Wednesday, February 14, 2018

The last one I had the doc said it was clean I would never need another one. I think he was just messing with me but my DW does not believe me when I say I do not ever have to have another one.

Good luck with the colonoscopy. The test is a breeze - hate the prep, so I feel for you. Today I found out I need to have a colonoscopy soon. The doc said my last one was in 2/13 and they found something that they wanted to re-check in 5 years. Doc has a copy of a letter supposedly sent to me back in '13 about this. I remember things like that and don't remember such a letter - neither does DH. We can compare notes! :)

Weight 166

Liz, it's such a cruel disease. My heart goes out to you . Smart of you to get him his own fudge!

Shel, new appliances are my idea of a perfect Valentines Day gift!

BB, I love the idea of your granddad making a visit. I often think of my mom that way. When her favorite songs come on in the car, I always turn them up for her just in case she's along for the ride. Probably weird, but it makes me feel close to her.

So I bit the bullet and made my appointment with the plastic surgeon. Eek! It's March 14. I may or may not get scheduled in time for the special price for the body lift, but at least the process has begun.

Tonight's painting class ought to be interesting. It's a painting of just two people. I think I do better with abstract subjects! But I'll try. And this time I won't leave it in the back of my car...

Happy Valentine's Day my friends!

Weight 146.4 (I think - this morning was so long ago!). Calories: 906, 98 C, 44 F, 40 P, 21 Fiber. Today's will be higher! The cookie are good but very, very rich so they don't call to me that much. I had one yesterday and one today. We had a wearable defibrillator rep come in for a lunch inservice today and they brought Atlanta Bread salad. I had part of an oriental chicken salad and didn't eat the chips, bread or huge cookie they also brought in. The nutrition information on MFP stated that the salad had well over 700 calories in it - that just doesn't seem right.

Liz, I imagine grieving over what your husband (and you) have lost is quite common. Will you start back with the support group when you go back East? Is there one in FL you could attend?

Shel, hope your day off was good and that the appliance you had to wait for is something fun!

Bonnie, don't fret the weight gain. Growing babies is important business and it does take a toll on our bodies!

Cecily, have fun at painting. Post a pic of your masterpiece if you get a chance!

interesting.... my post is not here. I had issues getting booted off OH earlier today. Guess it didn't like my post! LOL!

Oh well, no time to recreate right now.

Later!

I hate it when that happens. It has happened to me once. Also I posted once and my post showed as being posted by someone else. Weird .

Well, a very interesting and tiring day. I had my physical, and chose to stand with my back to the scale. Later, I saw the number on the printout. I did not freak out, as I thought I would. It was not, of course what I wanted, but it was less than what I feared. My first thought was "now I can start weighing myself again". We discussed the fasting and she was fine with it - just wanted to make sure I was hydrating, and I assured her that is not a problem. I mentioned the need for an early colonoscopy in an earlier post. I can't remember the name of what they found, but it could be something pre-cancerous, hence the re-test after 5, not 10 years. It was disconcerting. This was also the year of the pap, which I was somehow not expecting. It was never fun, but it was always tolerable. Today it was quite painful. Oh the joys of decreasing estrogen! The good news is that the doc said if the results are fine, we can discuss not having to repeat it. My A1C was great, which was a relief. I feared it would not be good, due to increased weight and all of the carbs I had been eating before New Years.

The bad news was that, while Valentine's Day shopping for DH and DD's, I bought a small box of sugar free chocolates, even though the dialogue in my head was telling me it wasn't a good idea. The whole box and 800+ calories later, I felt gross! I am now experiencing the, shall I say "cleansing effects" of those chocolates, and may not make it through to respond to everyone's wonderful sharing. I am taking this as HP's great sense of humor, telling me "ok, you wouldn't listen when I warned you. Well na na na na na (of course with tongue stuck out!). LOL Still living and learning. Well, I' need to go "cleanse". Hugs to all! Mary

Greetings Healthy Ones

Well I lived through the colonoscopy. Not too bad really. Prep was half last night and half today as I was not scheduled until 2 pm. Happy valentines day to me. I had to stay up late last night for obvious reasons and was really tired this am. Also realized I had forgotten to get a blood draw for platelet count but they took care of it at the hospital. I have had a history of sometimes low platelets but it was well into the normal range today. (201 for you medical types) Anyway, once I got to the main event it was routine and I had no issues discovered. Ten years unless something comes up. Well, I didn't get around to writing a message on my butt. Too tired. But I wish I had done it. My doctor is a hoot. I did that on my VSG - wrote "HI" under one boob.

Not much more to say today (or tonight since its after 10 pm.) After I got home from the day's festivities I took a 5 hour nap.

Tomorrow I will be more coherent. And tomorrow night is a big dinner out!

My prep nurse today commented on the fact that I had the sleeve. Turns out she had RNY. She had said she wanted the sleeve but her insurance would only pay for RNY. I told her I had encountered that but appealed and won. I tried to be gentle about it. I told her she looked great (which is true) and that she had done well. She showed me a fat pic. Turns out her RNY was 2016. Jeepers, and her insurance was still not allowing it?! She told me she had 5 months of complications including a stricture. A very fine nurse but I felt guilty about having had an easier time thanks to sleeve. I am so thankful for the sleeve and that I was able to bludgeon Blue Cross into paying for it.

Well I am enjoying some creamy tomato soup. Then back to bed and watch olympics. Nite Nite. Diane S

Insurance denied a sleeve in 2016? That blows my mind. It must depend on the part of the country one is in as I know that in 2017, sleeves became the #1 WLS in Massachusetts. It does seem like RNY is the only surgery allowed in Canada from what I gather on their forum. They have to pay privately to get a sleeve.

Yeah, I was surprised too. Blue Cross changed their policy years ago so she must have had some other company. I was dying to ask which one and all the details but I thought it would be like rubbing it in. She told me she was planning on the sleeve but two days before the surgery it got denied and the RNY approved. Personally, I would have delayed and appealed but not my decision. She is a younger person and maybe had work family reasons to not delay. But 5 months out of work due to complications? I also wanted to ask her surgeon but didn't. There has been one so called bariatric surgeon in our area whom I think is not so good. So I just told her she looked great and let it be. But I so wish I could save people from bad surgery choices. DS