today is a tough day
I feel overloaded

I'm still doing the fibromyalgia thing. 
Last Thursday I had an intake appointment at a (my) chronic pain clinic.  Based on what they knew of me, that morning, within an hour of my appointment, I had a procedure to inject steroids into my lumbar spine which was considered outpatient surgery.  The procedure itself ( Read more... )

Hey gang,
 I know I've been a bit quiet here lately, but that's usually just a sign that I've been busy.  Remember those days with all the posts?  That's cuz I was trapped next to a computer with all kinds of things going on in my head and no outlet.  I still have lots of thoughts, but I'm much more mobile and not near a computer nearly as often.

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I haven't been talking about my weight loss much here lately.  Honestly, there hasn't been much to talk about.   After my 9 month post-surgical doctor's appointment in May, my weight loss pretty much stopped.  It's my fault.  I wasn't eating enough, I wasn't drinking enough, and I wasn't exercising enough.  It wasn't a huge surprise that I'd only ( Read more... )

Gastric Bypass Lowers Risk of Death
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1655367,00.html
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007 By SORA SONG


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I noticed the other day that the hair above my lip on the left side of my face is especially dark.  Gotta do something about that ( Read more... )

I've been listening to at least some parts of "The Secret" nearly every day.  One of the reoccurring themes in there is "Ask and you shall receive".  The idea is that you place an order with the Universe like you would with a mail order catalog, then you go about your life as though your order is on it's way.  They say not to trouble yourself with ( Read more... )

Ok, it's Monday again and I'm back at work with not a lot to do during the day again.
For breakfast I had roasted, unsalted sunflower seeds.  I've been kind of snacking on them all morning, so I wasn't really hungry for lunch, but I decided I needed to get the H - E - Double Hockey Sticks out of here or the day would seem endless.

I thought I left ( Read more... )

I didn't say a word here, but a couple of weeks ago, the scale told me I had lost 100 pounds.  It was a big deal, but I got very nervous about it.

When I started working all the extra hours at the PTJ I very quickly last 8 pounds all of a sudden.  It was a big size drop for me that I hadn't had in a while.  That put me very close to hitting the 100 ( Read more... )

I woke up (read: got out of bed) not too long after my alarm went off this morning.  The old man noises seem to be fading ( Read more... )

This is a Survey from Newt in a Teacup.   On her blog she writes:

Inspired by a comment or two in a previous post I’ve decided that it would be a great idea to compare our experiences in an honest, straightforward way. I’m not quite sure what the best way to start a discussion is so I’ve set up a few survey-style questions.

One thing I’ve noticed, ( Read more... )