WHATS HAPPENING THURSDAY

Today sure has been cloudy and gloomy hasn’t it? Mosquitoes are having a field day with this muggy weather. I guess they are trying to get the last say before cold weather sits in. lol

I planted some mums and pansies in the front flower beds today the ones up by the driveway. They are in the same bed as the pampas grass and bunny tails are in. Now if the pansies will grow and bloom pretty .

Janet you ask if you should plant the pot of mums your daughter gave you , yes I would be sure and water it well and trim off all the dead blooms you may get more blooms before it gets real cold that way.

The ones I planted up front are the copper color really pretty. Just starting to bloom really well.

Tomorrow is the day I am cleaning out the green house and getting it ready for plants that will ruin when the first frost happens. It is always nice again for weeks after the first frost and I hate that if things aren’t protected they die that first one then you have lovely weather with nothing blooming.

Had a quite night at work last night nothing exciting happened there. Saw several deer on the way home and slept late this morning

One thing that did happen last night at work , I got really sick feeling, I got extremely cold but was sweating and clammy, took my blood sugar and it was 52 I was really dizzy also. One of the other nurses saw me and made me sit down and she took my blood sugar and was going to make me drink some o.j. with sugar in it and I told her I couldn’t do that I woud dump and get really sick. So I sat and ate cheese and some crackers and drank some plain apple juice. Don’t know what caused that, it  was weird.

 

Well we have been under tornado warnings almost all day don’t know if we are ever going to even get any rain though. Although my newly planted and transplanted things need some rain.

 

I watched all the shows today that I have recorded in the last week lol sure can watch more of them when you can zip past all the commercials. Did you know that a 30 minute show is only about 14 minutes long? Isnt that something?

 

Well I am really looking forward to the meeting on the 22^nd. Hope to see all of you there.

 

JANET: wow thank you for the good job you are doing for me when I have to work. I didn’t get up this morning until about 9:30     I was told this evening that it did rain quite a bit early this morning but I never saw it. Out of all this storming and weather that was everywhere we got nothing.

Have your dogs calmed down any? I hope so it is really hard to have to un-neutered male dogs together, they both want to be the leader of the pack.

Do you have to work Monday ? gosh I hope not so you can come to the meeting? Tammy and Brenda will be here and I know you will want to hang with them.

Oh my gosh on Melissa. Poor girl but I hope she will let them take care of her completely this time and get well. We will keep her in our prayers. I know she is worried now about having the babies to care for but im sure that Terry can take care of them while she is recouping..

That is amazing that Steph called her dad like that. That is what she should have done but she is young and wants the love of both her parents. I know Mike has been a lot better parent than her sperm donner but she is young ..

Glad that maybe she is coming around. Growing up some so to speak.

Believe me when I say I think everyone enjoys your long post and all about what you do and your family too. We love it so don’t try to shorten them ok?

 

 

TRACI: Is being anemic what was causing you to be so tired? I must have missed that post. Anyway YES everyone you will have to take those supplements everyday for the rest of your life. No days off.

Doesn’t sound like you are a silly doting grandmother at all you know???? Lol

Kiss Lily for us all .

 

 

SHEILA: 8 more days girl till you get to come and perch yourself on the losers bench. Wow did you ever think it would get here? Now it is almost here.

I WILL SEE YOU ON MONDAY NIGHT RIGHT????? Sure do hope so what would cause you not to get there?

 

 

 

BOBBY JO: wow you and lots of others are my heros. I really admire anyone that is able to homeschool. I think if my kids were small again that I would do the same , with all the crap that goes on in the schools I don’t think I would want them in the public schools.

Glad you are feeling better and that your infection is all but gone.

 

 

TAMMY V: Oh wow , you get to go see grandbabies? That is great. I know you are so excited.

Sorry about having to have a c-pap machine. I hear they take some getting use to . but you may sleep so good with it on that you don’t have to use several places to sleep at.

 

 

 

BEV: SO happy that you like Dr. Hornbostel. And Dena. They both are really great too. Did you meet Margie, she is one of his nurses too. That is Dr. Hs., wife.

 

Yeah isnt it a shame that the supplement to s.s. has that and they wont do anything.

Well November 18^th isnt too long off so hang in there. Will pray that you hear from them soon, even if it is no. then S.S. will pay for it so don’t worry about it ok?

