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So much news popped up while away at work....
Kathryn, congrats on the scale! Our county fair starts next week and is actually a bigger deal than our state fair. Fairs bring back happy memories - I belonged to 4-H as a kid and while I didn't show animals, managed to win a few blue/red ribbons for baked goods and sewing.
Sara, how did it go at the doctors? And the pedicure?
Ali, welcome back! Your vacation sounds like heaven (and congrats on keeping your weight stable!). Glad to hear your Mom has progressed to rehab.
Dawn, so sad about the Yorkie and her owner. The poor pup must be terrified. How good of you to try to comfort it.
Annie, your new bedroom sounds beautiful! Definitely something we need to do. So sorry about the druggie neighbors; we had that problem in the neighborhood next to ours and fortunately that ended with arrests and foreclosure. If I remember correctly, it sounds like the parents of your neighbors are enabling....in happier news, good luck to your niece tomorrow!
Kathryn, Lana, Sara - your kind words are making me blush!
Waves to Missy, enichols, Samuels, Saltine and AlwaysB / and anyone else wondering by. Lana, I'm grabbing my lounge chair and dragging it over to you. Put in a good word for me with the Cboys.
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Good and better news about Yorkie... her owner will be coming home in a few days, so Yorkie will be going home soon..yay! And, I was able to pet her, fix her harness and walk her... she even let me pick her up and carry her inside! Everyone was so surprised...I told them, you just have to get on her level, be calm and patient...I'm not there tomorrow, so hope they can work with her...
I'm not sure about cysts that friend has...I'm hoping it's something they can remove and not cancerous...I decided last night, but forgot to mention, I am going to pass the Christmas Jar I received last year, to her...I had pretty much already decided that, right after I received it... this just makes me positive she's the one...I know she will greatly appreciate it... now, I just gotta finish the book... guess that means I should stop spending so much time online...hehe..
I truly feel like my belly just keeps getting bigger and bigger... I've cut down on soda..sweets have kinda won me over, lately..definitely need to get that under control, again...being incredibly discouraged1 -
Good evening,
Long day - a lot done. I think I read all posts.....
Pedicure /haircut good.
Dr. visit bp was under the #s that worry them. I am being suggested to get a colonoscopy to be on the safe side. I have never had one. I see a huge reward in my future - any ideas??
Oatmeal for dinner - had chicken/roast veg for lunch - will have hot cocoa after dinner.
Hope to stop by before lights out.1 -
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Sara - thank you for the pictures. Unfortunately, I am heavy on the "Keep thinking without acting". I have so much to do, and some things on the list are HUGE, like get a divorce. Ugh.
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Colonoscopies:
You'll need someone to bring you home.
The prep is the worst part. All that running to the bathroom.
For the actual procedure I was dead asleep, gone, out like a light, and I've had two in my life.
Bonus: I think I lost a couple pounds. LOL.
Also, while I have the soapbox:
Ladies - get those mammograms! ASK whether or not you have "dense breasts". If you do, insist on annual ultrasounds of your breasts; the mammograms will miss the cancer.
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Talked with former co worker that moved away... she shocked me with the news she's getting divorced...I loved her and her hubby... they seemed great together... she also shocked me with pics of herself.. wow! She was beautiful before... she is absolutely stunning, now... lost 20lbs and tanned... again..I'm discouraged... there is a possibility, she will be moving back... so, I am already hitting her up to be my walking/ jogging partner... we'll see what happens... but, she is the one that had me running around shelter building in the mornings... so, I know she would be a huge help to me...0
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One of the ladies I know online who knits is an endoscopy nurse and said I could ask her any question.....
Mammogram also on my "to do" list - I have had 1 month this past calendar year when I did not have a dental or dr apt. Wears me out. Next apt is 8/23 eye doctor. Keep plugging away.
Lana - wait until you are physically stronger to tackle the divorce if you can.
Window open cooler outside.
Cafe lunch tomorrow taking to go container for dinner......
Wishing all a good night.1 -
Happy Thursday -- or as my bus driver just said to me, "Happy Friday Eve."
Sara, like Lana, I'm a veteran of two colonoscopies and she is spot-on: the prep is the worst part! Because of the "twilight sleep" anesthesia they use, I felt really refreshed afterwards. One additional piece of advice that someone else gave me that helped immensely during the prep: Vaseline is your friend. Apply it to your *kitten* before and between eliminations and it will keep you from getting sore. (Apologies if this was TMI for folks first thing in the morning!).
Lana, your to-do list is heavier than most! The guidance around too much thinking before acting is probably more applicable to exercise...or laundry...than s major life change like divorce.
Sometimes taking your time is key especially when you need to build your endurance first. Sending energy your way.
Will peak in later. Waves to all - have a good day.
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THURSDAY
Good morning,
Window open, oatmeal done. New neighbor moved things in starting at 9pm, I am hoping for a little more sleep before work.
Tess - I had read that petroleum jelly was helpful in one of the readings I did online, nice to know it also helps with the prep.
