Tuesday Roll Call

Hi Kelli!
Yes, this is me.  I'm so glad that you found me and are exploring this site.  I find a lot of information and support here.
I have your date circled on my calendar and ask all the questions that you want.....I am happy to help!
I am very excited for you!

Good morning Crystal and Illinois!

Welcome back Lucy!

Welcome to the losers bench Michelle!

Monica, I'm hoping you feel better soon!

Not much on the agenda today except the gym tonight. I'm soo looking forward to that. It is time for a good workout and not just the floor exercises I've been doing. I guess any exercise is better than none.

Have  a great day and keep warm!

Good morning friends!

I'm glad you reminded me to get gas when I go out today because I want a full tank for tomorrow! Those car starters sound nice--especially going home from work.

I'm sorry  several of you are struggling with bad colds--it's the worst time of the year to be sick because there is so much to do!  Hope each of you feel better soon!

I almost got stuck on my pills this morning--the first time that has happened, so I waited to eat till I got to work. The scrambled eggs went down OK so I guess it was just  a weird morning.

Have a good day and stay warm!

Connie 

Good morning all,

Today I am going to start decorating for Christmas.  I have some X-mas villages that I am putting out (First time in many years I have even felt like decorating for the holidays).  We are not putting up our tree until our son comes home for his winter break. 

I am going to Curves this afternoon--I go three times a week, Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays.  I work out on my elipital machine otherwise.

I have found that since I started losing weight, I am freezing--I hate this cold weather.  I want to move somewhere warm--tropical, even.  I never thought I would say that, I have always been a cold weather person ****il now)

Stay warm
--teri

I had a not quite right bug the last few days that I seemed to have shook off yesterday afternoon.  I am out to Crystal Lake today to repair a lift chair. I am like the Maytag repairman.  I guess it is better than repairing things that will not stay fixed.  I could use a few more calls though so I may need to investigate adding a few more companies.  This one is really good because they do not require me to keep an inventory.

 Not much going on on my end.  I tried parking in front of the school I work at instead of staff parking.  The end result of that was that I had to wait ten minutes to leave, as the school buses made it impossible to turn out the parking lot any sooner.

I went swimming this morning.  I am lucky the facility is right on my way to work.  I was going to run an errand on the way home.  Trying to head over to Rt 59 didn't work, too much traffic.  I ended up turing around and just going home.  I try again tomorrow or Thursday.  It seemed like traffic even on Randall Rd & Orchard was worse.  Ten minutes can make a difference in the quality of the drive home.

I've been cold a lot recently.  The hardest part is getting up in the morning.  Often I don't get my butt in gear as soon as I should because I am feeling chilled.

Have a lovely day!

Well I had my surgery on November 17th, I got thru the liquid week and the mushy week which was Thanksgiving.  I saw my doctor and my first fill will be Jan. 8th.  I'm a little apprehensive after reading some of the posts, about the pain, the ports that are protruding, the needles, but I am still determined to make this work no matter what.  But today something started happening that really scared me. 

First the area where my port is seems to be more sore, so I slowed down in my movements.  Then I started to take a big yawn and the pain in the port area took my breath away, I actually shed a couple of tears.  It felt as though something was pulling.  Is this happening because of the healing taking place inside and everything is tightening back up?  As you can tell I've been trying to rationalize what's going on.  And that's not all, for the past two days I've had this melencholy feeling like I'm sad or something, and this is not at all a part of my personality.  Can anyone tell me what's happening?

Hi and welcome to the Illinois board. I am 13 or so months out, and have never experienced any pain in my port area. Yes, part of it could be the healing process, but I would give the Dr. office a call, just to be sure.

And yes, you can be feeling sad. After all, you lost your best friend. you can no longer indulge in emotional eating. And you could be feeling sorry for yourself. Believe me, when the weight starts dropping, and people start to notice it, you will experience a natural high. You really are going to have the ride of your life.

Hugs