Daily Comments:
Thursday already! Good news is I have been back to work for four days and I am doing well. I am still walking and moving carefully but I am so thankful. The one thing I do not like is the swollen belly. I have been working so hard to get the belly shape smaller... it is hard seeing it swollen... and wearing the abdominal wrap adds to the fullness of the middle. But... this too shall pass.
Say a prayer for my endurance this weekend. I volunteered some time back to attend and be a chaperon at Soul Link with my church's youth group. It is this weekend... Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Thank goodness this year we have a charter bus instead of a school bus for our transportation. Soul Link is a time of worship, singing, motivating classes, and a time of renewal for teens and Church of Christ youth groups from all over. It is an awesome time! I am looking forward to it.
To God be the Glory!! God is good all the time. All the time God is good!
Welcome to my "Getting Healthy" blog site. I am determined to lose 80 lbs. and become a healthier, happier, thinner ME! Each day I will post my daily comments, food diary, successes, struggles, and inspirational thoughts. A friend inspired me!! I hope this blog inspires at least one person to be a healthier, happier, thinner YOU. May God richly bless your efforts!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sunday, Week 29:
(Week 2 after surgery)
Daily Comments:
Last week was the worse. I had to revert back to 2 pain pills every 4 hours all last week. I literally took a pill, ate something, and went back to bed... for a week! Man!! It got even worse. Steve, Pepaw (Steve's dad), and Marty caught a cold. They were all coughing and sniffling, and sleeping a lot. There was no caregiver. We were all sick and had to take care of ourselves.
Sometime during that week, Pepaw went to the doctor and had a test and found out he had blockage to the heart and needed a stent. He scheduled Surgery for Thursday. Steve got up at 5:00 a.m. and took him to the hospital, stayed in the waiting room and got the good news from the doctor, saw that he got into his room for over night observation, and then came home and crashed (still sick and run down). Steve headed back to the hospital around 5:00 p.m. and visited for a few hours then turned around and picked him up and brought him home on Friday. We were all crashed on Friday. I took my last pain pill on Friday and started taking 3 Ibuprofen instead.
I am... today... back among the living. I got up and went to church this morning. (Steve stayed home. He was crouping and coughing... still sounding awful.) Being at church was the best place to be. The singing and the sermon was excellent. I was so blessed to have been present. Afterwards, Marty and I ate at Olive Garden. I ate soup and salad. It tasted great. After lunch I took food to-go to Steve and Pepaw and went home to rest. Marty went to the grocery store. The family came over around 7:00 p.m. We all ate steak and green beans and watched a movie together. We all ate cobbler and ice cream for dessert. Arianna is getting so big. She is almost 6 months and 20 pounds. I am not supposed to lift anything over 20 pounds for 6 weeks. Uuuugggghhhhh!
I am going to attempt to go back to work tomorrow. I have a doctor's appointment too... on my first day back. We shall see if I can handle full time hours this week or if I will have to work up to full time. I am glad I have my own office and sit in front of a computer with a printer on my desk. I only have to get up to go to the bathroom.
Missed:
I missed documenting my weigh-in day yesterday... I weighed-in at 167 pounds. That is one pound down. Yea! I am still swollen from surgery so I hope some weight will still drop off as I continue to recover. It still hurts but it is sooooooo much better.
I have a friend, Renee, that just had neck surgery for the second time after screws in her neck broke after the first surgery. She is so positive and such a strong person. She has overcome so many things in her life, one of which was cancer. She had a major portion of her colon removed and wore a bag for many months. To her, this is just one more thing. Her neck surgery was this past Monday while I was out of it. I spoke with her today on the phone. She has two black eyes, bruises to the face, neck, and under arms. Half of her hair is shaved off. She says she looks like she has been beaten. She has a 3 months recovery time and is on mega heavy pain medications. She has physical therapy to look forward to also. All that kind of puts things in prospective for me, especially when she called me concerned about how I was doing. I was so humbled and in tears for her.
I could go on with family and friends that have life threatening illnesses. They are handling each and every day amazingly well. They are strong, positive, fighters. I am thankful! To God be all the glory!!
Food Diary:
Breakfast: Activia Light Peach yogurt, toast with country crock and honey.
Lunch: Olive Garden soup and salad
Dinner: Steak, green beans, and mashed potatoes
Snack: Peach cobbler and ice cream
To God be Glory for Every and Ever Amen!!