 

 

Hang in there everyone , know that you are loved and cared for

 

HUGS AND BLESSINGS

JAN

 

               

 

 

Hello Mrs Cook....Hello everyone....Iam back in California, Missouri today..getting ready the big trip on down to Springfield on Monday...I don't know nothing about the town at all so we don't know where to go ....I have to call to confirm my apt with Dr. Hawes office and we don't know where to go for the meeting to see you all that night?....If you would be so kind as to leave me a message and explain I sure would appreciate it....My God brother Michael is almost a month out he is doing ok . he has lost alot of weight and they took him off his insulin and pills already....Please continue to pray for him please....My sister Leta is having her tummy tuck and her hysterictomy soon . she was got her approval from Medicaid today..Praise God...she really needs the tummy tuck in order for her hysterictomy surgery to heal properly because the insisions would be under her skin...so she will have two Dr's doing the surgery together...Please also keep her in your prayers...Please keep me in your prayers, that i can stay stronge ...I will keep you all in my prayers....God Bless you guys and keep you safe....Craig Lee

Good morning everyone! Yes Jan - it's the anemia that's been making me so stinkin' tired!   UGH!!  I'll post a thread about that, or copy my thread from the July 2004 forum to here (would be quicker that way ;) ) about what's been going on with me health-wise and why I'm so fired up about taking your supplements and that's more than just a couple kids chewables and a calcium pill a day.    Let's just say it's serious, life-threatening stuff. My grandbaby was sweetheart yesterday.  She's close to 3 months old and smiling and starting to coo and it was a great time.  I got the best picture of her yesterday.  Here it is, if you all want to peek at her.  Lilly Well, I've got to run and get my kiddos ready for school.  Have a blessed day everyone!

Tracy, take care of your elf!  I have proof this past two weeks that iron deficiencies are serious.  A lady here in springfield (8 year RNY post op) got herself in a pad situation.  Her doctor told her that her iron levels were so low that they broke the record.  I has possibly triggered a return of her diabetes.  she was in the hospital for several days and has still not returned to work.  Luckily her dog saved her.  Woke her up in the night and caused her to call an ambulance for help!  GO DOGS! another friend of mine gets IV iron treatments every 6 months (weekly for 4-5weeks) due to extremely low iron.  I took years for her to discover what was causing all of her issues (low blood sugar, adult acne, rosacia (sp?) restless legs)  Low Iron is the root cause of most of her problems Everyone, Please follow Tracy's advice...get your regular checkups and take your vitamins and supplements!! Tina

