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Thanks for your kind words, Kitt. I hope things are going well with your husband's health challenge. We're all thinking of you and doing our best to help you hold down the fort!
Hugs,
Denise

Hi Barb,
That's probably good advice. A little longer won't hurt anything. My stomach had a bad night last night and a bad day today. I don't know why. I thought it was on the road to recovery. I guess I'm on the road, but hit a little speed bump! I'm still not totally sure I'm not having acid refluxing into my mouth. I'm not having "heartburn" though, so who knows. As I said, I do have a loose wrap, and with my roiling, boiling, acid stomach, it could be too much to handle. I guess I'm again going to have to listen to my own advice, baby my stomach, and be PATIENT!

Take care of yourself, and be sure to get that hand therapy. Do you have a hand PT nearby? I guess it's a very specific specialty. My PT wouldn't touch Jack's hand after surgery. He said he'd have to go to another PT who was a hand specialist. Go figure.

Take care and have a great day. My class earned a sledding party tomorrow, so I'm taking cocoa for a treat afterward. Hopefully the weather cooperates!
Have a great night!
Denise

Hi Kitt!

Hi Denise, I'll make sure I take care of my hands and get therapy. We have occoupational therapists that work with hand injury and recovery and they seem to be pretty good at it. I hope you get your problem under control again. Thanks for all the great support. I'm off to bed now. Talk to you later.

Hey Cowboy hope your riding high in the saddle and feeling dandy. Barb

Hi Brian,
Hope you're feeling better and more relaxed. Thanks so much for your kind words. They are apppreciated.
I'll write more tomorrow...I'm exhausted and I'm afraid I'll fall asleep any moment!
Take care,
Denise

Stormie,
Relax, take a deep breath, and allow yourself time to heal! You're TWO WEEKS post op, for gosh sake! Calm down, and try to accept the recovery process...don't rush it...try to follow where it takes you.

If you were given the surgery, you must have been a good candidate. It's not the type of surgery they do without lots of testing and considered thought.

So just relax, and give yourself time to heal. Your eating will come along just fine. Before you know it, you'll find that you can eat more and more.

I don't know much about "take downs", but I do know my surgeon said he did it for a patient who couldn't stand not being able to burp.

Forget about take downs for the moment, Stormie! Give the surgery a chance to help you.
Hope you're doing well today.
Denise

Hi Barb,
I'm glad you're going to have a chance to do some scrapbooking. I know how much you enjoy it! I remember the last time you went to a scrapbooking retreat and how much fun you had. Sounds like a great idea!

We are going to have a very busy weekend. We're closing Friday morning, the movers are moving us in on Saturday morning, and my son and daughter-in-law are having a party on Saturday night. I always help them out with the food--I make a lot of it, then help with the serving and replenishing foods. It's a lot of work, but it's something I can do for them. It's always fun. They have this party every year.

On top of all that, my report cards are due on Monday, and I don't know how I'll possibly get it done in time. I'm going to try to get some done during the week. I'm doing my testing tomorrow, so I'll start filling out report cards during the week, hopefully.

My younger son is buying a great house...much more house than he could afford, except for the fact that it needs a lot of (cosmetic mainly) work. Unfortunately they used a lot of wallpaper, and he doesn't like wallpaper, so I'm sure we'll be called into action, helping him renovate his new home. I'll be paint, paint, paint! It's in a great location, and that's really important. Also, it's has four big bedrooms, two and a half baths, and hardwood throughout. It has been neglected, but it's structurally very sound, and has a lot of good qualities. He'll be a very busy boy this year.

My stomach is doing much better, but tonight I ate too much--we had stir-fry leftovers. I didn't stop soon enough, and it feels full, which isn't a good feeling. Oh well...this too will pass. I do think it's healing. My GI doc thought I just have a reactive stomach, rather than gastritis, but I don't know. It definitely reacts to acid, then gets raring, and takes a long time to heal and feel better.

Well, I'd better get some report cards done!
Take care, and have a great week.
Hugs,
Denise

Hi Stormie, just wanted to let you know that Denise is a good one to listen too. It takes a long time to heal and for your body to get used to the changes. Just take it easy with the eating and don't over eat at all. Even one bite too much can make you misrable for hours. I had my surgery almost 10 years ago and still have problems if I do this. Barb

Hi Denise, we'll miss you around here. I'm so glad you didn't have a clot. I hope this doesn't interfere too much with all your activities. I wish I would have been there when my daughter signed for her house as I would have intervened when they told her at the closing that her interest was going to be a lot higher than what they had told her. I'm glad you'll be there for your son.

My hand had stabbing pains so bad this after noon I was sitting at my desk just trying to keep myself together. I don't know if it was from over doing it or when I leaned wrong on it this morning. My doctor keeps telling me just doing every day things is therapy enough for my hands so will keep at it. I think I may head for the gym tomorrow night and work my hand in the hot tub. Heat always feels so good on it. As for my weight I am just thrilled I didn't gain any of my loss from last week back. I'd like to get a few more off before next Mondays appointment with the nurse though.

I found out this morning from my boss that she is seriously considering retiring in September. I will apply for her job but don't know if I will get it for sure. The unknown really scares me. I hate the thought of having to get used to another boss. Good luck with all your endeavors this week and I hope we see you back here real soon. I'll let every one know what your up too. Barb

Thanks Joy, I'm going to try for it. There are a lot of politics involved since it's a city job. I don't even know if I have to have a certain college degree for it or not. My boss's boss is coming over next Friday to talk to us and I suspect they will ask me then or tell about it. It would be the next logical step for me in my career. If it doesn't work out though then I know God has something better for me. I always believe every thing happens for a reason. How are you doing with your stomach? Well I am off to get in a bit of exercise and throw in a load of laundry. Barb

Oh no Joy, you poor thing. You could try some gas-x. It'll still take time though. I know unfortunately from experience. Oh putting heat on your stomach also helps. If I think of any thing else I'll let you know. One rule I learned to follow was to eat only 2 courses at a meal and make sure you eat slow so you can feel when your full before you over eat. I hope you feel better soon. Barb

Glad your feeling better Joy. My stomach is acting up because I've been eating chocolate and drinking coffee to stay awake. I keep waking up at 3am and can't get back to sleep. Yesterday I got bad news from the program I am in through the heart docs office. My cholesterol didn't go down and the LDL only went down 6 points so they badgered me into agreeing to taking prescription niacin. I don't even know if I will pick it up from the drug store because I had severe stomach problems with the over the counter niacin. My husband and daughter are dead set against me even trying it because they have seen what happens to my stomach and my asthma. I think I'll just end up quiting the program. Barb

My stomach can't tolerate any of the statins. It drives my stomach crazy and makes the asthma really bad and I don't want it ever that bad if I can help it. That's no way to live not being able to sleep, eat or breath. It's hard to comprehend how bad my stomach is unless you have one like. Denise is the closest person to ever having a tummy like mine. I have decided that I am going to talk to my asthma doc in 2 weeks before I even consider taking the medication. Well time to get ready for bed. Hope you have a good night. Barb