Daily Comments:
Last week was the worse. I had to revert back to 2 pain pills every 4 hours all last week. I literally took a pill, ate something, and went back to bed... for a week! Man!! It got even worse. Steve, Pepaw (Steve's dad), and Marty caught a cold. They were all coughing and sniffling, and sleeping a lot. There was no caregiver. We were all sick and had to take care of ourselves.
Sometime during that week, Pepaw went to the doctor and had a test and found out he had blockage to the heart and needed a stent. He scheduled Surgery for Thursday. Steve got up at 5:00 a.m. and took him to the hospital, stayed in the waiting room and got the good news from the doctor, saw that he got into his room for over night observation, and then came home and crashed (still sick and run down). Steve headed back to the hospital around 5:00 p.m. and visited for a few hours then turned around and picked him up and brought him home on Friday. We were all crashed on Friday. I took my last pain pill on Friday and started taking 3 Ibuprofen instead.
I am... today... back among the living. I got up and went to church this morning. (Steve stayed home. He was crouping and coughing... still sounding awful.) Being at church was the best place to be. The singing and the sermon was excellent. I was so blessed to have been present. Afterwards, Marty and I ate at Olive Garden. I ate soup and salad. It tasted great. After lunch I took food to-go to Steve and Pepaw and went home to rest. Marty went to the grocery store. The family came over around 7:00 p.m. We all ate steak and green beans and watched a movie together. We all ate cobbler and ice cream for dessert. Arianna is getting so big. She is almost 6 months and 20 pounds. I am not supposed to lift anything over 20 pounds for 6 weeks. Uuuugggghhhhh!
I am going to attempt to go back to work tomorrow. I have a doctor's appointment too... on my first day back. We shall see if I can handle full time hours this week or if I will have to work up to full time. I am glad I have my own office and sit in front of a computer with a printer on my desk. I only have to get up to go to the bathroom.
Missed:
I missed documenting my weigh-in day yesterday... I weighed-in at 167 pounds. That is one pound down. Yea! I am still swollen from surgery so I hope some weight will still drop off as I continue to recover. It still hurts but it is sooooooo much better.
I have a friend, Renee, that just had neck surgery for the second time after screws in her neck broke after the first surgery. She is so positive and such a strong person. She has overcome so many things in her life, one of which was cancer. She had a major portion of her colon removed and wore a bag for many months. To her, this is just one more thing. Her neck surgery was this past Monday while I was out of it. I spoke with her today on the phone. She has two black eyes, bruises to the face, neck, and under arms. Half of her hair is shaved off. She says she looks like she has been beaten. She has a 3 months recovery time and is on mega heavy pain medications. She has physical therapy to look forward to also. All that kind of puts things in prospective for me, especially when she called me concerned about how I was doing. I was so humbled and in tears for her.
I could go on with family and friends that have life threatening illnesses. They are handling each and every day amazingly well. They are strong, positive, fighters. I am thankful! To God be all the glory!!
Food Diary:
Breakfast: Activia Light Peach yogurt, toast with country crock and honey.
Lunch: Olive Garden soup and salad
Dinner: Steak, green beans, and mashed potatoes
Snack: Peach cobbler and ice cream
To God be Glory for Every and Ever Amen!!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Sunday, Week 28:
(Week 1 after surgery)
Exercise:
Not yet! I am up and walking around the house... slowly. Those stinking stomach muscles hurt. When I get back to walking normally I plan to walk on the tread mill and build up to 20 minutes. I will do nothing too fast. Trust me!!
Daily Comments:
For those of you that do not know... hernia surgery and bladder surgery is abdominal surgery. After surgery your abs or abdominals HURT. Getting up, sitting up, sitting down, walking... all HURT.
Also what you do not know is... "The Golden Rule". The Golden Rule for abdominal surgery... is... NO COUGHING!! Don't get a cold. Don't get a post nasal drip down the back of your throat and DON'T eat toast and get a little piece of toast to tickle your tonsils or stick to your tonsils. Yes!! Just what I did. I was coughing and coughing and coughing and tears poured out of my eyes, liquid dripped out of my nose... I was bending over a couch trying to hold my stomach muscles in place while coughing and begging for water incoherently (you could not tell what I was saying). The water didn't really help when I got it. To say the least, I was making progress and that coughing fit set me back. Man! I hurt!
I was taking 2 pain meds every four hours and I have progressed to 1 pain pill every six hours. It allows me to still hurt but takes the edge off and keeps me from being loopy. I am getting better but NO MORE toast and I am taking Robitussin just in case. Ouch!!
