Lesson Learned

Well I have been forced to slow down for a while thanks to a gallbladder that decided to cause me a stay in the hospital..I am always the 1st one in the family to pave the way for others who may get sick after me.. I am so thankful that I didn't get sick during the holiday's visting my brother, that would have been the pits to end up in a hospital far from home & it would have spoiled everything...OK , on with the story.....We came back home on Dec.31, on Jan.1 I wasn't even thinkin about tradition, you know..black eye peas, greens, didn't even enter my mind.....there's a lesson to be learned, trust me....Jan.2 wake up in middle of night with bad pain, must have been that handful of pecans I ate at mom's .....thought I had the flu, stayed in bed, night time rolls around .bad pain again, moan & groan is what I did...not feeling any better....oh by the way I do have a tolerence for pain but after the 2nd night of rolling all over the floor I decided that something was wrong & it wasn't getting any better..We went to the ER & after 7hrs. I was in a room...you see, I had a bladder infection, dehydrated, pancreatitis & gall stones, now do you see why I should have eaten my peas & greens!!  Happy New Year!!!!!