Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 Nerys, I'm in NSW, Killarney Vale about five minutes from the beach. Surely the uni will be able to manage some compromise with regard to the practical sessions.Your student counsellor might be able to negotiate something for you. What are you studying? Anything interesting? We're doing okay, though things do get a bit stressful from time to time. About the only help we get is when I press the F1 key on the computer! Thanks for writing. Craig Craig Hi Craig Yikes not sure I have been described as 'effervescent' before , you have given me the giggles as I have this image of bubbles coming out of my ears!! Umm no I haven't had any chockie yet lmao!!! I am in WA, Busselton, right by the beach!! How about you? Umm not sure how I am keeping up with the study and being a carer!! I have been hubby's full time carer for over a year now and only been studying as well for a month, it is really hard and I have some practical stuff coming up so am really not sure how I am going to manage that yet!! How about you? I read you are a carer for your wife? How is it going? Do you get much help or support? Take care Lots of love Nerys ~~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~~ The Being Sick CommunityVisual problems with colors?Click the link below and select the modify link to your right. Then select the **Send Plain Text Email** option. This will stop you receiving emails with colored or enlarged fonts./joinMembers Lounge:-Photo Album, memorial page, members profiles, birthdays, locations, medical resources, counselling via email and a whole bunch of free things.http://www.elderwyn.com/members Message Archives and Digest Attachment Pictures:-/messagesChat:- Scheduled Daily Chats at # on IRC DALnet./files/chat.htmBookmarks:-Add a website URL you have found useful./linksPersonal Complaints or problems:-Please contact a moderator either via email <-owner > Subscription Details:-1) Individual email - means that every email sent to the list you receive.2) Daily Digest - sends you 25 messages in one single email for you to browse. This is an excellent option if you receive alot of email.3) Web only/No mail - means that you can pop into eGroups at your convenience and receive no email.To modify your subscription settings please visit:- /joinTo subscribe or unsubscribe please email:--subscribe -unsubscribe ~~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~~“Hold on to what is good, even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do even, if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, even if it's easier to let go." - Pueblo Prayer~~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 It is great to see people still have positive attitudes! ~guin >> Hi all. Was wondering if anyone has had the problem of passing out > for no reason ? I have had several times of this happening and when i > went to see my cardio dr he thinks i just went to sleep, i dont think that is the case. Hi,Passing out was the first indication I had a cardiac problem. I had a few events with no adverse impact but sadly I was next to a four foot high chain link fence one time. My left elbow hit the support post as I fell resulting in a shattered upper arm bone. Some good surgery and lots of painful physical therapy allowed me to regain about 70% use of the arm. This may not be an all bad thing as I did not notice much change when my ICD was implanted on the left side. San Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Craig, I'm so sorry to hear of your daughter's band problems and health scare. It's good to hear she will be ok. Thanks for the important lesson on listening to our bodies. I have only one question: Blue ink or black? My regards to your daughter. a Craig Carothers <ccarothers@...> wrote: Gang: You know you love it when I call you that J I guess we never stop learning about the band. I just learned a very scary and expensive lesson. The worst thing is that I had to learn it at the expense of my daughter’s health and comfort. Before you start throwing things at me be aware that she is 27 and somewhat responsible for her own decisions, but I don’t deny the influence a father can have. ANYWAY as I write this she is recovering from surgery at Almater having just had her band re-positioned. She was banded 2 years ago in July. She lived apart from us in Hawaii so I only saw her a few times since banding but talked with her by phone multiple times every day. She often complained about being “too tight” Since I have never really felt that much restriction myself I tend to assign terms of “wusses” or worse whenever I read of people complaining about how tight they are, with the exception of those proven cases of over tightness where you cant even swallow your own spit. I have had more than my share of PB episodes but they are not really due to over restriction but rather extreme stupidity, one of my fortes btw. Anyway Janice moved home about 3 months ago. She had just been seen by a Dr in Hawaii and had been unfilled because of a recurring problem with being too tight. I asked her, for economic reasons, to try to get a fill before she came home. She did and because it wasn’t done with flouro and because there was a slight miscommunication between her and this Dr. she got a little more than she asked for. When she got home she started having problems with being too tight. At first I tried to get her to “man up”, as we say, and just suffer through it. We tried liquids etc but she was obviously having some issues. She went to Mexico and they removed some and over the next month or so it got even worse. She lost weight like there was no tomorrow and all I could think of was how great that must be. She could not sleep laying down and we would wake every night to hear her cough for a while and then head to the can and hurl. I tried SOO hard to will it away. Our local Dr, not a band Dr just a clinic GP, thought it must be GERDS so he put her on Nexium. This seemed logical to me also because most of my family has had this issue at one time or another and because I have a masters in biology and therefore know exactly enough to be dangerous. No change. Then they decided it must not be strong enough so they changed to a different drug but still no effect. Over the last 2 or 3 weeks I saw her unable to eat or drink hardly anything and if she tried a few hours later it would come back up. That even included water. Still I waited. Finally I was convinced she was dehydrated and suffering from lack of sleep and could not go on like this so we put her on a plane and entrusted her back into the loving and EXPERT care of the staff at Almater. They saw her and admitted her into the hospital and it didn’t take long to diagnose that the band had severely slipped. A few hours ago they went in and thanks to the skills of that group of doctors it looks like they were able to save her band. She is very close to goal and with a little luck I’m not sure she will even need to get it filled again. If she does you can be damn sure it will ONLY be by Aceves and crew. OK so what are the lesions here, 1) Father didn’t always know best, even when it was a tv show. It’s YOUR body, listen to it and take it seriously. 2) Don’t mess around with being overtight, that’s not how the band is designed to work 3) Don’t mess around with being overtight, that’s not how the band is designed to work 4) It is unfortunate but for some of us economics plays a major role in this decision and we need to face reality before hand and budget for fills and aftercare. It can become an even greater expense if you don’t and have to make some dumb decisions because of economic pressure. The net costs of a band are minimal, and probably even negative in the long run, but the initial costs must be accounted for. Ok end of this lecture. Test will follow, double spaced blue essay books, pen only please. As Always Craig PS If you haven’t had a chance to yet, you may want to check out the newest Weight Loss site and forum located at www.wlsfacts.com I think they are going to present a lot more about the gastric Sleeve and could probably use some people posting to get it started. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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