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Oh Karey, You sound like you are in a lot of pain and pretty uncomfortable. My prayers and thoughts are with you. I hope you heal very quickly and that swelling starts going down real soon.

we are home from church today too. dylan is doing MUCH better, but still has the wound on his botom. I don't want to put him in the nursery and he is too active to take in the service.

"Staying on plan" is whatever it means to you. We all have different "plans". For us, "staying on plan" is sticking to whatever it is you have commited to do to make this thing work.

So good to see everyone posting. I am still wondering where Bonnie ran off to. I pm'd her but never heard back. Hopefully we will here from her soon. Lyn, I would definately go and BEG!! Even if it isn't official, RUN!!! You will be so glad you did. DOn't let this stop you. You have worked so hard!! i have eaten crap for 3 days. I haven't run in over a week. I know I am having surgery on Friday and decided to take a break, but my goodness!! I just feel bloated and aweful..I have to lose this mentality. I am taking a break from what??? From this new lifestyle that gives me energy and self confidence. Why do I still think I should "reward" myself with a trip back to my old eating habits that lead to death, not life. Oh Amy..... Ok, there. I just kicked myself in the butt. This old life I crave is so numbing and blah!! Enough of that. I am going to have 4 healthy, full of life days to prepare for this surgery. No, I am not going to low carb or run 5 miles each day. I am going to eat healthy, drink my water, and run for the enjoyment of it. I have learned to love running, so I am going to love doing it the next 4 days because it will be awhile before I can again!!

Thanks guys. I am so excited. i went to Walmart today and picked a few last things. I typically have veryhigh pain tolerance. i am hoping this won't be any different and I will be moving well again soon.. I am going to take it very easy though. I don't want to risk any problems. Counting down the days!!

Sounds like a great night. We went out to celebrate DH birthday. We took the boys. I love my boys dearly, but I found myself wishing for a date night. When we had the 5 kids we had date night each week. we havn't done that since they left. We should have a date night..

ONLY 6 MORE DAYS!!! It is getting so close. I dreamed about my surgery last night. This is so consuming. Here is my week... Monday - Hospital preop Tuesday - Doctor preop Wednesday and Thursday - CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN the house, pack and pay bills Thursday I am getting a manicure and pedicure. I never do such things, but I want my nails to look pretty. If I don't make it, I at least want to look good. LOL Thursday night I will take Dylan to my inlaws and pack for the hospital. OMGoodness, it is so close. I haven't lose the 10pounds I wanted to before surgery, but, they'll be there when I get home. Only positive thoughts from here out. I am focusing on the surgery, healing, and doing great, not on efforts to lose more weight. I can get back to all that later!! OK, I'm rambling. I am so excited!!

Mamato, I see you, :tongue_smilie:) How are you??

Sugar, I'm glad you took wannabe off. I have not ran in a week either. I am just having a case of the 1 year blah's like luluc or anicipation of surgery has got my focus off. Not sure what, but not running lately. DH doesn't think I should run past Wednesday anyway. My surgery is Fridaya dn he thinks it is good to give my body a break before surgery. Anyway, my pointis, this thread has turned into so much more than an exercise thread. keep posting becuas you have something to contribute. BTW, I giggled when I read where you posted that I have gone full cirlce. I don't know if you ko, but the docotr plans to make my tummy incision all the way around my back, so I will literally go full circle. A great way to represent a lifechanging year!!

Now only 5 days. It is getting very close. I can't believe our days of waiting are almost over. I dreamed about my surgery all night last night. In my dream I saw myself post op, and I looked pretty hot. I just can't wait!!!

Yeah, I got my butt kicked. Whosya, wanna do one that starts tommorow and ends on Thursday. I know that is very short, but my surgery is Friday so I will be out for awhile, but I am having trouble motivating myself this week. No challenge....I'm getting the saline taken out of my band on Tuesday. This could be a recipe for disaster!! WAY TO GO GEORGIA!!!!!!!!! You rock!!!

Thanks so much for the update! Rest up and get well soon Karey!!

First of all, Sugar, get taht Wannabe off of your signature. You are a part of us and definately not a wannabe. On vacation, maybe, but not a wannabe. Ok my friends, I have not run since Friday either, so... I vow with you all to get back on track tommorow. This evil little voice in my head is telling me that my surgery is only a week away, so I might as well just do what I want between now and then because I am not going to lose a lot in that week anyway, and my endurance will weaken after surgery so I will ahve to strengthen anyway. SHUTUP LITTLE VOICE!!!

What a great idea. Thanks so much!!

I GOT BEAT BY A BOY!!!! I didn't run for a few days with Dylan being sick and didn't realize the challenge was ending!! OMGosh. He beat me by 3.5 miles. I so could have run that if I had looked to see when the challenge was ending. What a goober I am!! I am like 20 miles behind in the salsa, whosya, renewed challenge, but I will have to get my butt running and catch up. It is over on the 21st. Here I go!!

