The Bear Necessities! April 2019 W.I.S.H Goals

[sjrec]

I eat a banana pretty much every day-and a multi vitamin.
I did have a pretty comprehensive blood test about a year ago and all my numbers were good. So hopefully I am ok. One of those things I probably should think about, but don’t!

 

[Oneanne]

Potassium

I used to take high amounts of potassium, at the recommendation of a doctor I was seeing at the time, but backed off when a new doctor said it wasn't needed. But lately I've been thinking of adding it back in, and having it as today's topic just might be the kicker to do so. I've been thinking a lot about the supplements I take: the past week or so I've had several nights of restlessness so I've decided to start taking them in the morning instead of right before bed. Last night was my first night of not taking anything and actually slept really well... not sure what has changed that having in them right before bed is problematic, but as long as it works I'm good with it.

 

[piglet1979]

I don't really think about Potassium. I don't even know what foods have potassium other then bananas.

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Yesterday I took DD to the orthopedic for her foot. The doctor really made me mad. First he tried to tell me that it was not broke (not now but back when she originally hurt it). I had to tell him it was and that he showed me the x-ray showing that it was. I don't think he went back far enough to see the right scan. I think he was looking at the scan from when she sprained her other ankle last year. He tried to get me to take to to PT again. This would be the 3rd round. I told him no. It hasn't worked in the past it is not going to work this time around. I then asked it this issue (she has arterial ankle impingement) was cause by the brake. He said no that some ankles are just looser then others. I disagree with this as she never had an issue with the ankle until she broke it. I then asked him about an MRI since he has mentioned this in the past. He didn't want to do without doing PT first and that it is usually only used in preparation for surgery. I had to tell him again that she has done that twice. Maybe we need to go that route because what we have been doing is not working. After all this she will have the MRI next week. She is also in a boot for now and taking anti-inflammatory meds. We also have some exercises to do at home. We will see how things go but we might be looking for another dr. soon.

Today work is a bit off. We do not have internet on the floor that I am so I am working in an empty office upstairs. It is so quite. I think I would like to move my office up here. Having a cubical stinks sometimes.

 

[PollyannaMom]

...or do you eat a banana once in a while, if the wind is right and your leg is cramping?

Yeah, pretty much this.

I actually hate bananas...unless I reeeeally want one. (It's a strange phenomenon, I know!)

But I figure there's potassium in my multi-vitamin, and in the "low sodium salt" I buy for DH, so I must usually get enough, and then crave a banana if I don't??

 

[Oneanne]

I don't really think about Potassium. I don't even know what foods have potassium other then bananas.

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Yesterday I took DD to the orthopedic for her foot. The doctor really made me mad. First he tried to tell me that it was not broke (not now but back when she originally hurt it). I had to tell him it was and that he showed me the x-ray showing that it was. I don't think he went back far enough to see the right scan. I think he was looking at the scan from when she sprained her other ankle last year. He tried to get me to take to to PT again. This would be the 3rd round. I told him no. It hasn't worked in the past it is not going to work this time around. I then asked it this issue (she has arterial ankle impingement) was cause by the brake. He said no that some ankles are just looser then others. I disagree with this as she never had an issue with the ankle until she broke it. I then asked him about an MRI since he has mentioned this in the past. He didn't want to do without doing PT first and that it is usually only used in preparation for surgery. I had to tell him again that she has done that twice. Maybe we need to go that route because what we have been doing is not working. After all this she will have the MRI next week. She is also in a boot for now and taking anti-inflammatory meds. We also have some exercises to do at home. We will see how things go but we might be looking for another dr. soon.

Today work is a bit off. We do not have internet on the floor that I am so I am working in an empty office upstairs. It is so quite. I think I would like to move my office up here. Having a cubical stinks sometimes.

Sometimes doctors can be such a pain! I have a friend who kept having her replacement knee slip out of alignment. The doctor who did it said "looks fine to me": she got a second opinion, but the doctor was in the same clinical group, so he said "looks like Bob did a great job". Then it popped out on her and she fell breaking her hip... the doctor who fixed the hip said, "ya, that's a bad knee" and he's going to fix it for her after she recovers from the hip surgery.

 

[Oneanne]

Yeah, pretty much this.

I actually hate bananas...unless I reeeeally want one. (It's a strange phenomenon, I know!)

But I figure there's potassium in my multi-vitamin, and in the "low sodium salt" I buy for DH, so I must usually get enough, and then crave a banana if I don't??

Bananas aren't actually that great of a source for potassium... when my Sister started chemo, they were like #20 or so on the list of things to eat to keep her potassium up. Nori is actually a really good source... which just makes me crave the nori flake bread at Flying Fish... yum!

