Sunday....Good morning!

Hey sleepyheads! Yeah, I know. It's Sunday. Ah well..I'm awake and not at church, so I'll start the morning thread..lol. My tummy was feeling pretty stretched yesterday so I held off with having Chance stay all night. I'll let him stay after I have the surgery. We are going to go pick him up in a little bit though and take him out for breakfast (he LOVES waffles!) and shopping. That expidition will be about all my tummy can handle for one day so after we bring him home, I'll probably come home and chill out for the rest of the day. I was really hesitant about being out in public with my white count low but darn it! I can't worry about MAYBE getting an infection 24/7! Chance only turns seven once! I had mentioned in my post to Hope a site that I want to share with all of you. It's called freeshipping.com. For $5.95 a year, you can save big $$ on s&h charges for affiliated shopping sites. I contacted them to see if they accepted suggestions for other sites..and suggested BariatricEating and PerfectlySweet. Well..they welcome suggestions and are going to contact both of them to see if they'd be willing to be affiliated with them! Just on my AchievOne protein drink, that would save me over $400 a year! Needless to say, I joined! Even if the sites I suggested refuses to be affiliated with them, there were alot of my normal places who were affiliated that I will save way more than the $5.95 in no time at all!  Well..you all have a terrific day today! Sherri

WE HAD TO BE POSTING AT THE SAME TIME SHERRY LOL I SURE HOPE THINGS GO WELL FOR YOU AND YOU DONT CATCH A NASTY BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. VICKI

Vicki, Thanks...it was kinda scary when I was reading all the 'don't do's' yesterday if your white count is low. Shoot...you're not even suppose to floss my teeth! Oh yuck! I have one place that catches whatever I'm eating so you know I'm not going to pay attention to that little no-no! Bill's had a pretty good cold for about a week now and I've been very fortunate to not have gotten it. Maybe that's why my white count was so low..they've been busy combatting Bill's cold! LOL!  Only one week to go!! I GOTTA stay healthy! I'll just pay attention to anyone sneezing or blowing their nose today...and avoid them BIG time! LOL! Sherri

Good morning all. We decided not to go to church this morning, because Molly's ankle is hurting really bad this morning.  She gets her hard cast on tomorrow morning, so she doesn't want to do much until then, and I can't blame her.  She slept well, so that was a plus.   The sattelite people will be here after noon, and I can't wait!!!  I don't even care that it is pouring outside right now!!! Since I have had to do without tv for 3 days now, they can work in the rain, sleet, snow, even a hurricane as long as I get my tv back on!!! LOL  Just kidding, but I am really having trouble without it!  Uggh! lmao! Hope everyone has a great day.  We are having some dear friends over this afternoon to visit.  They are planning on bringing some things for Molly to keep her occupied at school while the rest of her friends are playing at recess and in PE.  I talked to her teacher and bus driver last night, and they both are ready to help out any way possible to get Molly to and from the bus and class.  The bus driver has said that he would even park the bus and carry Molly if he had to! We all love him to death, and the girls really feel comfortable with him, so I don't worry about it at all.  Her teacher is going to talk to the principal tomorrow when we are getting the cast on. She will be discussing all the options that Molly will have in class time, and needing help with the bathroom and lunch trays and all that stuff,  I know she isn't really ready, but she says that she can't wait to get back to school on Tuesday. She is really going to be tired the first few days once she gets the hang of the crutches and school work. Have a great day all! TTYL

Good Morning,

I have been up for hours cant sleep and feeling kinda blue, not COLTS BLUE just plain blue. I guess sometimes I can just be to hard on myself, and I have this fear of failing, And I am trying so hard not too. Thank GOD, I have all of you to listen and support me. Today, I am going to start exercising again after that fall last week. I wish all a good day. LaChelle if you lived closer I would get a TV to you , and I hope your daughter is not in to much pain, I'll keep her in my prayers.   Everyone, I send love and well wishes, Hugs and Blessings, Gail

