WHATS HAPPENING----WEDNESDAY

Wow I can't believe how many birthday cards I got yesterday both e-cards and snail mail cards. It was fantastic. Thanks guys. That was a pretty special birthday present from you all. I got 36 email cards several snail mail cards and numerous well wishes as posts on two different OH sites. Wow. Seems to be a lot different than a couple of years ago. Now I wonder do people treat me different or do I treat them different? What do you all say? I really think it is the latter as I was a very unhappy person a couple of years ago. Hurting constantly from the FAT and it does hurt. Don't think it doesn't. I hurt now but not like I did then. You are kept a prisoner in your own skin. Nothing to do but to sit and eat and to get fatter. Miserable life but now I feel like I have been let out and can laugh, smile and enjoy others plus myself. Well I guess that is enough of that lol what do you expect when you have a birthday at this age you do like to reflect some. Lol Dannielle: wow a going away party for your Fat? How funny that is. But sort of cool too. So you are going to be a valentine baby huh? Great! You will never look at Valentines Day the same again will you? You want to see some of my gardens under my name there is a web site (www.) go there you can see a lot of my flowers that I grew last year and before. Marilyn: you are up a pound from what? Your highest weight or from what you were the last time you weighed? It really will all go away. I remember thinking when I was where you are that it wasn't going to work for me. But is doing ok. I have been on a stall and I know it is because my back has been hurting so badly that I am not exercising but I am not worried about the weight I will start losing again soon as I can get to doing something. Try increasing your protein level and see if that helps What did the doctor say? Vesta: you will do well soon. When you are able to get more protein in the weight will come off. Cut yourselves some slack. Ok? Oh did you ever think of the name of the flower seeds you gave me? I planted them and they are coming up All the starts of the mums you gave me are looking good and healthy. Lots of new leaves. Rachele: tell your mother good luck for us. And know that we will all be praying for her. Sorry I didn't read this post soon enough to email you and give you my number at your work I will do it for your home and hope that you get it. Andrew: did you find out what was wrong with you? Was it a kidney or bladder infection? Or something else? Are you feeling better? Sure hope so. You are doing so well with your exercise don't want it to get stopped too much. DKay: good to see you post on here. Come back soon. Janet: yeah maybe one day this summer I might run over and play with you and Mel in the pool. That sounds like fun You sound like you handle all the questions and problems with your ex-husband fairly well. Take care of yourself and all those kids. Tami: well tell your darling daughter happy birthday from me to her. The clothes sound really cute. That you did for her. There isn't a pool around anywhere until this summer. I am putting up my pool again this summer but in the meatime I will go to Branson , it is about 45 minutes from us. Will be worth it for a few months until we can get into our own pool.I have done water aerobics before and they were so good for me and I was able to get around so much better even fat but now it really should help me out a lot better. Will have to wait until the poison ivy goes away now to get into the water with a bunch of other people , wouldn't want to give it to anyone else. Again Thanks to all of you that wished me Happy Birthday I loved every one of those wishes. Thanks. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Good Morning Ya'll Bbrrrr it's only 7 here this morning, no wind blowing finally. Hopefully a warm front will come through soon, this is some crazy weather. Well I got into my PCP yesturday and it turns out I have a urinary tract infection, ugh! He said that I possibly got it at the hospital back in Nov. and its just been dormant til then? Is that possible?? Guess he knows what he's talkin bout. He gave me some strong anti-biotics Ciprofloxacin 500mg 2 a day, plus he said to drink LOTS of water, I said I been drinking 120 oz. he says well drink more, Im like Doc, Im gonna float away lol Anyway I hope this clears up soon cuz I hate getting up 3 and 4 times a night to use the restroom. Im still havin the body aches and chills too, ugh. Yeah Jan I hate missing the gym big time, I missed yesturday which was my cardio day, today is our workout and cardio and Im prolly not gonna go, the Doc said to give it a few days break, I'll go tomorrow for sure if Im feelin better. Susan went ahead and did her cardio yesturday and she's goin to do her workout/cardio this morning, I cant let her get ahead of me, she'll start whoopin up on me LoL Vesta thanks for the lil note yesturday, we sure cant wait to see ya's in march at the support group. Hey D.Kay, so you had your surgery on Nov. 14 to eh? Sure was quite a few on here on the same day Yeah you guessed it, a silly tract infection. My weight is down 62 lbs since surgery, I was surprised when I weighed yesturday. Thats 136 lbs total, I had to lose weight before surgery cuz of a weight limit the hospital had, glad I did cuz I got through surgery with flyin colors. Sure glad ur postin here, hope ya keep coming back!!! Heya Janet, gurl I wish I could only drink 40 - 60oz of water a day, he insists on me drinkin tons of water and havin me float like a ship lol I like water so I guess its not that big of a deal, as for my sodium level, before surgery mine was wayyyy up there until I started losing weight, last I had blood tests everything was normal, hopefully it still is. Jan looks like you need to expand your greenhouse and put a pool in there LOL j/k that sucks ya gotta drive so far to an indoor pool. There's no indoor pool around here either, well I think farmington has one at the community center and the Days Inn Hotel has an indoor pool but I doubt they'd let outsiders come in. Hey how's Joe?? Tell him they are starting a "PolarBear" type club some where near here, I seen it in the paper where they are gonna jump into one of the rivers here LoL Ai yi yi some people are just plum crrraaazzzzyyyyy LoL Tell him I said hey hey!! Well Im gonna go lay down awhile, still not feelin so hot. Got my first shake in plus 20 oz of water already, another 100 or so oz. to go, sheesh! Thanks for everyones well wishes and prayers, sure means a ton. Bless ya's Andrew

