WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY

Today was pretty busy running around for me. I had an appointment with a nerve conduction doctor to see if the pain and numbness in my hands was carpal tunnel or something else. Well it is carpal tunnel , fairly severe he says that I have had it for a long time. And Have already lost some muscle in my hands. I ask him what would happen if I don’t have surgery and he said that it might be ok for awhile but eventually it will get so bad that I wont be able to do much of anything. And said that since I was still a young (lol) woman that , that wasn’t too good of an idea , which I agree but just hate to have another surgery looming.

 

Then I went over to Skaggs hospital to have the drug test for the job I am going to go to work at. Noone seemed to know where it was I needed to go. I went to almost every building that Skaggs has and finally they sent me to the newest building that is way out of the way. So when I got there I ask them if that was part of the drug test to see if I could follow directions enough to get there. Lol They laughed and said yeah I guess you passed and by then I was so dehydrated I couldn’t pee in their cup so had to sit out in the waiting room and drink water til I could go again.

 

I got an email from Andrew today , Said he just got his computer fixed and would hopefully be back on line that he really missed all of you guys and the support that he got from here. Hopefully he will get back on today. I miss him and his silliness

Just like I miss Julia. Man I wish she could get her internet back. I really miss her too.

 

I miss any and all that use to be on here all the time and now they aren’t . There were several that had surgery at the same time I did or around that time and they no longer post . Brenda still is here and Craig once in a while but that is about it. I guess im the lone ranger.

 

Well Dancing with the stars is over for another year, I thought Apollo deserved to win and he did. I love to watch dancing shows. Especially ball room dancing. Goes back to when I was young. I taught ballroom dancing and competed in competitions such as that.

Long hard work. Sometimes I would be on my feet  for 10 to 12 hours a day in 3 inch heel no less , either teaching, learning new steps myself to teach or practicing for a competition. If I could do that now sure would never have a weight problem lol

 

MELISSA: yes I like the new format of the site too. It has some really neat features too. For one thing you don’t have to click 2 times to get a post up. Another if you post something and it goes thru and then you don’t like it you can totally change it. That is what the edit button under your post means. Pretty neat.

Also when you get done click on the top button under the post and will take you back to the top of it and go up above  topic and you will see message board , you click on that will take you back to the message board with all the post. So it is pretty neat. And if you do a signature it will show up on this site now too.

If you want something a little different for a signature go to Blinkyou.com you can create some neat things.

Well didn’t mean to get off on that Melissa. Lol

I am praying for you on Friday. What time will your surgery be?

Love your joke , that is really funny and cute.

 

TAMMY: You know I have thought of doing that several times before. To take a digital cameral and take pictures of people . Some still don’t have a picture on their site.

And some don’t look like their pictures now. Debbie D. is one for instance. She doesn’t look anything like she did. I didn’t recognize her.

Congratulations on your first day of the best half of your life about to start. All you can do is take it one minute, one hour, one day at a time. Tomorrow will be day 2 and it will be easier. Day 3 is probably the roughest. But you are strong. You will make it. Don’t give in now. Please keep your eye on the prize. It is all about you , All about what you will gain and what you have to lose if you don’t stop smoking.

Don’t think about the cig. pleasure , think about the smaller Tammys pleasures.

 

Yeah the hits on your post really do tell us how many lurkers we have. Isnt that amazing.

I challenge all the lurkers to post go ahead please. We don’t bite and love to meet new people.

 

Zoey seems to be getting the potty thing and then she slips. But not bad for a 8 week old puppy. Don’t expect to have her trained too quickly.

The whinning has stopped mainly because I bought her a soft cuddly little toy that I think she thinks is her buddy   or maybe one of her brothers or sisters.

 

Tammy my signature thing this girl on another site did that for me. I don’t have the slightest idea how that one was done.

 

JANET: did it rain much at your house ??. I hope not since you really need and want to have your pool turn out nice. We may drive over and spend a day with you one day .

Would be lots of fun.

Yes I agree that there are people that have babies right and left and  never care for any of them. Is so sad and makes you wonder why ? Why, would God give them a child when others that are wanting one so badly , really doesn’t make sense does it. But then Im sure that in Gods eyes there is something there. In fact I know there is. God doesn’t make mistakes.

 

Everyone there was so glad that you fought it long enough to get to the meeting last night.

I forgot to say anything about your hair last night. It looked really good. I think you could go shorter, like to your shoulders

 

Jon and his enthusiasm  for planting is so exciting. I will send him some more flowers soon probably toward the middle of the week. Do you know what coneflowers are?

I will send him some of those next week

 

Oh yes I am really excited about the reunion. You have worked so hard on finding us a place and all. It will be great. Thank you dear. I know it hasn’t been easy with your back the way it is and all. But we really do thank you.

You are really sweet to say tiny in the same sentence with the my name. I don’t think I will ever be tiny but I sure do feel better. And again thanks for the compliment. That is the only time I can see a difference is when I look at the pictures tho too.

 

Will continue to pray for your daughters and their situation. Also your mother will be placed on the pray list too.

  

SUSAN: I hope things get better on the family front sweetie. Nothing disheartens like fighting with a spouse. We all are glad to see you back on the board posting too.

 

Yes I have seen the hanging upside down pots. If you have someone with a drill you can do the same thing with empty 5 gallon buckets. Yes the lady I saw that had these say that they work wonderfully to have your tomatoes up where you can get to them easily

 

How is your daughter doing now? We all prayed so much for her , there are so many things to worry about with kids now days.

 

RITZY; I didn’t recognize who you were under that name. Is Jaiden doing better now?

Certainly hope so , well if we had know you were going to be down we could have found someone to watch the baby while you came to the meeting. My husband is the worlds best baby sitter in the world all kids in a matter of minutes love him to death. Kids and dogs all love him , think it was Will Rogers said that that is how you can judge a great man is if kids and dogs love him. Lol

You will really miss your son by the time summer is over wont you? He will be ready to come home too I think.

 

Going to get off here kiddos im about to fall asleep at the wheel so to speak.

So until next time. Tomorrow I have to go to Springfield to get my 3 shot in my knees. Made it.

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

       

I'm back   Lots going on at home but things have settled down.  Getting used to having our daughter, grandson and our beautiful new grandaughter takes time.  I need to get all caught up on posts and hopefully will be around for the long haul now. I went to the Tallhouse seminar in Topeka Kansas.  I really liked the surgeons and staff and got a lot of questions answered.  I'm just about through with the Healthyroads requirements.  My appointment with the psychologist was last week.  It was a nice 50 minutes and she told me I didn't need to come back for testing.  I hope that's a good thing - LOL!!  She is also sending the report to my surgeons office using their guidelines so I hopefully I won't need to see one of their psychologists.  I also met with the dietician last week so if I'm counting correctly all I need is 4 more weekly phone sessions with the healthyroads coach and I'm ready as far as the insurance company is concerned.  I should be hearing from the surgeon's office for my initial appointment in the next few days.  I never once thought it would be so complicated to have this surgery, but I'm sure it will be well worth it.   Sometimes it feels like I'll never get to the losers bench. I'll post a picture of our new grandbaby as soon as I figure out how.  Have a great day.

Howdy Everyone...... No rain yet......Did it hold off in your area Janet????? From what they are saying now we may not get it quite like they thought we would......But I am sure most of you don't mind that...... Well if you didn't see the prayer post.....I have just hit 48 hours with NO SMOKING!!!!!! Yeee Hawww for meeee!!!!!! Dang and let me tell you.... If any of you newbies are smokers!!!!!! DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINIT TO STOP!!!!! I would start to work on it a head of time so you don't feel as pressured!!!! Janet.....Still praying for you Sis.....I pray that you will get some relief from all the pain soon!!! I hope the girls have a great time on their lil vacation!!!! I will be praying that those people are decent people and won't do anything to purposely hurt either of them.... It's bad enough that have a crappy father!!!!! .......... Still got you  Mike in my prayers on the financial issues too..... I hope you will soon be past all that and can relax!!! Mel... Praying for you too!!!!! We all keep on praying for you so hard we might pray you into mulitples heheheheheheheeee.....How's your knee??? DH?? & your FIL??? Jan....Have you got any Bamboo on your property????  My nest to the oldest daughter has some out on the property her tailor is on... Her g-ma in law owns it and said it has spread too much so she is habing it cut and burned....Thought if you didn't have any you might like some.....I'm not sure how long it will be before they cut it down and all so let me know.... They said it spreads good and fast so I will mail you some if you want it.... Ok I mentioned on her post that I knew her and told her about our site but for those who have not read her post yet.....I met a young girl at my pre-op class last week.... Her name is Cheryl and she goes by  FutureMissesBell25........She is really nice and lives in the springfield area... I told her about the meeting and how nice you all are there.. She missed this months but might try and make it another time.... She is having surgery June 6th!!!! Please make her feel welcome.....Thanks.....  I have to go for now.... got to hit the sack.... for one I have an appt with my pcp in the morning but for the second reason I am getting antsy lol lol lol... so I am going to go to bed and sleep thru it....They always say tomorrows another day!!!!!! Maybe it will be a day with less cravings lol lol.... I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday....God Bless each of you......Hugs....Tammy H.

OK PEOPLES.....I JUST NOTICED THAT CLAUDETTES POST ABOUT LAST NIGHTS MEETING IN SPRINGFIELD HAS HAD 79 HITS.......NOW WE DON'T HEAR FROM THAT MANY PEOPLE ON ANY ONE DAY OF THE WEEK..... WHEEEERRRRREEEE ISSSSSS UUUUUUU PEOPLE!!!! COME ON OUT AND TALK TO US!!!!!!!!! WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND GET TO KNOW YOU!!!! DON'T BE SHY!!!!! YOU CAN TALK ABOUT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ON HERE..... WE GOT ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS, SURGERY CONVERATIONS... FOOD, REALATIONSHIPS, KIDS, SCHOOL, COOKING, MEETINGS, RACING, FLOWERS, WEATHER!!!!!!! U NAME IT WE PROBALBY TALK ABOUT IT!!!  WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM MORE OF YOU REALLY SOON....IF YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY JUST DROP IN AND SAY HOWDY NOW AND THEN!!!!!   GOD BLESS YOU ALL..... BIG HUGS....TAMMY H.

Good Morning Jan and OH LURKERS....LOL I have to say-now that we see how many hits a post get-I am a little disappointed that more dont pop in to say hi or let us get to know them...I say disappointed-but its also a little sad, because we have such a strong support group on here-that it is TRULY sad that they are missing that with us~Maybe they are stronger than I, because I dont know what I would do without ALL of you, thats for sure!  So-to ALL YOU LURKERS-at least give us a chance-you WONT be disappointed-LOL!! Jan-Im sorry about the news you got. I know how you feel with that lurking surgery and trying to give it more time, for whatever reasons-I will say prayers for you, you know that-and at least pray you will make it through the summer so you can plant things and so on....have you decided when you may venture into that? Is it an outsurg or inpt? Wasnt sure because of the extent-and also-is it in both hands? I assumed so-but just wondered-would you do both at once? Some docs do it-some wont-you seem like a tough one-I would WANT to just get it over with-like for my knees-do BOTH at once and lets be done with it-I am not one to sit in the hospital ANY length of time-and I really fear that I wouldnt go for that 2nd one-LOL. I had to laugh when you asked if I knew what coneflowers were-you are asking the most black thumbed, plant challenged person there is-you are like my instructor, and I am your eager student.  Now-remember-I asked you just last week if elephant ears bloom? LOL..Ok-so no-I have never even heard of a coneflower, BUT-IF you tell me where it needs to go (shade, sun, a little of both AND how to plant it like the other seeds you just gave us-I will get the job done-cause I want you to be proud of me-I am pretty proud of how my land around the house is starting to look to be honest-and I may just get into this-and my hubby is so pleased-last time I could do this-I did a bunch of landscaping, with decorative rock-had the decorative lawn deals-like the wishing well and figurines-and I am getting the itch really bad-AND...IM SO HAPPY-my lilac and my pineapple plants are doing awesome!! My kids have been weeding around them for me, and I have little decorative wrought iron around them, so they dont get mowed over-Its looking good between all the flowers I have out and the hanging plants. Jon and I need to transplant some though-that are in the starter packages still-and the sides say marigolds-but they dont look like it-they are getting long and growing over the sides-I think they must be the morning glories and the wrong thing got wrote on it, they dont resemble the marigolds OR any other flower right now?  HHHMMMM..... It did NOT rain yesterday-got windy and was really cloudy, but NO RAIN, WOOO HOOO....its suppose to hit us today-which Vikki said that would be okay she thought, so I am happy!!~Trust me-I already told my hubby that we will be having some of you out this summer for a BBQ/POOL party-I figured that some of you that lived closer, or even if you didnt-it would give us a chance to talk and swim and have fun-and we can just have a lite lunch and back in the pool.  I will let you know when-we are gonna plan it-and go from there! We have sprayed for the weeds already-we have to give it a couple of days and then we are going to weed out that area-and clean it up pretty again and get the tiki torches all filled and etc. We have to remove the gazebo that is out there since the storms took it out-well, actually-this one was bolted into the ground-even with the cover off-the wind twisted it like a pretzel-so no gazebo out there. The first one we bought, we had for one week-got a horrible storm, and it picked it up and twisted it like a pretzel and tossed it into the pool-part in the shallow end, part in the deep end-and it took me over 6 hours of taking the screws out etc-to get it out of the pool completely-with the help of both my girls-geez! No more, I told Mike-will just have to put the umbrella back in the center of the patio set we have out there and pray for the best! I know what you mean about a good guy with dogs and kids-Mike has little kids walking up to him, even at the store-isnt that funny? AND-any baby he holds-they seem to be so relaxed and never fuss when he has them-makes me sick-LOL LOL...we always fight over holding the babies etc.  On dogs-Mike just cant catch a break-he will go somewhere and like my moms dog-he dosnt like anybody-and he will climb up in Mikes lap....Better him than me-her dog smells like he is rotting~LOL....hes old and stinks really bad....so Mike can have him-LOL LOL. I will keep Joe in mind sometime though, if I cant come due to a sitter problem. Well, the kids have 1/2 day today and then they are out for the summer-HEE HAW...Not really-it has its good and bad sides-but I am hoping that its a good summer. I am not making Darrel go to his wombs this summer-she doesnt deserve it-and neither does he-she is such a lying witch and lied about being able to come get him Mothers Day weekend because she knew she was going to get talked to-not yelled at, but talked to-and since she doesnt like to be caught in her lies-and then confronted-she always tries to wait a couple of months hoping we forget-but we dont-and this is no exception. Mike is signing the papers to go after her for child support-only $50 a month-BUT....considering she has NEVER paid a dime-and when people give things to Darrel when he is with her (clothes or gift cards etc) she will return them to the stores-and keep the money...she has NEVER even so much has bought a pencil for him while he has lived with us-and its been 9 years this November-child support enforcement is going back to the date he moved in with us-and his "womb" will owe us almost 5 grand. There is a minimum in the state of Missouri-but since we know she is a scum bucket-wont work, mooches off her kid that does work, the system AND her church and neighbors-we figured we better keep it at an amount that made us look sympathetic to her "conditions"...whatever! Jon has been saving up for an RC car....well, actually, he has been getting $2 a week for allowance for about a year or so-plus any money he gets in his cards or whatever-and we counted his money last night-and he has like $72...he is so excited!! I was excited for him-the other kids spend, spend, spend!! Although, I must say that when the girls had their own jobs and started to purchase their own clothes and shoes etc-they evaluated THEIR money and what was most important to them-and a lot of things changed-like some hair products that cost $8 and I wouldnt pay that-but would buy a cheaper brand-all the sudden werent as important when they had to buy it etc...its kinda funny to me! Steph leaves today. I took her to get her state ID after school yesterday to Carthage (it was $11 for an ID-holy cow!) and then I stopped by to cut Mels hair....Then I came home and I was just in tears because my freaking back just hurt like I got hit by a truck-I didnt tell you all this-but at the meeting Monday night-I went to sit on the ledge when Mel and I went outside-and I went to lean against the building for some support on my back-and there was a row of bricks that were sticking out a little lower on the building-and I smacked right against it-but I had taken some pretty good pain meds-so I didnt really feel it until yesterday!! I woke up with it hurting this morning. SHEEEZZZ... I just want a tiny, teeny weeny break for a couple of days! Megan is taking both boys overnite-and I am dropping Stephs at her dads tonite-they are heading out at 4 am...going to Arizona, going to the Grand Canyon and then to Nevada-she lost her paycheck somewhere and so now-I have to try and come up with a little money to give her for the trip. Her dad and grandma said they will feed her-but she will want a little for extras...CRAP!

**Tammy-I AM SO PROUD OF YOU...you are keeping your eyes on the prize and busting your butt-and my heart just feels so happy for you-I know this is so hard for you, but girl-you are getting the job done-and should be very proud of yourself!! You only have 12 days left-and I am positive IF you stick with it-that you will be just fine-so keep on keeping on-and you know your cheerleading team (all of us) are behind you 100%...Take care and know I am praying for ya. ALL my love sis!! **Susan-I am praying for you too-and it will be okay-I know you and you are a fighter-and anyone who gets as far as you have in this journey DOES have the fight in them. EVERYONE deserves to be happy-and this includes you-so hang in there and your surgery is right around the corner and then you are gonna feel better than ever. I love you-tell Randi I understand and as soon as school is out-I expect a letter or email-ok? Love ya. **TRUDY....NICE to see ya again!~I was wondering where you were and sending out messages to see if anyone had heard from you....I will send you my phone number later and give me a call IF this ever happens again so I can update for ya and not worry-LOL...I am so glad everything is going good and you are almost done with the "hoops"  Just hang in there and it WILL get easier-I promise.  Take care. Love ya girl and have had you in my thoughts and prayers!! **Chante/Krissy-OK girls-called BOTH of you last night after 7 pm and never heard from either of you-where are you and what are you doing??? AND the Million dollar question-have either of you gotten my packages yet? I called the Diamond Post office yesterday-and I have to go in, in person and have them put a tracer on it-so I wanted to verify if you got them or not before going down there and throwing a fit-LOL.... Hope your both ok. Love you both. **Rachael-I am sorry the baby is sick. So, did you get any rest last night? Poor little gal-I hope she is better soon-and I hope mamma is good too-and we are just going to stand firm that you WILL be at our June meeting-or we will be sending the bounty hunter to get you-NO EXCUSES...IF you dont have a sitter-like Jan said-Joe can watch them-or I can bring my daughters to keep the kids busy, coloring or playing-ok? We just wanna hug you- Love ya. You are all in my prayers. **Sherr-looking good girl-is there another date planned? We havent seen you much-so just wondering how that was going? Are you doing ok? Pop in and let us know...Hope family is well too-furbabies and Mom, Dad and Dillon.  Hope the dating is too-you deserve it-Love ya. ~Has anyone heard news on Deb M? I hope everything is okay and that they didnt admit her. I am worried about her. I am going to email her when I get done posting and see if I can find out anything-I dont have her phone number or I would call. ~So glad Andrew will be back on. I sent out his card like 2 weeks ago-(it took me that long to get his address-LOL) so I am glad he knows we love and miss him...I hope they are doing ok. ~~~~Good News~~~~Good News~~~~Good News~~~~~~~ I got on the scale this morning and lost "2" more pounds! Thats 5# in 2 days-I am so excited. After the scale not moving since the middle of April-its been really discouraging-because I didnt know how long the steroids were going to mess with the weight loss. Sooooo....I am having a good day so far, to say the least. YAY  YAY....Doing what I can of my famous baby circle dance!! Well, I am gonna get off here. Jan-Hope the shots go well today and that it works for quite awhile. I have a busy day and its my moms b-day, so I am going to try and see her sometime today as well. Love and Prayers to all, Janet

