Guest guest Posted May 8, 2000 Report Share Posted May 8, 2000 to new member, I am pre-op and I am 52, Have been researching surgery since Jan. Will be scheduling my surgery soon. I live in Maine, use to work in Doctors office, but do to severe arthritis, I am now on disability. I have four little dogs, at home, am married. Three wonderful grown children, and five grandchildren. I want the surgery to improve the quality of my life. Hope you enjoy the group as much as I do. Ruthann Beyond Myself Somewhere I await my arrival. Pre-op DR. Aslam, Augusta, Maine surgery for weight loss. Beyond myself somewhere I wait for my arrival New Member >Welcome!!!!!!!!!!! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. >My name is Lyssa. I am a SAHM (stay at home mom) 29, married to my high >school sweetheart Benji and we have 2 girls. I had open rny 6/22/99 with Dr. >Thayer at Newton Wellesley Hospital. I can't believe how fast the last year >has flown by .. and one nice side effect from having the surgery is meeting >so many wonderful people and friends. >Lyssa > > > >Hello, > >This is an automated email message to let you know that >e.lawson@... joined your OSSG-NewEngland >group. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >@Backup- Protect and Access your data any time, any where on the net. >Try @Backup FREE and recieve 300 points from mypoints.com Install now: >http://click./1/2345/11/_/675032/_/957795585/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2000 Report Share Posted May 8, 2000 Well since we have gotten so many new members since I have fisrt hoined I will tell my story again. I am 30 yrs old, weigh 280 with a bmi of 60. I live in Brelin, NH which is way up in the north country. I have been thinking about wls since 1995. Since I had no health insurance and me getting a job revolves arond me eight the forst thing I tried was voc-rehab. Well they sent me to Social Security. It took me a denial and appela to get ssi and then about the same fight to get medicaid since my husband is working. My PCP was invaluble to me during all this. Then it was getting a referall and getting the consult with the surgeon. I am seeing Dr Burchard out of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. There they have a program that you have to completete before you are scheduled for surgery. 2 of the requirements are that you have to attend 4 support group meetings and lose 15 lbs. I have done this and have my second appointment with Dr Burchard on May 31. Lea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 In a message dated 7/29/00 3:28:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lauries@... writes: << She's a wonderful, bright, and social child and uses her voice very expressively, even though she can't " talk. " We are looking into cued speech and hope to be CI candidates in the near future. >> Welcome Laurie, After all, her being a happy well adjusted child is what's important, right? Sounds like you are dealing with it well. My daughter is 14 mos., she was diagnosed at 10 mos., and after only a two month trial with hearing aids (very little progress even though she has some residual hearing) we have decided to go with the CI. Her surgery date is Aug 23 and we are very excited; up to this point she has basically heard nothing. We started out with an ASL program but have decided to go oral after exploring several options. She also has visual issues and a visual language just didn't seem to be working. Best of luck to you, you'll learn a great deal from this group. If you decide to go with the CI, or are just exploring the idea, you should also join the CI Circle. It's a list serve like this for parents of children with, or considering Cochlear Implants. Keep us posted on 's progress! mom to , 14 mos., deaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 Hi Folks! Sorry, I totally forgot that the moderator asked that we introduce ourselves when we join. I'm Laurie, mother of 1 yo , 7yo Levi and 5yo Ben. has a profound bilateral hearing loss with no measurable residual hearing whatsoever. She's had the molds made for her aides this last week and the audiologist has also ordered an FM system as well. He does not expect much from either of them because of the lack of res. hrg. Trying to give us a realistic picture, I guess. She's a wonderful, bright, and social child and uses her voice very expressively, even though she can't " talk. " We are looking into cued speech and hope to be CI candidates in the near future. We homeschool our children and own a small dairy farm in south-central New York. My best to you all, Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 > Where do you go to join the CI Circle? CI-CIRCLE - For parents of children with CI's and for parents who are considering CI's for their children. To subscribe, send a message to: majordomo@.... In the body of the message type: subscribe cicircle@... if you want the regular version or subscribe cicircle-digest@... for the digest version. CU There! Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 Where do you go to join the CI Circle? Re: FW: new member > In a message dated 7/29/00 3:28:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > lauries@... writes: > > << She's a wonderful, bright, > and social child and uses her voice very expressively, even though she can't > " talk. " We are looking into cued speech and hope to be CI candidates in the > near future. >> > Welcome Laurie, > After all, her being a happy well adjusted child is what's important, right? > Sounds like you are dealing with it well. My daughter is 14 mos., she > was diagnosed at 10 mos., and after only a two month trial with hearing aids > (very little progress even though she has some residual hearing) we have > decided to go with the CI. Her surgery date is Aug 23 and we are very > excited; up to this point she has basically heard nothing. We started out > with an ASL program but have decided to go oral after exploring several > options. She also has visual issues and a visual language just didn't seem > to be working. > > Best of luck to you, you'll learn a great deal from this group. If you > decide to go with the CI, or are just exploring the idea, you should also > join the CI Circle. It's a list serve like this for parents of children > with, or considering Cochlear Implants. Keep us posted on 's progress! > > > mom to , 14 mos., deaf > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 Hi, Laurie. Your home sounds like it must be really beautiful. My sister homeschools, as well. Darla On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:22:42 -0400 " Laurie & Steve Slawta " writes: > > Hi Folks! > Sorry, I totally forgot that the moderator asked that we > introduce > ourselves when we join. I'm Laurie, mother of 1 yo , 7yo Levi > and 5yo > Ben. has a profound bilateral hearing loss with no > measurable > residual hearing whatsoever. She's had the molds made for her aides > this > last week and the audiologist has also ordered an FM system as well. > He > does not expect much from either of them because of the lack of res. > hrg. > Trying to give us a realistic picture, I guess. She's a wonderful, > bright, > and social child and uses her voice very expressively, even though > she can't > " talk. " We are looking into cued speech and hope to be CI > candidates in the > near future. > We homeschool our children and own a small dairy farm in > south-central > New York. My best to you all, Laurie > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2000 Report Share Posted August 19, 2000 In a message dated 8/19/2000 11:58:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, malmor@... writes: << She had been diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing Disorder last year, with particular problems distinguishing words in competition with other background noise in both ears (left more than right). >> Hi Barbara, Welcome to the list. My name is Elaine and my 6 year old son has auditory neuropathy which in mild cases, can appear like CAPD . They have the same problems with distinguishing speech in noise but some of the audiological test results are different. For instance, in CAPD the child has middle ear muscle reflexes and in auditory neuropathy the reflexes are absent. It is quite interesting to me the similarities of the two problems. At one time we had been told that Jake didn't have AN and that there was a possibility he was just deaf with CAPD, but they were wrong. He does have AN and not CAPD. AN kids can have " normal " hearing and still not understand speech with any competing noise. Jake has a severe to profound loss in his non implanted ear with limited speech recognition skills, but better than most AN kids with his degree of loss. Just curious as to what type of testing did they do to diagnose the CAPD and the hearing loss...... Did they do an ABR, OAE's and middle ear reflexes???? Does she use an FM system at school? Sorry to bombard you with questions. Hope to hear more from you and that you find the information you need here (I have no doubts that you will, smile). Elaine Cueing Mom to Jake/6yrs/Clarion CI/2-99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2000 Report Share Posted August 29, 2000 Barb, Hello and welcome to the list. I joined in March after finding out that my then 10 month old daughter is profoundly deaf. The list is full of great information, as well as stories of success. You are right, it is easier to deal with something when you can talk to those with similar experiences. Your post caught my attention because my daughter , now 15 months old, was born with catarcts also. She had them in both eyes and had them removed at 2 months old. She had intraocular lenses implanted at 6 months and they have truly been miraculous. She wears glasses to make up for her farsightedness, but the doctors are confident she won't need them in a year or so. We'll see! She sees better everyday. got a cochlear implant on Wed Aug. 23 and we are looking forward to her hookup date, Sept 21. Best of luck to you!! mom to , deaf, CI 