I was shocked when my PCP told me I could pick up a Duoderm in the bandaid aisle. I could have slapped a piece on as soon as the skin started thinning out and saved myself a lot of trouble.
They're pretty darn expensive for bandaids now, but the way the floor managers behaved you would have thought they were made of gold back in the day.
I didn't know about the Tegaderms... also surprising.

Making these things OTC is good news for pts. It will save a lot of dough on visiting RNs and MD visits.

My husband and I went to that convenience store on Saturday. We go there because we're both smokers- it's over the state line and cigarettes are much cheaper. He thought I should go in. I thought about it. I thought about what I would say to that (expletive) if she was there and stared at my neck like that again, but I passed.

On Sunday we hit our regular convenience store because I was out of k-cups. A girl swore at me by the registers because she said she was in line... she was nowhere near the registers lol... and I had NO problem telling her where to go, but I didn't swear or raise my voice. She turned pink.
I stood up for myself. I enjoy seeing flashes of the old me. I made myself laugh.

I got permission (lol) to stay up passed midnight to watch the football game. It was a good game. I was quiet because my husband was in bed, so all 3 cats were on the couch with me. I can't tell you how much I LOVE that. The drawback of watching football is it really makes me want a beer. I got a few of those, "It's only one" thoughts but thankfully the,"that's BS," thoughts are a lot stronger. I'm tired this morning.

I don't know how, but I've lost over 4lbs in the last week and I've been eating a lot of crap. I hope I'm not headed for another slide. I feel well, and I'm stable. My PCP has never been able to figure out why I have problems keeping weight on.

This makes me smile! Do this more often!
bizi

Kay,

I appreciate the lovely picture of you and the cats watching football quietly.

'Weird about the weight. I could give you some of mine if it worked like that.

Mari

i hate to say this but one of my friends kept on losing weight and it turned out she had diabetes type one. I definitely hope this isn't the case.
bobby

I've decided to get my act together and finally get my license back...

I have to take a 20hr driving class. The plan was to take a class held on 3 consecutive Saturday mornings, but the next opening isn't until December and I don't want to relearn how to drive in the snow...

So I've decided to do something absolutely shocking to me and take a class that's held over a weekend and requires me to stay over 2 nights. Open classes are Oct. 30th and Nov.13th. But I want to go to the earlier one because I could be able to get my license back in November.

I know I'll be thrown together with strangers in close quarters long enough for them to notice my scar and ask about it. But I just need to suck it up and get this class over with, and I think the experience will be good for me. I can't continue to hide and avoid life.

Because it's an overnight thing, I'll have to have pdoc sign a med release. No big deal. They have to lock up the Klonopin, but they said they'd lock up the rest of my pills if I want them to- and I do- everyone there has been convicted of either d/d or being caught driving on drugs. I don't want someone taking a couple of 400mg Seroquel pills because they'll take anything... that would be a bad thing.

It's a bureaucratic pain between two states after that and our car insurance is going to go WAY up, but it's nothing short of what I deserve. But getting this done will be worth it because I've spent a couple grand on cabs in the last 9mo. getting to pdoc appointments alone.

I can't believe that I'm willing to do this overnight thing, yet I'm getting no sense that I'm going to change my mind. Strange. I imagine my anxiety is going to grow the closer I get to the class though.

Kay

I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS!!!!!
This is great news to read this morning.
Yes you deserve this. for sure!
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Sounds like a good idea Kay.

I like the sooner better than later thought too.

Donna

My PCP keeps running all types of labs, including fasting blood sugars and A1C. So, diabetes doesn't seem to be the culprit.

I have hypothyroidism, but the panels are normal every time on 50mcg of Synthroid.

All my blood work is normal, no matter what he tests me for, and he's pretty creative.

We decided that the weight loss is related to my mental health issues, but right now I'm more stable than I have been in about 10yrs. and I haven't done any exercising since the bed sore. And I can easily eat my husband under the table.

I usually only weight myself once a week, but I need to keep an eye on this. I weighed myself today at the same time I did yesterday and I lost another lb. If I go down to a total of 10lb I'll make another appt with my PCP. At this point, I'm still at a healthy weight.

Thank you for the encouragement, ladies