Do they ever!! I am fixing to put him down for an extra nap. He is being WAY too fussy. Maybe he is still just tired, but no doubt, he is pushing the limits, and honestly, there haven't been many limits the last few days.

I haven't run yet today, but I plan to. Probably after the kids go to bed. My littel Dylan is acting pretty normal today. A little extra rotten. You can't spank an infected bottom. Oh he is rotten. We are having battle of the wills today and his is pretty strong!!

DS is doing much better. Long story short, he decided not to eat or drink and became dehydrated. We spent a night in the hospital to receive IV fluids and IV antibiotics. We came home yesterday adn he is sooo much better. As all this relates to my surgery, we also got some WONDERFUL news!! His wound cultured our regular staph not the more dngerous MRSA staph. I am so relieved not to have that nasty bug floating around here when I get home from surgery. 1 week from tommorow. I can hardly believe it! My cmpression garments came in today. I ordered a medium and was concerned that it might be too small, but that is what my doctor told me to order. I put it on and it is going to be fine. Isn't it amazing how we still see ourselves as much larger than we are. I do anyway. I go to the hopital for preop on Monday and see my doctor on Tuesday for more preop and to have the saline taken out of my band. It's getting so close!! With my son being sick ans distracting me a bit, it has kinda snuck up on me. It's like, hurry up ad wait and then all the sudden it's time!! Oh I am SOOOOOOO excited!! Shalee, set a good example on Thursday for me to follow!! You are going to do great!! 10 days from now we will both be home and posting about how sore and tired we are and cussing those blasted drains!! I just can't wait!!

Ok, where do I start. I used to really like Heba, but no more. She has such an attitude and is so on my nerves. I thought what the red team did during the challenge ws not cool either. Why be sneaky? Just speak up and say that you are not doing it and start eating. Kinda cowardly in my opinion. The purple people grew on me. Amy seems to respond better with Bob. That's good. I don't like the girl on the brown team at all, but the guy doesn't bother me. He seems kinda nice actually. Overall, I don't like the blue team much at all. The guy(Grady I think) is ok, and I like Amy ok, but the rest I don't care for. They also don't seem to be a well gelled team. Splitting up on that challenge spoke volumes to me. The black team seems kinda like the underdogs to me and i really like them because they are in it together at this point. Just watching that 14 hour challenge. The blue team was running it as individuals, but the black team was in it together, win or lose. I am such the teeam player type person... I was so glad the black team won. Colleen is definately my favorite individual. She is very calm and seems to want to work. She stays clear of the drama. Ok, that is my synopsis on the Biggest Loser. I agree with everyone that isis time to get busy and quit talkin!!

My son ended up being admitted to the hospital. We are home now and he is doing great. I have not run in 5 days. Oh my!! I WILL run at least 3 miles today. No excuses!!

Praying for you, Karey. Can't wait to hear how well you are doing!!

i'm staying on plan because my son is home from the hospital and it is time to refocus and get giong again.

I haven't run in a few days. Dylan ended up deing admiteed to the hospital yesterday because he wouldn't drink and didn't have any wet diapers yesterday. They gave him iv antibiotics and iv fluids. He is MUCH better this morning. He is peeing and drinking a little. We got to come back home. Oh, and some GREAT news, the culture showed regular staph not MRSA!! I think he is on the road to recovery!!

Thanks Georgia and Kathy. We just got home from the doctor. He looks a little better today. She removed the packing and squeezed out a bunch more yuck and then repacked his wound. His temp this morning was 101.7, which is much better than 105. We go back tommorow to repck the wound and do more lab work to see if his white count is coming down. He is not eatnig or drinking much at all. He has only had 1 wet diaper today and it was barely wet. He has got to start eating and drinking if he is going to stay out of the hospital through all this. Overall, I feel like things are better today. I will keep you posted. BTW, Why has this thread gotten so quiet I wonder???? I miss reading all the posts. Where is everybody??

Thanks Georgia. Just put Dylan to bed. He is a very sick little guy. The doctor lanced, drained and packed a lesion on his bottom today. He has a bunch of little red areas that they called satelite lesions that we are watching very closely. Thankfully many of them are fading, but there are 4 that are a little larger and more red tonight. He is not eating or drinking much and threw up his new antibiotic. He is still running high fever. The doctor is pretty sure that it is MRSA staph. They did blood cultures today to see if it is in his blood because he is getting all of these little satelite lesions. She put him on tylenol with codeine and he is a pretty happy camper. In the morning she will remove the packing and see how that spot looks and may have to lance a spot right beside it. He has got tiny busted blood vessels on his face and neck from crying while she lanced the areas this afternoon. I dread going through that again tommorow. Please pray that he will get well quickly. I may not be on much, but i will keep yall posted. Goody night.