WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

Hello all. Spent most of the day outside cleaning, pulling digging and the general gardening stuff. Transplanted a fairly large tree, now that was a lot of work. Was a crab apple that I planted last year and it is getting to big for the area I had it in. It was already 7 ft tall and just not going to work where it was. First I had to dig the hole it was going to go in and that took about 3 hours of steady work with the pick and shovel. Hoping that all that work like that will eventually get my arms tightened up some lol. But since I have been doing a lot of that all summer with no luck in the tightening part I don’t think it will help much. I am stronger than I was but still have that loose skin on my arms.

 

In the morning I have to be at outpatient by 8:00am to have some lab work done in prep for my surgery on the 4^th.

So no eating until after that is done. I am making me a protein shake to take with me as I will be pretty shaky by then I know.

 

I felt a lot better today than yesterday, I had my protein shake as usual and then tried to eat some lunch later but all I could manage was some chicken broth. My stomach started rolling when I tried to eat some tuna. So didn’t get that down. Sometimes I think maybe I just am not suppose to eat food again lol. Seems like when I eat real food I have stomach problems. If I eat protein shakes and protein bars I don’t have a problem. What would be the cause of that? Doesn’t make a lot of sense. And the things that I can eat are things that aren’t easy on the stomach so don’t understand. Like really spicy chili, or anything that is loaded with peppers and spice. Try eating a grilled piece of fish, chicken or anything and my stomach goes nuts. Well not nuts I cant eat those either lol

Anyway it isnt gall bladder since I don’t have one. And it doesn’t give me pain anyway. Just diarrhea and loads and loads of gas. Will take 4 to 5 gas x to calm it down some.

Since I ate some food last night at the Deer hunters supper, I have had diarrhea today and tonight has been really bad. So (ole timers ) what is your diagnosis?

 

 

TRACI: when I get my b-12 they give me a vial that will last about 3 months with giving my self a shot 2x a month. I had to have my doctor to call them tho so they would give it to me more often.

 

Yeah I know that fat will make me sick but not sure about sugar since I haven’t tried that,other than licking my fingers after cutting a cat or something like that. I dumped on sugar before I ever had surgery so I am sure that I will now. But im not going to check it out to see. And don’t worry I get my protein in and all of my supplements in and water in so I am healthy according to my labs. It is time to do them all again tho.

 

 

 

RENEE: so glad you and your girls had a good trip to Jefferson City .

Hmmmmmmm Road

trip buddy???

 

Yeah isnt Ha Ha  tonka pretty ? I have got some beautiful pictures there. Would love to go back up there and use that as background and have some really good pictures of Joe and I made there. Especially now that im not as big as I was.

 

Sounds like a really good idea in keeping a 50 pound fawn colored dog in the house. What kind of dog is it? I use to know a girl that had two fawn colored great danes and during deer season she put orange coats and hoods on them when they had to go our lol they looked sort of funny but where we lived was at the edge of the government hunting ground that was really overran with hunters.

 

 

 

BARBARA: who knows what it was that made me sick but that is one reason that I don’t really enjoy eating out anymore, you just never know what they put in things to make it.

 

 

Hey maybe Joe should come up and hunt with your hubby and kids. He sure doesn’t have much luck it seems. Bless his heart, he really wants to get one but just cant go out and stay as long as he needs to I think is one thing. He cant sit still , he gets to hurting too badly he has a handicap deal that says he can shoot from his 4 wheeler but that involves loading it and unloading it and that is a hard thing to do too unless he hunts right here around the house and he said he was a little afraid to do that , too many houses and people .

 

 

 

SHEILA: did you have any better luck with the new protein powder? IF you like the one i and several others use when you come to the meeting you need to go to food 4 less and get you a jug of it. To me it is the best but then there are others that don’t like it at all. Like my sister she drinks Isopure the liquids that are already mixed up , you might like that better.

 

We have got to figure this out and get you a protein supplement that you like and can take.

 

I don’t know about the exercise, he released you for all exercise all ready? Just what ever you do take it slow and if it feels like you are too early back off until you feel like it is right.