**Sherr-looking good girl-is there another date planned? We havent seen you much-so just wondering how that was going? Are you doing ok? Pop in and let us know...Hope family is well too-furbabies and Mom, Dad and Dillon.  Hope the dating is too-you deserve it-Love ya. Janet, Hey G/F....I met Mark for lunch yesterday, so that was date #3, and I have to tell you....I mostly want to NOT date.  It is just too much mental stuff to deal with.  I know, I know....but, being a hermit has such advantages.  He and I talk and email everyday...but I just don't think I want to date.  I was sick, after our #2 date, I had the flu and then after 4 days of that, got sun stroke over the weekend, I am such a dork.   Mom is suffering, and we are STILL trying to figure out how they can pay for her surgery.  Dad and Dylan are ....well, both MEN...lol....tomorrow is Dylan's last day of school, it's actually a 1/2 day, and then he's a JUNIOR....makes me feel soooo old...LOL  Puppies are doing good, Bailey has been very clingy since his surgery, I am so worried all the time that he is trying to tell me he's suffering.   I read the MO daily thread's that Momma Jan posts, almost every day, but I usually don't have a lot to add....I am a sickly person, and I get tired of whining...LOL I spend a lot of time out in my yard, and my veggie garden.....It gives me the most awesome peace, being out there, behind my privacy fence...with my little old poodle boyz, and my jasmine, honeysuckle, roses, lilacs, gardenias and tons of new stuff..... A lot more satisfying than trying to date a darn man...LOL OH!  I never did tell you....Mark is a tri-athlete, so he's really skinny...((((think Lance Armstrong))))) so you know I feel fat and flabby...see...toooo hard to date again. :) Sherr

Good Morning Everyone:      Looks like it is going to be a beautiful day today. The sun is shining and the birdys are singing their good morning songs. I sat out on my deck this morning just me and my doggie. The wind was blowning and it was so peaceful out there. I think I could veggitate out there all day long. lol      No big plans for the day. Big Surprise!!! I do have to make a few phone calls and maybe make a run to Joplin but other then that I will be at home. I plan maken Terry's fav meal tonight. After awhile he is coming outside to do some photo's of me on the deck. That way I can change my profile photo and go make some copys so I can send out to some friends and family.     It's kind of nice to be able to hang out at the house I think. I dont know if this is going to backfire on me or not. Since Friday is surgery day and I am sure Terry wont let me do NOTHING this weekend. If I longe around today by Monday I will be itching to get out of the house. lol     All you lurkers dont need to be afraid to post here on the board. If your in Missouri this is your board also. I can remember when I first started on the boards. I did alot of reading also. But please even if you just pop in and say hello. I promise we wont bite!!! (Jan) our ring leader get a kick when we get newbies on the board!!!    Well ladies & gentlemen. I think I might just crawl into bed with Terry and snuggle for awhile. I stayed up until almost 4am watching Extreme Home Make over that I taped from Sunday night. Terry woke up at 3ish and I was sitten on the bed bawling like a baby. lol    Have a blessed day!!! And remember to do the rain rain go away dance today!! For the sake of Janet's pool!!! God Bless Mel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A married couple in their early 60s was out celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant.  Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table and said, "For being such an exemplary married couple and for being faithful to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish.

 

"Oh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband" said the wife. The fairy waved her magic wand and poof! - two tickets for the Queen Mary II luxury liner appeared in her hands.  Then it was the husband's turn. He thought for a moment and said:

 

"Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this will never come again. I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me."  Both the wife and the fairy were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish.

 

So the fairy waved her magic wand and - poof! - the husband became 92 years old.  The moral of the story: Men who are ungrateful old goats should remember that most fairies are female.  :-)

