What's New Tuesday!

When I was at the SPCA, they came to me and purred. The other cats didn't do that. Tony climbed the length of my body to sit on my shoulder. He's the baby and most affectionate too.

Joey is the only one with an attitude. He had me fooled. But Joey is 100 % Tom's buddy, a male bonding thing going on there. plus a constant battle to prove which one is the Alpha male in the house.

What heat? We had a cold Summer here.

Judy:

You would think Scooter would be happy he didn't have to go to the vet ... the other two didn't like going. I had the meow chorus in the car. But Diva did purr for the vet ... she's a little flirt with men.

Hi Eileen, I must say it sounds like middle child syndrome with Scooter!  LOL, just think at least you didn't have Annette's situation going on!  EWW stinky gas (like we don't put out good ones ourselves) and 8 kitties frolicing and playing!  sounds like quite the night! 
As time goes on I am getting more accustomed to the c pap again, but still am tired.  Not nearly as bad as before, but it's still there!  We'll see what the doc suggests at the next visit.  I suspect this is the way it will be. 
At work now, but not real motivated today.  I do need to get busy however very soon!  Not much else going on in my world.  same old stuff another day!  Take care all and have a great Tuesday! 

Good morning OFFers,

I had a bit of a setback on Sunday.  Was testing my limits, trying week 3 food in week 2 and started what I guess is dumping syndrome...nausea, vomiting, diahrrea, chills, fever.  I was worried that it might be an infection from my open incision.  We run an ambulance service at the fire dept where I work so called the paramedic to come take a look at the incision which was fine.  But he felt I was dehydrated and insisted on taking me to the hospital to get checked out.  They put me on fluids and kept me overnight although the dumping stopped around 11PM.

I'm a little wiser now, paying more attention to getting enough fluids and only eating small amounts of legal foods.  That's why this procedure works so well.  It simply doesn't allow for falling back into old dietary mistakes.

Back to work today to get the payrolls done.  Still figuring out what to take for fluid and food there.  I've packed some crystal lite, 1/2 cup pea soup, a banana, a SF pudding and I'll mix a protein shake to take in my thermos.  That should hold me until dinner, don't you think?

Love, light and laughter

Linda:

Take it easy on your pouch. It's still new. At week 2, I was only allowed  the protein supplements I bought from the bariatric center. But every surgeon is different, I know. Get your fluids in. That's really important. I wasn't even back at wor****il week 4.

Thanks Eileen,  I'm back on the straight and narrow (slim?) now.   Spewing from both ends isn't my favorite thing to do. 

Love the cat stories!!
You all seem to have such interesting lives..... mine seems to just be so dull in comparison.
I'm 4 years in my 'new' house and still haven't unpacked all the boxes.  Seem to take a couple out and then they sit on my dining room table for a week or so and then I usually ending up taking out 1 item and the rest goes to the Goodwill.  I figure if I haven't needed it in all this time I really don't need it at all.
My mind seems to just be centred on surgery next week!!!  Just have no energy and reading these posts is my big job....
How do I get motivated???  I have a lot to do in the next 5 days and no mental motivation... aaarrgg.
Thanks.
Sheri

Sheri:

You are embarking on a wonderful and exciting journey next week. In fact, your surgery date is a day I too will be having a medical procedure ... the every-other-year EGD for my Barrett's esophagus. So I'll be drugged up too Wednesday morning! I'll be dreaming of you and wishing you sweet dreams as you join us on the loser's bench!

And my life isn't all that exciting ... I worry about bills, cats, my job, my future, my knee ... I just write them all!

Hi Eileen & My OFF Family!

Cats and dogs, they are sooo funny with their personalities and the joys they bring us, but so very much like having children that never grow up too!  But just like young children, the love they offer is sooo unconditional, guess that's why we love to have them around us, who doesn't want that kind of unconditional love, ok, maybe a little condition now and then, like hey, me first!!!  like I said, just like little children (2 year olds)!

I'm feeling better today, guess listening to my body and resting the past 3 days helped some, I did absolutely nothing more than I had to do and made sure I got a minimum of 7 hours sleep, which for me is bonus, as I generally sleep no more than 6 hours during the week and some 7/8 hours on a Friday/Saturday night, depending on the busy ness of my weekend and as most of you know, I usually have very full weekends.  Anyway, glad to know that what I have gets better by just resting up and taking some cold pills ;)

As for today, well here I sit at my work station, quiet so far, perhaps something will materialize for me to do, otherwise I'll find some way to pass the day away.  Tonight is a meeting night and then home for more rest to chase this cold away.

Wishing you all a good day whatever and wherever you are!

Hugs, prayers and positive thoughts, Laureen

What's new today?

A car battery.  My car is a 2000 Ford Taurus GL with over 275,000 miles on it!  And this is the first battery we have bought since the original it came with!

Just hope the car lives through the 2 year guarantee on the battery.

Jeane