Thanks Doug! Yeah, it definitely time to get checked out by one of the best hospitals in the nation...because no matter how many times they tell me everything looks okay, I know it's not normal for someone to gain 20 pounds in one week of fluid. Not at all. I just can't take that for an answer. Thanks again everyone!!

Thanks TooSweet! I saw your recipe on here when I searched "coleslaw" I just didn't know if I could leave it out...sounds good...soooo do you whip it with an electric mixer? I've never actually used heavy whipping cream before other than cooking on stove and boiling...

Okay, so for the 4th of July we are going to a friend's house for the evening, and everyone is supposed to bring a dish. Well, the hostess asked me if I could make coleslaw or potato salad...problem is, I don't eat either of them because I don't eat mayo, mustard, or sour cream...I'm considering making the coleslaw, but I can't find a recipe without sour cream or mayo...I've never eaten coleslaw because those ingredients are always in there...but I was thinking, do you think Walden Farms Ranch dressing would work as a sub for the mayo?? OR does anyone else have any suggestions?

Hello friends!!! Back on track today  I ALMOST caved last night thanks to LaTortilla Factory tortillas being right beside Buddy Cake Boss's cake >:O but I kept on the straight and narrow  So, an update on my health issues...I'm feeling much better. The lady I donated my kidney for, I call her Mama D, she was very concerned about the swelling, so she called Methodist and Baylor hospital in Houston and even though I don't have insurance, they set me up an appointment for this coming Monday! They got all my medical records and will be looking to see what has happened. This is a huge blessing because they are SO much better in Houston than our little rinky dink hospital and docs here in my town of 30K people. Now, my food plan for today:

Today so far I had some sliced up cucumber (no peel), chopped roma tomato, and some sliced up cubes of pepperjack cheese with pepper and red wine vinegar and some unsweet tea with ez-sweetz drops (7 carbs)
For dinner the plan is a quesadilla with cheese (7 carbs) and maybe a snack...depending on what I'm hankering for...maybe my yogurt dish or a small green salad...I'm not sure yet but that's the plan for today!

Okay Kim...I'm adding you again now look for a fat baby face with a pink ruffle onsie LOL

No ma'am Morgan...that's what's even more baffling. I'm a vegetarian...and I hardly ever, EVER eat pre processed foods. I keep a really clean diet. They accused me of "not setting down the potato chips" I told them, I'm a low-carber, it's not from potato chips or salt. Almost all the veggies I eat are very low sodium and I'm not adding salt...minus the olives, they are higher sodium but I'm not eating a handful, or even eating them everyday

Thank you all for your prayers...Morgan, it's complicated. My family physician doesn't take Superior Medicaid (my insurance) I had to get that type because I was a high risk pregnancy and the only high risk physician in town took only Superior, my family physician takes Amerigroup. It takes 30 days to change it, when you're pregnant you only have it through your pregnancy and 2 months post partum...So, I only have it until the 30th, then I'm without until my husband's insurance picks me up which is August 1. Now, my physician that takes Superior won't see me, she claims they are changing offices and can't see patients until August 1...our urgent care clinic in town doesn't see Medicaid patients at all, and the community health clinic couldn't get me in for 3 weeks because I'd be a new patient and never been there before. So, the ER was my only option. Here's what I found out, great news and no news...Great news is kidney and liver look great, blood work is perfect (almost), all organs doing well...praise God! No news is basically that I am very anemic and my blood pressure was very high when I got there and he was pretty concerned about that. He put me on some meds that will flush out the water more safely than lasix, but also lower the BP. He thought the BP was due to the fluid retention, but he did not know why I am swelling...that is the mystery. I am going to do the best I can with staying very low carb and see if that helps...but I would appreciate prayers that when I get my other health insurance, my doc can figure out why I'm swelling, because 20 pounds in a week is NOT normal. So praises and requests. That's all I know. Story of my life...lots of mystery illness with no explanation. They even did a CT scan of my internal organs. The best guess was lymphedema. Maybe in Aug my family physician can think of a different test they didn't run. Until then, I'm hitting the FTS hard and fast...I feel like my life is on the line now and I believe my chomping on carbs here and there is killing me. Time. To. Get. Serious. Period. And thankfully I have a new FB and FTS buddy to keep me in line