WHATS HAPPENING ,,,,THURSDAY

Thursday already? This week is going by fast. I felt really crappy today. One of those attacks that I have had all my life and have never been able to explain to anyone what they are. I feel like my muscles don't have enough energy to hold me up. I don't know I have never had anything to check it with but it might be low blood sugar. I am weak and sometimes sort of dizzy feeling. Talked to Craig earlier today and his Friend , Bonnie that I ask you all to pray for. She is in the hospital and they just ran a bunch of test and said that the cancer is all thru her body. So pray for her and her children. The oldest is 21 I think. She also has a 14 year old son that is going to go live with Craigs adopted sister Leta. They are making the legal plans for that now. That is so sad. I cant think of anything that would be harder to do is when you have small children and know that you weren't going to be around to finish raising them and trying to get them settled somewhere before you died. How horrible. Just keep the family in prayer. How did you all enjoy the first day of spring? I loved it except I felt awful. But I feel better now that it is later in the day. Or early the next morning really lol. I always am like that I think I have to get up real early but I feel awful doing it and wish I could sleep till about 11 each day and maybe would feel good when I got up then. I did get the mums planted that Vesta brought me back in the late fall. She brought me some pieces off her mums and I brought them home and put them in potting mix and now they have rooted and grown into nice little plants. One of them has gotten really big and has some buds on it. Melissa: we will put Terry on the prayer list for April 4th for his surgery. That is Joes birthday so I will be able to remember that. Is he ok with having it done or is he anxious about it? The surgery sounds like it will be painful to me. A steel rod in his foot. Wow? If you decide to sell your ponds let me know ok? I can always use more of them lol Michelle M: you know when I started gardening I knew nothing at all about how to do anything. It has been a lot of trial and error. But I was determined to learn how to do things and bought books and asked questions of others and I have learned a lot , not no where near all of it but I have learned a lot. I keep learning all the time too. It has become such a joy to me that I can put seeds in the ground and they will grow. Now my husband built me my first green house this year and I absolutely love it. And my husband too. Lol I hope you get all your ducks in a row soon and things will all line up for you. Will keep you in my prayers for it. Janet: that was sort of like my Joe and me. I knew the first time I saw him that he was special and it was love at first sight for me anyway. He says it wasn't for him but it didn't take him long to fall in love. We lived together for 2 years before we got married. I didn't really care at that time if we got married or not. I had had 2 horrible marriages and didn't want to have a third one. So was really hesitant to try it the third time. He ask me to marry him and I said yes but kept dragging my feet about setting a date. It was probably about a year before I would ever be pinned down to a certain date lol I was so afraid that he would change from the sweet wonderful guy he was to what I had had before in husbands. Abusive, both verbally and physically, that it was just a scary thing for me. But I guess I wasn't really looking at him and what kind of man he was. I can honestly say we have never had an argument that lasted more than a few minutes and then it is just an argument not a fight. Best deal I ever made. We have been married 19 years will be 20 this December 19, I hope you have as many happy years as we have had. Why would you not get to come to the COFmeeting on Monday night? You have to come. You hear? I will miss you if you don't get to come. Got to see you . So glad your baby is healing up where he hit his head. Hope it gets better fast. Tammy: Oh what a relief that you aren't nuts. Lol. We all were beginning to wonder. I am so glad that you are getting closer and closer to your surgery date. I cant wait to see you be successful. I know you will be. Hang in there on the weight loss diet you are on if you can do this you wont have any problem after surgery with you have the tool to help you. You wont be hungry and if you fall off the wagon then it is such a small amount that it doesn't hurt that much if you realize it and get back up and start doing right. So many new people on the Board now , I love it and hope that all of you will join us here and tell us all about yourself. So we can get to know you and your families. If we can help you in anyway let us know. Actually we all enjoy telling people things. Lol So don't lurk , talk to us ok. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