Good morning all, I am being a sinner today I guess because we didn't get to church this morning.  I worked overtime yesterday at work and today I have several hours of typing to do for my 2nd job.  I was just plain tired.  My 13 yr old DS was quite ill this week with a stomach virus which meant a night with only about 2 hours of sleep so my body just was plain pooped.  If I can get my typing done today we will go tonight.  I am hoping things slow down a bit at work after this week but when you get one project done there is always another one in line to take its place.  Ha! Yesterday when I was at WalMart I noticed they have added some new SF Davinci Syrups and in the smaller size bottle.  I have 6 - 7 of the larger bottles I have ordered from BariactricEating but I like the smaller bottles which BE doesn't sell.  It takes me forever to get through the big bottles.  I bought the Hazelnut to give a try.  I have been trying a new way to get in some additional protein.  I have vanilla Mice Milk and vanilla Labrada but don't care for it on its own so I have been Heating it a bit and adding about 4 oz of decaf coffee to the box of protein.  It makes the protein drink coffee flavored but not a strong coffee.  I am not much of a coffee drinker.  I have found I tolerate the protein much better when it is warm vs. cold.  I have been  using the Matrix Chocolate as a hot chocolate and adding some Divinci Peppermint to it.  Really yummy mint flavored hot chocolate -- with a dollop of Cool Whip or spurt of Ready Whip as a treat every now and then.  With the added protein the last month or so and the addition of Bioton, my hair is beginning to look better.  Not as dry and brittle and not falling out as bad.  I don't notice a lot of new growth yet but hopefully that will begin within the next month or so.  I can identify with the shopping addiction some of you have mentioned.  I too had that tendency prior to surgery so nothing new. Ha!  I did hit the after Christmas sales pretty hard and got some beautiful new winter clothes in smaller sizes.  Currently wearing14's and a few 12's in pants.  Started out in 26's and 28's.   Most of the tops are large but a few mediums.  I was wearing 4X in tops prior to surgery.  I have found you can certainly get some great deals when you wear smaller sizes.  Found several nice pants and skirts on the clearance racks for $7 and $9.  Who would have thunk it.  Sure beats the prices at Catherines.  I am surprised the local store has been able to stay in business since I am no longer shopping there.    Also want to let Sherri know I prayed for you this morning that your skin would be in improved condition and you would stay healthy prior to your surgery.  Hope, I trust this is a good day for you and your family.  I have asked God's peace to invade your heart and his arms of comfort and love to surround you as well.  I will continue to pray for God's healing in Peter.  Hang in there.  LaChelle I prayed for your family and all you are going through.  I love your positive attitude through it all.   Linda, you and your family were brought before God's throne today as well.  Dan, I haven't seen much of you here on the boards recently but God brought you to mind this morning so prayed for you and your wife as well.  Trust all is going well for you and that you haven't been on here because you are to busy enjoying life and serving the Lord.  Well I best get busy and get my transcription work done.  Have a great day all.  Peg

Ugh I'm so flustered today.. I went to church this morning and then met with someone from freecycle to get rid of some stuff we don't wanna move and all that fun stuff.. My morning started out decent. About the last 10-15 mins of church service I got this real bad stinging pain round my g-tube that practically had me in tears. I just got home and check it and apparently one of the stitches around it has pulled through the skin. It's stitched in another place still and I'm hoping an praying that it holds up because I can't afford 2 copays (50.00 a visit now) for Dr. C this month with us having to move and all that. My 6 month appointment is scheduled for the 28th and I was gonna go tomorrow to have my labs drawn and all that fun stuff for it. My stomach is already sucking the tube in as much as it can and I'm scared that since its got it sinking in already that its not gonna take much to pop that other stitch right on out which is what I think happened with the other stitch. It's not even been a whole month. Is it normal for skin to just rip??? Thats pretty much what it's done. I'm hoping if it comes down to it maybe I can talk my PCP into restitching it in until my appointment. I dont know though. We'll see I'm really sore now and my belly is bleeding from where the skin is ripped. Hopefully the rest of the day will get better it has to at this point.

Good morning, everyone. I hope that everyone is having a good day.  Sherri, just make sure you take care of yourself but I know that you know what you can do and not do.  I didn't go to church this morning either. I feel bad but I was so tired. Bill and I left yesterday early in the morning to go and get my labs done for Dr. Stanish because I go see him on Wednesday. We went out to eat and then to DS and DIL apartment to see their new apartment. It is really cute and has a lot of the old woodwork in it and old windows too. I would love to have something like that but it is way to small for this collector. I have way to much stuff for it. I am running out of space here and it a good size apartment. I need a mansion just for my stuff and then I could live here and have our things fit. lol I keep everything and Bill just wants to toss everything. I guess opposites do attract. lol I am going to clean out some of my kitchen cupboards out today. They are so unorganized and I can't stand that. I am a believer that there is a place for everything and everything in it's place but sometimes I get sidetracked on that!!!! We went to our nephews house last night for dinner. It was nice and I enjoyed it but I was so cold I thought that I was going to freeze. When we left I felt so cold that I even put my hood on in the car with the heat. I felt that cold all the way through to my bones. I have felt the cold a lot more this winter with the weight loss.  I better get going. I can hear the kitchen cupboards calling my name. Have a great day and stay safe and warm. TTFN 

Hi Sherri, hope you had a nice day today! Thanks for the boost and encouraging words yesterday (thanks to all!). Pete's white counts are way low with this pre-leukemia thing he's going thru, but they told him he still has some platelets left to aid him in fighting 'cooties' it will just take him longer to get over anything he catches. Do you where a mask when you go out? They recommended it for him when he goes out after the transplant. You're right though you can't worry 24/7 about all that, I just need to remember that too! Take care! Hope

I don't know you real well and I know you don't know me but I just wanted to let you know that I've been praying for you and Pete since I heard of his diagnosis!! I have a dear friend whos little boy is fighting Leukemia right now and it's soo hard to watch your loved ones go through that. Keep your head up and keep fighting!!!! (( HUGS )) to both of you.