Happy Hump Day!

Well..this time next week, I'll be post-op! Woo-hoo! In the meantime, things have been a little nuts in trying to ge everything ready (especially at work) and keeping up with 'normal' stuff too. My instrument at work IS finally working ok. A little bit of tweaking the method and I should be  when I come back to work. On the home front, I never got around to that house cleaning so I'm going to call my daughter and see if she wants to earn a few extra bucks. Tomorrow, I have my 3 yr check-up with Dr. Gupta & the nut. I checked and last year I was 178 lb when I went. I should read ~170-172 tomorrow. A little bit of a drop. Not much, but not bad for being 3 yrs post-op (when alot of people see a 10-20 lb gain instead!). Tonight, we're treating the kids & grandkids to Ryan's. Partly to celebrate Shyanne's 2nd birthday (last Sat.) but also so I can thank them for watching Louie so much this summer. We came to the hard decision to find a new home for Louie. We could not get him to quit jumping on me or putting his paw on my leg every time I sat down. We were afraid of the damage he could accidentaly cause after I have my plastics. He did go to a good home with a family that has kids, cats, other dogs (including a lab pup). The house seemed so quiet last night without him there. Plans right now are for me to take off early Friday and we're hoping to find a quiet camp site somewhere just to get away for a few days. Then Monday, Bill & Shell both have eye appointments, so I'm taking that day off too. Anyone up to dinner somewhere Monday night? How about Lincoln Square (It's on 21st between Shadeland & Franklin)? It's not a buffet...but it is good food (American with some Greek, Mexican, Oriental dishes as well). I don't know if they would accept the bariatric card or not but considering you can order ala carte, I doubt it. Say...6 pm? Sam...I checked BariatricEating and the trucks are on the way! They are expecting to be able to ship out 10-14 days from yesterday...so the 28th-Oct. 2nd we should have our wonderful AchievOne! I checked with Skylar Harley and to order it direct from Oregon would be $38.89 per case ($25.99 +12.90 S&H). So much for THAT idea, huh?? Let's just hope that we see a savings when they convert to plastic. Oh Ellen...I have the name & number of a distributor for retailers for it if you want to talk to the guy at Cutting Edge about getting it in. If he'd sell it at a price low enough to make it worth the drive, I'd buy it from him instead of Bariatric Eating. The guy downtown is only about $.50 cheaper per case. That's not worth the hastle...especially with the parking over there. Well..you all have a good day today!  Sherri

Morning everyone. It is my Monday.....first day back at work. Oh well. Today I am going to be dealing    so by the time I get home this evening, my back will be shot! Ugh! Then, this evening I have to do something that I am not looking forward to. I have to tell my DH that his grandmother has cancer. Jimmys mother didn't want me to tell him until this evening, because his grandmother was going back to the dr today to set up treatment, and then she was calling me and letting me know what they are going to do. This is something that I am not looking forward to at all, but I know it has to be done. She just found out the other day, and his mom didn't want him to know until his days off, so he won't go into a migraine. We know it will happen, and that is why I have to do it once I get home. Say your prayers for me, because I need all the Lord's strength to tell him that news.    Have a wonderful day.

Lachelle sorry to hear about your DH grandma. It is never easy to hear that your loved one has a terminal illness.  I will keep you guys in my prayers.

Do you work in a casino? Jenny

Thanks for the prayers, Jenny. We appreciate them all. Yes, I work at the new French Lick Resort and Casino in French Lick.  I have been in the business for almost 15 years now, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. It is an awesome and fun job! You should come down and visit sometime! It is a blast!

Hey LaChelle... Either you have a typo or your surgeon is about the only one I know of who would do an RNY on Christmas!! Sherri

Right now, it is my Christmas present to myself, until I actually get a date! Thats all! No typo! LOL

hey LaChelle...enjoy your "monday"...mind stunk this week...and today being wednesday isn't much better...i'm ready for SATURDAY! :)

i'm tired this morning, having trouble getting going...but otherwise i'm good....the scales were down to 263 this morning...who can complain about them going down? :) well i have to go get the kids off to school....just checking in for the day and wishing you all a LOVELY HUMP DAY!!!  hugs  Jen

3 weeks from today is my surgery date The time is going too slow.  I think about it every waking moment and sometimes even wake up thinking about it.  I think it is safe to say that I am obsessed with this.  Which I guess is good because I have my mind set to do this and do it right. Had all my pre-op testing yesterday.  Wasnt to up on the drink they gave me to do the test that you blow in the bag The pulmonary function tests were quite funny.  I am glad I quit smoking because those would have been hard to do being a smoker.  She said I done very well was over 100% on all of them.  My EKG was good.  The actualy Radiologist had to come in and take more pics when they done my upper GI because there was a part of my stomach the tech couldnt get and they needed it, so they finally got that and she said well we tried to find something wrong but we couldnt, so I guess that means all that was good.  So now just the wait game and try to get things in order at home and work.  Go out and get my groceries.   Have a good day everyone! Jenny

Wednesday!  It's payday for me...easy come, easy go.

We had a great time last night at the seminar in Carmel.  Y'all are looking so wonderful!   Sherri, I'm keeping you in my prayers for an easy surgery and recovery.  Please don't tell me how great your thighs look afterward, I'm trying to not spend any more money right now and I know you're gonna make me want my thighs done.  I'm too old for kick-boxing like the little Ms. SEXY LEGS Jessyca. Dinner on Monday sounds good.  I'll put it on my calendar.

Don't hate on my Sexy LEGS Annette!!! If i don't get my butt back in gear they won't be sexy for long!! LOL

Last night was wonderful. IT was so what I needed. It was great to see everyone and get to talk. I've been so stressed out because i haven't been losing that fast, I'm having the "have i stretched my pouch out too much" "am I not eating enough" "am I not exercising enough" angst... So i've decided to start going to support groups but I'm going to go to clarian's they seem to have a better support group there and it's WAY closer to my house... I'm going on a cruise in December and I'd like to get these last 24 lbs of the 200's off by then... hmmmmmm Guess that means I have to step up the exercise cause the food intake really can't go down much i'm still only eating anywhere from 3-5 oz a meal.. THe book is great I started reading it last night and It's going to be something I keep by my bed I think...

Hope everyone has a great day!!! It's going to be hot again this weekend (I"M SO READY FOR FALL!) but then it can be summer again!! Well talk to everyone later... have a great Hump day!! I CAN SEE FRIDAY!! AND IT LOOKS GREAT!