Steve has taken such good care of me! He is a great cook. He has given me his powerful hand and strength to lower me into a chair and up out of a chair and into bed. He has kept the meds coming to keep me on a schedule the first few hours and days. He has given me space when I have got into the shower with tubing and surgical tape all over my belly and I just needed a shower. (I kept it dry as I could, keeping my back to the spray, but the shower down my back and washing my hair was amazing... we take that for granted.) Steve is the love of my life. He took days off work and has been with me every minute. We did not realize I would be hurting this much.
My Mom loves me so much! She made me a banana pudding... twice!! She spoils me rotten!!
Please keep praying that I continue to recover and that the pain goes away!!
Spiritual Thoughts:
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.
Exercise:
Not yet! I am up and walking around the house... slowly. Those stinking stomach muscles hurt. When I get back to walking normally I plan to walk on the tread mill and build up to 20 minutes. I will do nothing too fast. Trust me!!
Daily Comments:
For those of you that do not know... hernia surgery and bladder surgery is abdominal surgery. After surgery your abs or abdominals HURT. Getting up, sitting up, sitting down, walking... all HURT.
Also what you do not know is... "The Golden Rule". The Golden Rule for abdominal surgery... is... NO COUGHING!! Don't get a cold. Don't get a post nasal drip down the back of your throat and DON'T eat toast and get a little piece of toast to tickle your tonsils or stick to your tonsils. Yes!! Just what I did. I was coughing and coughing and coughing and tears poured out of my eyes, liquid dripped out of my nose... I was bending over a couch trying to hold my stomach muscles in place while coughing and begging for water incoherently (you could not tell what I was saying). The water didn't really help when I got it. To say the least, I was making progress and that coughing fit set me back. Man! I hurt!
I was taking 2 pain meds every four hours and I have progressed to 1 pain pill every six hours. It allows me to still hurt but takes the edge off and keeps me from being loopy. I am getting better but NO MORE toast and I am taking Robitussin just in case. Ouch!!
Steve has taken such good care of me! He is a great cook. He has given me his powerful hand and strength to lower me into a chair and up out of a chair and into bed. He has kept the meds coming to keep me on a schedule the first few hours and days. He has given me space when I have got into the shower with tubing and surgical tape all over my belly and I just needed a shower. (I kept it dry as I could, keeping my back to the spray, but the shower down my back and washing my hair was amazing... we take that for granted.) Steve is the love of my life. He took days off work and has been with me every minute. We did not realize I would be hurting this much.
My Mom loves me so much! She made me a banana pudding... twice!! She spoils me rotten!!
Please keep praying that I continue to recover and that the pain goes away!!
Spiritual Thoughts:
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wednesday, Week 27:
Daily Comments:
My two surgeries, hernia and bladder, were taken care of today. The doctor repairing or lifting the bladder tube did an excellent job. I am already experiencing improvement.
The doctor repairing the hernia, found and repaired TWO hernias. I am at home and moving very slowly. My stomach muscles are in constant pain as if I had done a 1000 crunches... or more. It hurts!! I am wearing an On-Q pain pump that is delivering anesthesia directly to the site. If it hurts while wearing this pump... I wonder how much it would hurt to not be wearing it.
Here is information on the pump: http://doctorfinders.com/onq.php I am also taking oral pain meds. These are making me sleep and I don't mind at all. As soon as I finish this blog, I am going back to bed.
Exercise:
Are you kidding me? It is exercise just getting up out of a chair or up out of the bed... or walking.
Inspirational though:
My two surgeries, hernia and bladder, were taken care of today. The doctor repairing or lifting the bladder tube did an excellent job. I am already experiencing improvement.
The doctor repairing the hernia, found and repaired TWO hernias. I am at home and moving very slowly. My stomach muscles are in constant pain as if I had done a 1000 crunches... or more. It hurts!! I am wearing an On-Q pain pump that is delivering anesthesia directly to the site. If it hurts while wearing this pump... I wonder how much it would hurt to not be wearing it.
Here is information on the pump: http://doctorfinders.com/onq.php I am also taking oral pain meds. These are making me sleep and I don't mind at all. As soon as I finish this blog, I am going back to bed.
My MOM made ME a Banana Pudding!! Yea!! What a wonderful treat!!
Exercise:
Are you kidding me? It is exercise just getting up out of a chair or up out of the bed... or walking.
Inspirational though:
Ephesians 3:17-19
New International Version (NIV)
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Food Diary:
Breakfast: Nothing after midnight! Ready for surgery!!