Cafe today - to go box in lunch bag.
Lana - does your insurance cover counseling? Just wondering if talking about the recent events and upcoming events might help.
Need to scoot, will lurk from work - waves to all who follow.1 -
Interesting...this message board substituted "kitten" for the anatomically correct term I used!!! LOL. I appreciate the discretion but I don't think I'll look at my two kitties in quite the same way....
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Good morning Tess and Sara~~
Thank you for good advice. The divorce will definitely not be tackled until months from now, likely in 2018.
Poor kittens!
*waving at Cabana Boy for more coffee*
I'll be on the farthest lounger on the beach. Still have this darned head and chest cold!
Lana
242.0 today
250.0 highest
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Sara - forgot to say regarding counseling, that I have coverage, if the counsellor takes Aetna. However, at least here in NYC, they say the really good therapists don't take insurance, and the therapists that do are usually just starting out.
A small experiment pre-cancer verified that. I found therapist in my neighborhood who took my insurance, but I was getting "therapy-Lite". It wasn't challenging, and I skated through it really.
Then I got counseling from MSK. My psychiatrist is there permanently; there is the group support/therapy every Thursday, which is excellent.
I had had a one on one therapist there, but she graduated and left! She was extremely helpful for when DH up and left me and moved west.
Now I'm thinking I might hunt around the NYC Insight Meditation place and the Shambala Meditation place and see if I can find a Buddhist therapist. That would be most comfortable for me.
Insurance should cover 80% of reasonable and customary, if counselor is out of network. So if that ultimately covers half, that would be great.
Later, gators
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Hi all,
Well walking the dogs has not happened this week
really bummed with myself for not doing it. This feeling of disappointment when I don't do what I plan to do really gets me. It's not that I don't have time, I just don't make the time I will get better!
Have been doing the low/natural carb, higher fat & protein eating, last week I saw a good drop in the scale on Saturday -3 lbs (229) I was so happy to finally break through the 230's & into the 220's...only for it to go right back up by Monday a whole 6 lbs (235). Not sure if it was water weight...alcohol weight or the fact that I had spaghetti on Monday (dam carbs). I have since been hovering between 234 in the morning & 236 in the evening lbs for the last 2 days now & have been sticking to my new way of eating not perfectly, but no one is perfect. It looks like I have the maintenance eating down pat...hahaha, now just need to fine tune things to see a drop in the scale a bit more consistently & have to go back to not thinking about my morning workouts and just get up and do them! This worked in the past...It will work again...I just have to want it badly enough!
Arniedog, I really admire you working in a vet, I really don't think I could do that! As much as I love animals I would bring them all home with me so they didn't have to be euthanized, that just breaks my heart!
Have a great day!
**waves to all**
Saltine1 -
Just got back from getting mom settled at rehab. We're trying to cut back in visits as she's getting dependent on us to do everything it seems and I think if we're not always there she will progress faster as she'll want to leave. I told her she's just seeing us in the morning as I want to take the boy to a movie and swimming. I still need to get my dishwasher repaired and the lawn cut.
Can I have another vacation??2 -
Saltine- thank you...I really struggle at times... most of the ones I've seen, the animals were at the point, that the humans were selfish to have kept them alive any longer... doesn't make it any easier... but, more accepting
I understand the way you feel about bouncing up and down on the scale....I was 9lbs from goal and it just went right back up... it is so incredibly frustrating...I track every day, good or bad.. I'm getting in more steps, not enough...I have no one to blame but myself... and, I can't seem to figure out how to fix it
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Well, that didn't take long... finished "Christmas Jars" what a great, great story...as I read it, I kept thinking of my friend and how I believe she will make it a new tradition in her family, including her young children in the saving of change to fill the Christmas Jar...I'm hoping to start a jar for myself as well... it will be a great way to help with Christmas, as we usually struggle, terribly..I don't know that I've ever seen this book in a store (or it's sequels) but, if you come across it, you should put it on your reading list...I'm so thankful I received it and can't wait to pass it on...0
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Good evening,
Done for day, dog out in a bit. Blood I gave at dr came back okay.... referral is being processed..... blah blah blah. Coworker is willing to drive me to apt when it happens which she wont let me pay her for (she is taking time off work....) we shall see what gift she gets. Maybe yarn.... I inspired her to crochet.
Kittens - poor things what did they ever do?? Hehehehe - I would have understood "my friend down there".....
Twice this week I forgot to clock in at work, out of the ballpark behavior for me. Too much on my plate to think about - so will get my act together again.
Hot chocolate for dessert. Had leftovers from lunch.
Lets see- Lana glad to hear you have options available with support groups etc. - Ali glad you are keeping your visits short so that she can do what she needs to and you get some time for yourself. Saltine, sounds like you have a plan that works - one day at a time.
Okay dog out, snoring soon under Lana's Palm Tree.1 -
Missy - Thank you for the nice photo!
I wish I could have gone with you on that hike. Love hiking; love paths. What is it about paths in the woods?
