New Member

[Guest guest]

,

I'm so sorry to hear you've had such a hard time. Getting diagnosed doesn't

necessarily help much. At least you know what's causing the pain.

Hopefully this group will give you some info that might help you. Are you

taking enzymes? Be sure to let your doctor know about the frequent bathroom

visits. Your medication may need to be increased. Try not to get too

discouraged. I know it's hard. You can read about my son, Mitch in the

other e-mails I've recently sent. I just joined, also. Ask questions and

read as much info as you can and educate yourself about this disease.

God Bless!

Machelle

>From: tan_1500@...

>Reply-To: pancreatitis

>To: pancreatitis

>Subject: Re: new member

>Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:40:23 -0000

>

>

> > Hello and welcome. I hope that you find a lot of support here

>on this

> > message board. I didn't have a lot of trouble joining but it took

>me a while

> > to figure out what I needed to do to post messages. Trial and error

>helped

> > there. Hope all goes well for you. Markie (Kentucky)

> > Hi Markie, thanks for the welcome hope all is well with you

> >

> > >From: " Derochea " <tanya26@t...>

> > >Reply-To: pancreatitis@y...

> > >To: <pancreatitis@y...>

> > >Subject: new member

> > >Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 06:29:06 -0700

> > >

> > >

> > >Hi, I finally figured out how to join this group!at first it

>wouldn't let

> > >me for some reason, my name is and I'm new to this message

>board,

> > >I've had pancreatitis all my life but I've just recently got

>diagnosed, I

> > >was born with a defect in my common bile duct called a choledochal

>cyst and

> > >I've been in pain since I was a little one, I've just recently had

>a

> > >endoscopic sphincterotomy and had to stay in the hospital because

>I got

> > >acute pancreatitis after.They also took a biopsy from my

>pancreatic duct

> > >because of a growth there.I sometimes get really depressed from

>being so

> > >sick all the time and latley I'm spending most of my time in the

> > >bathroom,I've lost 10 pounds in 3 months {thats the only good

>thing about

> > >it!]but I can't afford to lose much more,I've also been out of

>work for a

> > >month on short term disability and I'll probably be out longer

>because I

> > >now have a large kidney stone!I'm 27 and I feel 90 latley!but I'm

>pretty

> > >stubborn and I'm determined to get to feeling better and going

>back to work

> > >soon!I hope you all are feeling well and young!

> > >

> > >

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[Guest guest]

,

just wanted to welcome you to this group. I also have a birth defect

that has caused chronic pancreatitis. It's called Pancreatic Divisum,

basically a divided pancreatic duct. This group is a warm loving group

of people who are wonderful support. I don't know what I'd do without

them.

Kimber

hominid2@...

Pancreatitis Asssociation, Intl.

California State Chapter Representative.

[Guest guest]

--- Kimber wrote:

> ,

> just wanted to welcome you to this group. I also

> have a birth defect

> that has caused chronic pancreatitis. It's called

> Pancreatic Divisum,

> basically a divided pancreatic duct. This group is a

> warm loving group

> of people who are wonderful support. I don't know

> what I'd do without

> them.

>

> Kimber

> hominid2@...

> Pancreatitis Asssociation, Intl.

> California State Chapter Representative.

>

> Hi Kimber nice to meet you, this is the first time

I've met so many nice people at once!hope to talk to

you again!

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[Guest guest]

Hello ,

Welcome, I've joined this group about a month ago and it has been a

great help. There are a lot of good people here.

Best of luck,

Rob

[Guest guest]

--- muspub751@... wrote:

> Hello ,

> Welcome, I've joined this group about a month

> ago and it has been a

> great help. There are a lot of good people here.

>

> Best of luck,

> Rob

>

> Hi Rob,

this group is very nice and I;m glad I found it, I

never knew so many people felt the way I do and its

been a great help!hope everything is good with you.

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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--- sunflower6668@... wrote:

> ,

>

> Welcome! I am sorry you are where you are, but glad

> you have come to us.

> You may not find answers here (if you do, someone

> could be VERY rich :-), but

> you will find a loving group that has come together

> to support one another in

> any way possible.......................good to have

> you! Where do you live?

>

> Be well,

>

>

> Hi ,

I'm glad to meet you, everyone is very supportive

here, I live In Massachussetts and I go to Boston for

my pancreas problems, I have a really great specailist

there his name is Ram Chuttani and he's one of the

best in the country.I hope to talk to you again, have

a great day!

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Viola,

Welcome!

Umm.....where exactly is E. Longmeadow? Is it in Mass? LOL!? I haven't a

freaking clue!

Dawn

Open RNY 8/9/99

Dr. Sheldon Randall

New Member

Hi-I live in E. Longmeadow and just had my first consult at NWH.

