Sunday Morning Whats Happening:

Good morning everyone. Well I over did it yesterday. We rode all the way over to a town 2 hours away yesterday to buy this pool thing from this guy and then the ride back . When we got home . I was exhausted. I told Joe to leave it alone and we would work on it tomorrow. But he was going to do it or else. Well I thought I had to help I guess and even tho the temp was only 80 it was so muggy. Within 10 minutes I was sweating like crazy and then got faint and started getting dizzy. I think I was dehydrated. I came into the air conditioning and started drinking water. By 6:30 I was in bed for the night I just couldn't hold my head up any longer. I slept until 10:30 and got up for awhile. I have started drinking water for the next 24 hours. I really am having a hard time getting in as much water as I need and as much protein as I need too. Just not enough room in da pouch. It doesn't seem like it has been almost two weeks .Will be Monday 2 weeks since surgery. Brenda: Yeah that would be great to lose that much a week .lol don't think that would be possible . We would be looking for ways to stop losing before long. I guess we will find our happy medium of when to eat and how to drink all of this as we go along. I forget to drink all the time since I am doing other stuff too. It isn't like before when you could sit down after doing something and guzzle down a quart of water. Now to get it in you cant do much of anything else but sip sip sip . Did Dr. Hornbostel leave you on most of your medications? He took me off almost everything except my blood pressure med. Only one of them. It doesn't taste too bad. I mix it with jello . Sky: I really admire you and your dedication to your walks. I hope after working out in this pool when we get it sit up that I will be able to do so too. My joints are so frozen up that it is going to take almost daily water exercises to get them loosened I think. I have a niece who is a P.T. and she said that is what I really need to do right now is concentrate on getting the joints to moving and get the muscles built up . And water is the fastest way possible to do it and is good exercise too. Sounds like you will remember the overfilled feeling for a long time. Melissa: well I wish we could get some of the rain you all are having. We haven't had anything yet except for some light light rain for about 3 hours yesterday. I think we got about one tenth of an inch. Oh well maybe today. Hey I like the idea about sending the Christmas Card to the ACLU. Lol I got that from my sister too. Cant you find the leak on your pool or it just wont patch? I got one yesterday from a guy in Monett and hopefully today Joe and I can get it sit up. Just wish the ground was completely level lol Sherr: Hey girl how you doing ? Hope you are feeling ok. So you do have a surgery date ? That is great. The time will go by faster than you think it will now. Is a shame that you have to drive so far tho. Will be praying for you and your travels. David : thanks for the info. I figure there is still a lot of healing going on in there. Right now I am having a searing pain in the right lower quadrant of my stomach. It isn't there all the time just once in awhile. But when it happens it hurts. Hope I haven't pulled anything loose. I haven't been doing too much I don't think Hope it is just healing pains. Debbie: we will keep your son ,Jason, in our prayers . Your questions on another post were good ones , just don't know how to answer them really. There wasn't any one defining moment for me I don't think. Just knew that I had to do something before my weight killed me and seeing a show on TV about the surgery. Embarrassing moments ? There wouldn't be enough room on the computer to write them all down. Not being excited about the surgery is I think Gods way of letting you get thru this time that is stressful don't you think? Lucky: You are almost there. Sounds like you are going well prepared with the new hairdo and such. Lol. Nothing like having our hair fixed is there. Congratulations on the 18 pounds weight loss . Don't be surprised if after surgery your weight is back up because of all the I.vs. they pump into you in the hospital. I was so full of fluid that I thought I was going to slush when I walked. But it does come off fairly quickly. Good Luck tomorrow and will be waiting for Melissa to post how you are doing. Hey something I noticed yesterday when I was putting on my makeup was the fact that my cheekbones are becoming more visible again. I told Joe hey I think I am beginning to be able to see my face again in there. One thing I don't like is the waddle on my neck is getting looser. OH NO!! Well have to start saving for plastic surgery I guess. Lol I wish all of you that don't have your pictures on your post would please put them on there so we could see your sweet smiling faces. I for one would love to see who I am talking to , LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS. JAN

Good Morning, Sweet Jan.... I hate to hear that you overdid it....You have to take care of yourself.... Listen at me....I am terrible at doing that. Yes, my revised date in 9/29...after another sleep test....apparently doctors are actually smarter than I am...GO FIGURE ;) Looks like the gang is all here...Glad everyone is doing so well. Love to ALL Sherr

Good morning to everyone, Hope everyone is doing fine. We have been blessed by the Lord 3 days straight in a row with wonderful rain and rain and rain. You have to understand, we have not cut our grass here since June 9th which tells you that we had a hay field, just dry and brown and everything was burning up. I watered the garden and flowers and all each day but that does not help like pure rain water does. So thank you Lord!!! Jan please quit stressing about getting all your liquids in . Your pouch is healing and does not need stretching. Just drink at regular intervals, and dont overwhelm yourself. They are not expecting you to get it all in so soon after surgery, but they do want you to sip and drink often. (end of sermon) LOL I am so happy to hear that Sherr has a new surgery date. We will continue to pray for you girl . Yeh!!!! Lucky, you are also on my prayer list. We are all moving over. I will not be on here for 1-2 weeks as I am leaving the country. Not really!!!! Plan to go to Michigan in the morning to be with my daughter when she has WLS on Tuesday at 2:00p.m. She has to be at Bariatric Center at noon. So it is a 10 hours drive to her house and then Tuesday morning it is 2 1/2 hours to clinic. Please keep Judy in yuur prayers. Thank you all in advance. And then from there we are heading to Houston, Texas to see my other daughter who moved there in July. Cant wait to see Luke (3 year old grandson). So all of you behave while I am gone. LOL aA special hello to all. My husband must be feeling lots better as he suggested us taking the trip. Gods blessings, Colette

Good Morning Everyone: WOW what a night. DH & I sat out on our front porch for acouple of house last nigh****ching all the heat lighting and the ground lighting. Talk about breath taken it was really beatiful. The wind was blowning a nice cool breeze and the lighting was going crazey flashing almost like a strobe light. Then the rain came at first it POURED!!! But then it slowed down a little bit and we got some good soaking up the ground kind of rain. Slept like a baby. Told DH for Christmas I wanted one of those sound machines that you can select the different sounds: rain & thunder, bubbleing brook, birds, crickets, ect. So that way I can play the storm one every night. lol And they say we have 80% chance of rain today. My plants love it!!! JAN: I will stand out in my front yard with a towell and face your way. To see if I can blow any of this rain your way!! Anyways I am going to get moving. Get meds & shot start drinking my water for the day. Hopefully late we can work on my pool. I know where the hole is I just cant keep the patch to stick all the way. It always comes lose at the top. But I am having faith that it will be good this time!!! I pray you all have a blessed day!!!! God Bless Melissa Faith doesn't get you around trouble, it gets you through it !!

Good morning Jan and Everyone I've been reading, just not posting, really trying to spring back after my friend's death. Doing okay, seeing some changes going on and realizing Rome wasn't built in a day and that my weight will come off. My first WOW moment was when I noticed that my face was smaller,more defined and my chin is back and so is my wrist my watch now moves around without putting dents in my arm. Trying to do a schedule to get my protein and stuff in that's okay but I don't have it down to a science yet nor is it automatic yet either. Doing laps around my table getting better everyday. Colette: Have a safe trip will keep you, DH and DD all in my prayers. Melissa: I like you Christmas card idea, I have a few cards left over from last year too. Well hope everyone has a great day! God bless you all. Barb T. in KC