What's on your Monday Menu?

I really liked the Fablemans but I kept hindering if it would be as good if it wasn't autobiographical. I think it benefitted a lot from us knowing how it ended.

I didn't really think of it that way while watching although I did know it was based on his childhood.

Thanks for all the reviews.

The two other nominees that I have no interest in seeing are Avatar and Top Gun sequel.

I actually saw only these 2. I just had to.

Given how successful both films were, I am very much in the minority, I know!

Good morning QJB and menuers!

Good to hear your class went well and you're getting to relax today!

I think too tired to sleep is a constant state for me, but I've had problems sleeping for as long as I can remember.

QOTD- No sportsball for me, thanks! I went to bed early since laying flat is an improvement with my bigger incision.

I'm off today and tomorrow. Given how I'm feeling at the moment, I'm grateful to have taken these days. Not sure how some folks were shoveling snow two days later but I hope to grow up to be like that one day! I literally have to support my stomach when I walk and there's an indent running across it now. Everything moves when I walk.

Oh, and I spoke with an on call doctor about the blurry vision. Could be the anesthesia or anti-nausea patch I had. I'm supposed to follow up if it doesn't get better today. Since I'm typing this with my glasses on, I'd say things are improving a bit!

Since I haven't been on pain meds, I'm going to attempt to do a grocery pickup this morning. Yogurt and soft foods are high on my list of protein foods that result in less stuff in my braces. I will be driving slow thanks to my bouncy dirt road! Also looking for a garment that's more supportive than my form-fitting tank top!

Accountability- Well, working through the huge pot of red beans I made. I can have everything in it but it could be a bit more protein-forward for macros.

Exercise- Still walking. Think I'm through the gas pains!

Menu - Ratio key lime yogurt, egg salad with a slice of bread or a wasa cracker, fairlife protein shake, either scrambled eggs with protein or I'll make a crustless breakfast quiche with veggies. Maybe.

Have a wonderful Monday, everyone!

Everyone's pain tolerance and healing time is different (and I was the one who was shoveling snow).

But now that you are through your gallbladder surgery, I will share my story. I had been having stomach pains for awhile (like 6 months) but my GP brushed them off; the day I ended up having emergency surgery, I was at the doctor and they sent me home with "well, if you don't feel better in a few hours go to the emergency room"...my roommates took one look at me when I drove myself home and took me right to the hospital. I ended up with 5 days in the hospital, two surgeries (both laparoscopic so they were able to send me home the day after the 2nd one) and then about 3 weeks later I had to have another small out patient procedure. On top of all that, when I did go home, they gave me Percocet which made me hallucinate that the flip top head guy from the 80's Reach Toothbrush commercial was in the room with me, it also made me hear in color which actually was kind of cool. I decided after that one pill that pain meds are not for me so just switched to Tylenol.

That was in 2000...when I had my RNY in 2018, in recovery the surgeon told me he had found another stone floating loose when he did my surgery. You're not at your sharpest coming out of anesthesia so it was about a month later when I called my sister and said "did I imagine this or do the surgeon actually say that" and she confirmed it was true. I looked at my surgical report too and it's on there. Very weird.

a funny outcome with my friend group is that everyone knows not to call me for medical things...and we also have a friend who is a self-admitted hypochondriac so no one calls her either...but for both of us there is a rule to call the others for an assessment before the hypochondriac goes to the doctor or before I decide NOT to go to the doctor. Two sides of the same coin, lol.

That's a sign of true friendship: you know each other's weakness, and you accept and compensate for it. Love it.

I hallucinated from Flomax that they gave me for a kidney stone. A blackboard came up next to my bed and it had messages written on it. One message was from a man who had just died and he asked me to tell his sister that heaven was wonderful. I was in heaven for a while and people were so happy to see me. I saw everything in amazing colors of pinks and purples. Rockets shot across the ceiling and I saw beautiful planets. One part of me knew they were hallucinations. When I went to the bathroom, the white floor, counters and fixtures were a beautiful violet.

The effects lasted three days although much more intense at night. I remember walking outside and there was hay on the lawn where the landscaper had planted new grass and that hay was iridescent purple. All the doctor said was, "well we will never prescribe that for you again".