Can't believe I haven't written here. I just had a weird day yesterday. I wasn't hungry yesterday and only ate soup with no breakfast. I did have some Graham Crackers and a protein shake yesterday evening. Weight this morning is down .4 lbs to 172.2 lbs.

Not much else going on here. I hope as this pain medicine leaves my system that my attitude will get better. I just haven't felt like doing much at all. I don't like the way they make me feel.

Carol Sue I bet your hair looks really good. I used to have my hair highlighted when I was younger. I seem to have my own natural highlights that my hairdresser loves.

Hope everybody has a good day.

Weight this morning was 172.4 lbs. Still bouncing around. I tried switching to making my 2 meals at 3 pm and ate a snack 3 hrs later. It really didn't hurt my weight or bp, but FBG was 113 and that was after potty issues. So maybe it did affect the weight.

This morning, I wasn't hungry again, so ate only half a grapefruit and later 1 kiwi and drank 2 c coffee 1 with collagen and used protein shake in both cups. We are having salmon for dinner today and I'll have 2 veggies with that.

Hope everyone has a nice day.

What a,day. we have been tovthe ER twice. This morning DH tolld me he had to urinate but nothing eill come out. Lots of belly pain. We went to the ER. They said he had a blocked urethera. They inserted a catheter and that emptied his bladder and CD eased the pain. They gave him a leg bag and referred him to a urologist to diagnose the blockage. After he came home he developed a lot of blood in the urine and pain in his penis. We went back and they inserted air into the cathrter to ease the pain. and told him the blood in the urine was normal and would stop. His urine is now clear but the pain in his penis continues. I dont think either of us will sleep tonight. Hes in pain and I am worried. His older brother who passed away had this too.


DH and I both really like my hair. This is how my hair was when we started dating.

I did not get weighed this morning in all the confusion.

Scale is down to 181.2. Down 1.2 since Thursday.
Thats good. Today I take the 3 rd shot. I think it has been helping decrease my appetite and hunger but Ive still been overeating because I tend to eat when DH wants to eat. Before DH i was 137. I ate according to my hunger, no one elses.

We slept last night even though DH still has pain. But I think the pain is less. That poor man. I would not wish this on any man.

Carol Sue I am so sorry your DH is having such a hard time and in so much pain. I pray they will be find the answer and help him to get well.

Congratulations on the weight loss. You have worked hard to get there.

I'm not gaining or losing but I am having a lot of potty issues and I think it is the fruit and sugar alcohols that are in some of the foods I buy even my diet yogurt. DH wants me to throw it all out and quit using them. I have used Stevia for a long time and learned that not all Stevia is pure some brands add things to it so I'm trying to find a pure Stevia with nothing added. The one I have right now has dextrose in it.

I also lost weight by eating what I wanted only when I was hungry pretty much the Intuitive Eating woe... when hungry eat and eat only as much as you need to be satisfied and stop eating. DH is going to the store today and I'm going to go back to eating like I did when I was thin. Intuitively eating, but no Diet foods any more. Also I'm not tracking anymore because I end up eating just to get to 1000 calories. I read in IE book that when you eat when not hungry is when you just overate. I think that is what happens to you Carol when you eat when DH eats. I will eat the foods I like and trust the Good Lord to take care of the rest of it.

Prayers coming your way.

Have a good day everybody.

We ended up back at the ER and were there most of the day. A man took care of him this time and did a good job. They flushed it out with lots of saline. Then removed the first catheter and put in a new one. A female nurse was working with him and hinted that the wrong catheter was used the first time but they would never say a mistake was made. It all seems to be better now. But this isnt the end. He has to go to a Urologist to find out why he couldnt urinate to begin with. I fear that its prostate. That could be a worse problem. But im not telling him that. He is,depressed, saying, hes going to die, hes going to have the catheter til he dies. He needs to be more optomistic. I was not there when they did all these things tobhim. I left to go to the restroom. The door locks and I could not get back into the ER. After they were finished the girl came out to the waiting room to get me. I went back in and he told me all that they did. Im glad I wasnt there to see all that because I know how he reacts to things. The worst part is we have a $125 copay for ER. We went 3 times so we owe $375. We are charged for each visit even though it was because it wasnt done right the first time. Plus we will find out if insurance is going to pay for all 3 visits.

I was there alone. His kids are no help. They wait at home for a call to tell them whats going on. My friend was texting with me the whole time, very helpful, like I had someone there for support. He seems like a good hearted person and is very kind to me.

I havecto get dressed and go to the store for some things. I took the Mounjaro shot yesterday and Im not really very hungry.

I didnt get weighed yet, Ill do that now.

Up .2 to 181.4. Not great but acceptable.

Carol Sue I am so sorry your DH had to the ER. I hope they got things straightened out for him and I pray his trip to the Urologist tests will give y'all good news for him that he can recover from the situation. I know it is scary at least at our age. I am equally sorry that his kids don't take better interest. It's just the way kids are these days. We went to the hospital everyday with our parents and when DH#2 was living, when we didn't live around family, I was alone waiting for results even when he had surgeries., However, when his DM and step-dad moved close to us she was always there with me. Of course, our kids were to young in school or with babysitters.

I was shocked when I married DH and moved to FL, his DD was with me in ER, but I was surprised they didn't come to the hospital once he was admitted. They never came to visit him in the hospital but maybe once when they lived with us and he was in the hospital. They have always waited to see what we found out. We were with her every time she in the hospital and when our DGD had surgery we didn't leave their side/ Took them to the hospital and stayed with them and brought them home. For some reason, young people just don't think like we do. I'm glad your friend was able to support you through this.

