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I'll meet you in the middle @ 16!! 61 - 45 = 16! So easy, even a Kindergarten teacher can do it!:thumbup:

Actually, these problems really kicked in after the Cali trip, so who knows, maybe the flying had something to do with it... or the stress from my Spring... or a combo... My doc just called me from wherever it is he is... now THAT's service! He doesn't think it's an emergency (seeing as how I can eat, swallow, etc. & am not vomiting, bleeding...) but does think that it needs to be unfilled a bit asap so more difficult complications don't arise, which sounds reasonable... so tomorrow morning I'm going to call their Virginia office & have the PA there fit me in... it'll be at least 1.5hrs each way driving... more depending on the time... otherwise he wants me to stop in on Monday on my way home... It's always SOMEthing! Oh, and the other thought bouncing around in my head is: If I'm not eating properly or losing weight w/the too-much fill I have, WTH am I going to do w/LESS??? :smile2:

Ok, my doc's patient liaison just called, he's out of town, but wanted to see me first thing THURSDAY morning when he got back. Uh oh. So I told her I'd be out of town... she's all "oh dear, flying isn't good w/a tight band"... so first she asked me when I get back, & I tell her my plane lands Monday @ 1:45pm, and she asks if I can drive straight there from the airport. I'm thinking, "hmmm, if it's that urgent, can't SOMEone else @ the office see me either today or tomorrow?" so I ask that; so now she's calling back the doc to see what he says. The other FUN thing she said is LIQUIDS for me for the next 2 weeks! Hmmm... margarita is a liquid, right??? Other than that, they want me to take 2 of my reflux meds a day, etc & so forth... Will let you know what happens...

Thanks for the reminders, gals... yeah, I'm on reflux meds, yeah, I try not to eat after 7, yeah, I sleep on 2 pillows... somehow this just feels different. Honestly? The only thing I think that's changed is that I'm LARGER than I was, so I'm wondering if I got that little fill in March, then haven't lost anything (& if I'm honest maybe gained a handful), so now that "residual fat pad" thingy is scrunching me up somehow. I should also add that I feel SOMETHING... not pain, exactly, not pressure... just that I feel my port or something in there where I didn't before... I find myself unconsciously rubbing it as if to soothe it... My problem is is that once I get some scary scenario in my head, it's hard to get rid of it! So reading that stupid Complication thread didn't help at all! :smile2: I'm sure I'm fine, & will be fine... I just need to BEHAVE. Get off my flabbity butt and MOVE again and EAT properly. (Starting next Tuesday!!!) PS -- TracyK... don't you know better by now not to weigh every day???

If you had me @ 15! You read the tabloids! You know you could do it! I can see it now: "Granny Violet Buds" -- film @ 11! :eek:

Hey girlies... Ugh! Was awakened w/the acidic coughing aspirating reflux again this morning @ 5... It scares me! So I ventured off this page & into the "Complications" thread -- why oh why did I think that would help?! It just freaks me out more! Ay yai yai! So I sent an e-mail to my doc's pa & patient liasion... I'm sure they'll tell me to make an appointment... I just don't know if they'll think I need one asap or just the next available. I just feel like something isn't right... maybe I'm too tight, or there's damage from this reflux, or something, I dunno... Ack!

I wanted to get my hair trimmed & highlighted for our trip, but there just isn't going to be time... maybe we could have "Janie's Fabulous Women Only Beauty Salon" over the weekend @ the house! Then you could write off the trip as a biz expense + make some $$!

You could vacuum..... :blushing:

Judy..........:biggrin:

LOL!

Good Monday Morn, Vi's~~ More passages of time: DS is off to work for his first time @ the HS soccer camp that he attended each summer growing up (the HS players hold a camp for the younger kids for a week each summer; I think it's great that they share their passion & give back to the kids!). He biked there! He's such an athlete. Today for me it's work & clean like crazy... gotta get the house & fam-damily ready for the weekend, y'know! Make it a good one!

Ok, time to get serious about organizing... this time next week we'll be watching the sunset on the deck w/all that booze in our hands (well, except for Judy, who'll have the babe in her hands instead...) I'm going to send out an e-mail so we can make sure that we're all on the same page re: arrivals/pickups/etc + shopping, timing getting there, etc. & so forth... so be on the lookout for it!

Yay Pammie!!! That is FANTABULOUS!! Say "Hi" to C&R for me... speaking of fabulous... they are! Thanks for asking, Terry... my stomach still hurts... no nausea or any other external manifestations going on today... it just hurts. I'm sticking to vanilla pro shakes & No Sugar Added Fruit Bars today... trying to take it slow & easy... I'm still nervous about the whole thing... now if I can only KEEP that feeling and continue to use it to keep me on the straight & narrow!! Off to take DD to riding lesson... enjoy the eves, dearies!

So glad to read that, Terry! Thrilled for you!! I was SO sick in the night! I awoke about 1am and my stomach HURT, I was having gurgling reflux, and I felt nauseus (sp?). I was up and down several times, then thought that maybe "sleeping" (ha ha) in the chair would help, so I got all situated there... I didn't sleep, really, just kind of dozed while continuously telling myself "It's ok." and "You'll be ok." and "Don't throw up." stuff like that. Made for a LONG night. I never did throw up, but did have other digestive issues (sorry trying to not be tmi). This a.m. I still feel "off". Honestly, I was internally freaking out that all my bad food choices & overeating had harmed my band or my stomach... & I still don't know for sure that it hasn't... but at least I'm functional (so far). I think the incident scared me straight... at least so far today it has. Yikes. I had to get up & going this a.m. even tho all I wanted to do was crawl back into bed... had an eye doc app't & got to get new frames! I've had these since '05! I told the guy that if they came in by Weds (very doubtful) that I'd bake him pumpkin bread! I'd love to have them for Ala. It's always so hard to choose glasses... they're such a major part of what I look like... I was choosing between the same pair, but one was brownish & one was red... one blended in and one was a bit sassy... one was what everyone probably expects me to get and one would've been a bit out of character... which one do you think I got? Ok... I've got to try to get a little work done, & then I think the kids and I are actually going to go to the pool for the first time this year!