8/23/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2000 Report Share Posted August 29, 2000 In a message dated 8/28/2000 10:42:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, barbanddan@... writes: << I just wanted to introduce myself and my son, Jonah. Jonah is 4mos. old and we just found out he has hearing loss in his right ear. >> Welcome to the list. You'll fin it very helpful & supportive. Suzette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 Christy, I love your spunk. If you bottel it - let me know I'd like to be on the buyers list :-) Our top weight is pretty much the same - mine was 226. The cahrts tell me 120 would be good - but I'm shooting for 150 to start with. Good job - great way to start. Ang > Hi everyone! > > I joined Weight Watchers last Wednesday. Today was my 2nd meeting and I > have lost 1.3 pounds! Yippee! Only 103.2 to go My name is Christy and > I'm 30 years old. I'm a vegetarian who eats dairy, eggs, and seafood. I've > been married for almost 9 years (no kids) and I work full-time as an > accountant. I look forward to getting to know all of you! > > Christy in Oklahoma > 224.5/223.2/120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2002 Report Share Posted September 12, 2002 Welcome Christy and Congrats on the weight loss. Heres to more lbs to drop. Hope you like it here its a great group...San > Hi everyone! > > I joined Weight Watchers last Wednesday. Today was my 2nd meeting and I > have lost 1.3 pounds! Yippee! Only 103.2 to go My name is Christy and > I'm 30 years old. I'm a vegetarian who eats dairy, eggs, and seafood. I've > been married for almost 9 years (no kids) and I work full-time as an > accountant. I look forward to getting to know all of you! > > Christy in Oklahoma > 224.5/223.2/120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2002 Report Share Posted September 12, 2002 Hi Christy, its good to have you join us. Welcome! Tina New member Hi everyone! I joined Weight Watchers last Wednesday. Today was my 2nd meeting and I have lost 1.3 pounds! Yippee! Only 103.2 to go My name is Christy and I'm 30 years old. I'm a vegetarian who eats dairy, eggs, and seafood. I've been married for almost 9 years (no kids) and I work full-time as an accountant. I look forward to getting to know all of you! Christy in Oklahoma 224.5/223.2/120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2002 Report Share Posted September 12, 2002 welcome to the group!!! that is wonderful that you have already lost!!!!!!!! Excellant!!!! Keep it up and WELCOME to the group! Jacy in alaska 185/170/137 -- New member Hi everyone! I joined Weight Watchers last Wednesday. Today was my 2nd meeting and I have lost 1.3 pounds! Yippee! Only 103.2 to go My name is Christy and I'm 30 years old. I'm a vegetarian who eats dairy, eggs, and seafood. I've been married for almost 9 years (no kids) and I work full-time as an accountant. I look forward to getting to know all of you! Christy in Oklahoma 224.5/223.2/120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Yes I think it is worth it to maintain your ideal weight. After you get to ideal weight, it is eay to revert back to old habits. One trick to maintain weight is to lose 5 lbs MORE than your ideal weight and gain it back gradually. Another trick is to weigh every day after you get to ideal weight, and then diet again to lose those 3 lbs. Yes I gained all my weight back now, but only because I became careless. Once I kept the weight off for nearly 2 years and felt wonderful. Then some things happened that caused me stress and I got careless. We are like alcoholics, it is so important to keep focused every day. -- in MO gran_susan@... chat http://members.hostedscripts.com/chatboard.cgi?user=yesican Weight loss message board http://www.yesican.i-p.com Free For all Links- add yours http://members.hostedscripts.com/ffal.cgi?user=yesican -- http://fastmail.fm - Access your email with Outlook or over the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Yes I think it is worth it to maintain your ideal weight. After you get to ideal weight, it is eay to revert back to old habits. One trick to maintain weight is to lose 5 lbs MORE than your ideal weight and gain it back gradually. Another trick is to weigh every day after you get to ideal weight, and then diet again to lose those 3 lbs. Yes I gained all my weight back now, but only because I became careless. Once I kept the weight off for nearly 2 years and felt wonderful. Then some things happened that caused me stress and I got careless. We are like alcoholics, it is so important to keep focused every day. -- in MO gran_susan@... chat http://members.hostedscripts.com/chatboard.cgi?user=yesican Weight loss message board http://www.yesican.i-p.com Free For all Links- add yours http://members.hostedscripts.com/ffal.cgi?user=yesican -- http://fastmail.fm - Access your email with Outlook or over the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Yes I think it is worth it to maintain your ideal weight. After you get to ideal weight, it is eay to revert back to old