Will receive a surgery date in September. Seems a pretty long time

but I waited this long I guess I can wait 3 more months. I am exited

now that things are moving past the research and educating myself

part. Hope to hear from some people who live in the area.

Viola

[Guest guest]

Yes it's in Mass. 10 min from Springfield and 10 min from Enfield, CT. I

am moving to Brimfield in September (close to Sturbridge and Mass Pike).

New Member

>

>

> Hi-I live in E. Longmeadow and just had my first consult at NWH.

> Will receive a surgery date in September. Seems a pretty long time

> but I waited this long I guess I can wait 3 more months. I am exited

> now that things are moving past the research and educating myself

> part. Hope to hear from some people who live in the area.

> Viola

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group! You will find that time flys by with this chatty

group. Priscilla

> From: churchv@...

> Reply-To: OSSG-NewEngland

> Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 17:09:02 -0000

> To: OSSG-NewEngland

> Subject: New Member

>

> Hi-I live in E. Longmeadow and just had my first consult at NWH.

> Will receive a surgery date in September. Seems a pretty long time

> but I waited this long I guess I can wait 3 more months. I am exited

> now that things are moving past the research and educating myself

> part. Hope to hear from some people who live in the area.

> Viola

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Good luck . Hope everything goes well.

Ken Ross

http://www.therossfamily.com

" Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.

I do not give to you as the world gives.

Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. "

-- :14:27

Re: New member

Hi there New Member,

My name is what is yours and your husbands? I have been out of

the loop a little trying to get ready for my surgery, I am to the point of

needing a whipple surgery.. you are in the right place if you want a group

that can answer you questions and give you support all the way around... I

welcome you and am sorry that you have to be here but you will find it is a

great group I would be lost without all of these wonderful people.. again

Weclome and give us some info on yourselfs...

Hugs and Kisses

you are in my thoughts and prayers

love and friendship in Mich.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/15/01 11:28:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

crandall@... writes:

>

>

> Hello, I am a new member to this group. My husband is the one

> suffering from chronic pancreatitis. He has had it for about 6 years

> now. He is actually in the hospital now and has been since Sunday.

> I am looking for a group he can chat with. He truly needs to find

> others who experience the same daily severe pain and learn what their

> coping methods are. Any response is appreciated.

> Thanks and God Bless.

>

>

>

Hello, I am so sorry that your husband is a pancreatitis sufferer also. That

means you suffer also. I know how terrible it is to suffer from chronic

pancreatitis. Please tell your husband that I am thinking of him and praying

for him and you. I had my pancreas removed and the islet from the pancreas

transplanted into my liver so now I am cured of pancreatitis. I suffered

from pancreatitis with just constant pain since 1985 and started having

attacks in 1999. I was unable to eat since 1994 and had to live with tpn

constantly. So as you can see I have been there and done that and I know

what your husband is going through. It is so terrible. Your new friend,

Shirley

[Guest guest]

Hi Deanna:

welcome to the group....My name is jane Van Tassell (MJ) for

short....pre-op of 8/21/01 with Dr Reines at NWH....Nice to meet you....Have

a good one! MJ

[Guest guest]

Hi MJ,

I was curious if you can tell me about the program at

NWH with Dr. Reines. I am on waiting list at two

places now and both have different programs. Can you

tell me when you started. What doctors you saw.

Whatever. Just curious....

Thanks,

Dollie

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[Guest guest]

Wow you did Cheryl you,I, and Lea probably sat in in the same meetings!!!too

bad we couldnt have talked at the meetings.

>From: Cher1961@...

>Reply-To: OSSG-NewEngland

>To: OSSG-NewEngland

>Subject: Re: New Member

>Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 16:26:00 EDT

>

>In a message dated 6/2/01 10:10:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

>countrygirl7194@... writes:

>

>

> > I would like uou to welcome Deana into our little group. She is also

> > from Berlin and had surgery with Dr. Burchard at Dartmouth. Deana this

> > is a great group of people. Don't be shy just intirduce yourself. Well

> > I am out for the day to go yardsaling in the rain. Have a good day

> >

>

>Welcome to the group Deana !!!!

>I am also from New Hampshire, I have attended some of the group meetings at

>Dartmouth, but decided to have my surgery elsewhere.

>I am scheduled for surgery on June 26 ,, in New Jersey. Would love to talk

>

>Cheryl

>

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,

We look forward to getting to know you and share in your journey.

Sherrie K

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[Guest guest]

Welcome this is a great group of people you have joined, you will get tons of support, recipes and great ideas for ways to live your life in a better way. I look forward to reading your posts.

