I'm back! Missed you all

Moj_ Patti
on 10/18/10 2:18 am - Where the Jackalopes Roam, CA

No, I wasn't kidnapped.

The short version: My mom went into the hospital in late August with breathing issues and came home as a hospice patient. She passed peacefully on Oct. 2. www.janeiva.com/mom/

I'm just now getting some normalcy back into my life. I'm sad, but dealing with it. I'm 41 and we lived under the same roof for 35 of those years. I'm going to start going to some grief counseling sessions.

The chocolate-Cheez Its truck backed itself up to my door when all the fam was gathered. The fam left middle of last week and the crap is in the process of being pitched. Garbage day is Thursday.

Needless to say, I did not lose any weight. (Well, there was the day I got super dehydrated and the scale said 236. But I'm not counting that because I had to drink almost a gallon of water to get back to normal. If my nurse sister hadn't been here, I probably would've been headed to the ER and missed Mom's services.)

I missed you guys, but I don't like to drop bombs where you all come and give me big hugs and I'm not here to thank you for them.

Thanks.

Patti

One food makes you larger, and one food makes you small...

obobo5
on 10/18/10 2:31 am - Attica, MI

VSG on 08/12/10

I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I hope things start settling down for you.....

Kristin

Today's problems cannot be solved if we think the way we thought when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Mary M.
on 10/18/10 3:52 am - Minneapolis, MN

RNY on 09/30/09

Patti - what a lovely obituary! Your mom must've been quite a gal! THAT'S where you get it...

You were missed, but I've been missing, too. Mostly going through some busy times, but so good to see your post and know you'll keep on doing this. She is probably so proud of you, wish my mom could've seen me at least begin this journey. She worried about me - - and drove me nuts - about my weight!

Take really good care of yourself and remember protein is our friend! All the best in your healing time to come.

Mary

Mary

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you CAN do." John Wooden

I'm down 120 pounds - thanks to RNY! Working on the next 25. Then I'll tackle more...

chakara
on 10/18/10 6:02 am - Springfield, OH

VSG on 05/11/10

I missed you. I had assumed that you may have been going through exactly what you were going through. I had been praying for you and your family and will continue to do so. Grief counseling is probably a good idea. I wish peace for you. ~Chakara

lasolas
on 10/19/10 10:05 am

RNY on 09/27/10 with

Peace. We've missed you.

Connie_S
on 10/20/10 3:22 am - Morganton, NC

RNY on 06/25/09

Oh Patti...I'm so sorry. So very sorry. I can't even imagine loosing my mom, so my heart breaks for you. Glad to see you though, and please know I will lift you up in my prayers. Hugs sweetie! connie

p.s: If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got...

Teresa S.
on 10/20/10 9:38 am - Simpson, IL

RNY on 11/23/09

Patti my prayers and huggs go out to you.. So sorry about your mother.. I still have mine. she is turning 70 and I thank God everyday for her.. I cant imagine loosing her.. I know your heart is torn into.. Please know that we all love you and care about you and are here for you if you need to talk or just vent.. I am glad you are going to seek counceling.. if nothing else, it sounds like you may need to know how to live your life as normal without your mom.. that is a long time to have lived with mom..or her with you.. I pray that God will help you deal with your grief and give you the comfort you need...

Glad to see you back..

huggs....

Teresa S.