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Wow-it was a heck of a storm we got here last night.  It was cloudy and gloomy looking ALL day (an Eeyore kind of day)...then, just as I was getting ready to take Steph to work-the heavens opened up and it rained something fierce. I had to pull over twice because I couldnt see a thing!  Whats even funnier (you ALL know by now-that Murphys Law applies to me, right?) is that I broke the electric window on the drivers side 2 weeks ago-and now it will not roll all the way up. Its down about 5 inches....so, needless to say-I was getting soaked, and saying some choice words under my breath!  Then, when it was time to go and pick her up, it was still raining, just drizzle, really-got to her work and the tornado sirens were going off. She works about 15 minutes from the house, but its all country driving until about 2 blocks from her building (they are really out there!) So-I was getting a little concerned-and then all the warnings started coming over the radio, that we had 5 minutes before it hit us. I made it home (LOL) and got my little plastic with duct tape on my window-just in time-those winds were HORRIFIC!! It was picking up boxes and coolers (one filled with tools) and throwing them along the length of the porch!! We looked out the window and it was like something out of the Wizard of Oz movie during the tornado scene! Thank God after I did the window-that I got all my plants and put them to safety or I wouldnt have them anymore! I am not trying to discourage anyone-but I have called MO Bariatrics 3 times this week and emailed twice-starting on Friday of last week-and havent gotten any reponses-I even told them that I thought it may be a stricture or issues with my ulcer, to which the smart aleck answering the phone told me to go to the ER (which I DO understand BUT...) I explained that I AM NOT in an area that is knowledgable of bariatrics and that they do not have the profession here to do scoping and such....still no call back or email....so-I called my PCP and my nurse, Susan called up there twice herself yesterday with no results as of yet. Dr. Pendergrass wanted me to meet him at the hospital, but he understands and knows that I will not (nor does he want me to) let anyone scope me since they have NO CLUE what they would be doing and we all know that if they were to blow through my pouch with the scope-that I will be in serious trouble.  So-wouldnt do it-and wont do it here. I dont trust any of them here since they just dont know what they are doing.  My PCP is going to search around today and let me know what we will be doing from here.  I am a little more than disappointed with them and I am very happy that my surgery is over with. Im sure they are very busy as I have watched them grow in numbers of pts-but pre-op or post-op, you NEED to have someone available to help us. I actually know someone who is switching surgeons right now because she can never get them to return a call. This makes me feel so bad-because my surgeon is fabulous-and I regret that she would lose any pts because of the incompetant staff they have in front. IF they dont fix the problem is does end up reflecting on the experience and thats not good.  Anyhoo-so thats where I am sitting right now...waiting and waiting.  I did eat for the first time last night with out vomitting in 20 some days. I really thought I was going to though-and I MADE myself sit there....man, is that uncomfortable!! I had called my mom 3 times and finally called the office yesterday and asked why she wasnt answering her cell phone-and she said I am sitting her visiting with Jan and Dave. Yes-they werent suppose to be in until tonite-but they got in yesterday afternoon!  They are staying at my parents motel they run until at least Friday.  Jon and I will be going into town today to see them for a bit and to have Jan (she is a seamstress in the winter months when she is laid off from her construction job) show me whats wrong with my sewing machine. Not sure what happened, but know IF anyone can fix it, its her. Im sure its something simple-but....I havent used it in years-and it was brand new and has less than 20 hrs of use on it.  Im excited about that, because I have projects that require the machine. If I had to hand sew it all-I will be here till next Christmas doing that!! I had caught up on the laundry...I know-but I didnt want to wait for the kids (they carry the baskets because of my back and the laundry room is detached from the house in the garage-well, on the one side of the garage) anyway-so I did 3 loads of laundry and yep, you guessed it, the back that wasnt feeling too bad when I started, was making me cry last night it hurt so bad!)  Mike said on the days I want to do the laundry, to have the kids carry the baskets out before school and I can do it that way. I guess that will work.....Maybe we can make a convair belt to run from the front door to the laundry room (LOL).... Mel called me yesterday and her, Terry and the kids were in a car accident. Some guy didnt wait to see where she was turning and blew right into the front end of her car-blowing out her tire and wrecking the front side corner! The airbags didnt deploy-which was prob a good thing cause Mel was driving and she is vertically challenged, so she usually has the seat UP ON THE STEERING WHEEL!!!! Terry went to ER with contusions to his stomach and chest and torn ligaments in his knee/leg. Of course, same leg he just had the major surgery on! Mel hurt her ankle somehow-and didnt go to the ER at the time...but did end up falling in Walmart when it gave out on her. So she was going to go to the ER last night, after they got the kids down for the nite. Not sure if she did with the storm coming through and all of that! There was a lot of damage they showed on TV last night, hit really hard over by her home she owns in Joplin that she rents out!  Ok- so anyway-at least they are all alive and it could have been worse, right?  Wow-I just cant get over this not ever getting a break from crap like this happening all around me. Please pray that they will recover quickly and without any complications. Thanks. We lost power briefly, lost satellite. Thank God that I bought batteries for one of the radios, so we at least had that. The power came back on-but we didnt have satellite for a long time. I text my mom, Mel and Megan and asked them to text me or call if they had a tornado touch down because we have no sirens out here and that scares me! Well, thats about it. I am going to wrap this up and get in the shower and then Mr. Jon and I are headed to town. Dave and Jan havent seen me since the end of Jan, so I am excited to see them. They thought there were a lot of changes in my face at that time!! They are gonna fall on the floor this time! I had emailed them the same pics that I sent a lot of you, but they were already on vacation, so they havent seen them yet. I bet I can go over there, and walk in, without Jon and they wont recognize me...OR  if they do-they will think I am Stephanie-cause thats what everyone is telling me now-that they thought I was her!! LOL... **Jan, I sure will get them planted and break off all the dead pcs. It may look bald then...I have had it awhile. Its copper colored too and I love it. Its so pretty. The dogs are ok. I have called about getting Dozer fixed-its going to cost, at the LEAST $200.  We didnt want to get Sebastian (the 1 yr old) fixed because we can stud him out and had planned on doing that. We did put them back in together and so far-so good.  We wont be bringing Dozer back in the house though without Sebastian, because I dont want him thinking we like him better. LOL....So-thats where we are at right now. Will see what happens here.  We dont have any female dogs and I wouldnt get one and put it in there anyway-thats not gonna happen, so hopefully, they wont fight until one dies-that would be horrible! I got an email from Stephs sperm donor yesterday saying that he is moving back in the next month and yadi, yadi. I started to email him back and the lightning got bad, so had to shut the puter down. I dont get it-I heard her tell him NOT to move back, and quite frankly-I dont want either girl to have to deal with him. He is crazy. I think he needs to be locked up somewhere. He thinks that he will have the back child support taken care of by Thanksgiving (Yeah-Ive heard that one before) so he wont have to worry about going to jail.....Will see. I am just praying like crazy that he just stays away. Neither girl wants him here or wants to see him or put up with his antics.  I wont allow him to step foot on this property-so he is gonna have a hard time seeing Steph IF she says no, and she already did. She is doing so much better now, that I hate the fact that ONCE AGAIN, he doesnt give a rats rear-end about them, but wants to do what HE wants, never putting anything or anyone else about his hormones. I hope your episode at work was just a fluke and nothing is wrong. I am keeping you in my prayers. Love you and really hope to get a Jan hug on Monday night!!! **Craig-Know that I will be praying for Michael and for Leta. Im so glad to hear that Michael is off his meds and that Leta got her approval. Its going to be so wonderful to see you Monday night!!  Your gonna be hugged out by the time group is over!  Take care and praying for a good visit for you AND safe travels. **Traci-Lilly is absolutely beautiful and I love her name too!! I sure am praying that you level out soon and feel better. I am so sorry that happened to you.  Take care and I am so glad to see you back again!! **Bobbie-I will be MORE than happy to show you the baby circle dance!!! LOL...I am just glad your infection is gone and it sounds like you have been really busy-dont overdo it and wear yourself out, which is easy to do when you are feeling so good!! I know what you mean about the oldest-Mine is in college (3rd yr) and just got married this past July. Man, YES I am getting old-but I feel younger than I ever remember feeling in my lifetime!! Weird huh? If it werent for the back problems-this world wouldnt be able to keep up with me!!! Take care! **Tammy-Ammy and Brenda-Please be careful and we will see you on Sunday or Monday!!  Looking forward to spending some time with you.  Love you both and have safe travels! **Mel-I have called the bubble making people and ordered your bubble to live in!!! You can still use the remote-and change the tv channel through the bubble. What the heck am I gonna do with you? Just stay out of trouble and get that bulls eye off the car AND your body-would ya!  See you soon. Love ya Have a great Thursday everyone. All my love and prayers to everyone.  Janet