Lunch: a little soup... I got nauseous and ALMOST threw up. (took meds)
Snack: 100 calorie cookies
Dinner: Activia Light peach, a little toast no crust, banana pudding
Snack: banana pudding
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Tuesday, Week 27:
Daily Comments:
My surgeries are scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday February 8th. I have to be at the hospital at 6:00 a.m. The first surgery starts at 7:30 a.m.
This morning, on my way to work, I went to the hospital and took care of my Pre-Op. I completed all the paperwork, had an EKG, and gave blood. I am so glad I went. I didn't know I needed to do all that. I heard from the nurses of both doctors today checking in with me. One of the nurses confirmed my pharmacy and let me know she was calling in some "goooooood" drugs for me. I was told it would be good if I picked it up today so I would have it when I got home. Now I am worried. Am I going to be in pain? I guess with every surgery comes a little pain. I will leave it in God's hands and it will be fine!
Inspirational Thoughts:
Food Diary:
Breakfast: Oatmeal with Country Crock and coffee
Lunch: Mexican food; Chicken soft tacos
Snack: 100 calories yogurt covered pretzels
Dinner: Salmon patties, broccoli & cheese, rice with Rotel tomatoes and mushrooms
Snack: Sugar free chocolate pudding
My surgeries are scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday February 8th. I have to be at the hospital at 6:00 a.m. The first surgery starts at 7:30 a.m.
This morning, on my way to work, I went to the hospital and took care of my Pre-Op. I completed all the paperwork, had an EKG, and gave blood. I am so glad I went. I didn't know I needed to do all that. I heard from the nurses of both doctors today checking in with me. One of the nurses confirmed my pharmacy and let me know she was calling in some "goooooood" drugs for me. I was told it would be good if I picked it up today so I would have it when I got home. Now I am worried. Am I going to be in pain? I guess with every surgery comes a little pain. I will leave it in God's hands and it will be fine!
Inspirational Thoughts:
Ephesians 3
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.Food Diary:
Breakfast: Oatmeal with Country Crock and coffee
Lunch: Mexican food; Chicken soft tacos
Snack: 100 calories yogurt covered pretzels
Dinner: Salmon patties, broccoli & cheese, rice with Rotel tomatoes and mushrooms
Snack: Sugar free chocolate pudding
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Saturday, Week 26:
Daily Comments:
Today is weigh in day and I am holding at 168 pounds.
I did my KettleWorx kettlebells exercises on Monday and Tuesday. After lunch on Tuesday, I started having serious stomach pains. I do not know if I got a touch of food poisoning from lunch or I over-did-it with the kettlebelling. I was in such pain that I missed work on Wednesday. A heating pad was my best friend Tuesday through Thursday. Thursday and Friday my stomach was tender and I was having occasional stomach pains.
Today I have felt much better. I slept late, cleaned house, and washed clothes. I left the house around 2:00 p.m. and took myself to Ruthie's for a Mexican lunch. I ate Tortilla soup, and some chips and hot sauce. Then I went and got a fresh pedicure and manicure. I want my feet to look pretty on the surgery table on Wednesday. I do not like that it will be 6 weeks before I can Kettlebell and "Plank" after surgery. But I do like that the surgery will be behind me and I will be better because of it.
I am enjoying becoming a healthier me. I am enjoying losing weight. My clothes are looking better on my body. Being back in size 12 pants after many years feels great. I can actually see the possibility that I may get into a smaller size pants. Oh WOW!!
Inspirational Thought:
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain...
Today is weigh in day and I am holding at 168 pounds.
I did my KettleWorx kettlebells exercises on Monday and Tuesday. After lunch on Tuesday, I started having serious stomach pains. I do not know if I got a touch of food poisoning from lunch or I over-did-it with the kettlebelling. I was in such pain that I missed work on Wednesday. A heating pad was my best friend Tuesday through Thursday. Thursday and Friday my stomach was tender and I was having occasional stomach pains.
Today I have felt much better. I slept late, cleaned house, and washed clothes. I left the house around 2:00 p.m. and took myself to Ruthie's for a Mexican lunch. I ate Tortilla soup, and some chips and hot sauce. Then I went and got a fresh pedicure and manicure. I want my feet to look pretty on the surgery table on Wednesday. I do not like that it will be 6 weeks before I can Kettlebell and "Plank" after surgery. But I do like that the surgery will be behind me and I will be better because of it.
I am enjoying becoming a healthier me. I am enjoying losing weight. My clothes are looking better on my body. Being back in size 12 pants after many years feels great. I can actually see the possibility that I may get into a smaller size pants. Oh WOW!!
Inspirational Thought:
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain...
-Vivian Greene
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