Good Morning all! My job is totally a feast or famine situation. I was bored and nothing was happening until yesterday when all the things happened and I left with an inbox full of emergencies. I am going to take the super early train and hope to get a few things done from 7am - 9am before the day gets busy again. I also have my 6 month evaluation this afternoon (it's actually been 7 months, but that's pretty much the pace around here, haha). Then I am presenting at a department meeting this evening, so I will be home super late. It's going to be a long day.

Ok, let's talk candidly about the return of Ava. The first few times I blocked her it was because there were new RNY patients who still participated regularly on these boards and she was telling them to drink alcohol in their first few weeks out. She even encouraged someone to try cocaine for battling regain. Basically, my first few blocks were to save others from her nonsense.

But my last few blocks were personal. She has attacked me several times and said very vulgar and disgusting things and I just don't have any tolerance for it. I know its mental health and addiction and I sincerely feel bad for her, but I am not going to risk my own mental health for hers. I will not be unblocking her. It's been 9 years and I don't think that tiger is going to change her stripes. She's already deleted her post on the DS board about trying to get sober.

But I am completely honest here in saying that if it is important to others to allow her to participate I will happily step aside and let someone else start the post so that she can be part of the RNY group. So let's call this the first QOTD. If you miss wild stories about fake adopted toddlers on a boat off Cuba, trying to buy 4 million dollar properties while also being homeless, and really enthusiastic endorsements of butter buds, I get it! Send me a message and I will be more than happy to give the thread over to someone else who isn't blocking her to let them start. No hard feelings. I swear. I can still participate (assuming you don't block me, lol).

QOTD: Anyone still taking Miralax regularly? I stopped taking it very early on (my doctor hates it and doesn't like anyone on it) and things have been fine until recently. I just ordered a huge bottle and I am just curious if anyone has been on it long term and if there are any negative side effects.

Accountability: I had a weird bout of dizziness/vertigo yesterday when I got off the train and I think it was low blood pressure so I skipped breakfast and drank about 80oz of water until lunch when I had the salami, cheese and cuke on my menu. We went out to dinner and I had a glass on sangria and about 3 bites of a salad so all in all I couldn't have had more than 500 calories yesterday but I wasn't hungry, so I just ran with it.

• protein coffee
• chicken sausage
• salami & cheese & almonds
• honey mustard chicken salad

I don't remember her real name and address or I would google her.

Happy Birthday to Marilyn and Happy Anniversary to you both.

You don't like cucumbers?

Totally.