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Well, today is my all liquid diet day before surgery. Guess who showed up 3 days early.. TOM! ack! I so so so hate TOM. The only good thing is that I'm never very hungry when he shows up.
Parents are stuck in NC under 10 inches of ice and snow. Little sis is taking me to hospital tomorrow. I'll know what time surgery is fairly soon. The OR scheduling nurse should call me any moment. I have GGG's (carol's) number and will text her as soon as am able.
The house isn't totally "Mom Clean" but close enough. I have more instruction lists printed out for them covering the frig and if that wasn't enough, I have sticky notes everywhere.
We got 6-7 inches of snow, but it was powdered sugar type and easy to shovel. The walkways are all clear and salted and the roads are all clear here too.
I had a dream last night that my surgeon only did surgeries at night and I had to wait longer and longer.. ugh! lol. Other than weirdo dreams, I'm doing pretty good with nerves.
Hello..thought I'd drop in and leave a post, since I don't think I have yet...I mostly lurk here at 300+ since I joined last month. I post more regular on a thread about the Go Wear Fit, that is my tool for losing weight...so far so good :-) and I post on a thread about the Biggest Loser.
This site had been such a motivation for me...I'm so glad I found it!
Your comment about "Mom Clean" brought back a funny memory for me. Several years ago I had occasionally been getting horrible stomach aches. Didn't really think much about it until one morning the pain just kept getting worse and worse. After several hours and being nearly doubled over in pain I called my roommate to drive me to the hospital. Turns out I had been passing gall stones and had to be hospitalized as the last one that dropped blocked the pancreas' duct and caused pancreatitis. I was to be in the hospital for 4 days before they could operate to remove my gall bladder then 1 day for recovery then I could go home. Mom flew out on the wednesday to be with me during the hospital stay and then for most of the week afterwards while I was recovering. Unfortunately, my room and bathroom in the apartment were very very far from being what would be considered "mom clean". I had dirty clothes everywhere, the bathroom was in need of cleaning, it was really pretty ugly. Fortunately, being my mom, she looked around, shook her head once or twice then accepted it. If I'd have known I was going to be in the hospital for so long, or how sick I was I would definitely have cleaned up ahead of time
Actually, the last time I went to the ER I went in for chest discomfort, being afraid of a repeat of the same situation I actually did straighten up the apartment before heading in. Thankfully it was all a false alarm and I just had GERD, but at least while I was in the ER waiting I knew that I could have other people in the apartment and not be worried about it if it came to that.
Best of luck on your surgery! Hope it all goes well, and you have a smooth recovery.
Catherine, take care of your nose, no peeling faces back allowed! Why is it they invent really gross procedures then tell us it is the only option?
So far, so good this week. My first week in forever that has been a good day every day. I do need some exercise though. Off to the chiropractor, see you later.
Hi everyone!! I hope ya'll don't mind me joining yall Just reading everything and seeing everyone's success has really put me back to where I need to be with motivation for weightloss! I've been successful before and I just need this to be the last time I start again lol. I really want success, like I want to be able to say that I lost it and kept it off. Hope ya'll are having a great Monday! I have my first official weigh in tomorrow! Send me skinny vibes lol. Oh I will say that when I weighed though to start this I realized I had lost 20 lbs since the last time I weighed lol. So that was pretty exciting
Been super sick latey but wanted to stop in and say Blessings to Rat tomorrow for your surgery. I am thrilled for you doll.
Hugs to all of you. I have an appointment hopefully a scope tomorrow to see what the heck is going on in my tummy to cause so much pain. I'll be back to be with you all when I am feeling better.
Hiya and welcome Shawna and Sonanners!! Thank you for the well-wishes. Parents got here before the weather. yay!
Annie, sorry you are feeling ill. Scoping isn't that big of a deal especially if they knock you out hehe. Please feel better soon and thank you for the good luck.
This is shaping up to be a good week. I broke through my plateau and lost 2.5 pounds this week. Thank God! I purchased a GoWear Fit late last week since I didn't know if I would break the plateau or not and was getting frustrated. It is just like the BodyBugg that they wear on The Biggest Loser. I am loving it so far. In 2 days I realized that I am not eating enough calories to support my calorie burn.
RK -> Hope surgery goes smoothly and I wish you all the best in this venture.
Welcome to some new peeps. I don't post as often as I would like but I do step in and get quick reads in. This is a great place with a lot of support and information.
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