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Mar 25, 2015 04:09PM
Stacy- I am so sorry to hear that this happened and cannot imagine the pain you were in. And I thought that the second gallstone that I had was painful. Take care of yourself and my fingers are crossed that you start feeling better soon!
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Yikes Stacy! How are you feeling today? Any better?
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I did get my post-op appt. moved up to 4/1 from 4/14, and they won't give me a work release note until then at the earliest. :/ So I'm stuck at home for a few more days.....
But, I finally did get more sleep last night than I have been lately, so that has helped and I'm feeling a little better today. Not a ton, but I'll take a little over none.
So sorry to hear about everything you went through! That pain sounds horrible. :( I am glad you are starting to feel a little bit better now. Um, no, definitely NOT going to have the surgery now!!! Although one of my friends had hers out just before you did, and she is fine. And my sister was fine as well (hers was like 10 years ago). I am waiting until my doctor says I absolutely have to have it out! Take it easy! Hope you feel 100% soon!
And what book are you reading/listening to to get you through the day? :)
Stacy wrote: "Well, my gallbladder saga only got worse on Sunday. I thought I was doing better as Friday and Saturday I managed to get out of the house for about an hour each day. But I still had some pain and g..."OMG Stacy. That's quite a story. I hope you're on the road to recovery now and you feel better soon.
OMG STACY XOXOXOXOX I hope your doing better. That's quite an ordeal you went thru. I am so sorry.
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Thanks everyone for the wellness thoughts, I appreciate that!
Suzanne, don't let my story stop you. I can't remember if I said it or not, but my doctor had previously performed 2,500 of these surgeries without complication. I'm not going to say that you will have absolutely no problems, because one never knows. I didn't think I would, and it REALLY sucks that I did. But I do think it'll be better on the other side. No more gallbladder attacks to worry about - that is definitely a plus.
Kourtney - I've been listening to the second Game of Thrones book. It is SO LONG!!! I have about five or six hours left on it before it gets sucked back (digital library audiobook) tomorrow. And I started a new series - the Rose Gardener Mysteries by Denise Grover Swank - they all have a number in the title, the first book is Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes, and it was really, pretty good. I look forward to reading the next one. I started it the night before I ended up in the hospital because I couldn't sleep and needed a new book to read on my iPad. And that's the book that I read while in the hospital, unable to sleep. Then, I finished it during the times when I was awake after coming home. It was an easy read, and a great escape considering what reality was for me at the time.
Now I'm just waiting for my doctor appointment on the first so I can go back to work and stop going insane.
What's going on with everyone else?
Stacy-Glad to hear you are feeling better. I was one of the easy gallbladder surgeries. The main thing that bothered me was the bloating from all of the carbon dioxide they pump into you during surgery. My week ahead looks super crazy. Spent part of the evening trying to figure out how to download audio books to my IPhone to listen to in the car. I'll be driving in and out of Houston 3 times (hour plus each way depending on traffic) for a robotics competition that my son will be competing in. Just trying to make that lovely drive a little bit enjoyable. Hope everyone has a good week.
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Thanks, Jill, yeah, the CO2 sucked in a huge way. Most of it went away after the second day though.
Hope you figured out how to get books on your phone, and safe travels!! Good luck to your son, let us know how it goes!
Stacy, I really hope you feel better!! I'm sorry you have to deal with all of this. :(
Random thought: I have realized over the years that many of the books I've read start to blur and blend together. Like I'll see or hear something that reminds me of a story that I read in the past, but I can't remember which book it was!! Does that happen to anyone else? I think it's a good sign that I read too much. :)I also want to start buying regular books rather than ebooks because my dream house is going to have a room where all four walls are covered in books, top to bottom. I could do that with all the ebooks I have, but I've sold so many books to Half Price Books over the years, that my real book library is a little small nowadays.