 

[Zhoen]

For those who want to know more about levels in foods, searching the words 'high potassium foods' should get you all kinds of different (but similar) lists. There's all kinds of articles saying that almost nobody meets their requirements, but then as we discussed, like the pirate code, the requirement is more of a suggestion than an actual law... My husband eats ZERO seafood and hates almost all vegetables, especially the green ones... and his levels have always tested fine... so I think it's one of those things that if you are really, truly out of balance, you'll have symptoms and the doctors should see it on your bloodwork and they can make recommendations... for the rest of us... who knows?

Personally, when I'm in "being good" mode, I try to check all my little boxes. I shoot for 2000mg of potassium daily, and even THAT is a serious challenge a lot of days. Ok, it's almost 11pm here, which means it's Wednesday SOMEWHERE...

So, what are we all celebrating this week for Woohoo Wednesday?

 

[HappyGrape]

I don't have a true whoohoo, other than coming back here and admitting I dropped the ball. I also dropped the ball on my eating habits and regained weight and that feels really crap. But admitting where I am at and that it's going to take some time feels like a whoohoo moment.

Can I please join back as a poster?

 

[Flossbolna]

@HappyGrape it is great to see you back!! Sorry about your life events that kept you away, but starting over with the weight loss is the only thing that will help against the gained pounds. I am in a similar spot... Luckily just because of eating too much, no outside events.

 

[MickeyMom76]

So, what are we all celebrating this week for Woohoo Wednesday?

My woohoo is that I'm almost finished with packing up stuff from my classroom for the 2nd round of moving. For those that weren't in the group a month or two ago, I teach kindergarten and my school is being renovated next year. So for one year, we are moving to a school that just closed last year. And our principal has asked up to start packing up and moving in shifts, so it's not all at the end of the year. They want to be able to start construction the week after school lets out. That is a difficult task to pack up stuff before the year is over because I need to know exactly what I need to to keep for the remainder of the year. And we don't have access to the other building yet. So if i pack something and need it, I can't really get to it. But I tried to take the time to plan out the rest of the year so that I would know what I need. And I feel like I'm in a good place right now with a majority of my stuff packed and everything that remains is stuff that I need to finish out the year. Oh and did I mention that the last day of school (the day that EVERYTHING needs to be packed) is also my sister's graduation. So just a little added stress, I mean motivation, to get as much packed now as possible!

 

[MickeyMom76]

I don't have a true whoohoo, other than coming back here and admitting I dropped the ball. I also dropped the ball on my eating habits and regained weight and that feels really crap. But admitting where I am at and that it's going to take some time feels like a whoohoo moment.

Can I please join back as a poster?

Welcome back! Sorry for your struggles. Hope things are better for you now. For what it's worth, you got me started and I'm still here! So thanks for starting the group in January.

 

[4Mickeys]

Just dropping in to say Hi - I am exhausted and heading to bed now (very late here) I have been at a 2 day conference and we all know how draining they can be! I will pop back in the morning to catch up more.

My quick Woohoo - I am on break now until after Easter!!!!!

 

[Oneanne]

I don't have a true whoohoo, other than coming back here and admitting I dropped the ball. I also dropped the ball on my eating habits and regained weight and that feels really crap. But admitting where I am at and that it's going to take some time feels like a whoohoo moment.

Can I please join back as a poster?

Welcome back!

 

[Oneanne]

Woohoo...

Yesterday was my FP+ day, and somehow I managed to get both Flights of Passage and Slinky Dog Dash, on the days I planned on being at those parks and at good times. For my December trip, I only booked a month out and it wasn't until a week before the trip that MDE had my resort reservation properly linked and I barely bothered with FP+ at all, so this is a real treat. And I know June is going to be hot, humid and rainy, and I don't love the Disney ponchos, so I looked on Amazon and found one that is red with white polka-dots... very Minnie-esque. And now that I'm prepared, it's pretty much guaranteed there will not be rain.

 

[piglet1979]

Sometimes doctors can be such a pain! I have a friend who kept having her replacement knee slip out of alignment. The doctor who did it said "looks fine to me": she got a second opinion, but the doctor was in the same clinical group, so he said "looks like Bob did a great job". Then it popped out on her and she fell breaking her hip... the doctor who fixed the hip said, "ya, that's a bad knee" and he's going to fix it for her after she recovers from the hip surgery.

Thank you for this. I was thinking of just seeing another doctor at the same practice. We see a new doctor I will go somewhere else.

I don't have a true whoohoo, other than coming back here and admitting I dropped the ball. I also dropped the ball on my eating habits and regained weight and that feels really crap. But admitting where I am at and that it's going to take some time feels like a whoohoo moment.

Can I please join back as a poster?

Welcome back. You will get back to where you were. I hope everything is back in a good spot.

 

[piglet1979]

My woohoo is not weight related. Our internet is out at work on the floor that I am on. I am working upstairs in an office that has a window and I have a bathroom close by. It is so nice to have some natural lighting. In my normal area we have studio lighting with no windows. Only about 3 weeks before we move and will be in a much better location.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Can I please join back as a poster?

