 We'll see if I spill this one guys. Good morning my beautiful friends and welcome to Saturday. I hope the morning is treating you well. I'm really excited to bring this to you guys because it has some cool surprises in it. I wanted to go through like presents or things that are good to give to people who are going into surgery, who are dealing with chronic illness or pain or just like really sick because there are like things that are commonly given and sent which are super super nice and super awesome like flowers or chocolate or cards and those have always brightened my day and there have been things that are more specific that I've been thinking about lately. If you're looking for something good to give someone who is about to go through major surgery or like I said dealing with something more chronic, here are my recommendations. So number one, kind notes. You guys have seen me talk about these before. I was given this by my friend Erin and I'll show you what these are all about. Now the reason why I really really like these is because it's something that I could look forward to every day. So in these tiny little envelopes you will find really really cute little sayings. Like this one, I am in the right place at the right time doing the right thing and I know that some of this might seem cheesy to some people but honestly like reading that and thinking about in the morning and thinking that okay well I'm in a lot of pain right now, I'm recovering from surgery or I'm sick or whatever but this is where I am. I am in the right place at the right time doing the right thing and I just seem to focus on today and that's it. It was really really uplifting to me and something I'm super excited about with this is that I reached out to kind notes to ask if they would be willing to partner with me for this video. I am getting absolutely nothing from this. I want you guys to know that but they have been so so so so so kind to offer to give you guys two of these jars. So if you want to comment below and then like their page on Instagram it's kind notes at kind notes. That's all you have to do to enter and then I will announce the winners on Monday. You can send this to yourself or to a relative, a friend, a family member, someone struggling with something and the cool thing is that they cover a wide range of topics. It doesn't have to be someone who's sick if you just need encouragement when you're just going through something or anything like that. Their notes are a super cute and b cover a really wide range of topics. Also super cool if you enter team joe at checkout in the discount code section you'll get 15% off so that's really awesome. Again, I don't get anything from that. It's just 15% off for you guys. I feel really bad destroying this poor puppy but he just tastes so good. So I know that I told you that I've recovered from at least 10 ankle surgeries, wrist surgery, knee surgery, heart surgery so I've had my fair share of surgery recoveries. You would think I would have figured this out before then. Having a fridge within arm's reach because I was recovering on this couch right here has been the most helpful thing during this surgery recovery. So if you or someone you know is going to be out for a while like on a couch, in bed, anything like that for more than a week, having a mini fridge close by has just been such a gift because then I don't have to bug my husband to get me water all the time, it's right here. That way I'm also not putting myself in danger of trying to hop up the stairs there uh which you know I still do because I need coffee. But on bad days and especially when I was first recovering from surgery I didn't actually have to move really at all. I'd have to get to go to the bathroom and that was it. So this was a huge handy dandy investment. I think this fridge was like a hundred bucks but you can definitely find smaller ones for cheaper. Definitely worth it. So it looks like Sadie and Sadie's tennis ball are going to join us for this next shot. Let's see if she can catch it. Let's see if she can catch it. Yes good girl. Okay so the next thing that I would recommend over Sadie's chomping is good ice packs and here's why a lot of people just use ice which is awesome. It's super effective however for recovering from surgeries, injuries or just having chronic pain ice can really help but having ice that's easy to put on and lasts longer than just melting ice in a Ziploc bag which can also leak and get really messy is incredibly helpful. It's also a lot easier to change out and to keep on with Velcro straps like this like this one from Thera- TheraPak. I think that's how you say it. I found this on Amazon. I'll just provide the link to where I found on Amazon. I have I think three or four of these now. Having a variety of these kinds of ice packs was really helpful as opposed to just trying to keep filling ice cube trays. So I'm kind of cheating and working two recommendations into one but along the same lines having a really good heating pack is super super super super helpful and this one is electric or electronic. Electric we're gonna go with that. It just plugs in to my outlet right next to me. I don't have to worry about like heating it up in the microwave or anything like that. A lot of people use like rice bag or stuff like that. Again works really well but if you're sick if you're not feeling good if you've got a migraine if you're recovering from surgery if you're on crutches it's really hard to move back and forth and so having something that's right here you don't have to move to use it works really well for me. The ones that I have in particular are by Pure Enrichment. They've worked fantastically for me again not sponsored at all but they turn off after two hours if you want them to. They have different heating levels and they have enough like space to actually heat whatever you need it to be. But the reason why I so strongly recommend these to anyone who is recovering from surgery, dealing with chronic illness, chronic pain, or knows anyone who is is because if you're laid up for a long time if your injury needs ice that still means that you're staying in one place and other parts of your body gets or other parts of your body hurt. Like I have chronic neck issues and laying down all the time makes those worse so for like the first three weeks of surgery I was pretty much on the couch 24-7 so I had this on my neck often because heat helps that or your back starts getting sore. The hot and cold to change back and forth with has been really helpful in having good products instead of having to go back and forth between like the microwave and ice cube trays is so helpful and really a gift to have. So what's this you may ask? Well this is Pugsy. He is not a fourth dog. He is a perfect pet. If you look closely actually breathe. Now I realize that may be creepy to some people but hear me out it's actually really relaxing to watch. My mom got this for me in a little shop and I've linked the website where you can find them down below. They're really really calming to watch. They just sit there and they breathe and you don't have to take care of them so it's like having a pet. It's not really like having a pet but it's kind of like having a pet but watching something cute and soft breathe next to you is really relaxing and so they're about 40 bucks I believe and they're a great gift to give to yourself or someone you know who is sick or having surgery. So the last thing that I would recommend is an audible subscription. I have had this for myself for about two years now. It's $14 a month or I think about 25. I'll link in the description down below but this is basically just audiobooks. You get one audiobook a month for the lower price or two for the higher price. I end up going through way more than just one a month. I listen to all different kinds of things but I'm right now listening to Girl Wash Your Face which is by Rachel Hollis. I didn't really expect to like this book but I like it a lot more than I thought it would. The reason why I strongly recommend audiobooks is I mean of course it gives you a chance to learn something new but it also gives you a break from just like constant screen time you know. If I'm recovering from something or if I'm laid up if I'm not feeling good I end up watching a lot of tv of movies of shows things like that and it's a good break from that. Also as a side note you may wonder why I didn't just recommend books in general. First of all books are awesome. Five people books or get yourself books. I love them but when I was initially recovering from surgery I was way too out of it to actually like focus and read words on a page so if someone is really not doing well, if they're not feeling great, if you're not doing well, if you're not feeling great, I found that books were a little too challenging for me like for the first three weeks to a month so audiobooks were the way to go. Also just a quick update for everyone who is asking. My leg is okay. I went to the doctor about that abscess or resister whatever it is. The weird thing is it's not actually any of the above. It's really irritated, it's really swollen, it's not getting better and he said just to like stay off of it, keep compression on it, do some massage and hope that it gets better. I can't have my leg recast it. I can't walk in my prosthetic leg. I cannot do anything on it until it gets better which is frustrating. I'm not gonna lie. Everything is just like stopped. There's no forward movement but everything is temporary, right? I know that. I know that it's going to get better one way or another. He said that surgery could be on the table for it like if it doesn't get better. But we're not gonna go there right now. Like that's not gonna happen. Fingers crossed. Hopefully it will get better just by me taking good care of it and I will take good care of it because I want to get back to things as soon as possible. Please enjoy the rest of your Saturday as my friends and like I said I put links to everything I mentioned in the description box below if you want to check it out, if you're interested. I love you guys. Thanks for watching. I'll talk to you soon. Bye!