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Haven't been here in awhile.... I am maintaining within 2 lbs, trying to get those 2 off that I gained, my fault, ate more popcorn and noodles than I should have, increased my water again, so hopefully it's going to help get those 2 pounds off. My knee replacement continues to improve, it's been over 3 months now, but I…
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Well, glad to hear that everyone had a great weekend. We are going to Las Vegas on Wednesday, lots of walking, not so sure about that, will prbably sit some in the casinos, but are showing friends the city that have never been there.... Went to a chinese restaurant last night, had chicken cashew, but asked them to put…
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Yes Ladies, I am in AZ it was 100 today, ahhhhhh, suppose to turn nasty in ILL over the next 48 hours, so I guess we came at a good time. I am sorta sleeping, I am taking the ambien and the tylenol for the pain. I am going to bed, then get up about an hour later, go have cereal and milk, which is a mistake, should not do…
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well' saw the doctor yesterday afternoon. She did a Doppler of my leg looking for a blood lot as I have been having cramps in my legs. No clot thank goodness. PT is now starting to massage the IT Band which is a muscle that runs from your hip to under your knee. Mine is very tight and needs loosening up. Dinner tonight…
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I love Arnolds Sandwich Thins, use them all the time, the multi grain. I am on a bologna (beef) kick, on them, with a bit of mayo, sounds awful huh? I am having leg cramps now, will go to doc in the morning... stopped Valtoren, too many tummy problems, so now I am on Advil and Tylenol, alternating....for pain for the knee.…
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Good Morning, I did try an Ambien again last night, WITH 2 Tylenol and I did sleep a good portion from 10 PM to 8 AM, with some waking up, but at least I slept!!!! I have put on about 3 pounds, and not happy, back to C1 starting tomorrow... I am off the narcotics and I think that my appetite has come back... I need to…
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Good Wednesday to all of you... I went to the Ortho guy who did my surgery, last check up, cleared to swim, golf, walk, bike whatever... sounds good to me, and the pain is finally becoming less.. yeah.. still haven't figured out the sleeping thing, been up now for 8 nights, no sleep or minimal.. Lunesta did not work.…
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GOod Monday to you... yesterday was SUnday, a quiet day for us. We ran around so much on Saturday it felt good to do nothing. I have been triouble falling asleep, so I phoned the doctor for a prescription to Lunesta... my friends take it, and once you fall asleep, you stay asleep, unlike Ambien, which puts you to sleep,…
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Well, where have I been??? Football games, and eating eating eating, all FREE food, was in a skybox for the game... ate 1/2 of a bratwurst, some chips, coleslaw, pork roast, pasta (not a lot), apples, sesame chicken, pig out... scale up 2 1/2 pounds this morning, but it will go down.. drink more water.. need to exercise,…
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Well, I had a terrible day today again, this time, when I took the Voltaren for the first time, I took it this morning at 6:30 with a cracker before... apparently it was not enough, I need to take it after a meal. ALSO, I upped the capsules of Metamucil, to 4, and man, did I have pain abodomenal type today, all day.. so I…
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Haven't been here in a couple of days... went to PT yesterday, she beat the **** out of me, and now I suffer again, so I called the doc, and she prescribed VOLTAREN instead of celebrex, so we shall see starting tomorrow. ALSO, she told me to tell the PT that they are to back off with the stretch and pull and push routine,…
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MIMI, thanks for the compliments, yes I was a nervous reck cuz the scale was not moving... it's going in the right direction for sure. Jane, thanks too for the compliment.. I have been taken off insulin, and they added Januvia back to see if they can get my fasting overnight blood sugar down. Yes, I am lookiing forward to…
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OS Doc was thrilled with progress... happy and said incision looks great, keep up the good work, and said I could GOLF again!!! How about them apples.. Won't Golf until I get to AZ, which is October 10... It's getting cold here, it's 49 right now in Chicago land... we are going to a football game on Sautrday, hope it warms…
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I am still recouping from the knee surgery, have lost about 30 total, and seem to keep losing, following basically c2... I try not to eat anyything after dinner... altho last night had some popcorn, so I was up a lb, but yesterday I hit an all time low, I seem to do that some nights, depending on what I have for dinner,…
