WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY 13!!!!

Friday the 13th  are you superstitious? i never pay any attention to those things so dont know that anything bad has happened on that date or from doing certain things etc. so guess im not superstitious....

Tonight is our support meeting in Springfield....sure wi**** were closer but i have been going every month except two times for the las 4 years and dont feel right when i dont go. miss everyone too much...

Jo you said someone said that we dont have the mal absorbition after a certain amount of time. No i dont believe that i think the reason they gain weight is they eat too much....I know if i start eating too much or not the right things i will start gaining a couple of pounds and i will stop it and will lose them. So no i dont believe it at all i think it might me a cop out for that person. your small intestines dont grow back together like they were originally. how could they? impossible i would say.

Tammy if you like your veggies raw really that is the best way to eat them if you can. so eat them like take ...they have more vits that way than cooked . and if it is just a few that is alright eat the ones you like....make yourself drink the water and take the vits. and get in your amount of protein. and you should lose weight even at this late date.

got to get busy or i will be running behind all day. Have things i have to get done and we need to leave here about 4:30 so the ones of your that will be at the meeting I will see you tonight and the ones that arent i wish you were. love all of you a lot....

I'm not superstitious and Friday the 13th is just another day.  And, it's another really hot one. 

Wish I was coming to you meeting.  I'm going to try to come down in September but I want to be sure you will be there.   Looks like that meeting will be on the 10th.  I'm off all that week so that would be a good time.  We would stay in Springfield.  I think you have a full house.  Give me the address of the meeting so I can find a hotel close by.

As for the malabsorption, I understood from my surgeon it is a lifelong thing.  He's been doing this for about 15 years so I think he knows what he's talking about.  He recommends 2 protein supplements a day for life because he says you can't eat enough protein in a day. 

Tomorrow I meet with my student and embark on teaching her to write.  Don't know if I'm up for this but I'm going to try.

Tammy says she doesn't care much for veggies.  Try the raw veggies with some low fat Ranch dressing or any kind you like.  I always loved veggies until after WLS and now I don't like them as much.  I just can't eat broccoli or cauliflower but I do love carrots, cooked or raw.  I do like squash and snow peas.  By the time I eat my protein I don't have much room for anything else.

Really like the Any Whey protein powder.  It's unflavored and works well in hot foods.  I put a scoop in my Click drink and it doesn't change the taste.  That adds about 20 grams of protein to my drink.

Jo that would be great to get to meet you in Sept....the meeting tho is the 17th in Sept....sometimes it is isnt always the same time due to reserving the meeting room....Tammy gave us a list of dates for the rest of the yhear and i wrote them down ...I hope i am telling you right. I will find out from her and then let you know for sure. ok...Would be great if several of you could come down at the same time and since it is on friday , stay over night and we could go shopping or something the next day....

Yeah im with your doctor on the mal absorbtion thing. and yes i do two protein drinks a day most days  it will also keep you from eating junk too.  and if you dont stretch your tummy out i dont see how you can possible eat enough protein since we do have the mal absorption thing going on....that is the reason i try to get in at least 60 grams of protein in the whey drink of some sort and then eat at least 50 or 60 more which we digest all of the whey protein but dont know how much of the other protein we get ...just know that we dont get it all ....if we dont get all of our vits it stands to reason we dont get all of our protein too. our gut doesnt say ok lets see that is vit. we arent going to get all of that and this is protein  we will take all of that ...lol . any way so far i havent gain but a few pounds back and i up my protein drinks and lost it and since it has stayed the same ....so must be doing something right. my sister thinks i dont eat enough at all but if that was true i should be losing more and more and i dont i stay steady ...i hope to try and lose some more this fall when the weather cools down some , the only exercise i can do out here is walk....but sure cant do it in this heat and will up the protein and water and see what happens. anyway....listen to your doctor he has his head on straight about that...

will get you the address to the meeting when i make sure im right on the date in Sept. ok???

