crazy! I hope you can stay off of it.

I had gotten shots of it for Asthma and it did help that and now I'm on asthma meds which are keeping that under control.  The prednisone was in conjuction with a nerve blocker and oxycontin for my back and neck issues.  Still on the nerve blocker and oxy, but I'm now trying to ween off of the oxy.  The doctor said I'll probably have to continue the nerve blocker though,  or breakdown and  have the surgery that the neurosurgeon wants to do and I'm not doing that unless I have no other choice.  Right now I'm managing the pain and can function so I think surgery is out of the question.  I really don't want that at all.  So I will get rid of one medication at a time.  Just like the pounds I'm trying to lose.  One at a time. LOL

Lu 2 lbs is not so bad. You may just need to go to the bathroom! LOL

I stayed the same last week. That is fine with me, as I am 13 lbs under goal.

Today I am doing errands for my DH and then I have laundry to do. It seems things like laundry and dishes and housework in general just never ends!

I hope everyone has a great day.

Hi everyone,

Looks like everyone is having a great week so far. It is nice that its hump day and just a few more days till the weekend. I can't wait. Not sure what I will be doing but anything is better then work. You can put me down for 1.2 lost this past week. Just 1 lb till I'm officially at goal. What a ride this has been. Not much else going on in my world. Just sitting on the couch enjoying a cup of coffee.  I really should be at work today.....  Had a horrible headache last night and couldn't sleep. I'm sure my patients I didn't have today, are happy that I didn't come in and try and look after them on about 2 hours of sleep. Haven't had insomnia that bad in quite a while. Oh well.

Hi Eileen,

So happy for you, just one pound shy of goal.  It is such a great feeling isn't it!! Keep up the great work of using that tool!  Sorry I will not see the results of your loss until next month.  Ms V is not happy with me, she has not been to see "her friends" for a while.