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I have to agree that all of our doctors SHOULD be in communication with each other on OUR individual files. Having said that, they all seem so busy (and here it is hard to get a new doctor, short supply), that we are lucky to have one at all.
Another hot day here in Niagara, I stayed home. It is PEACH HARVEST here too...tomorrow I will purchase a bushel from the farmer next door as I head to my artsy-fartsy afternoon.. ..peaches, nectarines, grapes. Planning for our 3 day BPW conference and 100th birthday celebration takes a lot of my time...today, I got a lot of phone work done.
Also, I created several images to transfer onto my grand daughters' t-shirts...the older girl wanted an ALIEN image..the younger one just wants her birthdates 9-1 (Sept 1st) and I added a bundle of hearts...they will all be printed in reflective FOIL. That will be done tomorrow at my DESIGNERS PLAYDATE afternoon.
Tonight, I will bake a batch of zucchini bread plus some cheese & hot sausage roll-ups to take along to our crafting session with extras for hubby and sons, of course. Also waiting to do WHITE laundry after 7 pm when the hydro rates are cheaper. We have the highest electric rates in all of Canada here. I will be using HO****er, hoping that the heat will also SHRINK my cotton skirts and tops..all white...well, it is worth a try. Darn, when I never wanted my clothes to shrink, they would.,...now I NEED them to shrink and they won't!! HOW IRONIC!
I am two pounds above my lowest weight and though I am still a bog woman, and carry mt weight well so that most would never realize just how much I really weigh, I am thrilled and excited. I will see my SLEEP DOCTOR next week and will amaze him with my weight loss- I only see him once a year re my C-PAP machine.
I am SEWING-IMPAIRED (sorry, Mom), but I have so many skirt and tops that need to be taken in...and I cannot "roll the waists" anymore...lol...most need shortening from the bottom...yuck. I do not have the patience to do this...my bad.
Breakfast: hot chocolate protein drink
Snack: banana
Lunch: cottage cheese with crushed pineapple
Snack: none
Dinner: pot roast (trying to get more BEEF in for iron) & steamed spinach plus rice cooked in chicken broth.
Bedtime snack: Hot chocolate protein drink w/meds OR a quick fried egg on a piece of multigrain toast (I always forget how good toast and eggs taste until I finally make them...easy to eat for me, quick prep)
Hi Ladies,
I went to kohl's this morning and got 3 pair of jeans in a size 12. Last year I was wearing size 18.
It's a dreary day here too, it supposed to rain today.
B egg whites ham and cheese omelet and string cheese
L cottage cheese, baby carrots, and small banana
D corned beef, cabbage, and baby carrots
S Greek yogurt with chia seeds and another banana
Everyone have a good day
Hi All,
It's interesting that doctors don't have a conference or something when they exchange files. I guess they are tooooo busy.
You know Linda, I remember going to a Bill Cody museum when I was 13. The only reason I remember that is because they had a matching that formed a wax like figure of him to take home as a souvenir. That was a cool machine.
I'm driving to Tracy today to have a birthday dinner with some women from my work days. Not my birthday, but one of theirs. Hope you have a great Friday!
Breakfast- protein drink
Lunch- toast with peanut butter (borrowed from Linda...sounds good)
Dinner- eating out...probably chicken with veggies
Snacks- Apple pieces with jalapeño cheese
Good morning Jeannie
In answer to your question, NO doctors do not talk to each other. A phone call by their nurse or whomever to get you passed on is about all they do. I am having vision problems because my surgeon (world class) and my glaucoma specialist did not talk to each other.
I am going back to the museum today to finish up the bill cody section. It will have taken us 8 visits to make it through each section and not minutely as I like to do. It is just too big and in a city of only 9,000. I guess its true that when you do not have to build prisons you can build parks and the arts.
Breakfast - toast with peanut butter and bananas
lunch - salad with protein probably chicken
snack - still have grapes
dinner - going out don't know where.
Friday, Yeah! Well, last night, I went to bed way too early so I got up around midnight and couldn't go back to sleep....Now I am fighting the urge to go to bed. I will not get my days and nights confused....no way.