WOW !!!!! WASN'T THE FIRST DAY OF SRPING BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Thanks Jan for the pep talk.....It feels so wonderful to know there are so many people on here ready to cheer for you or pick you up when you are down.... I was down earlier tonight...I weighed.........and I wasn't jumping up & down lol lol....I haven't even had surgery yet and I'm stuck!!!!! Been close to 2 weeks since I last weighed and I'm right about where I was.........But I will take it and be happy with it... at least I didn't have to get on here and tell I had gained 50!!! lol lol.... Janet..........HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT ANNIVERSARY!!!!!! I'm so glad your son is doing better. Hope all else is going well with all the things you got going on at once. Your girls have been on my mind.....How are they doing???? The hardest thing for a parent to deal with is to see their child heart broken and not be able to do anything about it! Melissa......I will be praying for DH....Hopefully they will fix things and he won't have to deal with all that pain once it's healed. Is he having surgery there near where yall live? Craig...That is so terrible what your friend and her children are going thru...We will definitly keep them in our prayers!!!! I agree with Jan I hope ......all the newbies and people that don't post much will start jumping in here and giving us info on how things are going for them...I am always anxious to get on and see who's got what up on the board..... Well gotta run...I'm kinda pooped....been setting at the ER with my youngest step-daughter...she's fine now.........we thought it might be a stomach bug but she started vomiting some blood when she vomited so we decided we better get it checked out..turns out she had gastritus and the blood was from all the straining she was doing vomiting so much......But as usual it took for ever for us at the ER....so now it's going on 4:30 and if I don't hit the sack soon I wont want to get up till noon lol lol... Hope you all have a great thursday.........Hugs & Love.....Tammy H.

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ WOW...what a day it was yesterday....in the afternoon, I got slammed with phone calls and the rest of the day flew by so fast-it was 9 pm before I even had time to look at the clock.... I was running errands with my mom trying to find her some housing when my cell rang, it was my daughter telling me that her best friend, Amanda was in labor and I should go over to the hospital-I asked if anyone else was with her-yes-both sides of the family-hers and her hubbys. Told her that I would wait till the little guy was born and then go...So-I am a grandma...Amanda has called me mom for 10 years or more! He was born at 1:39 pm, he weighed 8 lbs 13 oz and 22 inches long. His little hands and feet were purple and as of 5:30 pm, she had not been able to hold him...we are going over to the hospital today and check on mom and baby. While all that was going on, I got ANOTHER call from my daughter-while she was at the hospital waiting for baby, she got a call from her dad-telling her that her great grandmother had just been rushed to the same hospital she was in, that she had a stroke and may have broken her hip AGAIN....they are now going to put her in a nursing home. She didnt recognize any of us! It broke my daughters heart and I felt so bad for her-as we just went through this a couple of years ago with my grandma-so it was like Dejavu! I have always just adored this woman because she is so cool and loves to laugh...please pray for her and her family. I did get my mile walk in yesterday, my daughter walked with me-actually, the DOG walked her while following me-LOL....then a stray came along and he just about pulled her through the pasture to get at it-I am glad she was holding him and not me, I would have hit the ground! I had to chuckle at her-flying across the driveway yelling at the dog and him not caring....(would have had to be there, Im sure-but funny all the same) We didnt get dinner done until almost 8 pm! I was beat and watched the 9 oclock news so I could go to bed early. Couldnt keep my eyes open anymore. Jan, I usually ride w/Mel and Terry and Terry has a anesthesologist appt on that day so they have to leave a lot earlier than normal-and my kids dont get out of school and home until after 4 pm and I may not have a sitter for Jon...Have asked his sister and my mother, but neither knows for sure what their schedules are for Monday yet. Mike never knows from one day to the next what time he will be pulling in the driveway as sometimes he is out on a call at the end of the day and could be 100 miles from home when his day ends....so-IF I cant make it-I will send the tote with them. Well, today going to the hospital to see my baby grandson and great grandma...and of course, Amanda...Please pray for all of them, as the baby has a rare blood disease and thats why he wasnt in with his mommy and daddy yesterday and some sort of circulation problems as his little hands and feet were purple and then grandma as I am sure that she doesnt want to live this way-that woman had more life in her than I did most of the time for her being more than double my age! Tammy-I think your psych was wrong-you fooled her, didnt ya? You have to be crazy to fit in with us so well-LOL!!! No, I am glad that went smoothly-so get that questionnaire done asap and get it back to her so she can get that report done!!! I hated that test....did my clinicals for college in a psych ward and I know those tests are really redundant for most of us...LOL..Its like someone sat down and said-I wonder how many ways we can word the same question? Glad the step daughter is ok and how is little princess? I havent seen a post on whats wrong with her yet? Please let me know. If I ever get any free time again, will email ya!! Jan, please tell Craig that Bonnie and her children are in our prayers. Tamis friends as well-I cant even imagine!! Has anyone heard from Lana and how surgery for her grandson went? I hope it all went well!! Thought about them a bunch yesterday! To all the newbies on here- WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME...we LOVE having you here-and post and tell us about yourselves...and your day-whatever you want! Well, I am gonna get off here. Kids have half days today and tomorrow and I want to have everything done by the time they get home. I will do my walk then and head to the hospital to get that done-and then come home and make dinner. I have quite a few calls to make today- My battery went out about 5-put it on the charger and I only missed 12 calls-WOW....so, have some return calls to make today! Has anyone heard from Sherr? SHERR WHERE R U? POST would ya? Deb M, how are you? Hope your good. Love ya girl-thinking and praying for you! Love to everyone-tt you soon. Love, Janet

