Inner Surfer Girl 12,015 Posted October 22, 2015 For my last sleep doctor appointment, I didn't receive a reminder call and went anyway. Turns out I was a day ahead! I put the wrong day on my calendar. I got the reminder call later that day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProudGrammy 8,322 Posted October 24, 2015 NOT AGAIN since the other days post #45......... the saga continues, a day in the life of...... i showered, dressed etc walked around the house i know i'm forgetting something, i know i'm forgetting something, i ........... eeek i finally remembered i had a PCP appt at 10:30 (it was 9:15) running around like a chicken without a head (get the visual!!) called dr office to say i might be a little late for my 10:30 she said your appt is at 10:00 not 10:30 i told her i might be a few minutes late i know her well, and she nicely said if i can't make it by 10:00, that's ok but we'll have to reschedule really was understandable, but i needed to see him then!! i was "kindof" speeding "a LITTLE - "kind of" like being a LITTLE pregnant ) still driving carefully - hmmm like that women above who was careful too!! i got to doc 10:00 on the DOT receptionist smiled i sat down and waited, and waited, and waited and........35 minutes later!!! too funny, i should have known you "usually" have to wait at docs which really is understandable and ok so, why did i drive quickly like a mad man to the docs office LOL ya got me babe!! film at 11:00 LOL kathy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halfagain 68 Posted October 24, 2015 (edited) Kathy your post made me laugh at the irony of it all. Thanks for sharing. Im glad you did get a ticket! Barb Oops I meant did NOT get a ticket! Edited October 24, 2015 by Halfagain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winklie 518 Posted October 24, 2015 @proudgrammy I Can completely relate. Wednesday was my two week checkup, so a Surgeon appointment followed by NUT. I have to be at the Doctors office at 11:30. To do this requires three buses, I leave my house at 8:50, to catch a 9:15 bus (that is always late), ride it half way to the next bus station, and walk 3/4 of a mile to the bus station as the bus I was on misses the connecting bus more often than it makes it. It's all good, just more steps. Get to bus #2, depart at 10:00 am, Arrive in Manchester at 10:25 am, wait for the #13 bus at 11:00 that will take me close to my Doctors office. Get that bus, and make my appointment, no problem. I was told the Surgeon was 15 minutes and the NUT was 1/2 an hour, so I would be done at 12:15, which is great as I can catch the #13 back downtown and take the 1:30 bus back home to Nashua. But nooooooo The NUT was 1 hour. AND for the first time EVER they were LATE taking me in. I get out of the office at 1:10, and call a cab. I explain I have to be downtown in 20 minutes to catch the bus home. No problem they assure me. Cab arrives about 10 minutes later, we missed the bus by 30 seconds. He was behind it honking and flashing his lights, but it would not stop. SOooo, now I am stuck in Manchester for 3 more hours until the 4:30 bus (the last one of the day). I decide I'll go visit my sickly mother. She has a Doctors appointment and we spend like 1/2 an hour together and she and my sister leave. I wind up walking laps in Manchester for the next 2 1/2 hours. At long last the 4:30 bus!!!! I get on, so tired..... We get on the highway. Accident. We are 1/2 an hour late getting back to Nashua, and miss the 4:51 and 5:00 buses, now we get to wait for the 6:00 bus. It was 6:45 when I got home. Oh and I woke up at 0430 for some odd reason. So I can completely relate to the whole rushing to get somewhere, only to have everything fall apart. Thank god it was a nice day out, if it was Winter I would have died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannaBthinsoon 1,634 Posted October 24, 2015 @@winklie I'm worn out just reading about your day! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winklie 518 Posted October 24, 2015 @@wannaBthinsoon It was horrible. I have a great sense of humor so I took it in stride, but yeah, it was a bad day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSGAnn2014 12,992 Posted October 24, 2015 @@winklie ... that's determination. I think you're going to be a huge WLS long-term success. Great story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winklie 518 Posted October 24, 2015 @@VSGAnn2014 Well thank you very much, that is the nicest thing anyone has said to me all week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newmebithebypass 713 Posted October 24, 2015 @@winklie I remember days like yours when I relied on public transportation it was a bear of a day I commend you for your grit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winklie 518 Posted October 24, 2015 @ Thank you, although once you are at your destination it just becomes a matter of getting home, and sadly that took quite awhile, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLERDgirl 6,417 Posted October 25, 2015 @@winklie - What a day! Keep that attitude & determinations and you'll be quite the success story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winklie 518 Posted October 25, 2015 @BLERDgirl@skepchick@VSGAnn2014 Although I do not generally do this in a public setting I'll share my life statement with you all, it was crafted over years of hard, uncompromising work, where literally every decision I made had the potential to cause death. "I will relentlessly strive for perfection in all things I do, with the hopes of settling for mere excellence" The funny part is that I never considered my weight into that, I just sort of let myself go over a number of years. I think I was intentionally trying to make myself less attractive while married (that is a nightmare I will skip). Now my weight is a covered by my life statement, I WILL lose the weight I want to lose. No one but me can stop me, and I am not about to do that. The really hard part, and they don't go over this with you as they should imho prior to surgery, is learning how to eat post op all over again. Not just what, but when, how, how to cook it, how to prioritize Protein, what are no no's. I literally feel like I have absolutely no idea what I doing post op when it comes to eating and I am just winging it. This is why I have not fully embraces stage three of my diet, and still prefer to consume shakes, it's a known food, I know what to expect. I guess, once I get back to regular foods, things will be easier, that is, more choices, and simplified cooking. We shall see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dub 9,922 Posted October 25, 2015 @BLERDgirl@skepchick@VSGAnn2014 Although I do not generally do this in a public setting I'll share my life statement with you all, it was crafted over years of hard, uncompromising work, where literally every decision I made had the potential to cause death. "I will relentlessly strive for perfection in all things I do, with the hopes of settling for mere excellence" The funny part is that I never considered my weight into that, I just sort of let myself go over a number of years. I think I was intentionally trying to make myself less attractive while married (that is a nightmare I will skip). Now my weight is a covered by my life statement, I WILL lose the weight I want to lose. No one but me can stop me, and I am not about to do that. The really hard part, and they don't go over this with you as they should imho prior to surgery, is learning how to eat post op all over again. Not just what, but when, how, how to cook it, how to prioritize Protein, what are no no's. I literally feel like I have absolutely no idea what I doing post op when it comes to eating and I am just winging it. This is why I have not fully embraces stage three of my diet, and still prefer to consume shakes, it's a known food, I know what to expect. I guess, once I get back to regular foods, things will be easier, that is, more choices, and simplified cooking. We shall see. Man......there is no doubt that you are going to be a rock solid success. You've got a great perspective and super attitude. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winklie 518 Posted October 25, 2015 @@Dub From your mouth,er, keyboard to God's ears! Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannaBthinsoon 1,634 Posted October 25, 2015 @@winklie Are you up to the stage where you could have chili? Chili is my "perfect" food. It has the Protein, the Fiber, and some veges (I use onions and peppers in my chili). I eat a lot of chili. Well.....not at one time, but I have it more often than anything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites