Happy New Year bandsters! A new thread start for a new year?

For those struggling, this is a great time to recommit!

Melody

Crystal,

That is gorgeous! Is the center block made up of tiny leaves?

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yes, there are leaves on 4 of the fabrics in that one. The pattern was easier than I thought it would be. It is one that is made out of long strips sewn together, then you cut the strips with a rotary cutter. Let me know if you want the pattern and I'll email it to you. The pattern uses 9 fabrics and I narrowed it down to 7.

yes, there are leaves on 4 of the fabrics in that one. The pattern was easier than I thought it would be. It is one that is made out of long strips sewn together, then you cut the strips with a rotary cutter. Let me know if you want the pattern and I'll email it to you. The pattern uses 9 fabrics and I narrowed it down to 7.

Yes, please e-mail me the pattern! Thanks!

There were two ladies on the cruise who were working on the hand portion of quilts. They'd sit by the pool and do their thing. They were soooooo pretty!!

Beautiful quilts!

Good morning bandsters...I think.

I think I might be having a relapse of what I had prior to surgery. I thought my sinuses were just giving me problems because the nasal cannula dried them out but now I'm having a bit off difficulty breathing although no chest congestion. I actually had to use my inhaler last night (which helped). What a PITA.

I've been up for about 2 hours and I'm ready to go back to bed and crash. So I think I will. Have a good one!

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Yes, please e-mail me the pattern! Thanks!

I need an email address to send it to. Sending through LBT doesn't let me attach.

Checking in. I did quite a bit of spring cleaning over the weekend, so started off the week with some aches and pains. My housework is never done, ugh. I stepped on the scale today and was up a couple pounds....yikes! I have been hungrier lately. Now I'm tossing around the idea of getting a tiny fill. I looked back at my last fill date and realized it was in June 2010. That fill was one that took me back to my original sweet spot from Sept. 2009. Before I mess with my fill level I guess I should go look at the "what did you eat today" threads. Maybe I just need some variety and lower cal foods.

I stepped on the scale today and was up a couple pounds....yikes! I have been hungrier lately. Now I'm tossing around the idea of getting a tiny fill.

Well we know the band tightens and loosens on its own, so it may be time. Isn't it nice though to only want to lose a few pounds instead of *many*?

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Elcee: Your son's surgery is today, yes? Give us an update when you can. Good thoughts and well wishes winging your way!

Good afternoon bandsters!

For those not on Facebook, I spent Monday (keep thinking it was Sunday) in the hospital for 'observation'. I woke up at around 1 a.m. on Sunday morning having difficulty breathing. Then through Sunday, any little exertion would have me sitting down, short of breath again. I was finally convinced to go to the ER to make sure it wasn't a post surgery blood clot. After taking serious advantage of my insurance with a CT scan, echo of the heart, several EKG's and a ton of blood work, I was given a 'cautious' bill of health. Cautious since they still don't know why I suddenly had problems breathing. I think maybe it was because I was exerting myself too much too soon after surgery.

The cardiologist wanted to put me on all sorts of blood pressure and cholesterol meds...not because I necessarily have a problem, but as 'preventative' because diabetics are at greater risk for yada yada. I don't think he was too surprised when I refused since we'd already had a go round about his 'ordering' a restricted diabetic diet of 1800 calories, 15% fat and 160gm carbs. I told him if I ate 1800 calories, I'd gain weight and if I ate 160gm of carbs I'd be back on insulin. His response, "well that's why they make medication." I think that was where I told him he could either take the restrictions off the diet, or my husband would be bringing my meals in. Then again, I don't think I ate even half of each meal because the food was so horrible! How can you screw up scrambled eggs, baked (they lied...it tasted poached) chicken or a freakin' salad?? <shudder>

The were horrified at blood pressure readings of 190/80 and wanted to give me medication. Refused that too. I know what it is normally and told them their BP would be going through the roof if someone woke them from a dead sleep with a rough shake to the shoulder and then immediately took their BP. Dumbasses.

Sooooo glad to be home!

Thanks for the update Melody, have been thinking of you!

Wow Melody. You are much more "in tune" with your own body than the docs. I wish sometimes they would take 2 or 3 minutes to "listen". geez

Wow Melody. You are much more "in tune" with your own body than the docs. I wish sometimes they would take 2 or 3 minutes to "listen". geez

I suppose, to be fair to the docs, most people aren't 'in tune' with their own body so they've kind of learned to just ignore the patient and rely on what they can see with their own eyes. Recipe for a disaster, in my opinion. Fortunately, my regular doctor does listen. I never mind waiting an hour past my appointment time (doesn't happen too often anyway) because I know I'll get the same thoughtful treatment. She comes into the room, sets her computer on the counter, sits down, looks at me and says, "So...talk to me."...and then (more importantly) listens.

I'll be interested to hear what she has to say after she gets all the results from the testing they did.

I'm still having episodes of shortness of breath, although they're lessening, and woke up in the middle of the night with one, so it's not just on exertion. I discovered accidentally yesterday that if I bend over slightly, it's almost like I can take a deeper breath...and I can feel my back sort of 'expanding' (although that's not quite the right word) and allowing the lungs to inflate. I so can't wait to be back to normal!!

Elcee: Are you out there? How'd your son's surgery go?

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Yes I'm still here , just had a hectic couple of days.

The procedure was on Tuesday 1.30.Warwick was pretty nervous but that was to be expected. The Dr that was going to be sitting with him and applying the drops during the procedure was great. He took lots of time to explain everything and let Warwick listen to his ipod whilst the procedure was being done. They did the prep at 1.30 and then we had to wait about 1hr15min for the next stage. They took him through and were finished just after 5pm. At that point Warwick was fine - much better than I expected. He started feeling sick etc in the car on the way home. Not surprising as it was rush hour and we live out in the country so to get home took ages. He went straight to bed with no food(he's 16 if he doesn't eat you know he can't be feeling good) and slept through till about 9am yesterday. He didn't need the sleeping tabs or the strong pain killer. I helped him with his first lot of drops yesterday and then had to go to work.We left him with a long list of instructions as to what to take when and kept phoning to check he was OK. The only problem he had was slight boredom as he is not allowed to play on his DS until the bandage contact lens comes out next week.

Hubby and I then went straight from work to see Riverdance. The tickets were booked and paid for months ago before we knew he had to go for this "op". We weren't too worried as his 22 year old sister is living at home at the moment so he had someone with him after work. The show was excellent. We had centre, front row seats.The dancers legs are amazing - I swear they have knees that swing both ways! Hubby enjoyed it too even though when I told him I had booked tickets he looked at me rather strangely. (Apparently that was because he had forgotten what it was , we saw Lord of the Dance about 11 years ago).

Off to see the specialist for a first checkup today, we are lucky as we have been told we can go to the local one not the one that did the procedure - so much less stress with travel and parking.Then we need to go again nextweek and if everything is good they will see him in 3 months at which point they should know what the results are. Warwick is up and seems fine - he has just gone to run himself a bath as he cn't shower in case he gets water in his eye.

Thanks for all the good wishes.