VSG Maintenance Group
Thursday, December 28, 2023
It has been 2 weeks on Cape Cod already! If everything goes on schedule we will be back home in Florida by 7 pm. Strange, but it seems like the time here has been too short though DH would prefer that it be even shorter. I had a wonderful lunch yesterday with eldest DD and SIL and realized that I wished we were here for another week.
But it will be good to get back to our own place. Hopefully moving forward with a new realtor will get the other Florida house sold finally and I will be more able to put the anxiety around selling my Cape Cod home on the back burner. Though I sincerely hope DS will really work on clearing out the stuff that we aren't going to retain.
Time to put the clothes in the dryer and strip the bed. Have a thriving Thursday!
Safe travels!
Today's plan, go to one of the malls that is still alive (but not Mall of America, that is just too much) and browse. I never have the time and energy to go into real stores, but today I'm feeling like getting out there. And maybe a movie !ate afternoon.
Diane, semi glutide can be so helpful. Its not a miracle, at least for me, but it's brought me some weight loss success when nothing else was working. Many days it feels like a hard reset of my sleeve. Without even a lot of pre planning (there was some) I snapped back into a lot of sleeve rules. You can sense, like with a newish sleeve, you could get sick if you overdo it. I find I chew longer, and pause more often to assess where I'm at. Protein has to become a priority, or it ain't going to happen. And once I've eaten, the idea of more food is almost repulsive. My WLS clinic has me on a double dose of Omeprizole. I don't get nauseous very often, and I credit the Omeprizole. In general, I think being a post WLS patient sets you up for better tolerance of the meds, we've had lots of training and practice with signals from a finicky stomach.
I find that sometimes short trips can be jam packed with activity. I'm not surprised you feel like an extra week on the Cape might be nice, Liz. Relaxing time at home in the north would be pleasant.
I'm glad that two of our people are finding good luck with the semiglutide route! Believe me, lately I have thought long and hard about trying even one of the compounded versions. Instead, I am going to investigate a different route. I have an appt. on January 10th for a workshop. It'll be a medical sales pitch, but I am curious.
Sadly, I am beginning to have anxiety. I had to Dr. Google anxiety symptoms, and lo and behold, I got em! The anxiety is not bad, and far from debilitating, but still unpleasant. I think the onset of the anxiety is multifaceted, including my upcoming b'day and my feelings about my size and weight.
Which leads me to ponder out loud whether I want to continue with my monthly shrink sessions. I found out after my last session that my therapist is "retired" and is no longer able to include diagnosis codes on statements for insurance puroposes. When I asked directly if she let her license expire I did not get a direct answer. I'm feeling like there is far less to "unpack" these days, anyhow. As for the nutritional therapist, that is also seemingly on a spin cycle. After I go to the workshop on the 10th I'll have a better idea of how I want to move forward. Whatever the path chosen, I at least know I am ready to take action towards reducing my size.
DD, I was perusing movies last night, too. Several that are of interest, but not one that is a must see.... The Emma Stone movie looks good, as does the Napoleon movie..... There is also the new Rom Com with Glen Powell (eye candy)... Of course, I always love the cartoon movies like Migration and Wishes.....
Puppy people arrive to play with puppies soon, so I gotta get on the broomstick!
We're going to see the Emma Stone movie tonight. I can highly recommend the Holdovers, if you like dark comedy. DH saw Napoleon, and he didn't care for it much.
New Year, new tboughts. DD was with the same therapist for a couple of years, and then she too felt like she was spinning her wheels. She started with a new therapist last winter when she had an onset of depression, and that seems to be going well. Just one thought, you've excavated a lot, are you getting down to some very important information, and that could cause anxiety? I ask because during my therapy, I did reach a point I needed medication to continue. I got to a point where I would actually shake in the waiting room. Once I was with my therapist, I felt safe, but sometimes truth telling is big time anxiety provoking. I took Prozac. It, and therapy changed my life. I'm not taking any anti depression or anti anxiety drugs currently, but if I needed them, I would do it in a heartbeat.
on 12/28/23 3:56 pm
So we have lost 2 Michigan friends this week. One man was 80 and not in good health, but had the best attitude of someone who wasn't well of anyone I've ever met. The other man was in his 60s and had a massive heart attack. I knew he had a gut, but everyone has been describing him as very overweight. I didn't see him that way, but I guess others did? Or he had gained and I hadn't seen him last year. It's a terrible time of year to lose someone. Anytime is awful, but it makes what will be a difficult holiday in the years to come under any cir****tances even harder as you equate the trauma with the holiday and its traditions..
Kirby had school today and the other person didn't show again! So my 6 week class will now be 8 weeks. And instead of having extra one of one time, the trainer basically told me her life story for an hour. Then Kirby peed on the floor at the end. Good times.
I had a lovely birthday dinner yesterday at one of my favorite restaurants. A good day all around!
I think that's it. Hope you all are doing well!