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Hello Missouri, Yesterday was a busy day for me.  We had a candidate for a teaching position come in the office and he needed quite a bit of help and then there are Graduate Assistants moving on and getting them checked out and released and just lots of stuff going on.   My side/back where I fell Friday is still really sore but Tylenol does the trick, if I take it every four hours.   I had my PCP appointment yesterday afternoon and it went well.  All labs were great except potassium was a little low but not low enough to have to supplement.  I'll just eat some bananas and more fruit and try to get it up.  My blood pressure was a little high in the office but he said he sure wouldn't start me on medicine on the basis of one borderline reading.  He suggested I try taking it at WalMart every time I was there so last night later I went over there and it was 121/68 so I think I had just rushed to get into his office and then got freaked that it was high and it wouldn't go down.  Blood sugar was 96 and A1C was 5.8 down from 6.1 last time.  I'm soooooo happy about the diabetes thing.  He wants me to start Benefiber and those darned pills are the size of a football.  Walmart was out of the chewable and I hate chewable anything anyway so I just bought the pills and when I opened them I about choked - and that was before I tried to swallow one.  Does anyone else take them.  I'm afraid they'll expand in my pouch!!! My PCP looked at my bruises and ouchies from the fall and pushed and poked and said I did not have a cracked/broken rib, just muscle pull/bruising.  That was what I'd decided but it was good to have his confirmation.  I'm still losing at about 2 pounds per week.  My PCP was really excited by my success.  He has always been 100% supportive but he's thrilled that I'm doing so well.  He agrees with Dr. Edwards that I probably need to lose about 20 more pounds to get my BMI to normal and to get rid of as much belly fat as possible.  I hope to give myself about a 5-8 pound cushion below my goal so that I can fluctuate and not be above normal BMI.  It seems almost frightening to me to consider that I'm about 20 pounds from my goal.  I haven't been at this weight for 25 years but I have to say it was firmer and higher at 37 than it is at 62.  Makes me angry at myself for getting so out of control, but I am a food addict and that's what we do!!!  I'm just proud that I finally took control of my life and started fixing the addiction - WOO HOO, me!!! The Circle of Friends meeting Monday night was awesome.  So many make such an effort to come and it is so wonderful to meet them.   Debbie D, I did not know you.  You look like a different person.  WOO HOO!!! Pam and Monique made such an effort to come so soon after surgeries.  You both are the bomb. I wish we had time to visit lots more, I had to get home to DH and when I got there he was feeling so much better, has a doctor's appointment this AM and thinks the pain and numbness in his legs is a neuropathy from his spinal stenosis and is hoping for a referral to an orthopedic doctor.   There might be shots or, God forbid, surgery in his future but knowing what's causing symptoms is better than wondering and speculating. Do you think we should consider running the meeting until 8:30?   I don't know if Claudette would be interested in doing that but it's a thought. Janet, my anti-rain dance did work so you can't be angry at me now, right?  Sorry your back is not better but I'm praying for you and for Melissa on Friday. Jan, hope the injections today are as helpful as they have been in the past.  Let us know. Hope everyone knows that I pray for all of you daily and love you all hugely. You're my favorite family!!! Hugs and love, Lana