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Thursday
Checking in late. Today was a vacation day. Spent it at a local county fair watching my niece compete in 4-H horseback riding competition events. She will be a senior in high school this year so not sure how much longer she will ride. We surprised her by attending! It was nice to spend the day with my sister. I had my two younger kids along as well.
Faced the scale this morning. Not as bad as feared but it was 160.0, which puts me in a decade I didn't want to see again. Today did not help eating "fair food" but tomorrow will get back to tracking everything. My sister inspired me with losing 6 lbs and some inches in the last month by simply watching her calories and getting her protein in. She is also doing weight training 3 times per week. I am limited there with my back issues, but I certainly can count my calories, add in protein shakes to hit that target, and do what training I am able to do using our TRX system.
Neighbors at it again tonight. She's screaming at him about how he cheats on her and he's leaving to go to his *kitten*. She wants him to "go away from her" but yet all I can think is "you live at HIS house, maybe you should leave." Makes me go online to look at houses again...
Tomorrow is another vacation day. No plans. Probably get groceries and do laundry. Saturday is the same. We were supposed to go camping but weather is rainy and we decided we weren't up for camping in a tent in the rain. Sunday we are going school clothes shopping with Grandma!
Putting my feet up and finishing my bad eating day with some ice cream and a hard lemonade.
Good evening!
Annie
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one more "kitten"..... hmmm made me laugh.
Missy - nice picture thank you and good for you for hiking.
Wishing all a good night.2 -
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Kittens again! That's what I love about this group...started the day talking "kittens" in colonoscopy prep and finish with pics of dancing kittens (while my own kitty is having the night crazies instead of calming down to go to sleep).
Thank you for the smile, Sara. Needing that after a too-long day at work and a delicious but diet-busting and guilt-inducing dinner of steak-and-cheese sub and ice cream. Gulp. Tomorrow is indeed Friday, and another day to try again.
TGIF all.
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FRIDAY
Good morning!
Remembered I left a serving of chicken /roast veg in my bento box to take to work to try - 2 things- saves money in that I dont buy another cafe lunch and I use up the food I make. Luckily brain is working this morning.
Not uncommon for people to work in the SF bay area and commute to the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - best of both worlds better pay and lower rents.... neighbors up early ( I also heard baby crying a little). Will have to make sure to keep my sleep schedule.
Oatmeal almost done. Beautiful cool air this morning.
Wave to all who follow - TGIF!!2 -
Happy Friday!
Thinking of Dawn this morning as we wrangle my MIL's cat for his annual vet visit. He's a sweet cat, just had an early tramatic vet experience and doesn't trust my husband or the cat carrier, so it takes some work and subterfuge to get him in the box.
Overcast in DC but with low humidity so far so that's a win!
BBL
Tess1 -
This is my 86 year old Day who is visiting me in RI. I'm so thankful that he's here but the regional food favorites he likes to have are killing my diet ! Still I lost again this week but it's truly only the MFP community that has been keeping me on track ( & hitting it hard at the gym ) . He leaves Tuesday & it's really back to clean eating ! I've forgotten what a vegetable looks like it seems4 -
Hi Ladies~~
Yep, I just tried it: if you type in an offensive word, it comes out *kittens*. Maybe I can get myself to just use "kittens" and curtail some of my "stagehand words", as a colleague's little girl calls them.
The head cold and cough is hanging on, but with a headache that is tenacious, which is really painful when I have to cough. I can breathe through my nose. I don't understand this one.
Time for brunch.
Lana1 -
Wow! miss a day, miss a lot!
Did not make it to state fair yesterday. Woke up in wee hours with a migraine. Took 4 doses of meds to get pain down to a dull roar and still had to wear sunglasses inside the house. Did not even get in to work Thursday. Feel better this morning but still feel like i have all of a bad hangover without any of the fun of the night before. I refuse to give in and take the daily migraine preventative because of side effects but if these migraines keep coming more frequently and closer together, i may have no choice.
am at work in a dark office trying to focus on work instead of headache.
Sara - i have never had a colonoscopy (yet) but DH and DD both have. Both said they prep was not as bad as they had been led to believe. Hopefully, you will have an experience like theirs!
I have had more than my share of mammograms. I do have very dense tissue. Since age 21, have had 6 lumps and a set of lymph nodes removed. thank goodness all benign. But I have mammograms every 6 months. hospital now has a a 3D mammogram which is recommended for dense breast tissue. my insurance wont pay for 3D so I have to pay what they wont, about $124.
Lana - just throwing this out there - i started seeing a great therapist a few years back. at first i was paying out of pocket but she did not want to let us go without therapy so she applied and was accepted as a provider on our insurance. that was a great thing for her to do for us! if you can find one who works well with you, perhaps that is something they could consider.
Dawn - amazing job with Yorkie. so glad she gets to go home!
Ali - smart thinking regarding your mom. i hope she gets back up and around soon.
*waves to all who drop in*
*dropping into hammock to rest in the shade*0
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