Cute, Laura! & I can think of some "collaging" that we'll need to do, oh, I don't know... maybe NEXT weekend?... w/all the pics?? Great way to showcase our photo fun!!

Wow Tracy, good memory! No, this wasn't her, this is another friend. We met about a year and a half ago when her dd & my ds were each other's "first crushes". So sweet. They didn't last (didn't think they would @ 13) but she & I did! She's the one who was diagnosed with breast cancer last spring, but she's cancer-free now (& also boobless, but...). We meet once a month to catch up on life just the two of us, w/out the rush of kids & activities, when we usually bump into each other around town. That other friend (who's hubby left her) I meet every other week for coffee. She's doing GREAT! Best thing that ever happened to her, him leaving her. What a load he was/is!! She's got the most fabulous single life (you should hear her stories of guys in Miami!), but now she's "exclusive" with a guy here & is happy. I tease that I live vicariously through her & her escapades! & for the record... those are the only 2 friends I have "regular" coffee with... it's not like that's all I do! Really! Today she wanted to hear all about the PS trip... & of course I had my pictures... Pam & Haydee, she wanted to know if we all planned our black & white outfits on party night! lol! & she loved my "F the PTA" pic at the party!! Too funny!!!

One week from today!..... :wink: It's been raining buckets here all night... c'mon summer! Am meeting a friend @ Panera for coffee this a.m.... we meet 1x/month & check-in/catch-up w/each other... Other than that, it'll be work today, then ds's travel soccer try-outs... I know, I live *such* the glamourous life! Make it a good one everyone! Suzie BE CAREFUL out there mowing that lawn in the heat!!!

Hi Lunasa! It sounds like you've given this a lot of thought and have come to some difficult yet true conclusions... many of us here are in the same spot at this point... the head v. the band... 2 years on, it's not where we thought we'd be! I know it's cold comfort, but you are not alone! Best wishes!

Hey girls... 1st day of summer... is grey, cold (60s), & drizzly! Humph! Just as well that we all slept in late & the kids have dentist app'ts in a couple hours! Cleaning & work are the only other things on the schedule today. Hope the sun comes out soon so we can start our regular summer routine: work/chores in a.m.; hang by the pool in p.m.... repeat! Make it a good one!

Yes, definitely. I'd do it in a matter-of-fact, remember this conversation? manner. The worst he can say is No, he doesn't remember, and No, they're not going to do that. Then you can reevaluate your options based on the response. It does seem reasonable and logical that they'd do that for you. I'd discuss it. Edited to add: Oh, and if he does remember/agree, then make sure he writes it down immediately, & get a copy!

It's over! The school year is over! I went to the last-day picnic today and breezed around & chit chatted w/folks -- I did *not* volunteer for *any*thing today (not a station, not to cook hot dogs, NOTHING!) -- & it felt good! And now I am no longer the PTA President! Woot!! Pammy: This: Well, I had a LONG meeting w/ Jose Cuervo yesterday!!! cracked me up, for some reason or other. I could totally picture you in the pool floating on the tube in your undies (oh wait! wrong party!! :wink:) w/your friend Jose. Man, if only I lived in Ca where everyone has a pool & there are lots of Joses running around!! Tee hee!! Please tell Jackie I'm sending her good job-hunting thoughts... that sux. Ok, school may be over, but running kids to activities is a year-round job! Off to pick up DD's Poms Yankee Candle fundraiser candles, then to DS's travel soccer club tryouts (yes, the season ended Sunday and now it's tryouts for next year already...). DH is in Pittsburgh 'til Fri night, so it's me & my kids... we're hoping to put in some SERIOUS pool time starting tomorrow... of course, today has been GREY & CLOUDY all day... ugh! Smooches!

Dam why is that Judy such a difficulty with her diva demands?? :wink:

I can see it now... Judy singing... and Pam officiating!! That'll teach Juan to make you wait!!!!! I can see the headlines now: "Violets Rock Houston Wedding of the Century!"

Yay Haydee! Yay Haydee! (Phew! It was getting hard holding that one in!!) Details, darling, details! Pam, you're a day ahead of us here in Md... tomorrow is the last, 1/2 day of school here. So today I'm baking & crafting & thank you note writing like crazy so I can hand out everything tomorrow... this is dd's last year in the school (she's been there 7 years, since she was 3!!), so I'm thanking EVERYone for EVERYthing! ((Kat)) Sometimes I think I just hit an emotional wall where nothing is right and everything hits me the wrong way and I don't care to sensor it or pretend around it or whatever... a good cry does help... or I just tell myself that this too shall pass... I think it's a cumulative effect... life just builds up & then "wham"! Be gentle with yourself. As I am trying to teach dd, humans have a whole range of emotions and it's ok -- good actually -- to use them all. HI to everyone... gotta dash... knitting needles are calling!

I won't spend all day, but I can't not go. Yeah, you can. Make her come to us! Just a thought. There are 7 of us and 1 of her... we win! Total up the distance travelled... we win! Total up cost... we win! We win!!