Friday, March 22, 2024

I slept through the night in my recliner like the dead and woke up without pain. I did take a painkiller again this morning but am going to try cold therapy today and cut down the painkiller to see if I can shift over.

i bet my weight is up though my intake is down. Not much room right now since it has been 3 days since I have had a solid bathroom trip (sorry, TMI).

I realized as I typed the date that today is the 19th anniversary of eldest DD's death. It was a similar sunny day. My next DD down (step DD technically) is here from New Jersey (staying at SILs while SIL is away). She came over for pot roast last night. Nice visit though I fell asleep after dinner.

My left hand is tired of typing so have a fine Friday!

Can you use the microphone to type? I do that when I can't type.

Such cramps today. Very unlike me. Blaaah.

Scale was back about to the other day, so this may be a low loss week. I'm probably due.

It's sunny and in the high 60s today. I may sit outside.

Kirby had school yesterday. Again she was super chatty. The time it takes her to tell a totally irrelevant story is astounding. But Kirby gets out of the house and gets to see people at Petsmart. And at least he's learned to be patient and lay down while adults are doing nothing.

Not sure what I'll do today. I may just lay low around here and do a little cleaning.

Take care all!

Thinking of you Liz, and all the years you have been without your beautiful Elise. Cancer is such a thief.

CC, do you have menstrual cramps? Back when I had a uterus, big Weight loss triggered a lot of period pain. One theory is estrogen is stored in fat, and when you burn a lot of fat, you get a hormone dump that messes with your cycle.

We got the Thursday night snow, as predicted. Round two is on it's way, and is predicted to be a much bigger storm, starting Sunday morning. We are all hoping for a snow day on Monday. Oh please, oh please.

Finally got some good news at work. It appears they will add back one teaching position next year that they cut from our department this year. If they do, my caseload could drop to 18 or 19. We shall see.

Tonight we are going to see a Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta. Tomorrow we have a birthday party. I have brunch plans on Sunday. The weather is calm right now. Sunday morning could be dicey.

Small dip in weight. I am sipping a Fairlife protein shake as I write. The shakes are pretty tasty, but I have zero interest in drinking one. I have to make myself drink it, like medicine. At least they are not gaggy like every other shake I've tried!

I just had some Fairlife Protein- couldn't get much down right now.

Yes! I rarely have any cramps and if I do it's at the end. This was at the start and pretty uncomfortable.

Greetings all

The sun is out now after pouring rain earlier. I drove DH to the dentist for a tooth extraction. This dentist is from San Fran and comes up periodically to do extra work since there are not enough providers here. Seemed to go fine and DH liked the dentist. Home now with a couple of prescriptions. But no chicken soup! He has to eat stuff that is cold and soft. Sounds like Dairy Queen to me except we don't have any. He has some ice cream bars so that will do.

CC that is so hilarious about Kirby and the vacuum cleaner. What is he thinking? Hope you feel better soon. At least the puppy class gets him out. Do bad you have a windbag for an instructor.

Liz just as well that you are napping. Glad the night went ok and that you had some company. Ice soon? Thinking of you on this sad anniversary.

DD hoping for a snow day for you plus another teacher there. Enjoy the show.

So no chicken soup leaves me with options for dinner. Shrimp or chicken. Maybe I will make myself a stir fry.

I feel like napping but all the muddy couch covers need washing. I feel like Mrs. Tiggywinkle the washer woman.

dianes

I am super impressed that Liz started us off today! Good for you! I'm so glad you slept and awakened without pain. Don't transition off the pain meds too quickly, though. Research has shown that healing slows significantly when the body is dealing with pain. That's one of the very good reasons to keep on top of the pain. People with less pain have a much faster recovery. Just call me Dr. Pillpusher!

Liz, the posted photos of Elise today sparked me to learn more about what parents go through when a child is lost. I read an article written by a woman who lost her eldest child, as well. She explained the emotional side of the loss so well because she focused on the 5 things she discovered surviving parents need: remembering the child openly, surviving parents can not be fixed and don't need fixing, birthdays and death anniversaries are significant and the parent might need a "time out" those days, the loss of a child permeates every aspect of your life moving forward, and lastly, that it's okay for us to be uncomfortable with a parent's loss. I really am in awe of your strength and the way you celebrate Elise's memory and keep her alive in that way.

I am at a dog show in a little podunk town called Corning. The show is being sponsored by an "Indian" Casino, as they get called around here. Because it is reservation land, this was also the first dog show venue in CA in late 2020 or early 2021 after the great shut down of Covid. Reservations are not obligated to follow federal guidelines, so 2000 dog show folks descended upon this tiny venue and it was chaos! At one point the club shut the show down until people cleared the building. We did have a good time, though. LOL!

Yesterday my compound dose went up to the next level. I gave myself the shot around 3:30 pm and by this morning absolutely no hunger or interest in food. No gut issues.... Fingers crossed. The only thing I noticed today was that I was a little bit "burpy". I am going to have to eat something soon, but I'm not really hungry or really interested in eating.

For years I have joked about wanting a magic pill to help me lose weight. Well, the semaglutide may not be a pill, but there is something quite magical about the way it works!

Thank you for your interest and concern. Yes, we are changed forever at the loss of a child. Yesterday also brought back some more difficult memories of what Elise went through during her 18 months of treatment, likely because I was not feeling too well. She was so incredibly brave and stoic.

Hey Peps, we had a car breakdown years ago at Corning. Everyone in the town was super nice. Restaurant workers helped jump the car, tow truck driver found us a mechanic open at night, got us and dogs to a motel near mechanic, motel did not charge us for extra half day, a million super nice things when it could have been a disaster. Hope you are winning! Isn't Corning famous for olives? DS

Yup, it's the Olive capital of something or other.....