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  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    I don’t remember if I told you guys or not, but I was diagnosed with skin cancer. My Mohs procedure is scheduled for next Thursday. Of course that is the first day back to school. 🤦🏻‍♀️
    I’ll be praying for you, Nancy! Sorry for the timing! For some reason, I didn’t think you were still teaching. Would love to hear more 🩷🙏🏻
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    Weekly Post:
    Username: @Tomsgal1985 (Susan)
    Today’s Date: July 31
    Weigh-in day: Wednesday
    Previous Week's Weight: 228.4
    Today's Weight: 228.6

    Forgot to post this Wednesday. Have a great August!
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    DaffyGirl88 wrote: »
    Good morning and happy hump day TBBT peeps!!

    Well, I've decided to get off the Struggle Bus at the next stop. So far I've got two solid days under my belt. :D

    Have a great day everyone!!
    Good for you! I need to drag myself off that thing! I’m not eating well. 😩
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Tomsgal1985 wrote: »
    Nice loss, Nancy! Praying for you! I know it sounds counterintuitive, but have you tried apple cider vinegar? I dilute it in water, but my son takes it straight and says it feels like aloe vera on a sunburn. I know you’re under a doctor’s care, so I would check with them first. Just thought I’d mention it 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    My surgeon said no apple cider vinegar because it is too acidic and with my stomach being a newborn it just would not handle it well. I put in the newborn, but you get the idea. 😆
    Understood! Pray the reflux is resolving 🙏🏻
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    Today’s Date: August 2
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 368.8
    Today's Weight: 364
  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,091 Member
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Today’s Date: August 2
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 368.8
    Today's Weight: 364

    @therealbluenote Look at you go!! :-)
  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,091 Member
    Good morning TBBTers, just popping in to say hello. :smile:

    @Tomsgal1985 I hope you stay safe in the storm. Only good thing that I can say about Debbie is that she's bringing cooler temperatures.

    @therealbluenote I hope the acid reflux is getting better.

    Take care everyone!
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    Weekly Post:
    Username: @Tomsgal1985 (Susan)
    Today’s Date: August 7
    Weigh-in day: Wednesday
    Previous Week's Weight: 228.4
    Today's Weight: 228.4
    I’ll take it 😔
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Today’s Date: August 2
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 368.8
    Today's Weight: 364
    Nice loss, Nancy!! How are you feeling?
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    DaffyGirl88 wrote: »
    Good morning TBBTers, just popping in to say hello. :smile:

    @Tomsgal1985 I hope you stay safe in the storm. Only good thing that I can say about Debbie is that she's bringing cooler temperatures.

    @therealbluenote I hope the acid reflux is getting better.

    Take care everyone!
    Hi, Sue! Thankfully the hurricane hit well north of us and our wind and rain was not destructive. We have some standing water in our backyard, but nothing too awful 🤓
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    Today’s Date: August 9
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 364
    Today's Weight: 358.6

    Forgot to post yesterday. I had my skin cancer surgery this past Thursday on my skull. Words cannot describe the intense pain. Oh my soul and body. It is horrible! The stitches and staples take up half of the back of my head! 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    Tomsgal1985 wrote: »
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Today’s Date: August 2
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 368.8
    Today's Weight: 364
    Nice loss, Nancy!! How are you feeling?

    First I’m glad you weren’t in the line of the hurricane. Thank you, God!

    Second I’m doing better. I finally gave up trying to eat soft foods and am staying with puréed. I do not get a lot of reflux with the puréed. I’m getting pretty tired of protein shakes, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, and yogurt, but at least I don’t wake up every day sick to my stomach.

    I’m 50 pounds down. I’m so grateful I had the money to afford this surgery. I am finally seeing that my clothes are too loose! I was petrified to order the next size down, a 4x, but I went ahead and ordered some cheapie pants from Walmart to see if they fit. They should arrive today. I’m scared to death of the rejection but I am tripping over my 5x’s! 😆
  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,091 Member
    edited August 10
    @therealbluenote Congrats on the 50 lbs and the new pants!! I'm sorry you had to switch back to pureed foods but hopefully that's a temporary thing and will pass. Yikes! On the staples and stitches!! Hoping they got it all and this is a One and Done type thing. I'm glad you posted cuz I was thinking about you yesterday.

    Nothing new on my end. Waiting for State Farm to pay Servpro for the flood clean up so we can begin to rebuild. Ugh...everything is moving so slowly....🐌🐢
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    Sue, I’ve been in your position before and it is terrible. The wait game goes on forever. I hope you get lucky and things start progressing!
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    Weekly Post:
    Username: @Tomsgal1985 (Susan)
    Today’s Date: August 14
    Weigh-in day: Wednesday
    Previous Week's Weight: 228.4
    Today's Weight: 231.8 (yesterday’s weight) 😩 Forgot to weigh today
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Tomsgal1985 wrote: »
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Today’s Date: August 2
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 368.8
    Today's Weight: 364
    Nice loss, Nancy!! How are you feeling?

    First I’m glad you weren’t in the line of the hurricane. Thank you, God!

    Second I’m doing better. I finally gave up trying to eat soft foods and am staying with puréed. I do not get a lot of reflux with the puréed. I’m getting pretty tired of protein shakes, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, and yogurt, but at least I don’t wake up every day sick to my stomach.

