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How did it go Laurie?
Are you already home?2 -
Today is precooking.
Fry pork sausage for a quichecake (sausage/onion/spinach)
Fry ground lamb for a quichecake (gyro)
Fry Italian sausage and ground turkey together for later pizza deployment.
Make the sausage/onion/spinach quichecake and freeze.
Make the gyro quichecake and freeze.
Make four personal pizzas for myself. (Sausage, onion, mushroom, green pepper) and freeze.
Make rice pilaf and package up in 2 ounce portions and freeze.
Make white rice and package up in 2 ounce portions and freeze.
Plus making patty melts for lunch and tacos (hard and soft) for dinner.3 -
Wow cooking storm.
Yeah Laurie! Heal well 👍1 -
This is a generic "this happened to me, it could happen to you" for the "weight" files.
This past week I am probably cumulatively over sufficiently to account for a full lb of weight gain (+3800 to +4000 Cal) due to a combination of relative inactivity together with insufficiently reduced caloric consumption.
Corroborating this is:
-- tummy skin rolls no longer very squishy but rather have some "grab heft"
-- current belt notch is NOT the one that is most worn out
-- resting heart rate from Fitbit is in what I would call the slow weight gain range
... and yet weight today was down a full 2lbs compared to previous days.
Explanation?
probably reduced volume of food due to relatively less veggies the past couple of days and definitely a weight drop from general retained water levels due to precipitous reduction in walking activity (to around 25% to 33% of normal) PLUS a drop of some water from around the knee as it is starting to feel better and regain the range of motion--just because it didn't visibly swell up to double does not mean that there wasn't SOME water retention taking place!2 -
....tummy skin rolls no longer very squishy but rather have some "grab heft"
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you killed me with this
broke down today ahd picked up some tylenol ones...hwlped a bit...but i lost my glasses ... lol ... 4 hours later wandering around in purple velvet pajamas and sun glasses
washing this round down with whiskey and tea ...
im working my way up to hydromorphone...going to fill that prescription tomorrow
hurts way more than i expected
good thing is that for the first time in my life i really dont want to eat .5 -
Laurier this doesn't sound fun at all. 9 hope it all goes well, to plan, and as fast as possible!👍3
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I hope the pain meds take the edge off Laurie. Heal fast!4
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Laurie, take your meds but not with whiskey!….pain pills are for exactly that….pain!…and take them before you start hurting….the idea is to control the pain!….I hope you feel better!3
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How is John, @conniewilkins56? Is he healing well?
And @Lauriekallis, how are you doing? Has the pain eased a little?1 -
lol...they werent touching!!!conniewilkins56 wrote: »...take your meds but not with whiskey!…
Thank you, All.
I think the cloud might be lifting. slept almost 4 hours last night
woke up feeling like a million bucks. im blessed with so many good friends doing so many little (and big) things for me. 
Even Laine is doing her part. she jumped out of bed in the middle of the night and I listened to her throwing up out in the hallway...but it had taken so long to make my comfortable spot that I just couldnt do anything about it. A few minutes later i heard her eat it all back up. Way to go my little girl. save momma the trickiest part of the one-handed clean up. could barely see it on the runner this morning. dropped a sock there as a marker ... will deal with that later 
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typing still feels really onerous. left hand is trying...but
...it is still learning the roles of the right and feeling a bit overtaxed. So, mostly Im leaving you all hugs everwhere 
and here is a kiss to seal the deal. (those freakin' drugs ease the pain...but what a messy soppy marsh my mind is 5 -
Glad you are feeling better, Laurie….
John is still healing but so much constant pressure off of his spine….it’s been two weeks since surgery….so happy with the results so far….his voice is even sounding better and he is walking without a cane!4 -
Glad to hear everyone is on the road to recovery. Hope PAV’s knee gets better too. Patience sure is hard when you’re hurting.3
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »John is still healing but so much constant pressure off of his spine….it’s been two weeks since surgery….so happy with the results so far….his voice is even sounding better and he is walking without a cane!
great to read this - was thinking of you both this past week with my new pain understanding.
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lauriekallis wrote: »conniewilkins56 wrote: »John is still healing but so much constant pressure off of his spine….it’s been two weeks since surgery….so happy with the results so far….his voice is even sounding better and he is walking without a cane!
great to read this - was thinking of you both this past week with my new pain understanding.
