are you sure you want me to post?? lol

Well, Joe didn't get a chance to weigh yesterday because I had to go to work early for my mom and didn't know it. I don't think he can weigh today, but I am not sure.... if I remember correctly the dialysis unit isn't open on Thursdays anyway, Christmas or not. He might go ahead and weigh Friday, not sure. He is being pretty difficult with me as far as taking his supplements. I have stopped trying to make him protein shakes, I was even adding fresh fruit, like a smoothie, but no go. Now I guess what I need is for any of you to find recipes where I can hide high protein things like tofu, or whatever, in food, where when he eats small amounts, he gets protein. Right now, it seems the only thing he eats and keeps down is tomato soup. I haven't checked, but I wouldn't think it would be high in protein... so I guess if anybody out there wants to try, Jenny maybe, to find high protein things, not meat unless its small amounts of ground beef. Soups maybe... maybe I should just go buy hot and sour soup with extra tofu for the rest of his life, lol. No, actually, when I get the money for it, I am going to buy him some good whey powder from GNC and add it to milk. If he drinks that, I will have no problem. Then his protein will be through the roof. :) THEN, I will only have to get him nagged into submission on the multi-vitamin and the calcium citrate so his bones don't melt into his skin cause his muscles will already be gone from no multivitamins. At least I have a good outlook on things... lol... :) Can anyone else tell I am at wits end with the whole thing? OH! And to top it all off, people who have this surgery are supposed to dump, a.k.a puke-dizzy-cramp, when they eat sugars--- of course NOT JOE!! He can still eat sweets if he so desires. Makes me so mad!! Oh well. If anyone has any suggestions that are useful, email em to me at phyllisloren@yahoo.com please. Thanks, and I will keep you posted as soon as I know anything more as far as weight. I am going to get the vitamins... pray for me... lol!! You would think flintstones were cod oil-- I swear!!

New weight is...( drum roll)

Well, his new current weight is 449, so that's another 10 lbs gone this week! Its freaky weird, he's melting before my eyes. He is getting better about his vitamins I am happy to report, but food tolerance is still somewhat lacking. For the most part, he's being a good boy... :) I am going to try and add the image from last month for his two week progress, though many of you have seen it, new pics coming soon...

I said I wasn't good at bloggin

Okay, been away since I have blogged. I hate, I mean hate blogging. Exactly WHY did I start this again? Oh yea, to keep in touch. Great job I am doing with that... lol. Okay, well since we last spoke Joe has puked a bit, felt nauseous all the time, when he eats he feel like he ate a big rock, hasn't been taking his vitamins like he is supposed to, bad bad boy, AND had a Dr's appt in Indy with his surgeon. That went well. The surgeon told Joe that he was really impressed with his weight loss and then told him that not eating often enough would make him nauseous, eating too fast would do the same and eating too much would too and all of it would create the boulder feeling. PLUS, the not getting the protein and his vitamins as directed would make him weak and dizzy and make him sick to his tummy. Hmmm...... where oh where have I heard that before?? Oh yea, ME for like 2 weeks!!!! Stubborn jack, well, you know. Arghh, frustration. Ya know when the dr says it, it's gold but when the wife who is the one by the bedside and knows and can see whats going on says it... it is just a uneducated guess. Whatever. I was right, that's the point. Party dance for me, yea yea, go Phyllis, it's your uh not birthday... :-) Oh well, he weighs 462 I think was the official from the Dr's office, so there is the weekly weight number. Kids are fine... I am crazy... everything is perfectly normal. See you from my room in the loony bin. Much love!!