Update...

Recovery is still coming along OK. It's slower than I expected, but I can tell that things are improving. The worst part is not being able to keep any food down. My diet has mostly been corn flakes and sandwiches. As for beef and fried foods, my body rejects them completely. I've lost 10 pounds since surgery. I get tired easily and I spent the majority of the weekend sleeping. The best part of the whole weekend was watching my future husband win the Super Bowl...Go Ben! lol

Back in the Saddle...

Today is my first day back at work since my surgery. We will see how it goes. I went to the doctor on Friday and he said everything is looking good. Now the hard part will be to stay awake for 8 hours today! Thanks to all of you for your concern and well wishes.

On the Mend...

Surgery went fine. Last week was rough. I was in a lot of pain. Things are getting better. I'm just sore and achy, but it's a big improvement from last week. I walked a few times down my drive way yesterday because the weather was beautiful. It's getting cold here again, so I'm not planning on going outside until it warms up. I have my doctors appointment on Friday and I hope to return to work next Monday. I've been getting a lot of sleep...which has been great. I didn't think I was capable of sleeping that much.

A Medical Phenomenon

I've been suffering from chest pains and stomach pains. The pains would come and go for the last month or so, but the Monday before Christmas it got really bad. At this point we do not know what is wrong with me. My lab work came back OK. I had an ultra sound where they found a cyst on my kidney and a polyp on my gallbladder, but the doctors were not concerned about them. I had a hydascan on Friday and I do not know the result from that yet. It was like an MRI and they ran a small dose of radiation and some medicine through my veins via IV and watched how my gallbladder reacted. Tomorrow I am having a colonoscopy. Hopefully we will find something soon. I sleep all the time and do not have a lot of energy. Everyone seems to think it's my gallbladder, but if I know me they won't find anything wrong with me.

Happy New Year to everyone!

Woo Hoo! I missed it!

No snow in Shreveport! Devin called me at 6 a.m. this morning after I had been out with friends until 3:30 a.m. to let me know they had snow. Good thing I love that kid because not many people can get away with waking me after only 2 1/2 hours of sleep. :-) There was 4 inches of snow in Pointe Coupee. I do regret that I'm not there to take pictures. I would have loved to have taken pictures of the pasture behind my house. It's beautiful on the average day, so I can only imagine what it looked like today.
My general manager emailed me this morning he told me that I am officially band from winter travel. I tend to either have snow or flat tires every time I attend this economic development conference.
I head home tomorrow. It's been a good conference. I just hope and pray my trip home is a good one.

Argh! How do I get so lucky?

As most of you know I hate winter. I hover around the I-10 for a reason. No snow. Mild winter tempatures. Well guess who is in Shreveport? And guess what they are forecasting? Yep I'm in Shreveport and they are forescasting snow. Seems like everytime I come to Shreveport it snows. Just hoping I can get back in time for our Christmas party on Saturday. It can snow as long as I'm in the comfort of the hotel and the roads do not close! Yeah Yeah laugh at me all you living in Yankee territory. And Yes Nicole...you are a yankee! lol

A Weekend of Concerts...

The weekend before Thanksgiving I had the opportunity to see 2 great concerts. The first was after the football game. Walk On's had the Molly Ringwalds. They are one of my favorite local bands. My friend Jamie and I went. Although we were told "Yes Mame" several times that night by college student and also concerned that they thought we were cougars on the prowl that night, we had a blast. A lesson learned...although that scene was a lot of fun 8 + years ago. Not that cool these days. I know it's hard to believe it but I've grown up.

The next day I took Devin to New Orleans to see Metalica. Great show...the best I've ever seen. Not my favorite concert, but definitely the best show. It was Devin's first concert. I told him he started at the top, and every concert from here on out will be disappointing. lol I'm glad I got to take him to his first concert!