 I have been pulling out clothes for tonight. I am amazed how many I found. I hope someone can find things they can use. I am planning to be there unless something happens. Dh is coming wit  me and will eat dinner down there. 
I hope everyone can make it tonight and we have a good group. Its to hot to do anything so you might as well be at the meeting. They have air conditioning.

Susie thanks for the clothes....they all fit and crap i forgot to get those little jeans for my daughter. i dont think anyone else got them did they? if you still have them save them for me and i will send you the money to mail them to me ok???

oh forgot to tell you that you look so great. cant wait to see you when all of the swelling goes down ......i dont think it is much but they always say you swell for awhile ....you look good

I'll see everyone at the meeting. I don't have clothes to share - DH took them to Goodwill!!! That was before I knew we were having an exchange.
Susie, I saw Dr. Dass yesterday to fix my dog ear on the right and we were talking about you!!! It was all good!!! He took quite a hunk out of my side but he and Danielle made sure it was numb. It looks so much better now and will look even better when its completely healed. KU is such a good place.
Hugs,
Lana

wow Lana your tummy is flat as a pancake.....do they have a payment plan lol ....

Good Evening, Mama Jan & MO Peeps:

I know a lot of you are at the COF Support Meeting tonight.  How I wish I could have made it!  Jo - if you're serious about going down to Springfield sometime in September, maybe we could ride together?  Anyone else like to tag along?  Let us know! 

Well, yesterday was not a good day.  Our AC was on the blink, my computer messed up and I had a diagnostic mammogram.  Thankfully, the most important thing, the diag. mammogram didn't show anything.  I had a screening one done last week and it showed something that's why I had to go back.  PTL it's okay!

Had the AC man out first thing this morning.  The batteries in my programmable thermostat were bad (I had just replaced them) plus the unit needed cleaning and a lb of free on.
Took my PC tower into the new local computer shop.  They were able to save all my information, and uninstall and reinstall vista.  Thankfully, it was all a lot cheaper than buying a new one!  I have a HUGE external hard drive that I d/l all my pictures on.  However, I'm going to set it up to automatically d/l my entire PC at least once a week.  That way if anything goes haywire again I'll have the information and won't have to worry if they can't access it!  Had David's updated resume on their that we had for and didn't want to lose it.  Thankfully, it's still there!  Oh well, could have been a lot worse.

Mama Jan - wanted to tell you the Steam Cleaner I bought is GREAT!  It's a Shark Professional.  I got it BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED at a garage sale.  The lady had bought it from HSN and the packing receipt showed she paid $150 for it!  I bought it for only $30!!  It'll do ONE HOUR worth of steaming before you have to refill it.  It had ALL the attachments including the Squeegee for the windows.  It really CLEANS!!  I love it for my shower doors, bathtubs, showers, mirrors, windows, etc!!  Best $30 I spent in a long time!

Jo - let me know about September.  I might just want to go to the COF too!

Barb - Wanna join us? 

Connie - Wanna join us?

Anyone else I might be missing from the KC Metro area that would like to ride with us to Springfield for next month's COF meeting, let us know.  Who knows we might have a car full of people!  Would be great to see everyone again!

Well, I'm going to scoot.  I'm on-line d/l all the updates for Vista...going to take awhile.

Hope you all have a great and safe weekend.
Try and stay cool!

Debbie D.

Debbie Darlin....that would be fantastic about getting a car load to come down to the meeting, wow that would be wonderful....
been too long since we have seen you all. maybe you could go over east of KC and pick up Bec too lol wouldnt that be a hoot to have all of you come to visit at the same time. and hopefully next month might be a little cooler..if you want i can see about renting some rooms for everyone ..Your hubbies are welcome to come too tho. Joe always goes with me to the meetings.

wow what a day for your a/c to go out. i bet those guys are staying as busy as bees dont you?

thanks for the info on the Shark....i have seen them lots of times just never tried them.....i may try to get one....would help get some stuff around here really clean. like the tile around the tub and the openings on the jucussi they are impossible. ..ive watched the ads for them and i have thought that it might work. ....