Has anyone read The One & Only by Emily Giffin? I started it over the long weekend and absolutely loved it. I was hooked. I'm not a football fan (don't even understand it) and I had no idea what the book was about other than college football. I didn't even look up reviews before I read. But when I finished and went to write my own review, I was blown away by how low the ratings/reviews were!!
Hi All! Sorry I haven't been around for a while.....life has been so busy!We hosted our grandson's first birthday party at our house yesterday--we had about 40-50 people here!
I've hit a bit of a reading slump just because I've been so busy, but hoping to start up again.
Bianca--I read The One & Only and I really liked it! I gave it 4 stars
Stacy--So glad you are getting back to normal! Hope your recovery continues to speed along.
Hope you all have a great week! :)
Bianca - I bought The One & Only when it came out, but never got around to reading it and kinda forgot about it. I still recommended it to people, though! haha. Glad to hear it's good. I should read it soon!I am also going to start buying more regular books. I also sold a ton of my books to Half Price Books when I moved, because it was getting to be a pain to pack them up & move them every time I moved. But my boyfriend has 2 bookshelves full of books and when I move in, I am going to get a matching shelf and I want to fill mine too. :)
I have the One and Only sitting somewhere on my shelves..was hoping to get to it before baby was born but that's not looking like it's going to happen if I want to finish the 500 books I've already started :) I've heard so many mixed reviews for it though I'm curious how I will like it.
Kourtney wrote: "I have the One and Only sitting somewhere on my shelves..was hoping to get to it before baby was born but that's not looking like it's going to happen if I want to finish the 500 books I've already..."Yeah, there were a LOT of mixed reviews!! I recommend not reading the blurb or people's reviews and just jump in. That's what I did and I loved it!! I do think that if I stopped to think what the story is about and what people were saying, I wouldn't have gone in with an open mind.
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Thanks Bianca, I'm doing MUCH better now! And I have the procedure scheduled to get the stent out on May 5th. Then I'll finally be past it.
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I hate to say it because I usually love Emily Giffin's books, but I did not like this one. I love football so I liked that aspect of it, but I did not like the main character and I didn't like her with her friend's dad. It was just too weird to me.
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We hosted our grandson's first birthday party at our house yesterday--we had about 40-50 people here!
I've hit a bit of ..."
Sounds like a fun and busy party! Happy belated to your grandson!!
So glad to hear your finally past the hump Stacy! Only three more weeks til you are all done.....at last you can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!
Stacy wrote: "Bianca wrote: "Random thought: I have realized over the years that many of the books I've read start to blur and blend together. Like I'll see or hear something that reminds me of a story that I re..."********SPOILER ALERT FOR THE ONE & ONLY!!!!!********
Yeah, Stacy, when I think about it, it's really weird. If I had known their relationship was going to happen before I started reading, I totally would've gone in with a closed mind. But I think that since I had no idea, it helped me kind of understand her feelings. I honestly thought that she was going to end up with her best friend's brother!
At the end of the day, yeah, it's weird, but overall I loved the book! It was different than the other ones I've read.
Yay Stacy! Glad to hear this will all be over soon!!!My end is in sight as well - just found out from the doctor late last week that I have 3 more weeks of work and then I am officially on maternity leave! Until then, because I have started having some small complications, I have been put on a reduced work schedule at work. I work only 6 hours a day now, and my boss is stressing out that I'm not there anymore. Errrr...I told everyone when I was 5 weeks pregnant. I'm now 31...how did you not find a back up in that amount of time??? Oh well. I need to relax. Time to cram as much reading as I can in until the baby comes!
kourtney, congrats! btw feeding is a wonderful time to catch up on reading, until they get interested in your book! my 6 month old just started doing that...
You ladies talking about babies is making me feel so old! Can't believe I'm a Grandma.....a young Grandma (44) but a Grandma none the less! LOL
Thanks Eva! Here's hoping I can find some time to read during my time away from work!
Kourtney, that's so awesome! I'm sure you'll get plenty of reading time until the baby comes. :) That's crazy they didn't find anyone to cover for you during all this time. Haha.
