Friday Check-in

Its Friday!  Its Friday!  I'm so grateful for Friday!

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope you had a GREAT week and are planning an even better weekend.  Come on in and share your thoughts with us.  

I am so looking forward to a work break for the weekend.  Anything else will just be the "icing on the cake".    I would not object to some sunshine this weekend, but our forecast has a mostly cloudy and wet weekend predicted.

Today I am hoping our IT guy will have my repaired workstation ready and I can get back to my own office to play catch up.

The only plans so far for tomorrow is an appointment to get my hair cut.  I feel a little shaggy right now and need to have my doo shaped up.

Wishing everyone a WONDERFUL Friday!

Good morning everyone!!  Happy Friday yay!!  Although the sun isn't shining right now at least it's not freezing cold!!  The rain is predicted to last all weekend but praying it'll at least stop long enough for the St. Pat's parade on Sunday.  It's a huge event here in the OBX.  My daughter, sister, & I look forward to it every year.

Today is a super busy day.  My daughter has a Dr. appt. first thing this morning. Then I see my Therapist right after that.  Then I go to Physical Therapy for this Fibromyalgia pain(ugh) then off to work.  After work it's home, dinner, pack and off to Elizabeth City for another sleep study.  The Dr. just wants to "make sure" I don't have it anymore.  I dread it like a toothache but hey, it could be worse.  At least I'm getting it over with and tomorrow is a off/fun day so I have that to look forward to.

Everyone have a wonderful filled weekend and stay dry!!

Cindy/OBXlady

Good Morning Everyone,

 Today is back to work for me after enjoying my 2 days off and then Mon is my big day and I join
the Loser's bench!!!! Yay! I have lost only 8 lbs on this clear liquid diet so far Im not sure if that is
good or not but I can tell that I have lost some of the bulge in area of the top of my belly so hopefully that means my liver is shrinking down like it is suppose to. I am so ready but yet
I am very nervous and scared at same time. I think my biggest fear is the Doc want be
able to do surgery Lapro and have to open me up but it will still get me the same results I
will just have a road map scar to remind me of the road I have and will be traveling. I know
I am rambling on so I will go for now I hope everyone has a safe and blessed day.

Good luck with your surgery.  I hope all goes well.  It was the best thing I ever did. 

Happy Friday everyone! 
 No real plans for the weekend.  I am getting my clothes ready for Disney World.  We go there next weekend for a week.  Yippee!  No kids, just my husband and me.  We will be meeting my parents there but we all are not glued to each other.  Mom and I will go shopping when my dad and husband go golfing. I am really looking forward to getting away. 
This week went quickly for me.  I hope next week does too. 

Sandy-your post reminded me of Disney World with my children-I watched my husband take the kids on rides because I was so big I feared not fitting in the seats. I would be so tired we would have to break for a nap. With that kind of sadness behind me now I will look forward to going sometime without children, or with my grandchildren!

We went about 6.5 yrs ago and it was hell.  It was summer time and my feet swellled and everything hurt.  It rained every day for about 1 hr and I was wet, hot, tired and fat.  I was cranky.  I got on some rides because I was not at my biggest but some I passed on.  I hated walking the park and standing in line.  I really think it will be much better this time. 

 Freedom is the word that came to mind when reading your response-Freedom to move around freely without pain or discomfort and freedom from embarrassment too.

It's been another tough week. I talked with my mother a couple of weeks ago when she started giving away her possessions to see if she felt she might be ready for hospice. At first she said no, but now has decided that it's something she wants. She talked with her Dr and it has been ordered. They only order hospice when they think you have 6 months or less left. Issues with my mother's caregiver not allowing me to visit more than once a week continue. I've decided to stop being so furious about it and just try to enjoy the 1 or so I get to see her each week. I will probably head home in about a month. I imagine it will be the toughest plane ride I will ever make because I know that there is a strong possibility that when I get on the plan I will never see my mother alive again. 

It's been a wild and difficult week with my oldest son, his wife and my SIL. I'm hoping things calm down in that arena soon. I will do what I can to support them. My DIL and son have had to attend their 3rd family funeral in the last month. I know that things are very stressful and difficult for everyone right now. 

I'm doing a better job of taking my supplements. I think I'm hitting about 80% compliance now. Not great, but a lot better than what I was doing. My weight is staying around 138/140 right now and that's okay. 

Last night my son Mike and his fiance Ani took me to Red Lobster for dinner. It was a nice break from the stress and turmoil. It's funny when I go out now; even with those who 'know' I've had surgery. I had about 1/3 of my salad and my future DIL asked if it was okay since I hadn't eaten much. I assured her it was fine, but I have pace myself and save room. I had grilled shrimp and a baked potato, but I could only manage about 4 or 5 of the shrimp; they were big, but still I couldn't have too many. When I looked at the menu, I wished that I could have a steak and lobster, but there was no way I was spending 35.00 on something that I couldn't eat, so I opted for the shrimp and I still couldn't eat 'em all. 

Well... I hope everyone has a lovely weekend. 

Hugs to all,

I'm planning to see my mom today and may see about trying to take some 'me time' too. As you can imagine, the visits with my mom are precious, but not at all restorative.