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OMG. I'm going to ***** a minute. Jeannie, your comment about deserving and wanting our freedom is really hitting home today. We went to the store earlier today, all of us. As usual Mom won't shop with me, but goes off on her own. The trouble is she gets lost or confused or something and wanders around the store for hours. Carrie and I shopped a long time too, but then we were ready to go. Where is Mom? Took me over 30 minutes to find her and in the meantime the groceries are out in the hot car and the baby is crying because she's hungry, etc. Not fun.
And THEN Christie calls and wants me to watch the boys this afternoon. Omg. No. I am wiped out. I'm still doing laundry and I have extra sheets to wash because of our company and I do have a few things I want to do just for me today.
And THEN Carrie is acting all tired and wants to take a nap so: Mama will you change the baby? Mama will you fix her a bottle?
I tell y'all there are times when I just want to scream at all of them to leave me alone. Selfish toots! Mama would like some freedom and time for herself every now and then, you know?
(And then I think to myself "be careful what you wish for", because one day you might end up all alone and how sad would that be?)
My leg muscles are really sore this afternoon. I may have tried to start walking a bit too far for my first few days. Maybe I should have done just a mile a day to start instead of two miles.
On the plus side I have had my two protein shakes, plus an apple and a banana, and I'm doing fine. Carrie and I are going to a small local diner for supper tonight. They do homestyle cooking and I can get a vegetable plate there. I'm just too wiped out to cook supper tonight.
Thanks for letting me vent. Love you all.
Vickie
Judy, have you tried egg custard yet? Nice and slippery and still full of protein. If you make it yourself you can control the amount of sugar too. I have a good recipe if you want it. So sorry about the eggs. Yuk! Be awhile before you want those again huh?
Vickie
Maybe the scrambled eggs are still too solid? What about protein Drinks for a few more days?
j
Eileen, that is so interesting re your pain relief and that the implant despite stimulation, let you sleep well. Very interesting!
Jen
Hear you on canes, handicap parking permits and I also have a rollator walker for the really bad days and the Malls.
Afternoon OFF family...Glad that you gave your two weeks notice...that is not the job for you!! You will find something better soon!!!!
Well this morning I made some scrambled eggs...NOT GOOD!!!!!! I have been in MAJOR PAIN til about 5pm!!!!!!!! It all came out...yup I threw up...four times!!!!! ALL scrambled eggs!!!!!!! I don't think any of them made it into my pouch at all!!! Seems anything I eat hurts right about the rib cage/breast bone area like mad!!!!!! Like I have been kicked by that mule again and again!!!!! I really do not feel any better since surgery at all. I am taking my meds...sighs........makes me not want to try to eat at all anymore.
Going back to playing my games then back to bed to rest.
Thoughts & Prayers for ALL that need them!!!
HUGSSSSSSSSS
Hi Ladies,
It's a sunny day again but cold. I got up early to go to church. I didn't eat too bad at the potluck today. Only 170 calories over my goal. The brownies were a hit. None leftover. I know I should exercise today but don't feel up to it. I feel like taking it easy today.
Kathy congrats on the weight loss. Sorry the job didn't work out but you can always work some where else.
Trish if you need a cane use it. When I had to use a cane I didn't like it because I was so young but I did and a handicap placard. Glad you are having a good time with your sister.
Eileen glad that device is working for you.
Vickie glad you found the trees you wanted.
Everyone have a good day. Thoughts and prayers for everyone.
Love and hugs,
Yvonne
Hi Kathy and my OFF family:
Sorry your job didn't work out for you. Happy Jazz has a relationship with her mom's boyfriend. Being single I don't have grands to worry about.
I am very happy with my neurostimulator. My knees don't hurt at all, nor does my back. I haven't taken a vicodin in two days. Or a flexeril. The only pain I have, and it's minor, is at the incision site. I didn't say ouch once last night at work ... well, my left hand hurt a bit, but not too much. It's just a wonder. I have lived so many years with this pain and suddenly, with just a little gentle massage and a little tingling, I don't have it anymore. And I slept so well, too.
Congrats for losing weight, Kathy.
For everyone else, happy spring!
Your need for a cane and handicap placard are your business and not Colleen's. I have both and I need them. I'm going on 61 and believe me, it's not too young to need these assisted devices. I've had the handicap placard since I was 49 or so; I've used the cane on and off since my mid-50s. Wish I didn't need them, but it is what it is. Tell Colleen to mind her own business.
Trish,
If you need to walk with a cane, you walk with a cane. If you need the placard, you keep it. Your need for assistive devices is between you and your doctor.
Be careful and don't over exercise because you can actually tear stuff if you are too aggressive with exercising.
Kathy,
Before WLS, I had custody of my grandson, who at the time, was a baby. I love him and loved him then but I was worn out all the time. My husband and my son both were very good about taking him to the park to give me a break but still it was constant with him...I was teaching and taking doctoral classes and I would never have that freedom that one needs when finishing up a doctorate degree. I had to reserve all my researching and grading papers for late at night and I was exhausted all the time.
I think it goes without saying that by the time we all reach a certain age, our bodies and our minds are ready to slow down and raising children or having children part time is antithetical to our natural time line...the one where we stop reproducing and our children are grown so we are free...you know?
Don't beat yourself up. We all do for our kids and grandkids all that we can so that they will have a good life but that doesn't mean we cannot hold on to the dream that we will have freedom....
I also remembering buying clothes from the regular clothing stores and not the plus size stores. In fact, I would resist because I thought there was no way that would ever fit me. The lady at Michelles finally told me that they didn't have a size small enough for me...that I was going to have to shop at the regular stores. I was shocked and thought she was wrong and when I went to Penny's, I started in the plus sizes and took the largest sizes and began trying clothes on and worked my way down to a size 16 and I will never forget coming out of the dressing room with those jeans size 16 and telling my husband that they fit....and then a few months later I totally skipped the 14 and went to the 12....I thought I had died and gone to thin heaven. LOL. I still buy jeans and at Pennys but mostly I make my clothes because I am so damn short legged that when I buy dress pants or causal pants, I end up taking them up and I just as soon make them. But, I do love shopping for jeans and going straight to the regular size clothes.
You are doing fantastic....
