Friday, January 5, 2024

I hope DD, Diane S, and Diane's DH feel better today. I too have a slight runny nose.

Today we need to take the Christmas tree down so I have DH's help getting it into the garage. There isn't a closet big enough for it in the condo. We were going to do it tomorrow but DH had to move his planned trip North to watch the grandkids up by a day because of the snow coming there Saturday night/Sunday morning. I have to drive DH to the airport at 6:30 am tomorrow.

This weekend while DH is away I will take down the remainder of the Christmas stuff and do a little cleaning. DS arrives on Tuesday for an 11 day visit (though he will be at a wedding for 2 of those days).

I was thinking about Diane S' comment about not gaining weight since she last weighed so losing a bit shouldn't be that hard. I feel the same way because my weight has been stable for the last 2 years. That never used to happen before VSG because my weight was always either going up or infrequently going down when dieting (mostly the former). So shouldn't I be able to get my act together to drop the 20 pounds?

Justice walking time! I guess that will be later in the morning tomorrow. Have a fine Friday!

Argh, snow in Massachusetts Sunday morning? DD is finally well enough to go home, and is supposed to fly out of Minneapolis to Boston at 7am on Sunday. I guess we'll see what happens.

My illness peaked Wednesday night/Thursday morning with terrible chills and body aches. Those are gone. I'm super conjested , coughing jags, headache, fatigue. But with all that said, I'm moving in the right direction. I had plans for both Saturday and Sunday evenings. Not sure if I'm getting better fast enough, but we'll see.

I think maintaining is a big victory, especially given our histories. I know I shared this story before: About 2 years ago I met with the nutritionist at my WLS clinic and she congratulated me on keeping off a "significant amount of weight". I felt tears welling up. I spent so much time beating myself up for my perceived failure, that I didn't see value it what had changed since surgery. That being said, I am feeling even better having lost the Tomaxifen gain. Its all gone! Now we will see how much of the "normal" regain I can release by April. Everything points to some regain being a normal and expected outcome of WLS. Absolutely make a plan to lose some or all of the regain. But know that you are starting from a place of strength and competence (you've maintained a significant loss!).

No plans today except recuperating. We have tickets to a performance at a jazz club in Minneapolis on Saturday evening. It would be lovely to hear this band. I hope I'm feeling well enough to go. Time will tell.

I hope you are better today. There is a lot of illness going around here in Florida too. Last night I heard about a bunch of people who have had unknown viruses, RSV and COVID recently.

Greetings all

What a difference a day makes! Woke up early to bright sun and feel much better than yesterday. Who knows why? Planetary alignment I guess.

Gallery duty tomorrow so I had things to do today. Significant grocery run. DH had lunch at a Mexican restaurant today so he brought some home. Yay for that.

Spent some time in the studio today and it was busy. We are going to raise our rates in the spring. Fuel costs have really gone up. We fire two huge gas kilns per week plus loads of electrics. Our bill can be $1800. It's up 30 or more percent from last year and it's not increased usage.

DD hope you are turning the corner and recovering. And that you can attend the music event. Chicken soup all around.

Gallery duty tomorrow. I split a shift with another person but she has covid so there will be a sub for her. I am grateful that she tested for her illness and is waiting for a negative test before returning. She feels pretty crappy.

We are watching How to Get Away with Murder series. It's interesting but the legal element of it is so far from reality it approaches being offensive to me. And I never did any criminal law.

Yeah Liz, before VSG I was never at a consistent weight. Always gaining or losing. Over and over. I remember some old study about prisoners being fed excess calories and most of them just burned them off. Whatever that gene is, I don't have it. Ice age. two crackers.

I am craving Thai soup. Not gonna happen.

Diane S

Late DH used to hate most series with lawyers too - he was always complaining that they were completely inaccurate. It really bugged him (and made it difficult for me to enjoy the show).

Hi all! Sorry so many are feeling poorly! I hope DianeO is feeling okay post surgery...

This morning I had my doctor's appointment. I just wanted a check up as it's been over a year and even then she didn't check much - just got history and ran bloodwork. This time they did bloodwork and took blood pressure (surprisingly was good, I was not expecting that), but they didn't weigh me or poke/prod/look at anything on me. So weird.

I did tell her I'd gained about 20 pounds since last October when I was last in. She's very sweet and bubbly, but was giving such basic nutrition and eating tips. Finally I said, I can write a book on losing weight, it's the doing it I struggle with. She had a young man who is a 4th year med student with her who was shadowing her, so I was embarrassed to ask about one of the shots. It felt like I was drug shopping. We'll see what my bloodwork says and maybe that is another opportunity to ask if my a1c is bad. I may just need to buckle down on my own.

Anyway, that was my day! The floor heating is still acting up after the $500+ fix, so they are sending the guy back on Monday. Snow expected Sunday and it's piddly compared to what they suggested a week ago. 3-5". Still might be enough to watch Kirby enjoy it.

I should go get started on dinner. I'm making salmon.

Take care!

These medications were developed to treat a medical condition and you have every reason and right to ask about it. Is there a bariatric doctor in the medical system you use? My DH's PCP referred him to the bariatric doctor in our system, and she evaluated him and prescribed Wegovy. She has a much better understanding about the complexities of weight loss. She also follows up with him every 3 months. I go to my WLS clinic, since we have a long standing relationship, and I like the extra knowledge they have about my sleeve.

And yeah for good blood pressure!

It's a good thought. I have a PPO, so not part of any group. I think I need to just ask her and if she said no, I could try another avenue? Or make another effort on my own.