3 More days of Liquids

I have been really busy this week so this many be a long blog!

Last weekend, I just layed around and rested as much a I could. I was still pretty tired from the surgery. So my weekend consisted of going from the bed, to the recliner, to the couch, and repeat as necessary!!! I was cold on Saturday so great weather to just be lazy! Sunday was just as uneventful.

I have been doing pretty good on the liquids! Although as previously stated, my pallet is not very happy with me right now. I have been eating (lol) tomato soup it has more flavor, and the liquified instant potatoes. It took me an hour to eat a serving of pudding....that is just wrong. But it tells me the band is working. I have cheated, just for a little thicker consistency, I have eaten Taco Bell's Pintos & cheese....Now before anyone yells and tells me how BAD they are...cal 160, fat 5g, carb 23g, protein 6g...when you are consuming less that 600 calories a day...that is not bad. I am ready to be able to do some physical activity...although I think I pulled a muscle in my side Thursday night. I was just sitting in the truck and turned to the left to pick something up...then it took my breath away...damn it hurts!

At work got a new boss, he seems really nice, but it has only been a week, and we are in the middle of quarter end so we will have to see how things go. He has made some positive changes and that is a plus. Everyone does agree he has a calming sense to him.

Tuesday my dad had a procedure to locate a blockage in his leg, well come to find out, it was a 5 inch in his pelvic area, and 70%-80% blockage to the kidneys. The next procedure is scheduled for Friday the 10th I think, there is lots of drama behind all of this, so I am not sure I will get a phone call about it...Sad I know, but the cause of it is just a family secret that cause more drama....I have been reading on lapbandtalk.com, it seems once a person makes a decision to have this procedure, something major happens to someone else in their family. I will just keep praying that all is well with Daddy, and pray for the other issues in my family...I mean they have been there as long as I can remember, and probably always will be...If you remember from my previous blog...of the other 3 siblings only 1 has even talked to me since I did the Lapband. WOW that is caring isn't it???

Logan had TKD and is doing really good, I just wish he would focus a little better at school, and get stickers instead of write ups. Grade wise he is doing great, but following one of the other kids in his class that he should not needs to STOP!!! And he knows it. They are having a Karate Olympics on The 24th and I have him signed up for that. The kids will get to compete in for different events with a chance to win up to 4 medals. And you know with the little kids it is about them having something to show for their accomplishments!

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. Oh yeah...for any of you future banders out there...(you know who I am talking too) when you are on the liquid phase and if you like tortilla soup from the Mexican food establishments. your best bet is El Finex, they bring the broth to the table and let you pour it in the bowl, just order without the tortilla strips, they put the cheese & avocado in the bowl and if the avocado gets mushy enough from the broth then mush it up for a little treat...Last night we ate at On The Border...Their soup has RICE in it...so if you order from there order with out RICE....there was lots of broth I could not get to because of the rice. Only a few more days...and then the mushies...I will be so ready.

Lets see what else...Oh yeah met a net Internet friend..I am not one to get personal with people I talk to on line, but this person is walking the same path I am. She messaged me through the lapband forum I am on. She asked me about Dr Scott. I just can not say enough nice things about the Dr & Ray feels the same ways. He said that Dr Scott communicated really good with him after the surgery and he has always been very attentive in the office. I had to call the office on Tuesday because my tapes on my belly button were coming off. Susan the nurse said as long as they were not attached to the incision then could come off. Well all 3 of them came off and it looks great. From what I can see he did a horseshoe cut around the inside of my bellybutton. The tapes at my breastbone are still there. So they will come off on Tuesday when I go for my 1st Post-Op appt. I just hope that I am able to relay my experiences and my happiness with Dr Scott to her and she is as happy as I am. She should be getting her appointments set up soon. So I will be praying for her! Oh yeah and to make the pressure on me even more - She reads my blogs....So therefore I have another person I must keep up my sharp sense of humor far as well as my quick-wittedness (sarcasm to some) that you all know and love!!!

This journey that I am on could not be as positive for me if it were not for all of the positive people around me! Supporting me in the decision. The blog has helped finding ways to just talk and very with or with comments. Lots of love to all of you!!! Muah