Zephyr

New member

Hi there! I'm a brand new member to your list and look forward to all the support. My name is . I'm 34 years young. I've felt overweight my entire life but truly only been heavy the last 10 years or so, after I began having kids. I started WWOnline back in January and to date have lost 35 pounds. Man. It's such a tough battle for me. Why does it seem others seem to "melt" the pounds away when I seem to work so hard at it? But I'm really refining my thought processes about food and exercise and know I'm doing this the RIGHT way.

Look forward to meeting you all,

M. AIM: lbird68http://www.tbcnet.com/~jl2watson/86 pages in 2002 160 days until WDW!WWOnline member since 01/02 [218/183/150]

[Guest guest]

Three words - Appeal Appeal Appeal. Under " Search Archives " put

United Healthcare or UHC and hopefully the information there, from

myself and others on the board dealing with United Healthcare can

provide some insight. Is it insurance through your work? If so,

under law, the insurance is required to review your appeal within 15

days for pre-approval... if it's urgent (and with your surgery coming

up this month, I'd push for this), they are required to have an

answer within 72 hours under current ERISA laws. Good luck!!

-Yooli

> Hi,

> I am new here.

> I suppose to have surgery this month, but insurance denied.

> I have United healthcare.

> Any suggesstion what I should do.

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

welcome yanira! wtg on the 100 lbs.

lori h.

> HI my name is yanira poststop i had gastric bypass sep,16,2003 i was

> 340p and in four months i lost 100p i feel very happy but the only

> thing is that am not eating much because i dont know what to eat.

[Guest guest]

Welcome! I'm Kathy and you can read my story at the website for ACES.

Come on out and introduce yourself!

Kathy

New Member

Welcome to a new member, olimpia91466. Tell us a little about yourself. I'm ; I have Crohn's Disease & take so many pills I'm surprised I don't rattle when I walk, also Remicade infusions. I still work, so I'm in a hurry (as usual) to get ready to leave.

Again, welcome.

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Hello. My name is Olimpia ( for short) and I was just diagnosed with MS. I am 36 and divorced with a 13 year old daughter. My first clue of any problems can on January 2nd when I lost my vision. Two months later and still experiencing vision problems (optic neuritis). I under went the traditional 5 day IV steriod treatment and it did not help. Very frustrated with my eye. Am going to be starting AVONEX treatments in 3 days. I am excited and scared too. I want to lick this thing. And I will!!!!Kathy wrote:

Welcome! I'm Kathy and you can read my story at the website for ACES.

Come on out and introduce yourself!

Kathy

New Member

Welcome to a new member, olimpia91466. Tell us a little about yourself. I'm ; I have Crohn's Disease & take so many pills I'm surprised I don't rattle when I walk, also Remicade infusions. I still work, so I'm in a hurry (as usual) to get ready to leave.

Again, welcome.

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Hi, . Really sorry that you find yourself in this situation. We have another member with MS, and I'm pretty sure she's on Avonex--aren't you, Shirley?

I hope your vision problems clear up soon--I had eye surgery the other year for a pseudotumor and I occasionally get blurred vision, but nothing like loss of vision and I hope it stays that way.

Divorced with a teenager--been there, done that, glad I don't have to do it again, LOL

My daughter, Kayly , is also on this group. I'm happily married, now. My daughter is 32 and my son is 28. Both are married and my daughter has two sons, 9 and 7. I guess I'd better tell my age, too, or Kayly will, just to get even, LOL. I'm 51.

Welcome again, and jump in whenever you feel like it!

Kathy

New Member

Welcome to a new member, olimpia91466. Tell us a little about yourself. I'm ; I have Crohn's Disease & take so many pills I'm surprised I don't rattle when I walk, also Remicade infusions. I still work, so I'm in a hurry (as usual) to get ready to leave.

Again, welcome.

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Hi ! I'm the List Mama (along with Pam) so on behalf of the list, "Welcome!" My kids are 20 and 17 so I KNOW how hard it is to deal with things like this when you have kids to take care of... hard to find time to take care of YOU, huh?

Where do you live? I'm in Georgia (nice sunny 80 degree Georgia, that is!!) I have Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, NASH, etc (those are the worst ones) and there are a lot of varying diagnosis as well as treatments here so just jump in and chat away when something strikes you as interesting. It won't take you long!

We're glad to have you here!

Christy

Re: New Member

Hello. My name is Olimpia ( for short) and I was just diagnosed with MS. I am 36 and divorced with a 13 year old daughter. My first clue of any problems can on January 2nd when I lost my vision. Two months later and still experiencing vision problems (optic neuritis). I under went the traditional 5 day IV steriod treatment and it did not help. Very frustrated with my eye. Am going to be starting AVONEX treatments in 3 days. I am excited and scared too. I want to lick this thing. And I will!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi - I'm , I live in Oklahoma where its currently pouring rain and sorta stormy, its dark at 2:00pm!! I have osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, GERD, and other various problems that I have to take meds for and then have to deal with the side effects of the meds. I was recently "in-patient" to regulate my meds and deal with the side effects, I feel much better now! I'm married to , two grown kids, 24, and a 22 and a's married and had our first grandbaby last August.