Good Morning! It has been raining and gloomy here also  since yesterday afternoon.  The temp is not to bad but the humidity is  terrible! I finally got to start back with my exercise  Monday evening, I ride a bike, then yesterday I  didn't get to go because of the rain. Today is not looking to good either for outside bike riding. Not much else going on with me. Still trying to do my fall cleaning. With my  back as bad as it is, the fibromyalgia and now  my toes still being sore! It's really slow going!!! I work for awhile and then have to stop for  awhile longer! Bad backs and fibromyalgia  sucks big time!!! I get so tired of hurting and this gloomy rainy  weather is not helping!!!!!!!!! I don't think there  is a place on my body that doesn't hurt right now!!!!!!!!!! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the  meeting Monday. TTYL Brenda

Good morning OH peeps!  At least it isn't raining here and the sun is out lets hope it stays that way? I am going to email Dena today and get a little clearfication on Medicare and if they have to get pre-approval or not I have been told 2 different things now so I want to figure out whats going on.  I am going to call medicare today and ask a few questions like if I drop Humana and just stay with medicare only will that take affect immediately or I wonder if i will have to wait until the 1st of the year?  I also want to call Humana and ask a few questions.  I will stay on their butts until they get approval in to Dr. H's office.  They will be so sick of me cause I want to try and have my surgery by the end of the year so I need to really stay on top of everyone in order to get this done.  I was a little disappointed yesterday when I got on the scale at Dr. H's office it weighed me 2 lbs more than I weighed at my dietician's Friday.   I read my binder that Dena gave me and I'm going to start taking my vitamins that they recommend.  It said in there that by being well nurished it will promote and speed up the healing process after surgery. I started taking vitamins a little while ago but I got lazy and stopped taking them but I know that I have to commit to doing this everyday and I can't be lazy about it, it will have to be apart of my daily routine for life so I might as well start doing it now and let it become a habit. I have been having a problem with my right ear draining or something now it's hurting and stopped up maybe I have an ear infection guess I should make a Dr.'s appt.? I sure didn't want to get up this morning I was very tired.  I guess it was due to the fact I was up real late the night before cause I was so anxious about my appt. with Dr. H.   I am having my fur babies birthday party Sat. and so far I have a few quest so that means I will have a house full of animals....lol  It will be fun I will take pics and post them on my profile for all to see. Well, I guess I better get back to work?  Take care all and have a wonderful day!!!!!! Bev~