habits. One trick to maintain weight is to lose 5 lbs MORE than your ideal weight and gain it back gradually. Another trick is to weigh every day after you get to ideal weight, and then diet again to lose those 3 lbs. Yes I gained all my weight back now, but only because I became careless. Once I kept the weight off for nearly 2 years and felt wonderful. Then some things happened that caused me stress and I got careless. We are like alcoholics, it is so important to keep focused every day. -- in MO gran_susan@... chat http://members.hostedscripts.com/chatboard.cgi?user=yesican Weight loss message board http://www.yesican.i-p.com Free For all Links- add yours http://members.hostedscripts.com/ffal.cgi?user=yesican -- http://fastmail.fm - Access your email with Outlook or over the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 That's such an individual desicion. Maybe this would be a good use for the virtual model? That is great that you've kept the wieght off. Are you still having to follow the low carbs to do it? Ang > Hi everyone, > > Over the course of a year, by following the Atkins diet I lost 50 lbs, > fit into clothes that I havent worn in about 5 years. It felt great, > accomplishing the goal, yada, yada, yada.... and I've been maintaining > this weight for about 6 months. Now I'm deciding whether to just > accept my weight as it is, or to try to lose that last 25lbs. As we > all know *the plateau* weight, the *infamously* sticky last few hard > to lose pounds..... > > OK, here comes the BIG question....is it worth struggling to get down > to that so-called Ideal weight, and stuggling to stay there. On one > hand it would be awesome, feel great etc. but on the other hand, if > its going to be something that is rather difficult to maintain....I'm > not sure if its worth it.... > > Any thoughts.... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 , Congrads on what you have lost! I am at the same point as you. I have lost 85 and have been stuck for about 3 months. My trusted chiropractor says just keep doing what I've been doing and it will get going again. It will never be as fast as it was in the beginning simply because we don't weigh as much, it takes longer to burn the cals. A good formula is take your goal weight, times it by 10: 150x10=1500. That would be how many cals a day to shoot for to get to your goal weight. It is a rough estimates. Depending on your activity level you eat more or less. You may want to try stirring up your exercise routine. The speed, length, ect. To break a plateau I have found going from fast to slow and adding some elevation on the treadmill helps. The important thing is to be healthy. If you are doing the right things, eating a balanced diet, right portions, exercising, ect the weight will come off. Just maybe not as fast as we would like. Also my chiro says after losing a certain percentage your body has to get used to the new composition, therefore the dreaded plateau. It's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just your body adjusting. Hope that helps. Gena On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 05:01 AM, fallnnstar wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Over the course of a year, by following the Atkins diet I lost 50 lbs, > fit into clothes that I havent worn in about 5 years. It felt great, > accomplishing the goal, yada, yada, yada.... and I've been maintaining > this weight for about 6 months. Now I'm deciding whether to just > accept my weight as it is, or to try to lose that last 25lbs. As we > all know *the plateau* weight, the *infamously* sticky last few hard > to lose pounds..... > > OK, here comes the BIG question....is it worth struggling to get down > to that so-called Ideal weight, and stuggling to stay there. On one > hand it would be awesome, feel great etc. but on the other hand, if > its going to be something that is rather difficult to maintain....I'm > not sure if its worth it.... > > Any thoughts.... > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 , Congrads on what you have lost! I am at the same point as you. I have lost 85 and have been stuck for about 3 months. My trusted chiropractor says just keep doing what I've been doing and it will get going again. It will never be as fast as it was in the beginning simply because we don't weigh as much, it takes longer to burn the cals. A good formula is take your goal weight, times it by 10: 150x10=1500. That would be how many cals a day to shoot for to get to your goal weight. It is a rough estimates. Depending on your activity level you eat more or less. You may want to try stirring up your exercise routine. The speed, length, ect. To break a plateau I have found going from fast to slow and adding some elevation on the treadmill helps. The important thing is to be healthy. If you are doing the right things, eating a balanced diet, right portions, exercising, ect the weight will come off. Just maybe not as fast as we would like. Also my chiro says after losing a certain percentage your body has to get used