Of course!!! Welcome back

I am working upstairs in an office that has a window and I have a bathroom close by. It is so nice to have some natural lighting. In my normal area we have studio lighting with no windows. Only about 3 weeks before we move and will be in a much better location.

It makes so much difference!

My Woohoo is that my day with my niece and nephew went really well (which is always in question at "almost four" ). We got a present made for their parents anniversary, and it came out really cute!

 

[4Mickeys]

Not great news today. My co-work got her diagnosis today. It is indeed Hodgkin Lymphoma

Sometimes doctors can be such a pain!

Sorry to hear this @piglet1979. I put these quotes together as they kind of go together for me at the moment. About 18 months ago my sister (who has been a smoker all her life) developed an eye issue - opthamologist said it was an eye muscle over-active and pulling one eye out of alignment which caused double vision for her. She was referred to a surgeon - who said lets wait 6-9 months sometimes it corrects itself and if we have done surgery it has to be un-done... So a lot of waiting and visits to see him. Then when the timeframe was up and it hadn't gotten any better - he says its time for surgery but oh by the way I don't do surgery anymore - so WHY did he take her as a patient as the referral was for surgery! On to another surgeon (about 6 weeks ago now) who reviewed everything including an existing MRI and orders a follow up MRI and some more blood tests but says to my sister he felt cancer was a possibility ..... after she did the tests he promptly went on holiday for a week so more waiting .... then she got into see him 2 weeks later! He said a biopsy may be needed but wanted to be cautious as the biopsy may make it worse as the eye muscle is so small... wanted to start with 3 days of high dosage of steroids to see if it will make a change. He then organised for an oncologist close to where my sister lives to oversee the steroid administration. This was supposed to start on Tuesday ... Sister rings me Tuesday night to say Oncologist has put off steroid treatment, after reviewing her he feels it may be lymphoma and she is having a PET scan Friday! So we are now in that waiting phase - hoping for the best but just wanting to know so that some kind of treatment plan can be formulated. So my sister may have been living with a Cancer for 18 months now - if so I just hope it has travelled. My sister has decided to keep this from my Mum until we know if there is anything 'C' wise to worry about - as mum just turned 84 and we don't want to stress her anymore than needs to be. So yes doctors can be such a PAIN

I abandoned a monthly group I was suppose to lead and I came to apologize. I am really sorry. Something happened and it was a big shock. Big enough to make me completely forget about internet forums. It wasn't weeks after I came to some sort of normality and I realized what have happen.

I am sorry guys. I am happy to see the monthly forums are still going

I don't have a true whoohoo, other than coming back here and admitting I dropped the ball. I also dropped the ball on my eating habits and regained weight and that feels really crap. But admitting where I am at and that it's going to take some time feels like a whoohoo moment.

Can I please join back as a poster?

I figured you were happily moving house ... Hope you are doing ok Welcome back - we all come and go at times as our lives twist and turn

Tuesday Topic: Potassium!

I don't really track it - but when doing my reading for switching to Keto it and other minerals/vitamins popped up to be conscious of. And I have had some increased cramping in the toes at times. On my last blood work it was not flagged as an issue though.

Ok, it's almost 11pm here, which means it's Wednesday SOMEWHERE...

Ohh thanks of thinking of me in our different time zones!

I am going to add another woohoo - I have 2 people tell me now that they can SEE a difference in my weight! So that is always a WOOHOO feeling.

Today is the day I get things to start to come together for my car issue. After a lot of researching and thought I have decided I am NOT fixing this car. I will sell it to a wreckers for whatever I can get, and get a refund on the registration I had just paid. DS18 is going to share his car with me until the end of the year (he is still working on getting his licence - so this will not be a huge issue). In this time I am going to really buckle down and pay off as much credit card debt as possible with the aim to be out of credit card debt completely by this time next year. At the end of the year I will get another car - on a novated lease - which will means I can get a newer if not new car affordably whilst getting a tax benefit. So thank you for your thoughts and support that helped me not completely freak out when this first happened

 

[michigal23]

I love seeing everyone’s woohoos, big or small. It’s so important to find something to celebrate every day!

I have 2 for today:

We started doing girl-led meetings with my Girl Scout troop and today was our second one and the girl did a fabulous job! I love watching them become responsible, mature leaders when they’re given the chance.

Also, I’ve made it halfway to my goal of working out 6 times this month already. I’ve gotten myself up early 3 times this week to go to the gym before the chaos of the day starts.

 

[MickeyMom76]

I’ve gotten myself up early 3 times this week to go to the gym before the chaos of the day starts.

I have to do my workouts first thing in the morning too. Otherwise, there's no way I can be sure to fit them in! But I've also found that I love starting the day that way! Puts me in a good mood and I feel accomplished right from the start!