Stacy wrote: "Well, my gallbladder saga only got worse on Sunday. I thought I was doing better as Friday and Saturday I managed to get out of the house for about an hour each day. But I still had some pain and g..."Stacy I am so sorry to hear about your nightmare from gallbladder surgery. Fingers crossed that this is the end of the craziness and suffering that you have been in.
Not much happening in my world. I have a job interview on the 24th and wish I could speed up time to make it sooner. I also have failed at listening to an audio book. The one I chose was 11 1/2 hours long and I just couldn't ever carve out the time to listen to it.
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My end is in sight as well - just found out from the doctor late last week that I have 3 more weeks of work and then I am officially on matern..."
That's right Kourtney, don't worry about what they're going to do, if they're waiting until now to find someone to temp, it's not your problem, you gave plenty of notice.
Other than that, everything is still going ok?
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I'm with you Julie, I'm about to become a Great Aunt. I was at my niece's baby shower yesterday and my brother and I were talking about teenaged girls and all the BS and drama that ensues. A little later, I was talking to my niece about what to expect as her due date gets closer and my brother looks over and says, "Not too much longer and you'll be going through it too." I was like, WTF? Morgan is only nine! Thinking he was talking about the topic I had moved on to with my niece - pregnancy. LOL, he was still on the previous topic of crazy teenaged girls.
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Good luck at your interview! Only a few more days!
I had to laugh about your audiobook comment. I have decided rather than try to read all of the Game of Thrones books, that I would listen to the audiobooks. Book one was long, but I was able to get through it. Book two was longer and that was tough, it was about 30 hours. Book three.......I don't know exactly how long, but there were 37 parts to it and each one was between an hour and five minutes and an hour and ten minutes. So I'm sure it was more than 40 hours long. It was a CHORE! Even though there were some really intense parts in book three. It was SO LONG. I'm debating whether or not I really want to listen to the rest. Especially as it seems the show has really taken a turn away from the books for a few of the characters.
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The show is oddly addicting. You'd think that I would get sick of all the scheming and cheating and hooking up that makes up the show, but just when it seems like it's starting to get old, there's a quick twist in the plot that comes out of nowhere. By no means am I trying to say that it's a mystery or anything like that. It's a teenage soap opera for sure, but sometimes things just happen that I didn't see coming, and that renews my interest. :) Guilty pleasures.
Yes, I watched & loved Gossip Girl! :) It's a great show! I bought the first book but never read it. I read the first few pages and it just didn't interest me the way the show did. I may try to read it again someday, if I ever get through all my other books first!
I have so many shows I want to start watching on Netflix. I'm kind of anal about watching the show from the beginning, AND in order (kind of like my series books)! LOL
Stacy wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Yay Stacy! Glad to hear this will all be over soon!!!My end is in sight as well - just found out from the doctor late last week that I have 3 more weeks of work and then I am off..."
Everything is going as well as it can - I've been getting Braxton Hicks contractions sporadically which isn't fun. And still getting dizzy spells and heart palpitations but I can't stop them. We just had my baby shower last night and we did great on getting the basics of what we need! 2 more weeks then time for my leave!
I haven't started watching Gossip Girl yet but I want to watch that and Pretty Little Liars when I start my leave before the baby is born. So many Netflix shows and books - so little time!!
I streamed and loved Gossip Girl. I haven't read any of the books. I think it took me 3 weeks to watch all of them-keep in mind I needed to spend time with my son and kept getting interrupted when he was home.
Gossip girl was a great show so sad it's over. I have been binge watching TOWIE on HULU Its my new favorite. Its actually called the only way is Essex and it's about a group of 20/30 girls and guys living it up in England. They are all super Rich and and super fake and sleep around and flirt like mad and I just can't seem to get enough of all the accents and cheezy things they do. Anyway if your looking for something funny and to pass the time check it out.
Oh! When I was in the UK and was sick in bed I would watch TOWIE Dawn! I started getting too into it especially when i saw Stephanie from The Hills was on it!