    I’m 50 pounds down. I’m so grateful I had the money to afford this surgery. I am finally seeing that my clothes are too loose! I was petrified to order the next size down, a 4x, but I went ahead and ordered some cheapie pants from Walmart to see if they fit. They should arrive today. I’m scared to death of the rejection but I am tripping over my 5x’s! 😆
    So glad to hear of your progress, Nancy! Great work! Sorry the skin cancer surgery was/is so painful 😢 Pray you will heal beautifully and soon 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    DaffyGirl88 wrote: »
    @therealbluenote Congrats on the 50 lbs and the new pants!! I'm sorry you had to switch back to pureed foods but hopefully that's a temporary thing and will pass. Yikes! On the staples and stitches!! Hoping they got it all and this is a One and Done type thing. I'm glad you posted cuz I was thinking about you yesterday.

    Nothing new on my end. Waiting for State Farm to pay Servpro for the flood clean up so we can begin to rebuild. Ugh...everything is moving so slowly....🐌🐢
    Prayers & love, Sue! And may your insurance and rebuilding process move forward as soon as possible 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,091 Member
    Hi everyone! :smile:

    Hope everyone is good. Thank goodness Debbie brought some cooler temps so I've been able to get outside a bit and enjoy the days.

    @Tomsgal1985 Thanks for the well wishes. Still no movement so I guess it's time to call State Farm (again).

    Have a great Thursday!
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    edited August 16
    Today’s Date: August 16
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 358.6
    Today's Weight: 355.8

    I’ve had another tough week with now an infection in my scalp from the skin cancer removal that has spread to my neck and left ear. I’m sure there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but I wasn’t prepared for how long the tunnel was going to be. 🙃
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Today’s Date: August 16
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 358.6
    Today's Weight: 355.8

    I’ve had another tough week with now an infection in my scalp from the skin cancer removal that has spread to my neck and left ear. I’m sure there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but I wasn’t prepared for how long the tunnel was going to be. 🙃
    Dear Nancy! I’m so sorry for your pain! Praying for your recovery and healing 💜🙏🏻
    Nice loss, by the way. Sending hugs!
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    Weekly Post:
    Username: @Tomsgal1985 (Susan)
    Today’s Date: August 21
    Weigh-in day: Wednesday
    Previous Week's Weight: 231.8
    Today's Weight: 234.0
    We went up north for a long weekend and I gained 5.6 pounds 😩 Down .8 today ✅
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    Today’s Date: August 23
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 355.8
    Today's Weight: 352

    I’m not losing as quickly as I was told I would, but at least I’m losing. It has been a horrible week. I had to come to the realization that I really can’t do my teaching schedule in this pain and with my stomach issues, so I resigned last week. My students deserve a healthy, stable choral director, and this just isn’t me at the moment or the foreseeable future. It was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make. My heart is broken, but I have to take care of me right now. Please pray or send positive thoughts that they find a good replacement for me and find it soon. 💔
  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,091 Member
    @therealbluenote OMG I am so sorry you are still having issues. 😞 And sorry you had to leave your teaching job. I know how dedicated you are and that your students mean a lot to you. Hopefully by taking some time off you'll be able to heal quickly and get back to work.. Honey I am ALWAYS thinking of you and sending positive thoughts your way. Don't let my lack of posting fool you. 💕
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    Thanks, Sue. It has been terrible. Most of the students get it and are supportive amidst tears. And some of the parents have been supportive but some have been downright rude or mean. My glucose levels started soaring to the 170s and 180s due to the stress. After the surgery they stabilized at 110. 😑
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    Weekly Post:
    Username: @Tomsgal1985 (Susan)
    Today’s Date: August 28
    Weigh-in day: Wednesday
    Previous Week's Weight: 234.0
    Today's Weight: 231.2
    I joined a gym & my membership begins September 1 🤗 Pray everyone is doing well 🥰🙏🏻
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    @therealbluenote Oh, Nancy! I’m so very sorry you had to resign, but I think you had no choice at this moment. I echo Sue’s thoughts that hopefully you will be able to heal more quickly now and I’m certainly praying for that! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Big hugs! As for those mean and rude parents, BOO!!! 😩 I just don’t get people 😞
  • therealbluenote
    therealbluenote Posts: 1,443 Member
    Today’s Date: August 31
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 352
    Today's Weight: 350.6

    Thank you both for your support. I know these are just little bumps on life’s road and I will get through them!

    Weight loss is slowing down as I try to incorporate soft foods in my diet, but I was warned this would happen so at least I’m not completely shocked! 😳
  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,091 Member
    @therealbluenote as my husband's favorite quote from the Modern Family TV show goes - slow is steady and steady is fast. 😁 It's progress!

    Good luck with adding soft foods.
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    Weekly Post:
    Username: @Tomsgal1985 (Susan)
    Today’s Date: September 4
    Weigh-in day: Wednesday
    Previous Week's Weight: 231.2
    Today's Weight: 232.2
    Ian is leaving today! I will try not to eat my feelings 😭
  • Tomsgal1985
    Tomsgal1985 Posts: 1,062 Member
    therealbluenote wrote: »
    Today’s Date: August 31
    Weigh-in day: Friday
    Previous Week's Weight: 352
    Today's Weight: 350.6

    Thank you both for your support. I know these are just little bumps on life’s road and I will get through them!

    Weight loss is slowing down as I try to incorporate soft foods in my diet, but I was warned this would happen so at least I’m not completely shocked! 😳
    God bless you as you travel this road, dear Nancy! Our son Matt is planning bariatric surgery in the next month or so. He’s been going through the process for about five months and a lot of good has come out of it. He’s finally using a CPAP machine. He is only 29, but has been big almost his whole life. He’s probably about 350 now. Any advice? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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