TUESDAY WHAT'S HAPPENING????

We sure seemed like we had a really busy day yesterday and didn't do anything much either. Joe went to see his doctor at the pain clinic for some pain meds and then we stopped at Target where I bought a few things. And then we went home, We tried to lay down and sleep for awhile but never got much sleep. Then Joe drove me to the support meeting in Springfield where I met my sister and she and I went together. Several were there and was a pretty good meeting. I wish more had been there that said they were coming, but they wound up not being there. Melissa: liked your wow moment at the meeting. Melissa is now back to driving everyone so watch out. Lol Wow you sure are dark. Haven't seen anyone get a tan like that in a long time. Danielle: Was really good to meet you at the meeting. Elizabeth: You too at the meeting, I certainly didn't expect to see you out so soon on that leg. Take care and don't hurt . Love your spirit but don't overdo . Kelli: good to see you there too. I didn't get to talk to you much but was neat to meet you. Tammy: You look so good girl , I told my sister that I think you must be digitally enhanced. Lol. Lana: I thought you were right behind us when we went to the elevator. We held it for a little bit until some ladies wanted to go down. Wasn't that silly of them? Lol Linda: we are getting closer and closer. It is beginning to sink in that we are going to have surgery soon . Is it to you? I hope you have as good as a meeting as we did. There were about 50 people there I think. Deanna: cant wait to see the new picture. I know you are going to be so cute with your weight loss. Yeah sneak in there and weight while he is getting his appointment. Lol Craig: whoohoo 2 weeks to go. Then we will have to start calling you Mr. skinny britches. Sorry about your car. Hope Jeff can get it fixed soon. Glad you got the appointment thing figured out. Dena is really good about answering any questions you might have isn't she? Andrew: you and Melissa need to get together and watch those storms. I don't think I will join you in the lighting and storming unless I can sit inside. Hope you can get to the next meeting at the Cape , I think you all will really enjoy them. Brenda said she was going to try and get to them too. Marcie: Glad you came on the boards here. So you have know Dena for a long time huh? Did she have any ideas for you? I hope you get to join us soon on waiting for surgery too. Everyone that has the surgery say that they had forgotten how much fun it is just to have the energy back. I am looking forward to that too. I'm also hoping that I will be able to sleep better. Tressia: Welcome to the Mo. Board. Thank you for the kind words you have for me. I really enjoy starting the day off with everyone here. I see that you are pre-op. Have you started the process at all? We have some wonderful people here and I really feel like they are family. David: We are so very thankful that God in his great and mighty wisdom decided to let you stay around for a little while longer. He probably has something very profound that he wants you to do . Besides that who would take care of all those puppies if you weren't here. Love you man and we continue to pray for you. We got some much needed rain last night . I hope it did a little bit of good for my flowers. I was going to mention last night about maybe having a Mo. Get-together but absolutely forgot all about it. Seems like I am getting more scattered brained every day. Maybe it is because of the impending surgery. I have only 5 more weeks . The next months meeting is on the 14 August which is my date. Yippppeeee Hope today is a great one for you all. LOVE, JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS. JAN

Gooood Morning Ya'll, Wow Jan, your an early riser!! I dunno if self respecting chickens are up this early lol I guess its not all that early, Im usually up by 6:30 or 7am pretty much every morning myself. Woohoo thats great your surgery date is getting closer and closer, once I get my date ya'll will get tired of me tellin ya about it lol Yes yesss I love watching a good storm. When we lived in Tulsa, OK me and a friend of mine would run out in the middle of the street and watch the tornado's go by lol we'd only watch if they were not coming our way, my wife would get so mad lol but they really are so cool to watch. I wrote the photo help line and sent them my photo for the messege boards and they resized it for me and told me what to do, i did everything exactly how they said but I still cant get it on the board for some reason. When I press upload it shows its there but for some reason wont show on the board here, I got it to work for my profile tho, oh well, i'll keep trying. I hope everyone has a great day, looks like were in for some more rain down south here, its sooooooooo humid ugh and really cloudy out. Have a great day!! Andrew

Good Morning! I have to think that Jan is the OH Missouri Board Un-official "MOM" And I think Melissa is the "SISTER" lol...they both spend so much time offering us advice and lifting us up, when we need it. You ladies really make an impact on us. Well, the Springfield Seminar was more of a formality for me, as I know they have to ensure you have an overview of everything prior to getting started. I got to meet Mel's friend Rose and my EVIL TWIN - JANET.... j/k Jan on the evil part. hehehe Can and I are going to do this thing together....tell each other the good, bad and ugly parts of it. LOL I guess that makes her my Siemese Twin Yesterday I went and got my PCP to sign the letter, and had the blood work completed. I was even able to find a Psych. to make an appointment, but I will be traveling about an hour give or take.... Great...........MORE DRIVING................. I called Dr. Scotts office to be told they whole team was at an offsite meeting for the day.... I am anxious and I think I am wired wrong. When I get reallllllly excited, I get sooooo exhausted....is that WEIRD or WHAT? I am soooo going to the Cape meeting next month, 2nd Sat. right? I hate that this past one was on the same day as the springfield seminar. Looks like I can make it to Columbia in 5 hours. It has to be better on the interstate that driving little crooked backroads like the trip to Springfield. That trip sucked. *****if I am allowed to be brutally honest**** LMAO! Glad to see the OH MO Fam is up and around...let us know how things are in your world today Sherr