Not using my arm was worse than not using my knee!…I hope you keep getting better!….therapy will help!2 -
im tolerating lack of use so far....but this is the most intense bout of pain ive ever experienced...knee surgery was a walk in the park by comparison ... lol... today it seems to be changing. Finally ate a meal (in the middle of the night last night ... lol ). It's all been a bit nightmarish
but it feels like im nearing the end of the tunnel 5 -
Glad you and John are both on the mend. Knee better can go up stairs not down comfy yet. More walking than hobbling, taking it easy3
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Ill send a littlr prayer to the knee gods for yee and yee knee2
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Knee says shoulder God's are more acute right now!!! And should get to work ASAP!😹1
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Checking in to wish everyone well with their healing!
First hard frost of the year this morning....3 -
Heavy rain and thunderstorms today. And it’s finally feeling like fall at least for a few days. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Perfect day for curling up with a good book.2
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This protein lark … up to 64g today ✊3
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Spent most of the day doing planning and precooking. It is not too soon to start working on the things that freeze well and rewarm for Thanksgiving and the time around it, so that I don't have to work too hard for a couple of days afterwards. I made an entire half pork tenderloin into fried pork bits for things like Sweet and Sour Pork. Took me about three hours because my fryer isn't too big. But it's done. Ooof.4
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Tweaked lefty a bit yesterday but no additional performance loss as a result. However lefty *is* making himself "felt" and I was definitely happier when he was STFU!
Wondering about everyone too... and Laurie's puppy! I've now realized that with Laurie out of commission... what's up with the pup?!?!?!
Jan... you can probably try fromage frais in England https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/299770269.... we don't get that stuff in Canada but the rumor mill says it is good! (Of course **I** would buy the "Paw Patrol" version... not the plain stuff, duh!--but you're smarter, right?!?!)
And if you want to be all vegetarian... you guys have quorn over there which comes in at under 1 Cal per 1 gram so a caloric bargain in terms of caloric density and very good protein content too! https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/2513527571 -
you go , Alexandra!
PAV ... i can send some stfu pills your way ... just dont let them touch the whiskey! (see Connie im learning )
Im walking! slow and smoothly - but it is what is best to do. sitting or reclining hurts. thinking is just not an option ... lol2 -
Yikes Laurie! 🤞1
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lauriekallis wrote: »you go , Alexandra!
PAV ... i can send some stfu pills your way ... just dont let them touch the whiskey! (see Connie im learning )
Im walking! slow and smoothly - but it is what is best to do. sitting or reclining hurts. thinking is just not an option ... lol
Are you sleeping ok?…I did better with a pillow to raise my arm a little and to keep it from moving….hope you are feeling a little better….1 -
today is turning around a bit! I hope...lol...sleeping still a challenge, two hours at a time. i have a million pillows and the bed raised (a futon, with an extra A frame added courtesy of son number 1 - doctors orders not to lie flat for a month.
feeling much better now than even this morning!!!!!!!!5 -
Glad you're feeling better Laurie!
And is John also continuing to improve, Connie?
What about you, gimpy? How's the knee?!?!?
Here I've spent the morning sorting out 3 huge bags of clothes and shoes to take with me when I drive to meet my sisters for lunch tomorrow. Many are brand new, or only worn once or twice and now too big. Some are smaller sizes that I aspired to get into, and now they finally fit I realise I don't like them. Two of my sisters are bigger than me and survive on tight retirement incomes, and the third isn't short of money but is very thrifty (and smaller than me), so I'm hoping they won't be offended at being offered my cast offs.
First time I've seen them in 2 years...and it will be a lightning visit (just long enough for lunch and to lay flowers on our parents' and brother's grave) before I drive back home tomorrow late afternoon. Gotta come back the same day as my husband needs the car to reach the start point of his first ever gravel sportive bike ride on Sunday. 60 off-road miles. Yikes. I hope his knee holds out...
My trip tomorrow is 420 miles round trip - a herculean journey just for a 3 hour visit, by UK standards. Of course you yanks and canucks probably drive that distance every time you need a pint of milk...2