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I lost another pound, haven't tried, but it's ok, I accept all pounds gone.. still trying to watch the carbs I eat... Yesterday I babysat for SARI, the new GD, all day, while daugher and sil and hubby went golfing.. it was nice to have her all by myself. They stayed for dinner, had steak on the barbie, and baked potato and…
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Happy TGIF.... YEAAAAAH... Altho, I have PT tomorrow as I want to stretch it out over the week, and hubby golfs on MWF, so he takes me on the off days, BUT, I get to start DRIVING on Monday, YEAAHHHH!! Hubby will take me around the local streets to make sure I can react to the gas/brake pedal since it was my right knee…
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I will get back on my bike one of these days. At PT on Saturday I was able to get on a recumbant bike and make the pedals go around 10 times, it was hard at first, but I did it. I have a long way to go before I can see myself get back on a bike... and ride outside, which I love to do. Have a great rest of the weekend.…
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We here in the midwest have had nothing but great weather, and for the next week, 70 and sun, NOW, that is my kind of weather.. I can get out and exercise this new knee, walking is the best exercise there is.. I had Pad Thai last night, scale was up a bit, but it will go back down, it was yummy, and lettuce wraps…
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Well folks, things are good for most of us, I am still in some pain, think I forgot to take my tylenol/tramadol combo this morning, so I took it again, I only take 1 of each so even if I doubled up on them, it's ok, I am trying to get rid of as much as I can in the way of meds, but it's going to be awhile. YES, the…
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Things are going good with my knee... I have PT again today, 3x a week, they pull, stretch, turn, maneuver the leg, to get that range of motion back... I come home and ICE the knee for quite awhile... I am hoping to drive again starting Sept. 12, so i don't have to rely on people .. namely hubby to take me everywhere. I…
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Last night was good, I didn't take the NORCO, which is the narcotic pain reliever that they have me on, which I only take at night with a sleeping pill, and before PT, I decided to take a tramadol and a tylenol extra strength, and I did fall asleep, so I am going to try and not take the norco, wonder if taking 2 tramadol…
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I think I did overdo.... Had a bad day yesterday, lots of back pains and abdominal, don't know whether it was gas, or constipation, not good, I was up until about 3 am, then I guess I fell asleep and I did not wake up until 6:30, when I took my pain meds, so I went from 11:30 last night until 6:30 in the morning with out…
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Just thought I would pop in for a short note...We get alot of nasty weather, but this time we lucked out, while the east coast is getting Hurricane Irene, we have had lovely weather all weekend because of the hurricane. I am sure glad I went thru the operation, today I walked 2 blocks over to our clubhouse and rode the…
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Here in Illinois we are going to have a gorgeous weekend because of the effects of IRENE, I hope that all of you that are on the east coast take care, and are not harmed by this awful hurricane. I am still the same weight, trying to follow c2 for the most part...I am eating carbs, but usually not for dinner, just for…
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Great news YEAAAAGH!! Natalie
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I think the all the advice is good here, just eating sensibly too, with the fruits and yogurts... I get my staples out in 2 hours, I am scared, I am a whimp, hate pain. I love Salmon on the grill, I make more than we need and make it into salmon salad with dill for the next day for lunch. I make tuna salad that way too,…
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I just took a walk around the block, did it yesterday too, with a walker, and hubby right beside me, but it's coming along, the knee is moving, and the ROM (range of motion) is 100, so the PT people are pleased. I get my staples out tomorrow (hope that doesn't hurt), and will continue to do the home exercises over the…
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Our thoughts are with you, good luck... Natalie
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Things are going well ... I went out to dinner with some friends and then they came back and played canasta with us. It was a nice evening, .... I am taking one day at a time, and moving forward.... Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Natalie