Good Morning Posties!! Glad to see everyone is doing good! I am feeling better, not the greatest but better! First, I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, not just over me and my family but over Brandon's family, as well!! They are really having a hard time dealing with this as I'm sure you all can understand! A parent's worst nightmare! The music CD that was played at Brandon's funeral was music that Brandon had wrote the words to, played the instruments to and even sang. One of the songs they played at the funeral was for Brandon's little brother. The song was called "A song for Triston" They said it was a very nice service! I wish I could of been there! I guess they wished I could of been too but understood why I wasn't. We will get together someday soon! Wow, I can't believe that I'm already 6 days post-op! I think I have slept through most of it. The liguid perocet knocks me off my feet. As for the rest of my meds, Dr. H said to stay on them until he sees me Thursday! He didn't say anything about me not taking my diabetes meds. The 2 times they took blood for that, it was in normal range, it didn't matter if I had ate or not. The meds. that I do have to take are to be taken one at a time, every 5 minutes. I had to laugh, by the time I finish the first batch, it's time for the second......at least I'm getting my liguids in...lol As for the liguid diet, Dr. H didn't say anything about protien drinks, just clear liguids! I haven't been a good girl there tho.....unfortunately, the jello and broth are making me gag now....something Bandsters don't wanna do. I have had to upgrade a little. I'm drinking cream of chicken broth....it's Lipton's cup of soup. It comes in powder form and I just add water. It has a different taste then reg. beef or chicken broth. I'm hoping that Dr. H will okay me for the second stage foods, I think i will do much better! The hardest part of the surgery was the wait! I think I told everyone about the emergency that Dr. H took over that put my surgery 3 hours behind. All that waiting can play little tricks on the mind. My surgery when fine tho and I pray that the person having the emergency did fine as well. David got a little upset over the wait but I think it was more that he was hungry... he wasn't leaving my side until they took me into the OR. I know he also got a little concerned that my surgery took longer than what he expected but after they wheeled me around the corner and I waved to him, he was all smiles! I told him that I was in the holding room (PACU) for awhile too. They had two patients ahead of me....I don't know what Dr's they had but the staff had to get them out first. I didn't get Mike (anesth), tho I did get to meet him. My anesth's name was Jeff, he was big like us and had a heart of gold. I got to explain my fear of the tube being put down my throat and he explained that I would have 2 tubes down my throat...one for breathing and one for Dr. H to help him do his handy work. Jeff then saw my panic and promised me that I wouldn't remember either one. He kept that promise!!....Thank God and of course, Jeff! When I woke up, I felt fine! There was the pain from someone moving my innerds around and from the holes in my tummy (pictures on profile) and I could already feel the trapped gas but all in all, it really wasn't that bad. I haven't caught up with all the posts yet but it looks like everyone is doing good! Again, I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers! I KNOWN they carried me through!! A special Thank you to Andrew and Susan...Thanks for bing my angels and for the card too! XOXOX