Good morning Jan and board.....Jan I think you will be real happy with the colors of the mums... My hubby is sick with a cold today, so he is down..He works 3 days a week and likes to do things in the yard on his days off, but not today. He is retired from the University Of Mo, draws his social security and still wants to work (does that make sense)lol...when I retired I was done... I have lots of seeds started, my son does woodwork and he made me a large planters bench,I think that is what he called it, anyway I put all my startings on it and covered it with plastic, on warm days I just pull the plastic back...one thing though I lost some of the names of the seeds..lol oh well we shall see what I have. I hope this morning finds everyone that feels bad better...Jan take your sugar, that might be what it is....love to everyone......vesta

Good Morning Everyone: Well I think we can say Spring is HERE!!!! Yesterday we went over to the old house (garage) got the riding lawn mower, 2 ponds, weedeaters, wheelbarrel, ect. Thing that I will need over here for after Terry has surgery. That way I can mow and do the yard since he wont be able to. Today DH is sleeping in he had a rough night of not sleeping and his leg was really bothering him. I thought I would pop in and say Howdy and post. Today I am cleaning house. Doing laundry stripping the beds and putting on clean sheets, ect. Tonight is leftovers so thing wont do bad in the refridge. My F-I-L is back to sleeping all day long. Yesterday I made biscuts N gravey. 1 of his favorites he never got up to eat. I left it on the table while we was gone. And when we came back it was still there untouched. I got rid of it there is more in the refridge if he wants some. Then last night I made dinner Pork chops, dresing, and squash. Woke him up to come eat with us but he never did. Dont know what to do????? He wont get up to go to the doctors. I ask him if there is anything that he wants to eat and he say no or wont answer me. DH & I noticed that every 15 minutes he is getting up to go to the bathroom. But now he is sitten every time he goes to the bathroom. Terry seems to think that is because he is so weak. I am at a loss as to what to do for or with him. I've aske dhim if he feels okay or if he is hurting anywhere. He keeps telling me no he is fine. So PLEASE keep him in your prayers. He has 3 sons but only 1 that he can really count on if he needs anything and thats Terry. Dad's oldest sons answer to everything is either quoto un quoto " I dont have time for his ****" Or "Well put him in a nurseing home" Just because he doesnt want to come over to help or even to come over to visit him. So needless to say I dont call him on anything concerning his father. The youngest in unreachable and I will leave it like that. So everything falls to Terry and I know he is worried about his dad. Stuborn ol fart!!! lol Okay I have vented enough for the day. I hope everyone has a awsume day and it doesnt rain to mouch where your at. God Bless Mel Jan: I will proabley sell our ponds. Sne me an email if your interested in them. I can go out and take photos of them and email them to you. Tammy-ammy: No, Terry will be having surgery in Springfield. He regular foot doctor sent him to the specialist in Springfield because there wasnt anything more that he could do for him here in town. Janet: Your new baby and g-ma will be in my thoughts and prayers!!!!! Lana: Are you back yet??? Craig: I am so sorry for your friend. She and her family will be in my prayers also. Rachael: Are they working you extra hard girl???

Hi Jan and all you Mo. peeps. Okay.....okay I will quit lurking!!! I am back at work today and it feels wonderful. Especially after such a pretty day yesterday. I just sat out on my deck and enjoyed the sun and watching the yard and field turn green. The horses were having a fun day. They were partying and kicking up their heels. haha. I had my first bad feeling last night since my complications since surgery. Today is the day that i can try some tuna or chicken of the sea. I think ( I obviously need to recheck this) that I aslo can have shaved deli turkey. Well last night, I was really wanting something new to try.....so I tried cut up really really fine shaved turkey. I atr two small slices. That is all.......OH MY GOODNESS....did I ever regret that. For 45 minutes I thought I was going to throw up, I never did, but I concentrated not to. I even had to turn off CSI which Never happens in my house!!! I went to bed with a sore upper tummy. About 3 hours later I awoke with the worst lower tummy ache I've ever had. I couldn't go to the bathroom... believe me I tried. So I went back to bed, got up for work, feeling like crud!!! My tummy has hurt all morning long. It's now 14 hours after the turkey and I have relief. So is this what they mean when somthing does not agree with you, now I wait 7-10 days to try it again. I am now pain free and I am trying tuna for lunch, but almost a scaredy cat. I chewed , chewed and chewed some more. I know it wasn't bad cause DH had a sandwich earlier in the day. This ended up being kinda long, but I guess I wanted to share. Has anyone or everyone expierenced anything like this? Should I try tuna today or stick with my known okay food? Thanks for any info!! Sugar/ sweet n low/ splenderific friend how are you?? I hope you are doing better. I can't wait to see everyone Monday night!!!! Love, Tara

Hi Tara, I wanted to reply to you-I too tried shaved deli meat when it was okay and believe it or not, at the time, the ONLY kind I could even tolerate was the Budding brand....something about processed food I guess-not sure! I am so sorry you are having these problems on top of everything else you have been through-GEEZ! I too get that hurt tummy feeling, but usually is where the old one is-???? dont know why though? Some foods just dont agree with me STILL and I am almost 4 months out-I still cannot tolerate any vegetables-no matter how they are cooked-cant do chinese, and most pork products. Whenever I have a dumping episode-I am lucky, because 9 times out of 10 I feel better after I get vomit-but that 1 time I dont-seems to drain me and last forever-ARGH!! I usually just do protein and maybe a jello or sf fudgesicle if I have been sick like that! I hope to be able to see you Monday-and I hope you do well today no matter what you decide to eat! Take care and let us know how and what happened with you today. Love, Janet

I would say to wait and try your new foods at home. Usually i am a chicken and only do know safe foods when i am out and about. I have trouble with any deli meat except ham now isnt that weird. Im 7 months out and still have problems and it is still a learning process. But when i am away from home i do things like soups or salads do ok for me if i cut the lettuce up fine first. I have no problems with most veggies and can eat pork and hamburger meat. also seafood and some chicken if it is really really moist in some sort of sauce or somethine also i never have had a problems with really spicy foods and even eat jalapenions and have since about a month out. not dont say that isnt weird. lol Jan

Tara, so sorry for your pains. I just cant seem to gain any strength and i feel nauseated all the time. I cant seem to stay on the computer cause I will get a head ache. Its one mess after another. I go back to St Louis on the 3rd for check up and sure hope I am improved by then. Call me when you feel like it. How is work going today and did you try the tuna? I am anxious to find something, anything that tastes good to me. Nothing does. Love ya friend and sure hope I feel like coming on MONDAY. Sugar

Work is going good today so I chickened out on the tuna or chicken after your advise Jan. I made chicken salad for supper though. I will give it a try and if it hurts I won't be belly aching around work at least. Sugar, what is going on, have you called your Dr? I think I would touch base. Does anyone else think so? We'll talk soon okay. Tara.