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am copying n pasting this from another post that I posted for Janet. It's for anyone that may be wanting to know what happened to me Monday night...Thank you for your prayers! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Janet...thank you for the prayers and posting my request for prayers. I really didn't have time to post everything...it was very rushed! David was getting the car so I popped on here long enough to let someone know that I was on my way to Bothwells and that prayer was needed! To my surprise, when the site popped up, everything had changed! I didn't know where to go or what to do! I don't remember everything from that night but I do remember seeing a link to your profile so that's where the message was left. Sorry, that it was a little confusing! I knew that you would get it figured out and would get it posted! Thank you again....so soooo very much!! What happened was while eating supper Monday night, David had asked me something and when I went to answer him, I still had a small amount of food in my mouth so I swallowed it. (Mom said don't talk with food in your mouth!!) When I turned my head to answer him with a yes or no (can't remember what the question was now) I felt the food trying to pass threw the lap band with some discomfort. There have been other times when I have felt this but after a few seconds, it passed and I was fine....not this time! I froze in my normal "that bite was larger than it should of been" pose, hoping and praying that the food would go ahead and pass! I knew it would hurt but I didn't care, it was better than just laying there! Be careful what you wish for! *******************GRAPHIC******************** Anyway, the food didn't go down and I started what I thought to be signs that I had aspirated some of the food instead of it all going into my stomach. I couldn't breath that well and the amount of saliva I had was more than enough for 10 people! I then began to choke and gag on the saliva that was coming up. Then I started throwing up everytime I tried to swallow the saliva. I couldn't get the food to come up or go down. I grabbed a empty fast food cup and held it to my mouth because now it felt like my body had taken over and was trying it's best to dislodge the food with more saliva then I could control. My saliva became frothy or foamy and I was getting worse...by this time, I'm thinking hospital! David got the car...I don't remember getting in but next thing I knew we were at the ER here in Harrisonville!  They were all over me, taking vitals, asking questions....by this time I couldn't speak without choking so I grabbed a notebook from my purse and started writing down what David's couldn't answer. Their Dr said that yes, I had all the signs of someone who had something lodged in their throat and that he would go talk to their surgeon. I scribbled down that I had a lap band before the Dr. left. When he came back in after a few minutes, he told me that this surgeon had never had to work around any type of wls and felt it best to call Dr. H Dr. H told them that either I needed to go get some papaya pills and take them or get a scope down my throat. I then remembered that we had talked about papaya pills on here before so I voted for that instead of going with this surgeon that had never experienced wls before! ********************MORE GRAPHIC******************** We got home, I started choking worse! I tried taking the pills but it was too late! Something had happened that was now causing me severe head pain and chest pain for several seconds every time I tried to swallow and to vomit even more saliva which had now turned to some type of thick, clear gel that was filling my throat and sinus cavity before it was coming out and at times I was actually having to use my hands to pull this stuff from my nose and mouth so I could breath! I was thinking, okay, I'm not an alien so it's time to call Dr. H!   ********************NOT GRAPHIC******************** Margie answered and told me that Dr. H was already at the hospital and for me to meet him there and for me to bring my toiletries, just in case. While sitting there watching David get a few things together, I started throwing up again but this time it was more normal except it was very forceful! I could finally breath after this so I'm thinking....maybe, no Dr? I waited a few minutes then tried to sip a little water....oh my Lord...that was a mistake! The intense pain was back and I thought my chest was going to explode! So off to the Dr, we go!  I'd say that David was pretty nervous during the hour and a half drive from here to there because I didn't talk or make a move the whole way! He kept touching my arm and rubbing my leg as if he was making sure I was still alive...my poor baby! He has gone through so much with me! By the time we got there, I'd say that Dr. H had already gone home but I felt safe there. At least these people knew what to do with someone who had, had wls.  They took my vitals and some blood and asked me what was going on and I found that I was able to talk again. I told them all that I could remembered and David told them what he remembered and they called Dr. H who said to keep me.  The next morning, they did a endoscope and an upper GI which showed I was okay and that the lap band had held up just fine!  I'd say that during the last vomiting I got rid of whatever was stuck! Thank you Lord!!  By the way....Dr H told me that the doctor from the Harrisonville ER asked him where the release valve was for my lap band??...we had a good laugh!  David, who had driven me to Sedalia (at 9:30p) and had drove back home (1:30a) after they said they were going to keep me (between 11p & 12a) , got a couple hours of sleep, went to work the next morning (4:30a) and then came back to Sedalia to get me after work (3p) then drove us home to Harrisonville (7p) is a SAINT and I want everyone to know how much I appreciate him for loving me as he does! Thank you sweetheart! I love you too! <3<3<3 Well, now you all know my Monday night drama...thanks again Janet!! and my thanks go out to all that prayed for us that evening! Love & Prayers for happier times! Deb M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As for everything else that's going on, I have no idea but will be reading to catch up!  Deb M

Good afternoon Missouri... No rest for the weary here....my daughter was up at 230am...I could have died....especially since I did not go to bed until 11pm...I am draggin just a little today..and of course, it has been a very crazy day here at the workplace.... Jaiden is doing much better but just won't sleep for me....Yes I will definitely miss my boy this summer...I just talked to my mom a little while ago and they were actually on the highway on their way to the house....I will go get him from my parents as soon as I pick up Jaiden after work.... Well I better get back to work because I am working through my lunch because we just finished giving shots to over 150 people...and I still have to give shots to my prior service soldiers... God bless to each and every one of you.... Rachael