Serial Starters

Thanks for all the tips and suggestions for dealing with the hot flashes, etc. I have small flexible ice pack and a frozen water bottle in my mini fridge at work now. I got a bottle of lavender essential oil and am still getting all the bedtime stuff worked out.

Hi & welcome to all the new people!
saltine - wow! hope you are taking it easy and healing up. i cant even imagine what you went through. is this something that you can control with medication?
Missy - sorry to hear the house plan is on hold. glad you didnt just give up and re-home the pups though! i know several people who would have done that.
Dawn - dang, girl! you have a foot of many colors now? ouch!
Sara - any feedback from interviews you have done? oh, and are you interviewing all these new CBs you've scouted out for us???
Lana - sounds like you are doing great with your walking! keep it up!
Tracey - sorry you are having trouble with your hip. great that you are still right on track! i fall off the wagon way too easily.
Tracy - I would guess the reactions are a mix of jealousy that you are sticking to your plan and getting healthier along with some worry that you will bring them down not be drinking & relaxed as they are. people can be weird. they can get over that. you do whats best for you!

DH is has been having some ear pain now, but its not constant. He says it feel plugged and he can hear noises but everything very muffled and garbled. We don't go back to dr until September. They will do a hearing test to see how much improvement, if any.

Dr has ordered a TEE for me (transesophogeal echocardiagram?) Has anyone had experience with that kind of test? You have to swallow a tube with some sort of equipment on it so they can get a better look at your heart.

@gemwolf110 You are a great mommy. Your babies come first. Thank you for loving them.

Whew! I too am trying to keep up. Thank you, again, everyone for the warm welcome.

Good morning! Whew 107, that's hot! I have jury duty coming up, too, though thankfully not when I have something else important scheduled. I hope they are able to work around for you! Good job on the measuring--so important to check yourself occasionally.

As for me, I was up all night again worrying about my cat. We gave her fluids and anti-nausea medication subcutaneously this morning hoping that spurs her to eat and drink. Crazy busy stressful day anticipated at work. Will just try to stay calm.

Good morning!
Sara- 107 ?!?!?! wow! A bit cooler here in WI and I am thankful. Refreshing!
Not much new here...having dinner with some friends tonight - "celebrating" the life of the 4th of our crew who recently passed. Sigh. Glad to get together with them but it will be also sad.
Skinny - where are you from? I have to put it in my cheat notes so I remember these things lol.
Have a great Tuesday! And YES - work stress is not worth the bad things it does to your health. One thing at a time. Breath deep!

Hello Everybody!

Tracy - Congratulations on the NSV!!!
Sara - I'm with you on working around other people's schedules~ Take it easy in the heat.
Lapesadilla - Houston! Hot and humid - drink your water and take care of yourself~~
Tracey in Edmonton 👋🏻
Lynn - it's good and yes, sad, to get together to remember and honor your friend/colleague

Waving to all who stop by later on~~

Lana

forgot to weigh today before both breakfasts 😐

Really having MFP issues... getting incredibly frustrated

Good morning all:

Tilliesmommy1-keep cool and hydrated! That is way too hot for my tastes. I hope HR has some good news for you.

Dawn--sorry about the MFP issues. I've thankfully avoided them!

LanaCabana--hopefully you can get your weigh in in early today. I like to weigh in before eating anything, too!

Lapesdilla--slip ups happen, as long as you get back on track right away, it's really not a huge deal.

Twiley--Awesome NSV--congrats!

Brenner--I'm in Minneapolis! I admire your commitment to keeping a cheat sheet!

My work stress persists today, and probably will continue for another week. At least I finally have my office set up mostly to my liking. Also, and most importantly, my cat is finally eating again!

Tilliesmommy1 wrote: »

WEDNESDAY

Good morning,

Dawn - I use a computer to post- is phone use more difficult for this website?

Was going to sleep in a little but whats 20 minutes by itself? I got up and will take the time on to my after breakfast sleep.

HOT here - drinking lots of extra water. Rolling my eyes, just have to do it.

Too tired too hot to cook, the salads I bought are probably tonight's dinner - I have been making "pizza" but over 100 degrees and that has no appeal.

Wave to all who follow. Lurking.......

I have never used MFP on laptop. Only phone. The last 2 days, i've had to delete and re install MFP. May be my phone. But, because I have had issues lately with MFP, I assume that's the problem... stay cool

Hello All~~

Kathryn - You wrote recently "Dr has ordered a TEE for me (transesophogeal echocardiagram?) Has anyone had experience with that kind of test? You have to swallow a tube with some sort of equipment on it so they can get a better look at your heart."

When is this appointment? What symptoms are you having that they want to do this test?
I've had a heart ablation for atrial fibrillation, but I've never had a TEE, just regular echos.
Let us know when, so we can send good vibes~~~

Lana

Lana - dr office still has not called me with an appointment time for the TEE. the dr wants the test to get better look at my heart. they are still baffled why i had a stroke because i do not have any of the usual factors. so i guess they just want to test everything they can think of.

Dawn - DH's ear is doing better. No pain for awhile now. Hopefully it was just some passing thing. He is anxious to get all the packing out so he can see if he can actually hear or not.

saltine - glad to hear you are doing better! is this something that can be controlled with medication?

Sara - keep cool! that heat sounds beastly! I hope Miss Tillie doesnt have to walk on asphalt or concrete in that heat! keep hydrated! as far as retirement goes, DH had to spend a week at Ft Knox for his retirement instructions!

Tracy - Whoooo hooo! what a great NSV!!

I am still trying to rein in my calories. Am above what I weighed when I got on MFP.

CW - 166
HW - 216
GW - 145