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had my surgery on the 21st in Mexico. :biggrin: I spent the night before and the next night in the hospital and then we (my daughter went with me) went to the hotel they pay for you to go to for a couple nights, i stayed 3 nights. was out of it most of the the 21st of course and very sore on the 22nd, day 1. On the 23rd, day 2, we went shopping for 4 hours...very slowly i must say. lol then on the 24th, day 3, went to the mall and went to 2 movies because i was tired but after walked around for 2 hours ... still slowly. then on day 5, we took a cab to Rosarito Beach and sat on the beach by a fire sipping a Papiya (?) smoothie, finally something other than the dreaded broth and jello!

it was so good, it was huge and took me at least an hour to drink. it was a chilly day there. then we went shopping and caught a cab back to the hotel to be picked up and taken to the airport. Got home last night by midnight. I was so excited to sleep in my bed as the bed in the hotel is like sleeping on a board, my daughter love it. lol got home and the lady that stayed here to watch my house and dogs left a note saying she was changing the sheets for me and the bed broke and she couldn't fix it and sat at a slant so i had to sleep in my guest room with 3 tiny dogs in a single bed! :thumbup: i'll have to find some one to come fix it since i can't lift the mattress just yet or for a few weeks. I'm sure my friend felt horrible about it poor girl but i least i have a comfy spare bed.

i've lost 5 pounds, maybe 6! wooo hooo! i got the gass pain in the left shoulder though, :lol: the one thing i didn't want. no pb's or sliming either Michelle, i'm thankfull for that.:thumbup:

i took the whole week off this week and glad i did so i'll be in tip top shape when i go back, besides there are some slide shows i wanted to create and that isn't a lot of lifting, lol, but time consuming.

i'm going to have a Protein drink this morning and i'm looking forward to that. had Tomato Soup at the hotel before leaving, that was great.

i'm on smoothie consistancy food till day 14 now and then i go to mushy food till day 30 and then regular food of what i can eat and then get my fill at week 6. I feel pretty good today.:biggrin: Good thing one dog only weighs 6 pounds and the other 2 weigh only 4.5 pounds.

Jeanie

PS: i'm going to go get me a ticker today to proudly show from now on. :cool:

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Sounds like you had a vacation instead of surgery!!! Rosarita Beach, oh I have some fond, and not so fond memories of a sailor and me(18) fo that beach. OK back to reality, congrats on the band, sorry about the bed. Hope it isn't too bad, but don't you go trying to fix it. I pick up a baby and it hurt like heck and she was only 23 pounds.

Rest this week and enjoy your time off of work.

Welcome to bandland!!!!

Patti

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