Sherr you are so right.....Jan is like the mom off all the board here, even tho I dont know that she's old enuff to be my mom...hmmm lemme think....im 42....she's ummm nah she's not that old lol. Her and Melissa both offer some really good advice and support, thats what has really attracted me to this board, its great!!! Then there's people like Sherr that just bring ya a good laff.....your just one crazy gurl Sherr lol That'd be great Sherr if ya could make the Cape meetings, Im gonna try my best to go this next time, yup they are the 2nd Sat of the month at like 10am. I know how it is to have to drive so far, Sedalia for me is right at 4 hours, a longgg 4 hours but I know it'll be worth it in the long run!! When I was going to Columbia, I found going thru St. Louis and over to Columbia on I-70 was so much better then going the back roads, I had people tell me the back roads were closer and yes they are but I made it in the same amount of time by going the freeway, gawd I hate curvy hilly backroads lol Aight Im outta here, gotta run a few errands, ugh the humidity is bad today! Laterz ya'll Andrew

Andrew, Yeah, that's me....Funny Grrl Sherr....It's a gift really And it's way better than crying or nagging..ya know I hope we can all go to the next Cape Meeting, well, all the ones that are in driving distance I hate to gripe about the driving...I don't know what I was thinking when I bought an Avalanche...if I take one had off the steering wheel, I am swooshing over in another lane. For the surgery tho, my mom is going to drive me in daddy's new Town Car Like a chauffer...woot woot Those of us that drive SUVs or SUTs hate driving cars tho...so she is already nagging about driving the car, and how it makes her feel like her butt is dragging on the ground lol...She has the Lincoln Navigator, and that thing doesn't have anywhere to Lay Down... AND I am laying down if I'm making a 5 plus hour drive home after surgery, darn it. LMAO I am going to take I55 to Stl, then I70 to Columbia. Isn't the I70 leg about 2 hours? It's about 3 hours if ya hustle from here to STL. I hated those backroads to Springfield, like you...WHO WANTS TO BE TOSSED AROUND LIKE A BOX OF ROCKS? lol We had those in Georgia, but they always warned you with a multitude of signs and guard rails etc... Here in Missouri...I guess they thought it wasn't cost effective... ??? Sherr

I've got 29 days until my surgery and they seem to be dragging by. I can hardly wait to get this done. I just keep thinking "what if it doesn't work for me?" I can't imagine going someplace to eat and 2 bites filling me up! Nothing has ever worked so I keep wondering if this is just an "expensive" failure, too. It's gotta work--this is my last hope! I look in the mirror and see this fat lady and can't imagine me being thin or at least thinner. Do you ever do that? You know how sometimes you want something soooo bad, then when you get it, it's not what you thought it would be? Well, sometimes that's how I feel about WLS. I want it sooooo badly, but will it be what I think it will be? Oh well, I guess I've got pre-op jitters and being a pessimist instead of an optimist! Hope you all have a great day and I'm wishing you God's love and blessings on you for today... Linda

Hey Linda, You know I don't post to the board much and I really thought I was getting cold feet or something but to hear that there are others who feel the same way let's me know that we are all pretty normal. I don't know how many times I thought okay when is the other shoe going to drop. But I think its knowing that its about to happen after all that is keeping our anxiety levels so high, but everything is going to be fine and we'll be on the loser side soooooon. And thanks again you were the only one on the MO board that wished me congrats when I got my WLS date, I'm three days before you so I just want to say hang in there the 10th will be here real quick. Have a great day and I'm keeping you in my prayers as well as everyone, if I don't know anything else to do I now how to pray. Barb T. in KC.

Thanks so much for the encouragement. I'm happy to know that I'm not alone with this feeling. Thank you also for the prayers and I'll keep you in my prayers, too, when you go in for your surgery. Have a super day and God's blessings to you... Linda

oh Barb please forgive me for not congradulating you on your surgery date. that is awful and im ashamed of me for that. Please forgive me. I wouldnt do that to anyone. really. We are always glad to see the people get their dates and hope for the best for them. I know how to pray too and wil include you in my prayes because you have your date coming up really soon too. Neither one of you are different or anything about being nervous . I keep thinking something will happen too to stop it but hopefully it wont. I am at ease about the surgery it is afterwards that i think i have the most anxiety about. We will all get thru this together. And if there is someone that i miss saying hi to or congradulations too please think of it as im an old lady and get forgetful sometimes. love each and every one of you on here as my christian family. Love Jan

Jan and all, The meeting last night was good, getting together with OH friends is the very best part. I was going to walk out with you and Sugar but then someone stopped me and I got caught. Jan: Your sister is a sweetie, glad she got to come with you. You can't be my Mom, I'm about the same age as you but I sure appreciate all you do for the MO board. Melissa: It is so good to see you. You've always smiled your pretty smile but now you just beam!! Driving again is so cool. WOW moments for sure. I forgot to give you my phone number. Will email it to you right away. Tammy: You've surely been digitally enhanced but it is so great of you to continue to come to the meetings and to offer your advice and experiences to everyone. You are an inspiration. I enjoyed talking with everyone and trying to put the faces together with names. I just don't remember as well as I used to, but that's just an age thing I'm sure. We didn't have much rain after those windy downpours that happened during the meeting. We still could use another day of soaking rain, our lawn and flowers are so thirsty, even with watering. DH does the gardening, I have a black thumb. Hope you all have a great, cloudy-rainy Missouri day. Did I mention how happy I am to be living in Missouri again. It's a dream come true for me. Hugs and love Lana