Weight still 172.4 lbs and FBG was 102. I am enjoying the way I'm eating. Not sure it would ever be considered a diet, but it is the way oncology suggested I eat. Eat what I want but protein is important. That is plus a combo of IE/IF woe that I am following.

Prayers continue for y'all Carol Sue.

Have a good day.

Thim a k you for the prayers. All is well so far today

I want to know what you are eating. You said no diet food. What do you consider diet foods? My best woe for locsing is protein and veggies.

Your welcome on the prayers.

I'm eating carbs. I still eat bacon and eggs, but I l can't eat multigrain foods any more not and have to be very careful with sugar alcohols. They cause me terrible stomach issues. So I just eat regular starches. I had DH get me some regular Eggo waffles because I can't eat the multigrain waffles. I was in a hurry this morning so I took 2 of the waffles and used it to make a plain ham sandwich. I didn't have time to cook eggs since I was late calling my son for our Sunday phone visit. I had that and a cup of my collagen coffee for brunch. DH and I had BLTs and a small serving of airfryer fries. The strange thing is that I'm eating less and finding that I am satisfied. Tomorrow we will have pork chops and salad for dinner. No more eating loads of foods. I like ice cream and DH got Carb Smart because that what I used to eat, but I decided that is good because I only can eat a scoop to avoid potty issues from the sugar alcohols. So that is the only diet food I'm eating. I save the ice cream to finish my day because I no longer want to eat any resemblance of a dessert with a meal ever again because I think that is a bad habit I learned to do from DH#2s aunt. So that is what I mean by no more diet foods.

i forgot to weigh this morning and Im already dressed and ate toast and coffee. DHs son is coming today so I had to get dressed early.

Today I have to call and make 2 appointments for DH. A PCP appointment and Urologist. I am concerned that something might happen to his bag and we dont have a replacement. They can be ordered from Amazon but they show so many different ones. I dont know if they are interchangeable and have no one to ask. They offered to give him a big bag for overnight but he refused. So now I have to wake him up to see if the bag is full and needs emptied.

Carol Sue I pray you can get DH appointments quickly and get the help that you need. I don't know who your insurance is with, but ours has a service where a nurse will come in and check on you and they might could help you with those things even to where Medicare might provide those items he may need. I don't really know what all they do. They call me all the time, but since I see a doctor or Nurse Practitioner every 3 weeks I don't even take their calls anymore. I told them when I need them I will call them.

Weight this morning was up 1 lb but not unusual when you change woe plus yesterday was a little more carby than I will normally eat. However, FBG was 100 and bp is awesome since I got the better bp meter. Don't use wrist ones anymore.
I had my eggs, bacon, sl toast and collagen coffee for a late breakfast. If I hadn't cooked my bacon ahead of time I wouldn't have eaten it that late. I won't go into detail, but DH kids are having a lot of problems. His son called a few weeks ago and his 27 yr old son started chemo last Thursday. Then last Friday we got text from his daughter and the guy who owned their house decided to sell and they were evicted. Then this morning she had an incident at work and is under investigation. The patient has dementia and no signs the incident happened but it was reported so she has to go through that. Even the wife who reported it didn't believe it happened. I'm sure when it goes through process, she will go back to work but this is a bad time for it to be happening.

I tell you people are going through so many crazy things at this time. So many people to pray for.

Nothing new here today. Doing the 24 hr urine test to turn in tomorrow when I go to lab and get CT Scan.

Carol Sue I hope your DH is feeling better and you get good doctors to help get him over this illness. Prayers continue for y'all.

This morning my scale wouldnt register anything so we are charging it. it usually gives crazy numbers before going totally dead. I also checked blood sugar yesterday for the first time in a while. I want to go back to checking regularly and getthat back under control. I take the last of 4 shots of Mounjaro on Saturday and from what I see its not doing anything except decreasing hunger. Unfortunately Im still eating too much because I never really learned to eat to my hunger, I still overeat.

Scale is down .6 to 181.8. It seems better that I am forgetting to weigh so Im weighing every few days instead of every day. Normally I want to weigh every day but the losses are smaller.

Blood sugar was 201. I know thats high but normal for me.

DH wants to go to the casino today but wants to go in the afternoon instead of evening. That tells me he is feeling better. But his symptoms are still poor. His urine is clear now for the second day. It was clear on Saturday but got bloody again. Hopefully it stays clear this time. He gets some pain, too now and then but not as bad as before. He thinks the pain is caused by the tubing pulling on his penis. One time he forgot to close the drain on the bag after he emptied it and the urine went straight thru and was all over the front of his pants. I hope nothing happens,at the casino, but it is less than a mile from the hospital. I think that its good that he wants to go.

Carol Sue at the rate we are going you and I will weigh the same. My weight is 174 since I stopped tracking to eat get to 1000 calories and doing more of an IE woe. I don't get hungry and when I do a small snack to take the edge off. I end up with one main meal, some times breakfast or a snack and sometimes an evening snack. I've cut back a lot on what I'm eating. FBG seems to stay under 110 with a once in a while below 100 reading. My bp is always normal so that is a real blessing.

May go back to tracking tomorrow just to see how much I am eating. Will see. I remember a woman on WW who stalled for 1 yr and then weight started coming off. I don't know how much of my treatment contributes to this.

Your DH wanting to go to the casino sounds like he is not only feeling better, but doesn't want to give up on living. I think that is good. I pray all goes well for him when y'all go.

I'm headed out soon for my lab and scan. Then we will go to local store but I never go in after drinking all that liquid and the IV contrast for the scan. So I will read while he is in the store. LJS is on the menu today, but I'm fasting this morning so I'll be hungry by then.

Have a good day everyone.