 

 

 

 

BOBBY JO: sure seems like so many new post ops are having trouble with their protein shakes. What kind are you doing? You may need to switch around some. I was doing soy protein before surgery and after surgery I couldn’t stand it. So started on the  “ON” 100%Whey Gold Standard Protein Powder. I use vanilla and then doctor it up with frozen strawberries 6 oz milk , 6 oz of strawberry flavored water and about ¼ cup of splenda put in blender and makes a delicious smoothie. Oh don’t put the scoop of protein powder in until you have everything else blended well then hit the button about 3 to 4 times to just stir the P.P. in well , if you blend the P.P. too much it will become foamy.

 

I use the vanilla flavored P.P. and that way I can get as creative as I want too.

 

 

 

SHANNON: Congratulations on your new jeans being baggy lol and I can feel for you about the new bras , I don’t think I can go much lower and have anything at all left to even roll up lol I wear a 36B now and that is only because I do roll up the skin and stuff it in there lol

 

Sometimes when the scale isnt moving for awhile it is just because the body is adjusting itself. Measuring is such a good way to keep you from getting upset with the scales.

 

When im at a certain spot too long I up the exercise or water or try to up the protein more. Sometimes it is one sometimes two things and sometimes it is all three.

 

It will keep going down just hang in there. You aren’t done yet I know.

 

 

 

HUGS AND BLESSINGS

 

JAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hey Jan: I guess I'm an ole timer. I just have one thing to say..., I kinda do the same thing and can't figure it out either. As for your comment to Traci....Poor kitty!    I think I would do more than dump if I licked my fingers after cutting a cat.    No luck today on the hunters...yea! less work for me. I sure agree on the Protein powder..."On Whey" is the best I have used. I haven't put splenda in my shakes but have put in Hood Countdown and about a third of a frozen orange and blended and blended. It comes out like softserve ice cream. Great stuff!

[quote] As for your comment to Traci....Poor kitty!    I think I would do more than dump if I licked my fingers after cutting a cat.  [/quote]

Well I have been using the unjury chocolate and the chicken soup kind I tasted the vanilla you sent me and that was pretty good I tried those bullet things and OMG those taste like well lets just say I would rathr not drink those they are GROSS!!!!! Anyway I will get this protien thing down one way or another if i have to IV inkect it into myself LOL Joking.... anyway not alot happening was working on my school work and realized that July 6th 2008 I graduate college.... how cool is that for an "older" college person.... at least I graduate before my son does hahahah you all have a great day

Morning everyone I'm hoping to be productive today.  My IBS is acting up this morning and I'm extra tired from a migraine yesterday.  Hopefully I can get over all that and get something done today.  Have a great day everyone!! 

Jan could you have a hernia?. call dr. H ...before I found out for sure  what mine was ,Margie said sounded like Gall bladder or Hernia..mine was  gall bladder....Margie said we are not suppose to hurt like that..so you go see doc........vesta

Hello Missouri,
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I felt kind of out of it Saturday and yesterday but pushed on and got some work done and walked at the mall. Been reading more about rheumatoid arthritis and some of my symptoms really make more sense now. I keep forgetting that it is a body-wide disease, not just my joints.

Everyone is doing/looking so great. This is an awesome tool we've been given - let's never take it for granted. I get most of my protein from regular food but do one bullet a day to be sure. I can't say that I think they taste "good" but they are such a small volume that I can just get it down in a few swallows and be done with it. I don't have one year labs until December and am anxious to see how I'm doing. All previous labs have been very good. Did have B12 checked a couple of months ago and it was excellent.

I am so excited for Thanksgiving. I love turkey and the thought of fresh roasted hot turkey bird is wonderful. I can't wait!!! And, I don't have to cook it - DD is in charge.

I am sending a fax today to my PCP telling him that the cortisone shots worked on my left shoulder but not my right and asking what the next step might be. I don't want to take the time off work to go to physical therapy and frankly don't think it will work for me. I just want the pain to be controlled until summer - that seems to take care of it for me. He mentioned Prednisone but I've been on steroids before and really don't like to start that again. It's a bumpy road and I know he's trying.

Hugs and prayers to all of you.