DH went to work today. He has to do some teaching thing for the people who are learning something about something. I understand nothing about what he does. LOL
I have been on pain medication since the car wreck in the early 90s. Over the years, I have gone through times when I cut down to one or two a day and then there have been times when I took the maximum dose. My rheumatologists has maintained my pain management and when I've had surgeries or other things that required a larger dose, the doctor would contact my rheumatologists and they would make adjustments. So, since he is retiring, I have a new doctor and she is young and yesterday, she went over my last ten years of tests, MRIs, X-rays, surgeries, etc., and this morning, first thing, I get a call from her. Apparently, she is concerned about my vertebrae being so bad and why haven't I had surgery on my shoulders and when I am getting my hips and knees replaced. I told her that I was coming to her office soon and we could talk then but I get around and she said, Oh, I thought you were in a wheel chair. I laughed and she said what's so funny and I said, well, I was for a long time, but I walk pretty good but if I am not able to control the pain, I am afraid I might end up immobile again...she said, oh, do I need to get your pain med refill now. I said, no, the other doctor has me covered for two more months....now here is the deal...do they even talk to each other. Did my old doctor just send her the file without telling her a damn thing? Has he not put somewhere on my chart that I am ambulatory? **** I really hope the neurologists does a better job of flipping me over. LOL
Okay, today will be a day of rest. I spent way too much time doing piddly **** yesterday so today, I am watching crime documentaries.
Breakfast: egg, toast
Lunch: soup
Dinner: we are going out to eat...probably shrimp
Snacks: celery and cucumbers.
Ladies, talk on...it is raining here today and looks like fall.
Hello, everyone: I am bringing up the rear tonight. After nine days of painful restless nights, I hope to sleep tonight...it's about that time.
Derek had his company from Britain today, in fact he had to rescue them..they were stranded at the Toronto airport..their contact has border crossing issues. I went to his place next door to say HELLO and took over a side dish of rice and beans (corn, edamme and black beans) and a chocolate-caramel cheesecake. I told him to NOT bring leftovers back. Her BBQ'd chicken for his friend and her two teen daughters...nice girls...one had lovely PINK hair.
Then I headed up to our older son's place in the Falls and spent the afternoon with my two step grand daughters (10 and 14) making sun-catchers with glue and glass globs, glitter paint and pearls and diamonds. The trick now is to have the patience to wait until the white glue turns CLEAR when it dries. We put them all (9 sun catchers and two jars and lids) onto cookie sheets then put them up high on the top of some book shelves to dry where their six cats cannot get into them. Once dry, we can peel the plastic lids away and poke a hole in each sun catcher, and use skinny ribbons, yarn or fishing line to hang them.
I got home in time to say GOODBYE to Derek's friends, make a light supper, check my email to find another children's book to illustrate...the author is ready...egad! and then crocheted another INFINITY SCARF with some soft white yearn and a few rows of multicoloured fuzzy yarn in oranges, golds and turquoises. I did that while watching the OLYMPICS..,.what a joy to watch instead of POLITICS!
Still editing a few letters to be sent to corporations asking for sponsorship for our conference.But I am headed to bed earlier than usual..just plain worn out.
Breakfast: forgot, yup...simply got washed, dressed and headed out w/o my protein drink
Snack: stopped at a farmer's stand and bought PEACHES and ate one right there!
Lunch: meal supplement bar that I keep in the car
Snack: none
Dinner: rice and black beans, corn and edamme but topped with cheese for more protein
Bedtime Snack: better have a protein drink
VERY HOT here...
Hi Ladies,
I was sick yesterday but I'm feeling better today. I even got my walk in today.
B whites ham and cheese omelet and string cheese
L cottage cheese, baby carrots and banana
D corned beef, cabbage and baby carrots
S light and fit Greek yogurt with chia seeds and apple
Everyone have a good day
Morning All,
Nothing much on my agenda today. I need to clean and do laundry...that's all. I'm not surprised that the weight gain issues are psychological. That really goes along with the things we were told, that the surgery was a tool, but we are the ones that have to change. My brain is definitely still making some really poor decisions. I still use food to calm anxiety. I am definitely doing better and keeping 100 pounds off, but the last 50 pounds need for me to use other things to calm anxiety. I think I'm going to make myself a sign...with other things that I can do first, before I reach for food when I am feeling some anxiety. I do have other things, coloring, reading, baths, meditation. I could even make a list that I would check off.
Food Plan
Breakfast- protein drink
Lunch- chicken soup
Dinner- going out...not sure where
Snacks- apple with cheese slices, nuts
Good morning Jeannie and those to come,
I am enjoying a couple of lazy days. My body needs the break from all the riding and walking it takes to see Yellowstone. It is huge. Today I have nothing planned except the concert in the park this evening. I have to pay bills and do a few other chores.
breakfast - oatmeal with walnuts, bananas, and blueberries.
lunch - salad with field greens, romaine, grilled chicken, tomato, green onion, and a little cheese.
dinner - not sure but some sort of protein and veggies.
enjoy your day everyone
