Thursday, August 30, 2012
In:
5 things....
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Dance
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Snark
Dance Like Nobody is Watching!
Everyday I'm feeling better and stronger, but not quiet feeling like I'm ready to go back to my regular exercise regime. So I'm dancing... I LOVE to dance (when no one is watching me), so I thought that I would post the 5 songs that are the top five rotation in my dance play list...
1. My friend Marie and I were talking on Facebook about our mutual love of K-Dramas,. And she sent my this YouTube link. At first I thought it was a joke, I have NEVER laughed as hard as I did watching a video..there is a lot of questionable things in it (I'm just gonna say it's a cultural thing) But the truth is this song is super catchy, and I even know some of the words, although I'm not sure what I'm saying... AND I know the dance...I dare you not to watch this video at least twice...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
In:
5 things....
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Blue Team
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Food
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Learning along the way
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Mom's Wisdom
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My Fitness Pal
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Snark
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Transplant
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Wisdom
Expect the Unexpected
Last week Tuesday I went into the hospital to
have an ERCP and have a stint placed in my bile
duct. By all accounts I knew this was gonna block out an entire day for me and
probably the day after. Who knew that an hour long procedure was gonna land me
in the hospital with severe pancreatitis. I always
tell people if there is a side effect, Tyra will get it... no
exceptions.
Fast forward to a week later, I'm out of the hospital but still
suffering from pancreatitis. Tramadol and Hydrocodone have become my very
best friends. Needless to say, exercise has been the very last thing
that I want to do. I have been trying to walk... but I can only do .5 mile
before my stomach starts to hurt (and that really wears me out).
5 Things I Realized While in the Hospital
1.
Nurses love me - Seriously they do, and I'll tell you why. After
having two transplant and various other transplant related problems,
I consider myself to be a seasoned patient... a professional if you
will I don't call them, I don't bother them, and most
importantly I remember that they are human, who have flaws and who work a very
difficult job and the last thing they want to deal with is a patient who is
annoying and crabby. As a patient I only want to do one thing... take my pain
meds and go to sleep, okay so that was two; now if only the person that I
shared the room gotten that memo. (This was the first time that I've ever had a
hospital room mate so it was an adjustment for me too) My last hospital stay
would have been much more pleasant. Not only did she annoy her nurses, she
annoyed the nurse techs, the front desk people, the dietary folks, me
I think she might have even annoyed my mother. Let me give you an example: if
she need the nurse she would press the call button and ask for the nurse if she
didn't come in two minutes she would call again... then again if she didn't
show up... finally she would get up and go the nurses’ station and make a stink
about it... she did this several times a day... thank goodness I had my iPod.
2.
I
love my family - My mom
came and say me every day after work and we would have dinner together... okay
I wasn't allowed to eat, so she would eat and I would sip water..AND she
brought me panties...I don't know about you all but this was not a
planned hospitalization, so I had nothing but what I came in with, so I
was ever so grateful when she came with a brand new package of panties. My
(sort-of) step-dad was awesome as well, he threatened to come and break
me out of the hospital..when I started complaining about missing my cat.
3.
They
have some premo drugs at the hospital - Self explanatory!!
4.
I
missed the inter webs - Since my phone was dead and I didn't get my
charger until the day I was discharged I wasn't about to get online.
Which meant that I wasn't able to log into MyfitnessPal and
after my streak of logging into for over 350 days in a row, I had to start
over. Also I missed all of the awesomeness that was going on over at the Blue
Team. Sunshine made me this for me... I love it!
5.
Clearly
I am hilarious when I'm high on pain medication - Apparently I told my doctor right when they
gave me medication before my procedure that I needed more knock-out drugs than
the average person cause I'm a ninja.... You heard it here first peeps..I'm a
bloody ninja! I took this picture while on some heavy duty medication... so
clearly my wicked sense of humor is still here
Monday, August 27, 2012
FMM: Tech Questions
After reading on of my favorite blogs Bella on the Beach,
who participates in FMM(Friend Making Monday) faithfully I decided to take the
plug and do it as well!
For those of you who
aren't familiar with how this works take a moment to answer this week’s
question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section at:
www.alltheweigh.com so we can all see
your FMM questions and answers. Please invite your blog readers to add their
links here too so everyone has to opportunity to be seen. The idea is to
connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post
and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it’s time for this week’s topic!
1.
PC or
Mac? I have always had a PC. I would
love to own a Mac, and I always say that when I grow up I’ll get one… right now
it’s simply a money thing… they are simply out of my price range
2.
When did
you get your first computer? The very first computer we had as a family was
a Tandy computer. I didn't own my first computer until I went right before I
went off to school.
3.
Do you
use cable, DSL or something else? I
have cable internet. And our home is
connected wirelessly. I find myself annoyed when I go to other people’s houses
and they don’t have a wireless connection. I finally talked my parents into
it….
4.
When
choosing a laptop, do you think it’s more important to choose the fastest one,
or the lightest one? Weight never
comes into consideration, because I rarely lug my laptop around. I always look
for something that has the specific requirements that I need…also something
that’s gonna be sturdy
5.
What kind
of cell phone do you own? I like my phone;
it does what it needs to. I'm currently using a Samsung Gravity Smart. But I
would trade this sucker in a heartbeat if T-Mobile had iPhones’. But alas T-Mobile and Apple have yet to come
up with an agreement.
6.
How do
you carry your laptop when you travel? I still don't have a case, my newest laptop is
a behemoth at 17.4 inches and it can't fit in any of my bags.. and just
yesterday I needed to take it to a meeting so I warped her up in an old
sweatshirt... nice and cozy (but ghetto)
7.
How many
e-mails do you send on an average day? I'm not sure, but I do know that I
receive more emails that I send.
8.
Do you
ever blog using your iPad or similar tablet? Nope, seems too cumbersome for
me...I want until I'm near a computer
9.
What do
you use more often – a desktop or a laptop? I use a combination of the two,
but I typically use my laptop more often.
10.
As a
blogger, are there other gadgets that you need to get the job done? If so, what are they? My camera and my cellphone I like to add
pictures (I think they make the blog more personable)
Saturday, August 4, 2012
In:
Administrative
Just a couple administrative things that been changed to the blog; after careful consideration I have decided to add a code that doesn't allow anything from the site to placed on Pinterest. Most of the graphics that I use can be easily found on the Internet, and the pictures of me are personal in nature and I would prefer for them to stay on my blog. Also the right-click option has been disabled for the same reasons.
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