to the new composition, therefore the dreaded plateau. It's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just your body adjusting. Hope that helps. Gena On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 05:01 AM, fallnnstar wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Over the course of a year, by following the Atkins diet I lost 50 lbs, > fit into clothes that I havent worn in about 5 years. It felt great, > accomplishing the goal, yada, yada, yada.... and I've been maintaining > this weight for about 6 months. Now I'm deciding whether to just > accept my weight as it is, or to try to lose that last 25lbs. As we > all know *the plateau* weight, the *infamously* sticky last few hard > to lose pounds..... > > OK, here comes the BIG question....is it worth struggling to get down > to that so-called Ideal weight, and stuggling to stay there. On one > hand it would be awesome, feel great etc. but on the other hand, if > its going to be something that is rather difficult to maintain....I'm > not sure if its worth it.... > > Any thoughts.... > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 - i think it's worth all the effort if you lose it to maintain, you worked that hard to get off and you didn't do it for no reason. the only thing that you need to do to maintain is stick with the eating and the excersize, don't go back to the old habits, and you should be bale to maintain it well. it's just as hard to maintain as it is to lose except worse because now that you made it you think you can blow it. - In weightlossbuddies2@y..., " fallnnstar " <fallenstar@c...> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Over the course of a year, by following the Atkins diet I lost 50 lbs, > fit into clothes that I havent worn in about 5 years. It felt great, > accomplishing the goal, yada, yada, yada.... and I've been maintaining > this weight for about 6 months. Now I'm deciding whether to just > accept my weight as it is, or to try to lose that last 25lbs. As we > all know *the plateau* weight, the *infamously* sticky last few hard > to lose pounds..... > > OK, here comes the BIG question....is it worth struggling to get down > to that so-called Ideal weight, and stuggling to stay there. On one > hand it would be awesome, feel great etc. but on the other hand, if > its going to be something that is rather difficult to maintain....I'm > not sure if its worth it.... > > Any thoughts.... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 - i think it's worth all the effort if you lose it to maintain, you worked that hard to get off and you didn't do it for no reason. the only thing that you need to do to maintain is stick with the eating and the excersize, don't go back to the old habits, and you should be bale to maintain it well. it's just as hard to maintain as it is to lose except worse because now that you made it you think you can blow it. - In weightlossbuddies2@y..., " fallnnstar " <fallenstar@c...> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Over the course of a year, by following the Atkins diet I lost 50 lbs, > fit into clothes that I havent worn in about 5 years. It felt great, > accomplishing the goal, yada, yada, yada.... and I've been maintaining > this weight for about 6 months. Now I'm deciding whether to just > accept my weight as it is, or to try to lose that last 25lbs. As we > all know *the plateau* weight, the *infamously* sticky last few hard > to lose pounds..... > > OK, here comes the BIG question....is it worth struggling to get down > to that so-called Ideal weight, and stuggling to stay there. On one > hand it would be awesome, feel great etc. but on the other hand, if > its going to be something that is rather difficult to maintain....I'm > not sure if its worth it.... > > Any thoughts.... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 In a message dated 2/16/2003 11:11:48 AM Central Standard Time, donnawynnejones@... writes: > > I'm a new member of this group. This is my third week on the weight > watchers > plan, and so far I've lost 6lbs. To date, it hasn't been hard work and I've > > enjoyed it. I have 56lbs to lose to get to goal. > > I attend weekly WW meetings, but hope to get a lot of additional > information > between meetings from this group. I look forward to reading your posts. > > > Donna > Welcome, Donna. This group has been a big help in keeping me on track. Great job on the 6 pounds so far!! Luanne 160/123.2/118 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 Hello I'm a new member of this group. This is my third week on the weight watchers plan, and so far I've lost 6lbs. To date, it hasn't been hard work and I've enjoyed it. I have 56lbs to lose to get to goal. I attend weekly WW meetings, but hope to get a lot of additional information between meetings from this group. I look forward to reading your posts. Donna _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons http://messenger.msn.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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