Lana

Good Afternoon Jan and OH Peeps~ Hello Hello Hello.....I know, its been a LONG TIME since I posted. I believe I have only been in here once or twice in 3 weeks or even longer. Cant remember, really. Been awhile. I have been one sick puppy,  thats for sure. Pnemonia wise-I am feeling better. Still on the steroids-which do make me shaky and I really hate to take them because I am hungry almost all the time, but off the antibiotics and syrups. Ended up with thrush in my mouth and yeast infection, so more meds to get rid of that. Gee whiz. The gb is now giving me fits, its either horrible, or I will have a good day-there is nothing to determine how its going to go though-I guess its the luck of the draw, so to speak. Cant wait until Weds when the testing gets all done and I will know for sure.  My nurse that I have had with my PCPs office for over 10 yrs now-she was dx'd with breast cancer last week and is now actively on FMLA undergoing her chemo and such. I would appreciate prayers for her. Her name is Susan and she is only 45 yrs old. Wonderful lady and I love her dearly. So much has been going on here, besides being sick that I wouldnt even know where to begin to be honest with you.  Jonathan is now sick. Am doing my best to keep him in and out of the wind and weather changes and giving him otc meds for now. He will be going to the pediatric clinic on Weds after I am done with my testing at the hospital. Please pray for him as well. He sounds like crud and has lost his appetite for the most part. I appreciate it. Having issues with the oldest 2 kids that live at home. Those of you who know me, know that the 16 yr old daughter is a handful off and on and has issues with bi-polar and some other things. She has been unbearable. She got fired from her job, and I have found out that she has been asking pretty much everyone that she knows in Joplin if she can move in with them. She has a sob story about life and rules and blah blah blah.  I quit taking her to counseling because she refused to talk to the pyschiatrist she had-didnt like her, because she would agree with me on issues that Steph didnt think was right. She wont take the meds they are prescribing for her and legally, the only thing I can do-is have her institutionalized until she is 18. Part of that sounds good to me, but.....She is now blaming me for her dad not moving back down here. Says she wants to live with him again-so we have offered to fly her to Vegas-but she doesnt want to live there since all her friends are here.  She is back to talking to Cory-the kid that caused so many issues here during the summer. Mike and I told her that she either needs to have us tell him to quit calling (she has said he will call her 20 times in a row and keeps calling until she answers and such) or have her number changed OR we are taking her phone away from her. He wants to get back with her-and she claims she told him no-but that she will be friends with him....well-so she is on my parents cell phone plan and my dad told her on Saturday that enough was enough and that HE was taking her phone away from her IF she didnt stop talking to Cory AND her attitude at home didnt get better and he didnt give a rats rear end if she liked it or not. It was no longer HER decision about the phone. My parents have backed me in everything lately-and its made the biggest difference. She had asked my mom again if she could live with them and my dad and mom BOTH sat there, in front of Mike and I and told her that she was being a spoiled brat and that there was no way that she was going to live with them because she didnt want to do 2 chores and have a curfew. She keeps telling us that when she is 17 that we cant MAKE HER live at home and that the police wont bring her back here or make her stay-etc etc and that there is nothing I can do about it-so we have told her that as soon as she turns 17, she needs to have arrangements made. She wants to quit school and work. I am really big on them finishing school, but it seems like what I want for her, she always wants the opposite-so I have to learn to accept that she is going to do what she wants and thats that. Too much turmoil in this house, and I have accepted that she is going to do what she wants. I am not standing in her way anymore. I love her, but its just too much. She is emotionally abusive on a daily basis if she isnt getting what she wants. If she is getting what she wants, than she is my best friend!! I feel like I am living with her dad again-the only difference is-I really didnt like him or care what he thought about me, he was very abusive in our marriage-but its different with Steph-it hurts a lot more than it did with him. To add insult to injury-Darrel is resorting back to his famous attitude problems as well. Now, he hasnt seen his mom since the weekend before Mothers Day. I finally asked if he needed to call her or go and visit since he usually starts to act like this when he is having emotional issues dealing with her. He keeps saying no, but maybe he just doesnt want anyone mad-I told him that we wont be upset-and that its normal to miss or want to see your mom, so please-if thats whats going on-lets call her and see if you can visit. Dang. Its been a circus here, between him and Steph, then my being sick-and Jon too. My head feels like chucky doll-spinning around in circles.  So, yes, this house can use a big old blanket prayer, thats for sure!  I appreciate it too. I went grocery shopping yesterday for the first time really since I have been sick. LOL....The pickins were getting slim!~ I was going to go to Sams with my parents, but their office clerk didnt come in-and so they couldnt leave. I went to Walmart with Megan and Kohls to get some christmas shopping done that her and Steph had to do. When we got out to the GMC, I housted myself up on the running board-to slide into the drivers seat-and a bag that had 2 huge candles in it-and I was holding with my left hand-flung in and hit me right on the nose and cheek....OOOHHH man, did that hurt. Still hurts today!! I think I will take Mel up on the bubble wrap that she offered to wrap me in-LOL....On friday night, my back molar cracked in half and it has been killing me too. I dont have dental right now-so I have called the community dental clinic and am waiting for a call back to see if they can help me with it-and maybe accept payment arrangements or however that works. Dont know yet. Well, I am going to get off here. I am going to get Jon into the shower and get to work on my homemade chicken and noodles for dinner.  I hope that this post finds the rest of you doing better than we are here in Diamond, MO!~ LOL....and for all of you who have sent me PMs or emails-thanks so much for the prayers and well wishes. I love and miss all of you too. You guys mean a lot to me. Cant wait to be back on a regular basis and also to get to know all of the newbies-I dont recognize a lot of people who are here now.  I think of you all and pray for you daily though, whether I know you or not.  Take care, Love, Janet

