Yes, We Survived!

Well, this past week has been interesting. On monday when the weather report said that we are going to have a major ice storm comming and it's going to be devestating, we took it with a grain of salt. Usually when they say, "4" of snow", we get either nothing or a slight dusting. Who knew that they were going to be right for once??!!
It is day 5 and we are at the in-laws far away from the devestation. When we left yesterday, day 4, we still had no power and it was driving me crazy! We were actually planning on coming here this weekend anyway before the storm, so it worked out great. We bought a generator on Thursday because we don't think the power is coming back anytime soon. We loaned it to our elderly neighbor, who is by herself, for the weekend. I hope she is enjoying it!
The freezing rain started Monday evening. My boss calls that night and says things are starting to get bad and that I can sleep in the next day because he's closing the clinic. The rain just kept on coming. All throughout Tuesday and Wednesday you could hear nothing but the tearing and falling limbs. It was kinda scary, especially when they would bounce off the house/roof or make the ground shake! The clinic had lost power for only 2 days, so on Thursday I was ready to get out of the darkened shell of my house and go to work for a couple of hours. I enjoyed the warmth there while I could and just did busy work. Not a whole lot of ppl were out and about because most of them still had no power. So, business was dead and I was warm!
I reckon we got at least 2" of ice and about 1/2" of snow. It was beautiful scenery until you see all the reckage. When I get home and electric/cable come back I will post some pics. I know it's all melted now, which means it's all muddy now, but there is a lot of clean up and dealing with insurance. I've heard that we should have power back on by this evening (Sunday) and to call again if we don't have it by midnight on Monday. Wish us luck!!

Update!!

3 week post-op and 2 month post-op



Taken about a year ago.



Yea! We are doing good. I went to my post op exam this past week and everything went well. I lost 22.5# between my pre-op and post-op (3 weeks). Dr. Roller was vry pleased. My six laprascopic holes are healing great also.
We had to go shopping for Theron already. His pants were getting too baggy. So we went to Wally World last night and he tried on some khaki pants. He went down 2 pant sizes! WooHoo! We just got one pair, we aren't sure how long he will be able to wear these before he needs more...
I still can't eat very much. My stomach thinks that a few bites is sufficient, but I know it isn't because I need to get my protein in. It's very frustrating. It takes me a good 45min. or more to finish a 1/4c. of food. It's weird, but I am getting use to it.
My cousin Heather made a suggestion and I think it's a pretty good idea! She asked if I can post recipes that we make. Keep in mind that the serving size on some of these recipes are for smaller stomachs. The recipe I am posting today is for sloppy joes. We had an Enrichment meeting that included a dinner where we served sloppy joes. Unfortunately they are too high in sugar and fat for me. They are also 2 other sisters who also had bariatric surgery who are on the same restrictions. So, I ,(Theron cooked it, he's the chef!), found this perfect recipe that turned out great! Enjoy!

Sloppy Joes

Source The South Dakota Diabetes Control Program Cookbook Healthy Diabetes Recipes and More
Prep Time 1 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes Difficulty Easy
Yields 6 servings


Ingredients

1 lb extra lean ground beef (5% fat) (Theron used ground turkey as an alternative)
1/4 cup unsalted tomato juice (Theron used regular tomato juice)
2 tbsp onion flakes (Theron used real onions)
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1/4 tsp dry mustard
2 tbsp Ketchup
1/2 tsp salt

Directions

1 Brown ground beef and onions in a large pot. Drain off fat. Return beef to pot with remaining ingredients. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve on a bun.


Nutrition Facts

Makes 6 servings
Amount Per Serving

Calories 100.5

Total Carbs 3.2g

Dietary Fiber 0.2g

Sugars 1.9g

Total Fat 2.7g

Saturated Fat 1g

Unsaturated Fat 1.7g

Potassium 42.4mg

Protein 16.3g

Sodium 354.1mg

Dietary Exchanges
1 1/2 Meat

See the Detailed Nutritional Analysis
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printed from dLife.com 01/18/2009

One week post-op

So, officially it would be a week tomorrow, but I feel like writing today. Why put it off for tomorrow when you can get it done today? That is also one of my New Year's Resolutions. I am a terrible procrastinator.
I have been doing fine until yesterday. It was probably a combination of things, but I felt bad and I was cranky! I did apologize to Theron about being cranky, but being the great guy he is, said he understood. The first issue I am having is starting my "monthlies" and trying not to get dehydrated. So, stomach hurts and I am cramping. Then we decided I needed to get out and walk some. I stop by work, I actually worked a little, then went shopping at Sam's and Wally World. I was worn out by then. We got some whey protein for my shakes and I decide to use milk with it. It took me my second shake to realize my stomach doesn't like the milk. So, on Saturday, I am cramping, nauseated, sore (I decided not to take a pain pill today), and worn out from shopping the day before. Why would I be cranky???
Today is a different story. Yes, my favorite aunt is still with me, but I took a pain pill this morning, use water instead of milk, and took a second pain pill. Ahhh, life is good on pain pills! I have lost some weight, but I won't divulge that info until I have my 2 week post-op check at the Dr.'s. I will try to have photos of us for our 1 month post op and ya'll can see if there's a difference.
We are planning on doing some errands tomorrow, we'll see how well I will do.