What's Up, Monday?

Good Morning OFF Peeps,
Wild weekend at work for me.  I got sick and ended up on prednisone.

Today has me seeing the pain doc as a follow up to the procedure I had two weeks ago.  Then, it is cleaning and packing for the rest of the day.  Utley has use of the yard since the landlord is away, and I am fish and cat sitting for them.  I am going to love my new apartment.  What a kitchen. 

Anywho, chat away.  I will be back to catch up later.

Hugs,
Trish

Morning Trish and all later wakeruppers :)

MOMDAY MONDAY ,,,,again , I closed my eyes and it is Monday :) .  I am grateful though orf a day and to wake up this am with a job to go to and a cool house that I slept in last night. HECK , who cares that I have to pay that power bill soon ...
Sorry you were/are sick Trish .   My tummy was acting up a little bit too.
Funny how since I was re-arranged 8 years ago mine has never been the same ...go figure ..
I do have one thing to share though for any of you who may suffer with locked bowels :( otherwise knwon as constipation.
SUNSWEET ONES  California Prunes (super fruit) ..They have them at Walmart with the raisens and they are good to taste, not bad and work like a charm .  If you eat 4 a day as that is the serving , in about a week or less you will be able to tell that they do work and since i starded them over 2 months ago , I have never had an issue ..Before that, always issues from all the calcium we have to take etc ...THis is a Godsend ,,,,Keep in mind we are all different but all i have talked to says it is the same for them ..   You wont or most need nothing else ,,,Just do the 4 and never miss a day unless it takes less or more for you ..
High in fiber and potassium ..
NOW isn that a lovely topic for Monday am ?
Sure hope all of you will have a blessed day filled with joy today ... I am hoping for that too ...
Prayers for all of you that need them too..
Did my gym last night and these back muscles are maonign this morning but a good moan ..
Eat well today ladies , do your exercise no matter how small it might be and say your prayers if you beleive ..
I BELIEVE and thank you GOD for all my blessings ..

I am searching for an old fashioned stuffed cabbage recipe that doesnt have tomato sauce...More like a sweet and sour , does anyone have one they could share??
Hugs
Shirley

Hi Shirley,
Thanks for the prayers and I do believe and need to remember that God is good, all the time.

I don't have the recipe you are looking for.  My Mom's recipe uses crushed tomatoes.  Have you tried allrecipes.com?  That might be a good place to look. 

I think I will get some cabbage and fix up some stuffed cabbage myself.  I am in the mood for it.  Thanks for the idea.

Hugs,
Trish

Shirley,

Thanks for the prunes suggestion, I love them, so it won't be a problem and I think when I have taken them in the past, that might be why I didn't have the problem you spoke of, whereas lately I do.  I tend to buy them in the winter because there is no real good fruit I like, so I buy them and have a serving or two of them during the course of a day.  Thanks for shedding light on the why part too, because my surgeon never mentioned that the calcium might be part of the issue, he focused on the protein factor and I do eat lots of veggies, so I just did not get it and truthfully it did not start until I picked back up exercising because now I am at the gym at the time of day my body was waking up and it just has not readjusted.  Anyway, good to hear, as I don't like taking things like metamucil. . .

Have a great day!

Laureen

Shirley....those SUNSWEET ONES are awesome.....I have eaten them since I had this surgery....I have never had a problem!

Hugs...connie d

My constipation problem stems from the iron and vicodin I take. I take a stool softener at night and that does the trick. But when I first started taking the iron, the bariatric folks didn't tell me about the constipation. Boy, was I blocked up! I already had IBS, but it was the diarrheal kind, now I was constipated instead. And seriously so ... but as soon as I got on the stool softeners, no problemo.

When I was in the hospital for my knee replacement, the nurses had a special recipe for constipation ... it was applesauce, bran, mineral oil, prune juice ... all mixed together ... yummy! Actually, it tasted pretty good. And it worked, too ... within an hour of eating half of it (just like a half cup), I went.

Good mornin', ya'll.
Glad Utley can stretch his legs!
Prunes, mmmmmmm. I can't start eating them because I can't stop eating them. They are like candy that I can't put down. It is interesting that now they have them individually wrapped. I'll bet that really raises the price of them!!
One of those SEALs killed in Afghanistan was from Jacksonville. But, being a Marine town, we are always hearing of deaths of these brave men and women. It is very sad.
Wow, what a Monday morning. Constpation and death. I hope we can turn that around.
My DH and I are headed to Sam's and the Commissary on the Air Station later. We have been putting it off, but now it has to be done. The problem is, those stores don't open til 10. By then it'll be in the 90's!
My back. Grrrrr. The muscle relaxer and pain pill work when I take them. Does NOT make be sleepy or "cookoo for cocoa puffs". I still know the pain is there though. If I think it is all better and stop taking the meds, there it is again. I can walk on my treadmill, if I stand up straight and take small steps. Same with walking through the store. Bend over to make my bed or pick up something off the
floor - forgeddaboutit!!! I'm gonna call the doc later and see if a chiropractor will help. I wish insurance would pay for a daily deep muscle massage. I'm pretty sure that would help. Ahhhh! I DO NOT like taking high powered medication!
I hope everyone can stay cool this week.
Have a fantabulous day!

Yeah, I wish insurance would pay for massage too ... I hope this posts because the last one didn't. I hear OH is having problems.