WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY

Had the monthly support meeting last night of the COF in Springfield . Very good meeting, We had 3 pre ops there and they all had some very good questions. Kept us all on our toes.

 

Joe and I babysat the two great grand babies yesterday while mama went and did some much needed running here and there. I love all the babies that God has blessed me with having around lately but oh my it wears me out a lot.

 

Fran was at the meeting last night and I think she maybe pushed herself to get out and come , she had to go home early, Fran if you are reading this I hope you are doing ok now. Let us know ok?

 

Connie Wright you are really looking great girl. So very proud of you as well as Tina you are doing good also. We missed Janet and Melissa,Sugar, Sheila, Britt, Tami, and several others that come a lot. Sorry if I didn’t get your name in there but you know who you are.lol I do too but cant think of your name right now . Don’t get mad at me, I just have a horrible memory.

 

 

TRACI: no we didn’t get any snow. That is weird that you all would get it this late isnt it?

Traci I quoted you and gave you credit for something you said one time , hope you don’t mind. I thought it was very very good ……If you aren’t ready or willing to drink your protein shakes, take your vits. And change your lifestyle then don’t have wls . ….

I really think everyone needs to have that told to them before having surgery.

Thanks for the inspiration.

 

 

VESTA: You know that was one of the questions at the meeting last night , when it comes to big family functions does it bother you to cook all of that food. It doesn’t me and you said it doesn’t you . most of the others there all said the same thing.

Oh I know your new puppie is just adorable. Put a picture up on your profile.

That’s the way to get them all trained and everything. Lol

Have you lost most of the weight that you wanted to lose? How about your exercise? Maybe bump it up a bit and up your protein too. Also more water. I know you think you cant get any more in but I bet you can

 

 

BRENDA  was so good to see you and Randy again last night. April 28^th will be here before you know it. Just keep busy and don’t focus everything on that and you wont notice the days slipping by.

 

 

JANET:Well your poor little kiddos , they will be so hungry when they got home I bet.

I know you are in a lot of pain but I really was hopping to be able to see you at the meeting.

No that was Lana that had surgery on one of her shoulders, I had surgery on one of my knees. Lol got close anyway didn’t you?

Yes Granddaughter moved out of the trailer in some new apartments  right outside of Forsyth. Nice place but no way I can run over there to just get a kiss from the babies lol

That is fine about the little bed just wondered if you still  had  that one. If you happen to see one somewhere cheap holler . ok ?

 

 

COLETTE: so sorry to hear about your hubby getting worse. Did they ever decide what was really causing his problems? Was it mini strokes or what? Are you still working full time? Need to slow down and smell the roses woman.

Thanks for the comments about my picture that is very nice of you.

Miss you being on here more often.  I can never thank you enough for all the help you gave me in the beginning of my journey ,

 

 

I guess I better tell all of you good night and will see you in the morning,

Hope all is well with everyone

Love you all

GOD BLESS.

 

 

 

 

morning    well as you can see i MISSED the meeting again and i had every intention of being there but i guess i was to stressed out , came home and back was hurting so i layed down on couch to watch tv for a bit and lo behold i fell asleep and slept 3 hrs and woke up at 7...i NEVER do that. i was so MAD at myself!!!!  Jan i need to u text me next month on day of meeting at 5 so i wont miss.........i really did wanna come see you all and see how every body looked and to show off too..LOL..had my protein bars packed in purse . but i wanted to try yours out and to get the iospure sample.. im really sorry i missed...wasnt intentionally. with out you guys i would of never made this journey..so THANK YOU all very much

Morning everyone Temps are supposed to be 62 here today.  Oh come on spring - you can do it!!    I'm ready for some warm temps and sunshine!  I've got some trees budding and would love to plant some flowers in front, but know I need to wait a bit longer yet.   Today my Pastor's wife is coming so we can discuss the children's ministry at church.  I'm taking on the role as Children's Church Director and so we're discussing that and our needs there.  Jan:  Wow - I've been quoted!    Awesome!  My hope is just to share what I've learned in this journey to help others.  The supplements (including the protein shakes) are so critical for life-long health, and I really don't think many post-ops are getting this information - or they aren't taking it seriously.  I would hate for them to get seriously ill and then try to overcome labs that are in the toilet (and the potential for serious health risks!!!!), when it all could have been prevented.  Hopefully they listened last night when you spoke.  Hopefully everyone else is doing well!  I'm off to start my busy day. 

