MinnesotanMommy's Journal

I love the feeling of a positive reflection! No, really! I'm coming up on my two year "surgiversary" now, in November, and I'm starting to get a little reflective to the fact that I had my surgery and what a miracle its been for me! I posted something to that effect in the gastric bypass surgery group. I don't know why really. I guess I just wanted to share the great things I've experienced and the miracles that have come to me since I made this decision. I think sometimes people need a current post-ops experience that a while later, the surgery is still worth it despite the difficult times. Granted, I don't say that this is for everyone cuz it most certainly is not. My journey is not going to be a good fit for all out there and I know that. I'm just in an inspired mood about the whole thing in the last day. I'm starting to lose my fears, one by one. One was not letting people see my upper arms for fear of the judgement I've faced. I've started to recently hit a point where I just don't give a rip. I'm a decent person despite of how icky my upper arms look and if someone won't take the time to find that out just cuz I have icky extra hanging skin on my upper arms, then so be it. I'll live without that one person. If they're that shallow, do I really want them in my life anyhow? Not so much. But its a new thing for me honestly. I've spent so long ashamed of this skin. Granted, I still HATE it with a passion, but its a marker of my suceess and only one who knows me and my past to get to where I am would know that about me. If I'm this reflective after only one night of going out for supper as a family, I don't even want to know what will happen about the time my two year surgiversary hits! LOL. Oh well, I could be thinking about worse things, for sure. To reflect on something that brings me positive emotions, well, that's just fine by me.

My cold is slowly letting up and cutting me a break! Its not gone, not by any means, but its most certainly improving! I haven't been hacking all night like I predicted would happen. I did take some Vick's Nyquil, and I had a strange reaction from it, but nothing that would stop me from taking it again. I got this sunburned feeling under my eyes. It was weird. I've gotten it before with other things. It doesn't hurt so much as its briefly uncomfortable. The sniffly nose is far more annoying then anything else I have right now though.

I realized I have a new allergy to Guaifinesen now. It sucks, being its the main ingredient in many of the cold medicines! It is in any Robitussin products, as well as in Musinex! I discovered the new allergy after taking Musinex actually. I took it and felt like I was dying! Or what I'd imagine a painful start to death feeling like anyhow. I looked at the main ingredients on Musinex and discovered that Guaifinesen is a main ingredient in both Musinex and the prior doses of Robitussin (including the prescription, regular OTC and diabetic formulas) I'd taken. At least I figured out what had me feeling so terrible! Now that's drug number two I don't do well with. My other one is Darvocet!

My poor kitty. Tanna. I feel so bad for her. We just put her four kittens out into the barn and they're doing well, but she's sure not happy or adjusting so great. I'm trying to give her extra attention. She's drying up, first of all, so she's uncomfortable. Second, she's used to the kittens being in the house and she's not liking them gone. She walks around randomly meowing and looking for them. She went so far as going into my room last night and walking around in our closet looking for them, only to come out meowing with a sock in her mouth that she'd found. See, this cat uses socks as a young child would use a security blanket. She'll randomly find a sock and meow while carrying it to various locations. Its cute really. But its sad that she does it. LOL. So I randomly find socks around my house that I get to collect and wash after she's had a day of carrying our socks to various locations. To top it off, she somehow broke a hind leg claw. How, I'm unsure of. So the poor thing is uncomfortable among other things. Tonight I woke up to find her in my bed, which doesn't normally happen. She's fairly independant. She loves attention, but it needs to be on her terms (much the same as myself -- can't tell she's my cat at all -- LOL).

Well, Ethan presented his safety poster and his oatmeal cookies up at the fair yesterday. He was so proud to get a couple of ribbons. All Cloverbuds in 4H get the same ribbon for presenting, but man was he proud, and I'm proud of him! Later today he's going up there with Carl to bring his chickens up to show, and then later in the evening (early evening) he's gotta present his chickens. Then we'll go ding around at the fair. We can't possibly take Ethan to the barns and not let him ride the rides he sees so much of! I love the county fair though. I grew up going. Not to this county fair, but to a county fair none the less.

Not much else that I know! We'll just be in sweltering hot temps. It was like 91* yesterday, I think today its due to get up to 93* or something like that. I have therapy at 8, then the chiropractor at 10:10 and home again, home again. LOL. Then I go to the fair in the evening with Carl and Ethan.

Don't know much else. Gonna get up and do my dishes right now, since I feel like it. Might as well take advantage of the urge to do them!