Good Morning Jan and Fellow OH Peeps~ Jan-so glad you had a good b-day....so sorry I didnt get a card to you. You were in my thoughts tho-and at least I got to post to you on line this time!! Things have been so crazy since the surgery, that I feel lucky to remember to get dressed in the morning!! It was like surgery...sick...holidays...my bday, (dec) dads bday, grams bday, daughters b-day and then sons....(all in Jan) several get togethers, parties etc and I just didnt get to it and I am so sorry... I know what you mean about feeling different. I never realized what a miserable ol' you know what I had become. I was one of those people that I must have just sent signals out-because no one ever smiled at me and I didnt care-didnt want them to anyway-and now I find myself actually saying hi to people and smiling or going out of my way to help someone etc. I am still FAT, dont get me wrong-but I feel so much better, that I dont pay attention to other people and if they are looking at me or saying things about me-I feel good and I dont care anymore-so I am glad you posted that-cause now I know its a side effect from the surgery-and a welcome one!! I am glad I got my errands run yesterday and got to the store for the starter logs and odds and ends-cause I dont want to go out today-its miserably cold again and my little guy isnt feeling good. He just got over his antibiotics on the 22nd of Jan and I am hoping this stays just the sniffles. Its been a year (last year this time) that he has been sick-so he is miserable and I hate to see him like that!! Just to vent for a moment-I was contacted by a friend yesterday that I havent heard from in a long time...she was a co-worker and used to be what I considered a best bud, but couldnt support my decision to have the surgery. She has not spoken to me since Oct 2005!!! I got one email from her in Aug 2006 explaining how busy she has been etc-and I responded, but just basic and didnt ask to get together-and the month before, one of our mutual friends called on their lunch break (when the weather was REAL HOT in July) and she talked about the pool etc-but I never invited them over-they hadnt talked to me in almost a year-wasnt going to have them over to swim. She left a voice mail yesterday and asked if we could get together to talk and how she has been keeping up on my surgery and progress through a mutual friend... Well, I am bitter about this and I dont want excuses. A true friend, to me, would have been there for me, whether they believed in what I was doing or not. A true friend, whether agreeing with my decision or not-should have at least called IF they cared-dont you think? The hurt I went through when my supposed 3 best friends couldnt support my decision when they knew how crappy my life/health were-I just dont want to go and pretend that everything is okay. I have forgiven them for their ignorance, but I dont want to have to act like its okay. I am not like that. I pretty much wear my heart on my sleeve (and my temper, lol) and I say whats on my mind. There are no guessing games here. Thanks for listening and have a great day, or at least stay warm!! Love, Jan

Good morning board...let er snow..lol...sounds like we will get a little snow....Jan I can not remember the name of the flowers, I got it at MFA last year and it grew and grew so give it plenty of space.. they have a beautiful cluster of red, orange and yellow flowers. and it will be thick with blooms.. Andrew hope you get to feeling better real fast.. everyone have a wonderful day.....vesta

Good Morning Everyone: Jan: So glad to hear that you had such a good birthday. We sure were thinking of you. Andrew: I am sorry to hear your not feeling so hot. Rest & sip. Your in my thoughts and prayers. Rachael: I will make sure I post as soon as I hear from you. "Prayers for Tami" Sherr: Glad to hear you got your dad back home. Let us know how he is doing. Congrats on the WOW moment!! DebbieM: So good to hear from you sweetie. Make sure you take care of yourself!!! I finally saw the photos of the protein drug raid. Too funny!!! Dannielle: I like the idea of your going away to fat party. Well I am needing to get up and get moving. I am going to go run some errands and get home. It is way to cold outside this morning. I hope you all have a blessed day!!! God Bless Melissa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's Your Sign So I was calling to order a pizza , with the menu in hand, I order a large pizza with ground beef, bacon, and extra cheese and the girl on the phone says "oh I'm sorry we dont have any ground beef" so I say "but here on the menu it says you have hamburger" and she responds "Oh well we have hamburger!" So I said ok I'll take the hamburger instead of the ground beef then. She says no problem! Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked to good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50." The next day someone stole it. While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff." I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific" My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving". My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk... My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.... I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I explained that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned... I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?".. While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. "Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Post ! Hope every one is doing well today . I'm glad Andrew that you're doing better and have a answer to what's going on with you and that it is fixable!!! Every one try and have a good day! Dkay

JAN, FYI ON THE POISON IVY. I had it a few months back and had to go to a dermatologist. I learned ALOT from him. Once you've had your intitial contact with the plants or whatever you picked it up from and you wash yourself with antibacterial soap, it's no longer contagious. People think it spreads when it weeps but he said it doesn't, it's spread from clothing that wasn't washed, linens etc... I asked why then was I having areas pop up a week or so later and he said that the first place I noticed it was exposed the MOST and the other areas were slightly exposed and it took my body that long to react to the lesser exposed area although they ALL got the exposure at the same time. Also I believe it was on my dog as she went into the weeds on a walk so I could have gotten it off of her fur befor she was bathed. Just thought I'd share that with you. Well today's busy, as usual lately at work. It's good to be busy but i'd like more free time now and then again! : ) I was getting spoiled there for awhile! I worked out for 80 mins last night....unplanned but after dinner out kids were tired and needed baths so we worked out, they went to bed ealry. : ) My pounds have STILL not gone down but I'm hoping next week that my lean body mass will read higher. Doing the body fat check, as it's been a solid 4 wks since the last reading. I am supposed to wait 6 wks but I can't stand it!!! Have a great day!!! Tami

****Seem to want to itch after reading Tami's post*** LOL WELL, it's freakin' snowing here I can't believe it either. Dad is doing fine, but he's running me and mom ragged. He's reading contracts, wanting me to make his corrections, needing office supplies, having his meetings at the house, since he can't make it to the office...LOL I knew I got that workstyle from SOMEONE....and if you guys remember, it nearly killed me. Glad those days are long over. whewwww.... Well, I just had a second to pop in and let you guys know Daddy is doing A-ok. Sherr