Most of the list are women, with a few guys that we haven't heard from lately. Where are Alan & Bob?? Feel free to ask away with any questions you might have. We'll try to answer them or see if we can find an answer. lol Only two topics are No-No's on the list - politics & Religion. Glad to have you join us!

[Guest guest]

Shanes,Welcome to the group!It sounds like you are off to a great start with the intuitive eating. I agree with Sohni that every meal that you eat intuitively is a lesson to both your body and head that things are changing for the better. 

Starting IE can be a very scary time. Be patient with yourself, and feel good about the progress you have already made!And keep us posted... no apologies needed, regardless of the length of the post!

best,abby

 

Hi,

I wish the internet had been around back when I was younger.  Then

maybe I wouldn't have gotten so far into the binge/purge cycle or could

have broken it sooner.  It's good for you that you've learned about IE

and want to have a better relationship with eating and food. 

I know eating what you feel to be too much is frightening, even when it

isn't a binge.  I try to look at every episode as a learning

experience, and think of it as being that much closer to normalizing my

eating patterns.   You may find that letting go of obsessing over

counting calories is very freeing, once you get over the shock of it.

Welcome to the group!

Sohni

shanes744 wrote:

 

Hi I just recently joined. I have been reading a little about

intuitive eating online. I am desperate for something to help me out of

the cycle of restricting/bingeing.

I have always had some trouble with anxiety/depression. At times it has

been much worse than others. Since around high school, food has

sometimes been a way for me to try and deal with those emotions. I went

through a few month period in high school of severe calorie

restriction. My weight has fluctuated up and down throughout my four

years of college. For about half of that time, I have been obsessed

with counting calories. It has been a major obsession over the past

year. I lost alot of weight really fast due to a stressful relationship

about a year and a half ago and was dead set on keeping that weight

off. Of course once the relationship and the stress went away, I

naturally gained weight. I was so stressed about gaining weight that I

got into a habit of restricting alot then bingeing. At first the

bingeing didn't happen very often so I wasn't too worried about it.

During the last fall semester it was becoming more frequent and I could

tell I was gaining more weight. I moved home for a month over Christmas

because I switched schools to start graduate school. While I was home I

ate fairly normally (only a few very small binges) and lost a few

pounds. Once again, I was determined to keep it off. I moved to this

school in January and did well for about the first month. In this past

month I have gotten so obsessed with dieting that the diet/binge cycle

has gotten out of control. Usually I plan what I am going to eat and

eat really healthy during the day but binge at night after dinner when

I'm alone. Although I like it here, I think I have always had trouble

with change and this is my way of trying to cope with the anxiety. I'm

scared though because it has really gotten out of control.

Yesterday I tried to put the practice of IE into practice. I waited

until I was hungry to eat and ate exactly what I wanted. Although I had

a strong urge to binge, I resisted it. I was doing good today until I

was hungry and wanted cookies. I ate way too many but note enough to

feel uncomfortably full. It makes me feel alot less anxious to be able

to eat what I want to. Hopefully it stops the binges.

Sorry for writing a novel...didn't mean to write that much!

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[Guest guest]

Hello!

I'm new to the support group. I have read Intuitive Eating three times. It is the first and only thing that has ever clicked with me. After dealing with eating issues all my life I am finally living without constantly thinking of what I am eating and what I can or can't eat. However, I still have struggles and thought joining this support group would be just what I need. I could go on and on - but all to say I am happy to be here!

Hi, I wanted to introduce myself to this community. I am 36 years old and sick of diets, menu plans that count every calorie and fat gram, and regarding food as either a guilty pleasure or a joyless duty. Two years ago I was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer. After surviving surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, I was told that I needed to maintain a very low fat diet to maximize my chances of long-term survival. I tried. I meticulously planned out every morsel, measured every ounce, and monitoring every bite. I was miserable. Eating lost all its joy and I would regard every "fatty" food as a cancer promoter. Worse, every time I ingested something forbidden, I felt I was inviting cancer back into my life. Gradually, I learned that the studies concluding that women with a very low fat diet increased their survival rates were quite flawed methodologically. Plus, I was not successful at dieting. Feeling extremely deprived, I cheated

constantly and ended up actually gaining weight. I'm done with all of that. I love food and cooking and make everything from scratch. I'd like to enjoy eating again, not stuffing my face out of desperation or boredom. I'd also like to stop the cycle of self criticism and flagellation that goes with dieting. Glad to be here. Mimi