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Sorry I missed the group last night. I thought about you guys a lot. There was no way I could go. My pain is the worst its ever been and I am lucky to just be breathing right now. Im hoping next week to start on a new regimen that will help. Keeping my fingers crossed. Besides dealing with that, I got a call from my mom yesterday, she was hysterical. She had just found one of their customers in their room, dead. She said she just found David dead-and I was thinking my ex FIL that I am close to-it took me a second to figure out it wasnt him, but rather their renter-and he has lived there for over a year. My parents always made sure and took him to his dr. appts in Mount Vernon and such-they were both devastated yesterday. He has no family that we are aware of. He only spoke of one uncle one time. The mortuary is suppose to give us that information today. I am going in to pack up all of his belongings today and then the maintenance men are going to pack it in his car and then we will await his NOK to come and pick it up.  So, I spent some time with my parents yesterday for moral support. When Mike got home, he was rubbing my back-and asked what was all over my back-I was like, nothing that I know of-he lifted up my shirt in back and asked what the heck happened-there were 3 different areas on my back that looked like I had a 3rd degree sunburn-and there were huge blisters in those 3 areas. I cannot feel my back at all in those areas-when he was putting his fingers on my back-couldnt feel a thing. Maybe it was from the heating pad-cause God knows it was my lifesaver yesterday, thats for sure! I have no idea what happened or why? Tonite my SIL, Aaron and I start our hunter safety course. Thank goodness its only 10 minutes away. I have that tonite and tomorrow and then Friday night from 6-9:30. Im glad Aaron will be with me, just in case I am the only woman there. Not that he is a woman, LOL-but you know what I mean. Well, I had better get off here. I have loads of stuff to do and  phone calls to make. I hope and pray everyone has a good day. As always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Janet

Good morning OH friends!  It is a bit windy out which is making it a little *****illy....can't wait for the warmer weather to get here. I had a good Easter we had a family dinner at my niece's house.  I made my orange pineapple cake was a big hit.  I think what I enjoyed was watching everyone else fill their plates a mile high and me having this little tiny bit of food on my plate then knowing that I used to be the fattest person in my family, well I don't hold that title anymore so that made me feel really good!!!!   I measured myself yesterday and I have lost 65 inches and 66 pounds in two months!!!!!!!  People at my job comment on how I look like a different person, well I feel different then I used to it's like I want to look good now where as before I really didn't care about how I looked.  I didn't wear make-up or like earrings or things like that or cute clothes, now I do wear make-up and cute clothes etc... it's like I want to look good and I feel better about myself.   I was intending to go to the support group last night but I had a little emergency that had to be taken care of so I missed out again!  It seems like I haven't been in a very long time so I was really wanting to go last night.  I hope they had a good turn out? My dad is coming into town today he has an appt. at the VA he is going back home tomorrow so I took Wed. off so I could spend a little time with him before he has to go back home.   Well, I hope everyone has a great day! Bev~

Hey OH Board, As usual  the meeting was fun and I got to eat !! I sure needed some ideas on protein bars and there were some good ones there. I hope Fran feels better today . Jan: I'm still trying to figure out how you got that curly hair cuz I want some too. I'm glad to see you back Janet. We all missed you and I sure hope things start looking up for you. You've been in a lot of our prayers. Glenna we only get to see you once a month unless you write something on here. It's nice to get to see you. Lana: You're just a doll. I go to my first staff meeting at work tomorrow and I officially start Friday. I'm a youth care worker for a girls shelter and I'm really excited to get to work.I haven't worked in quite a while and I'm so happy to finally get out of the house !!! Everyone take care and God Bless. Connie  

Hi once again.  Hope you had a good meeting.  Ours was good too but really missed some really important people who usually come.  Just wanted to tell you my hubby has a very bad ulcer on his leg and we are going to the wound center each week plus he is having TIA's .  Some falls and yes I am cutting my hours quite a bit.  His circulation problems are long standing but I am noticing the atrophy of vessels with memory loss etc.  Have a great day. 

Hey Jan and All,               Now Jan I'm not that young!! I'm 44 and a grandma. But thanks for saying so anyway.It made me feel good and made my hubby laugh.LOL. In case nobody else knows what I am talking about I changed my avatar today and Jan thought I looked much younger. I also added some more pics to my profile. So check them out if you like.Jan I added a couple more that you haven't seen yet.Of my hubby and of my son and I.               I got myself a couple of new things to try today. I finally got some Vanilla Body Fortress protien powder. So now I don't have to have chocolate all the time. Can try some strawberry or vanilla or what ever I want to through in there.And altho I'm not suspose to technically have them until the first I got some Gen soy Soy Crisps the Creamy Ranch flavor and I love them. I needed something crunchy like chips.Very good. A serving is 17 crisps,calories 120, carb 15g, sugars 1g, protien 7g. Just something for when I need that crunch.And I got my Rx filled for my B12 injections, so I am good with that for ten months.              I'm gonna take some pics on the first, that will be two months since surgery. I will post them so you all can see the difference.It's starting to really show.I was at 61# loss this morning.Can't wait to get under 300#.Nine more pounds!! Then my next goal is one hundred pounds loss.              Keeping everyone in my prayers. Take Care and God Bless,Tammy V.