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Here is the picture I promised of Rachael from Homecoming this is her and her date (just friends) and her and her 2 best friends.

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Gorgeous!! I miss those days!!

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Isn't that GREAT! Congrats! I bought a jacket off the rack at the end of last winter. It fit but was pretty snug. I had to get something my other coat was absolutely huge on me. Anyway, I tried it on this morning and it fits perfectly. Problem is - it's a spring jacket and I'll need something much heavier for winter!

We'd love to have you on the BFL challenge with us. I think it's going to be more an accountability of getting to the gym 6 days a week and keeping on track with eating well. It's 84 days. I plan to post every day, so we can all be responsible to one another. I know that really helps me with big challenges like this.

You are so brave! I don't think I could do it with a trainer! I'm a wuss!

Glad to hear you saw your PCP today! Thanks Mini! I was worried about you - my little Puff Mini!

I was afraid we'd have to start a rap group,

"Puff Mama and Heavy Double D":drum:

see ya,

dee~

Umm...where do I fit into Puff Mama and Heavy Double D? We need to add Munchkin in there somewhere....:tt1:

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Mini-Have you been on any steroids? And have you had any labs checked lately? If you are low on Protein it can cause you to "third space" Fluid outside of the vascular space and into the tissues. It usually happens with elderly or sick people, but it did happen to one young girl I worked with on my old floor. She kept swelling and her albumin was low when they checked it. Once she corrected her eating it went away.

I had labs drawn today. We shall see. I have some weird vascular stuff that goes on in my body (autoimmune) and I just never know . . .

I can't think I'm low on protein cuz I'm eating a ton of it.

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Umm...where do I fit into Puff Mama and Heavy Double D? We need to add Munchkin in there somewhere....:tt1:

Let's see . . . how about Puff MDM (munchkin, dee, mini).

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Grrrr....why do I keep losing the posts I am writing? So frustrating!

Busy, busy work weekend again. No cute 4 year old patients that wanted to give me cornrows, but I did have an adorable 98 year old man that I didn't think would make it through the night Friday. He was so much better by last night that he wouldn't sleep or be quiet all night! He kept having accidents in the bed, and he told me "Someone keeps shitting in my bed!" I about cracked up. Yep, that would be the shit elves! :tt1: They are the worst kind of elves!

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I had labs drawn today. We shall see. I have some weird vascular stuff that goes on in my body (autoimmune) and I just never know . . .

I can't think I'm low on Protein cuz I'm eating a ton of it.

Well quit taking steroids to bulk up then, because that's what it is.:) Sheesh, I know you want to be all ripped and stuff, but really......:tt1: No seriously, have you had to take prednisone for anything? Prednisone is notorious for making you swell.

And I eat a ton of Protein but my protein labs are still always low it seems. It is always unfathomable to me since I eat so much of it.

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I am having that stupid pain again. I did sit ups on Friday and ever since then, my port area feels bruised and so I called. It IS a possibility that it slipped (PRAY HARD LADIES). I could have gone in tomorrow, but DH is having surgery, so the soonest I could get in is Thursday am.

I am doing all liquids until then. PRAY PRAY PRAY that there is no slip. I would be devestated to say the least.

PRAY!!!

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It is my sincere prayer that there is NO slip. Be well, you & your DH.

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Well quit taking steroids to bulk up then, because that's what it is.:) Sheesh, I know you want to be all ripped and stuff, but really......:tt1: No seriously, have you had to take prednisone for anything? Prednisone is notorious for making you swell.

And I eat a ton of Protein but my Protein labs are still always low it seems. It is always unfathomable to me since I eat so much of it.

Nope, no prednisone. No shit elves in my bed either :biggrin:

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I am having that stupid pain again. I did sit ups on Friday and ever since then, my port area feels bruised and so I called. It IS a possibility that it slipped (PRAY HARD LADIES). I could have gone in tomorrow, but DH is having surgery, so the soonest I could get in is Thursday am.

I am doing all liquids until then. PRAY PRAY PRAY that there is no slip. I would be devestated to say the least.

PRAY!!!

BRANDY!!!!! Argghhhh!!!! Well, our thoughts will be with you and DH tomorrow and the next day. Let us know how things go.

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Umm...where do I fit into Puff Mama and Heavy Double D? We need to add Munchkin in there somewhere....:tt1:

How about Princess? the artist formerly known as Munchkin?

Puff Mama, Heavy DD and Princess!!!

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I am having that stupid pain again. I did sit ups on Friday and ever since then, my port area feels bruised and so I called. It IS a possibility that it slipped (PRAY HARD LADIES). I could have gone in tomorrow, but DH is having surgery, so the soonest I could get in is Thursday am.

I am doing all liquids until then. PRAY PRAY PRAY that there is no slip. I would be devestated to say the least.

PRAY!!!

Nope, no prednisone. No shit elves in my bed either :tt1:

Okay, let me get this right, I'll be praying for both of you! Mini and Brandy!!!

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ooo, I like it!

Good, we can go on tour!

and then we can get tees that say, "I am with the Band."

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Good, we can go on tour!

and then we can get tees that say, "I am with the Band."

:tt1::laugh::):laugh::biggrin::laugh::thumbup::laugh::tt1: That's priceless!!!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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