Good to see you as always.
Well today we have some really big happenings!!
Yes we have our second contestant in the great taste test. So without further ado, let's get right to it!
Well that is two down, next up one of the Isopure clear type protein drinks. They come highly recommended, so we shall see if they live up to their reputation, tomorrow!
I found out today I have scheduled my last two tests prior to surgery. I had the blood work done, ( 9 vials) and I am scheduled for a Barium Swallow and a Cardiac Stress Test October 27th.
Now today was also my first visit to (drum roll please) The mental health worker. Yes, you see you have to get clearance from a licensed mental health professional in order to get the go ahead to have the surgery.
Why? you say. Well, since this is a non-reversible step, the surgeon and weight management team has to know you are really on board with this for the right reasons, and are not likely to snap under the pressure of dealing with the aftermath. Think about it, could you go without solid food for a month or so? Completely change everything you know about food. never drink with your meals, etc. (refer to day one for the list)
It is not something for everyone. There are cases of suicide and attempted suicide by people who either cannot face the possibility of failure, or they cannot replace the hole food filled in their lives.
Well, so I met with this person I will call Mrs. C. ( insert your own happy days reference here). She was very nice, understood a lot and was very open with me and I like to think I was open with her.
Now I have to get a little wordy here folks and tell you some background, for those who do not know. My oldest sister, was diagnosed with adult onset Multiple Sclerosis. She has good days and bad, but her condition has brought us closer. We talk more than we did, we laugh when we can. One of the things we agreed on was the role food played in our lives. Our dad was a food warlord.
He always bought in bulk and you ate in bulk as well. But when it came to snacks or things like that he controlled those like a hawk even locked up food. Which made you feel horrible having to beg for a cookie is not a fun thing when your 15.
Also our family's gathering were always centered around food. You never dropped by and visited someone without bringing a cake or pie, of making sure the visited person had such on hand. I wanted to give you a hint of how food was made into family happiness, at leas until much later.
The average thanksgiving would consist of the following:
First Course- Fruit cup with sherbet on top ( optional).
Second Course- Basic salad, greens tomatoes cucumbers, black olives onions etc.
Third Course- French onion soup
Fourth Course- My mothers Homemade Lasagna about 25 pounds worth.
Fifth Course- usually ham, oven baked,
Sixth Course Turkey with all the trimmings. The average size bird in my house was about 20 pounds. We once had a 30 pound turkey, it was like roasting Godzilla.
(humorous story) We had a wonderful female yellow lab named Ginger. Ginger would eat , well almost anything. One thanksgiving eve my father who did most of the cooking, laid out two big loaves of bread to dry out to use for stuffing. When he got up in the early morning, there wasn't a slice left. Ginger slept very well that day.
Back to Thanksgiving, well I know you are thinking wow that's a lot of food, must have been 20 people right? Wrong! normally we had about 10 to 12 at most. It did get worse. After you had turkey, and everything was cleaned up the turkey de-boned and put away for the inevitable turkey leftovers. The other relatives would arrive. That meant it was time to pull out the desserts and coffee. Dessert filled multiple tables. Homemade pies and cakes, cookies and brownies, and even store bought items of different varieties. It was like Betty Crocker gave birth.
So you thinks that's it? Heck no! Once the dessert dishes wee cleared you brought out the cold cuts and cold salads, rolls and condiments, pickles and such. Cant let your throat not have food stuffed in it.
Well I finally realized that ingrained into my very being was this simple fact that may have driven quite a lot of my food issues.
Food = Happiness
See you Soon
Today's thought.
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