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I don't know if I'll try the books after watching the shows, I have so many other books to read..... :)
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I am the same way Julie! I love How I Met Your Mother and a couple years ago, started watching it on Netflix in order. It took me probably a little over a year to get caught up to what they had available, then I had to wait for them to load the last two seasons. That is one of my most favorite shows and it's really hard to watch the reruns that play on cable because they're out of order.
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My end is in sight as well - just found out from the doctor late last week that I have 3 more weeks of work and..."
Dizzy spells and heart palpitations......do you get really hot and feel somewhat faint too? Shortly after I had Morgan, was having the same symptoms and found out I have an under-active thyroid (too bad it isn't over-active). Which means a pill every day for the rest of my life. Yay..... Good news is though, that it's been almost 10 years and I haven't had to change the dosage. I definitely can tell if I've forgotten to take it for a few days though - the dizziness and heart palpitations. yuck
But YAY! You've gotten most of what you need. It's so fun to open up all that baby stuff!! :) We just had the baby shower for my niece - but it was a diaper shower. That was the coolest idea, I wish someone had done that for me when I had Morgan. You wouldn't believe how many diapers that girl walked away with. And I got to make my first attempt at making a diaper cake. Word to the wise - when the tutorial says to have someone help you....have someone help you.
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Sounds like you'll have plenty to keep you busy and the Little Miss will be here before you know it!
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I had tons of time to watch while I was off, but now, not so much. I usually can only watch every other week when Morgan is at her dad's. That show is SO not appropriate for her to watch. LOL!
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I started to watch that show last summer....or was it the summer before? I think I watched all of the first season and started on the second one, but I lost interest. Some of the accents were so hard to understand, if I wasn't completely concentrating on the show, I'd miss half of it. So I gave up.
Starting a new show. I watched it for a while when it was airing, but I got behind and then stopped watching it. It will be fun to watch it from the beginning.The Killing--I think it originally aired on AMC
Dawn wrote: "Gossip girl was a great show so sad it's over. I have been binge watching TOWIE on HULU Its my new favorite. Its actually called the only way is Essex and it's about a group of 20/30 girls and g..."Hi Dawn! I have had Towies on my list on Hulu since it has Stephanie Pratt in it (I loved The Hills). I'm going to start watching it today since you and Kourtney said it's good and I love reality shows!!!!
Stacy, I used to watch Gossip Girl and totally loved it. I watched it when it first started but quit for a while because I got busy. Then a few years ago my friend lent me some of the DVDs so I could catch up, and then I watched the last few seasons while they were airing. It’s a really fun show!! And I never read it either—I didn’t know it was a book when I first started watching, otherwise I might have. Same for Pretty Little Liars, actually.Julie, I’m the same way! I have to watch and read in order too. I have so many shows currently airing that I have been following from the beginning, but Netflix keeps adding really good ones that I keep forgetting about my shows on TV. Haha oops.
Dawn, that actually sounds like something I might want to start watching. Haha. Is it called Towie or The Only Way is Essex? I like having random shows I can watch on my iPad while I’m at the gym, so this could be a good one! Wait is it a reality show?
Kourtney, so exciting your baby is almost here!!! Do you know the exact due date/month they’re predicting?
OMG so I started Charmed on Netflix a little while back, and I freaking love it!!!At first it seemed a little cheesy and fake...wasn't sure how I felt. But I'm on season three now and it's awesome.
Does anyone watch the show Mistresses on ABC? I really like it!! Alyssa Milano (from Charmed is in it), and it's fun to see her on Charmed now.
Bianca, I love Mistresses. I heard Alyssa Milano is not returning so I don't know if the show will either. I have Charmed on my list if I ever get time to watch it. One of the Charmed girls, Holly Marie Combs, plays Aria's mom on Pretty Little Liars.
Hi Ladies! I have been so MIA lately. I have been so busy and all of the books I have picked up recently haven't kept my attention. Hoping to get some good reading time in soon....
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