Hi Everyone,  Not alot going on here today, just helping Kala get some college paperwork done, and then off to do some shopping when Tiff get's home.  I hope everyone made it through the storm this morning, it woke me up around 5:30 and of course I couldn't get back to sleep after that.  I've been watching and trying to keep up with the Rowan Ford story, and it is so terrible. I just can't imagine what was going through those guy's head's, it's horrible. I feel so sorry for her family and friend's. It's so scary when something like this happen's in such a small town, and so close to home.  Jan I sure hope you get to feeling better soon.  We are really not for sure what kind of dog Frito is, she just showed up here one day and Tiff feel in love with her. We think she is part boxer, but really not for sure. Maybe the vet can tell us. LOL Yep, just a road trip buddy, at this time in my life I don't need anything else, and if I did it still wouldn't be Gary. LOL I'll be sure to let ya know if I find Mr. Right though.  Janet I know that you don't know me, but if you would ever like to talk about what you and your daughter is going through just email me. I have been in your shoe's, and understand what you are going through. [email protected] Many hug's and prayers to you and your family.

Good Evening MO Peep's       Thought I better check in before Jan sent out the search and rescue dogs. Everything here had been going pretty good and steady. Went to get the baby's 6 months shots today and they were closed. I hugged him close to me and kissed his head and told him he just bit the bullet..lol I will have to call them tommorow and rescedule it. Not looking foward to that one bit tho.       I have called head start and the elementary schools until I know they are sick of hearing from me. Terry & I have talked about putting the 5yr into a private pre-school 2 days a week right now. And since Terry & I would be the ones paying for it I dont want to promise more then I know I can handle money wise.       Well I start school tommorow. I am excited, scared, nervious, and everything else all rolled into one. Looking foward tho to getting on with life and doing something that will help other people also. So I am getting my scrubs all laid out so I dont wake the kiddo's in the morning when I get up.      The baby is down for the night. Clara is in the tub taken a bubble bath. That's her nightly routine. Then she gets a snack and watches tv with me for a bit then off to bed. I will be following right behind her since I have to get up earlier then normal.     I hope and pray everyone is doing good. And that you all have a blessed week. Were going to my parents house Thursday after I get out of school. PRAYER REQUEST: Please say a pray for my mother (Theresa) she is 67 and has been hemerigeing (sp) on and off for over a year. Well she has finally broke down and she goes in to the hospital in the morning to have sort of like a DnC done. They will do several test to make sure it isnt cancer before they ever touch her sugery wise. So please say a prayer that this inst cancer and that this will take care of this problem. Also please pray for my nephew Jon (Janets son) He is really bad sick. We just need to pray for complete healing on his lil body!!!! Thanks Prayer Warriors!!!! God Bless Mel