Saturday, February 10, 2018

That picture belongs in a magazine! You are so gorgeous!

You may lose a little weight at the end of pregnancy. I know that I did because there just wasn't enough room in there and I felt full much earlier so didn't eat as much!

Lovely picture. You look so beautiful and healthy (even if you weren't feeling 100%).

Yes, I do think that my metabolism has slowed down to a more normal level than in the first 18 months post-op (plus or minus a few months). I figured it would (but wished it wouldn't).

What a beautiful moment in time. Hope you feel as stunning as you look.

Yes, it should have been a package from Hannah Anderson with numerous favorites including a tulle tutu for Nugget and a breathtaking sun hat to match some of the other pieces. I loved these clothes for my girls...very original and durable beyond belief. I LOVED shopping for Nugget, and seeing your radiant photos made it seem even more real !!

Well thank you SO much!! Luckily it did have the shipping information, but it was for "Luna" from "Nani" haha. But it's all the very cute things you mentioned, so I know it's right!! We feel very special

I want to echo DianeO's comments about Hanna Andersson's clothes --- very high quality! If you don't have local stores they have mail order :)

Such a lovely pic! It will be treasured thru the years.

Liz, hope the dog walking training with DH goes well and that it is an activity that will bring him joy! Thanks for the well wishes regarding immunotherapy for Ben.

147.2 today. Calories continue to be low. The day before yesterday they were 810 and yesterday only 686 with 71 C, 27 F and 52 P. I'm finding that I am not snacking between meals as much and not able to eat as much at the meals. Also have not had the draw for sweets as much. I'll take it for now, I doubt this will last!

I see that many of you already saw Ben's Caring Bridge so know that his current chemo is not working and they will move on to immunotherapy. Ben is excited to try something new!

Have a wonderful weekend my friends!

Greetings Saturday Sun Lovers

We are getting sun here and I hope others are too. Amazing how uplifting Mr. Sun can be.

Well my scale is NOT uplifting. 147.5. I don't feel like I ate poorly yesterday but the scale doesn't lie (or maybe it does!). Anyway, my same old whine "gotta eat less and get moving". Story of my life. Next week is the colonoscopy. Oh goodie. What a way to lose a few pounds. At least the Mexican candy is gone. Some eaten and some tossed as too icky even for me.

BB your photo is so beautiful. Cover girl quality. Glad you did that and little Nugget will be glad some day too. Hope your cold goes away.

Liz dog walk training sounds like fun. DH is out with our two now.

We loved the Olympics opening ceremony last night. Looking forward to skiing and skating events.

Paula I so hope the new treatment for Ben is helpful - for his sake and your whole family.

Yikes Ann, you are brave to attend that luncheon and all the remarks you will hear. Just remember they all mean well (as they insert feet in mouths). Hope Mrs. Damnit Doll is not there. I hope they have some healthy food and good company for you.

Well not much going on here. I will check in at the studio and gallery and see what old sheets and towels I can take to the animal rescue place. But first, well you know... Diane S

Wt 240. Down 2. Could be a scale discrepancy. Had 3 MRI studies of the spine and neck over the past couple of days. It has been years since I had any done. The previous studies revealed annular bulging in 7 discs. Nothing surgical to do. If they bulge to one side and rupture they can fix that. If it bulges all the way around and causes pain. Tough luck. While I was working I did the narcotic therapy for a while but thought / think that in the world we live in it put my license at risk to have any in my system. Plus some narcotics mess with my mood. RANT STARTING. After I retired at 50 and pre WLS I drank for pain control 2oz every 4-6 hours. 2 ozx70calx6 per day =840 calories a day. Empty calories, yes. I viewed it as pain control with calories. I do not come from a family of alcoholics. More like preachers and bootleggers. One condemns it for a living and the other promotes it for a living. I am well aware of alcoholism as 70 percent of my patient care as a nurse was in the alcohol detoxification process. But as a drug alcohol does better to control my pain than any narcotic I have tried. 6 drinks a day by definition is alcoholic by anyone. But by definition I am an addict to my blood pressure medication. I have physical withdrawals when I do not take it. My blood pressure will increase. My weight increases. Thanks to our powers that be, insurance companies, legislators, medical boards etc. it is now harder than ever to get narcotics for chronic pain unless you have an implanted intrathecal device. (Repetitive procedures) PCPs want to send everything pain related to pain to the specialist. Pain management never really liked to do medication management because there is no money in it. They love, love, love to do procedures. The last doc I went to did not want any image studies. He just wanted to blindly to RF burnings to the nerves in my spine because he could magically see that I have arthritis in my spine. At my age I probably do have arthritis. And he told me that if I took an Advil it would probably do more good than I thought. Now that there is so much attention in the news and politics on narcotic related death it is super easy for a doctor to say I can not write the prescription but I have a procedure we can try. Combine that with the fact that there are REAL increases in narcotic related deaths because a few years ago heroine related death was included in all narcotic related death. Combine that with the fact that China was importing a super duper designer grade fentanyl into our country to cut heroine. It took them a while to figure out they were killing off their market share before they could control dose. Now, because of that logic, I am in the same bracket with someone with mainly addiction problems not mainly chronic pain problems. I don't like the taste of alcohol. I do prefer single malt scotch over bourbon. I do not like the feeling that too much alcohol produces. Lately, I have concern that I was drinking for more than pain control. It does reduce anxiety on many levels. I do have a label of anxiety disorder. I will be going to a fourth doctor in less than a year for pain management. But now because I do not want random procedures done to one place on my spine when I have 7 that need procedures I now have to have a bunch of testing done to show a reason for my pain and use of narcotics. It will be good to know, I guess. Again. Bottom line I drink to control pain. Most people do. Emotional pain, physical pain, psychological pain, spiritual pain, sexual pain, financial pain. It is all pain and using alcohol for coping is still coping. When you are no longer coping. That is a different mater all together. RANT OVER. More later, David Oh, I also live in a dry county. LOL