Happy 80th Birthday Carol Sue. Glad you cooked what you wanted.

I didn't weigh this morning either. I don't like not weighing but it was cold and I just wanted to get dressed and get settled in the living room. I wanted DH to sleep but our heat punp was making noise so he got up and has been babying it all day. He isn't sure if it is doing what it is doing or not.

I never had the really low/crash I usually have on day 4 of treatment. FBG was 131 so that isn't so bad under the circumstances. We are supposed to have freezing rain tonight and then just cold after that no more rain or sleet for us.

I got a call from baby sister and her DH is in the hospital and has Congestive Heart Failure. They have always eat pretty healthy or at least she does. You just never know.

Trish, I am really wanting to talk with my cardiologist to ask if I still have CHF. He said the valve procedure I had could have corrected it. I dont think thecway youveat has anything to do with it.

I didnt weigh this morning. i didnt sleep well. We dont have a lot of snow yet. About
1 inch and it is still snowing very lightly.

Nothing much changed here weight seems to rock between 175 -176. FBG in 130s. Fluid coming off very slowly.

Woke up to splotches of snow mostly on streets and sidewalks. Temperature 17 this morning. Hi here will be 25. By Tuesday or Wednesday it will still be cold but above freezing.

Happy Birthday Carol!! Hope the heart valve replacement corrected the CHF!!

Weight this morning 175 lb and FBG 132. I hope this means the fluid is starting to move out. Tomorrow will be a week after infusion so hopefully things will start getting back to normal.

Got up to 22 degrees and high is supposed to be 30. Sun is shining so maybe some of the snow/ice will melt away.

Hope everyone is staying warm and safe.

Thank you for the birthday wishes. I dont feel older..But the birth csertificate doesnt lie it

I didnt get on the scale again. Maybe tomorrow. This weight loss plan isnt working at all.

i used my CPap last night and it didnt help. I still dont feel great. This morning I put some Vicks on the edge of my nostrils and I can breathe better. DH thinks the weather is,causing this and not my heart.

Our snow is not going to melt because its going to stay cold One neighbor has a snow blower but its small. DH got out his big one and let the neighbor use it. It madw a big difference and all the neighbors driveways are clear now.

Scale today 180.4. last time i weighed it wwas 181 but I dont know .the tenths. im jud
st glad its down.

we were supposed to go to the casino but I didnt feel good and he wouldnt go alone. i dont know why. So i guess we will go Friday.

Im so eccited. for one thing I feel so much better than I did yesterday, breathing better, etc, and the scale plummeted. I was shocked to see 178.8 after 180.4 yesterday. Today is my weigh in day so I will continue on my diet.

Trish, Im worried that you are back in the hospital. I hope you are okay.

Im starting to wonder if whatever was wrong with me effected my weight. Maybe I was retaining fluid and thats why I felt so bad. I did pee more than usual overnight. i hope whatever it was is finally gone without the ER. It feels so good.

DH wants to go to the casino today since we didnt go yesterday. THAT will eliminate Friday.

It is still very cold here.

I want to talk about chili. I read that Texas chili has no beans or tomatoes. Our chili is called Yankee chili because it has beans and tomatoes, along with the meat and chilis and spices. The only chili here that has no beans is for chili dogs. Idf you order chili in any restaurant here it has beans. Either Kidney beans or Pinto beans. My mother used to smash the beans with a fork and the bean curd would thicken the chili, so I do that too.

Carol Sue DH#2 and I made chili from scratch and we always used beans and tomatoes. Daddy made it with beans and tomatoes and one of his DGS would only eat the chili Daddy made. Not sure what the difference was in Daddy's and ours. DH#3 does nothing from scratch. I think that is why I hold fluid so easily now that I'm married to him. You can't control the sodium that comes out of a can and I could never get him to understand.

I'm still dealing with the fluid retention and constipation. I talked to the nurse from care team but there isn't anything new for me to do. I just hope DH isn't adding sodium to my food when he cooks.

Trish, DH prefers canned chili to my homemade but he does like it with beans and tomatoes. I do not like canned.

Today the scale says 174.8. I was up to urinate about 8 times overnight and I have terrible foot and leg cramps. I think I accidently put Lasix in my pill box. I have to check and get it out of there if I did. I take Magnesium at bedtime and used my Theraworx on my foot but the pain persists.

We did not win at the casino yesterday. Maybe he will stop going. He was very disappointed.

Akll this talk about Chili makes me want to make it. This cold weather warrents it.

Carol Sue one of the nice things about cold weather is chili and soup are good things to eat. I will be glad when I will feel like cooking again. Canned vegetable soup just isn't the same as homemade. The only reason I don't complain is that nothing tastes right to me. I am making myself eat because I need to eat. I found out all the protein shakes I drink or was recommended by doctors are not good quality. I ordered one of the whey protein powders that is supposed to be a better quality and recommended. DH mixed it in milk and I drank it this morning.

I haven't weighed or even checked bp and fbg in past few days. Just didn't have energy. However, constipation has finally been released. Hopefully that will help me start feeling energetic again.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Trish, I used to buy the Whey protein but I mixed it with half milk half water which was lower calorie than all milk. Then I started buying the premixed shakes.

Today I went to renew my drivers license, get the picture taken. That went well. No one was there, no waiting. Then we went to Home Depot to look at dryers. If I order online from Lowes their delivery date is sooner. DH said he will install it himself which is very scary to me, but hes done it a couple times before.

Im glad to hear you are no longer constipated. Once you start to feel better you should start eating better.

We always have canned soup in the house, mostly chicken noodle but I only eat it if Im
sick. The only soup I make is vegetable beef soup. DH said my chicken noodle soup is like dirty dish water.

Im a little disheartened tht my weight is going to go backup since im not taking Lasix. The cramps in my foot finally went away and i dont want them back.

BBL.

Weight 174.4 lbs. Not sure I will weigh everyday for a while as it is such a struggle to do so. FBG 160 this morning. Not sure why as we had breakfast for dinner yesterday. BP is the one thing that is good these days.

The nurse called me yesterday and said that the doctor seems to think that protein is key to the swelling going down. So I guess I need to work on that more.

Carol Sue I plan to try to work the why protein in to my eating by drinking coffee again and add a scoop in it.

Have a good day everyone.