New to the group

January 28, 2003

Dear ,

{{{{{ }}}}} Sounds like, in my own humble opinion, that you

need to visit another surgeon.

Take good care and keep your chin up.

Love,

Trace in Va. Beach, VA

Dr. Schechner, Va. Beach, VA

Open RNY -- 9/5/02

Height -- 5' 9 1/2 "

Starting weight -- 351.2

Current weight -- 266

Minus -- 85.2 pounds gone!

Gal. 2:20

January 28, 2003

This was the surgeon? No, I haven't heard of this. It may be that you

had a consultation with a PCP prior to referral? Some PCPs don't know a

thing about the surgery and the outcome, and it sounds as though this

man might be one of them. If he's a surgeon, I'd definitely find another

one to operate on me. You're only hungry all the time if you have a

staple disruption or if you choose to eat sugar carbs.

Pam in Niceville

New to the group

Hello all,

I went for my consultation 1/23 I brought my hubby along as he has

not been very thrilled with my decision to have the surgery because

he thinks I'll die. I was so disappointed with the visit. It was like

the Dr. was on my husbands side! Telling me it's not a quick fix and

how I should go to some " Fit for Life " center.

Is it normal for the doctor to try to talk you out of having the

surgery on your first visit? Was he really just trying to see if I

was really serious?

He was telling me also that some people that have this surgery are

still hungry all the time as if they had thier whole stomach intact.

Has anyone ever heard of this?

August 26, 2003

HIya Chloe, *wavs*

A size 4? Like in FOUR? Like in no numbers before that? *mind boggles*

LOL! Sounds like you're doing everything right to me! Congrats on your

progress and welcome!

Autumn

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:13:23 -0000 " calliope529 "

writes:

Hey everyone! My name's Chloe and I'm new to this group. Last year, I

lost 23.5 pounds over the course of five months, going from 165 to

141.5 pounds (I'm 5'4 " ). I went from a size 8 to a size 4. I did it

through healthier eating and doing cardio 3-5 times a week. After the

end of those five months (by the beginning of 2003), I got really

sick of dieting and exercise and I started to just maintain, even

though I wanted to lose more.

Now I'm trying to lose the last of the weight. I don't really have a

goal weight because I'm already in a healthy BMI range. But, I still

have problem areas (my arms and stomach, mainly). I started to

incorporate weight training 2 times a week and it has made all the

difference. I've been at it for about six weeks and I'm finally

starting to see the benefits.

I had stopped weighing myself because I figured I would probably gain

weight from building muscle and get discouraged if I saw that on the

scale. But people have been telling me that I look a lot smaller, so

this morning I decided to check the scale. I've lost another 4

pounds, going from 141.5 to 138.5! I'm so proud of myself because

with the extra muscle, I've lost even more fat than 4 pounds! It's

really given me an extra boost of motivation and I feel like I'm

doing it the right way.

September 17, 2003

> Hello, everyone... Forgive me if I seem to be trying to swallow

> embarrassment. It doesn't go down as easily as other things.

@@@@@@@@@@embarassment is hard for everyone to swallow. glad you

joined us here. we can definitely offer lots of ideas and support

and motivation.

>

> I just joined. I'm getting a little desperate to lose weight.

I've

> been trying different things over several years, and nothing has

> worked well for me. Here's my situation.

#########don't get desperate when you're desperate you may end up

doing things that are not healthy and we only want you to do this the

healthy way with us. you can do it and you aren't desperate. trust

me. i felt that way too

>

> My primary goal is to lose about 60 pounds, preferrably adding some

> muscle to pick up the slack. If I can lose that, I can lose more

if

> it turns out not to be enough.

###########that is about my goal. i was only aiming for 40-50 but i

think 60 may be more necessary for health and confidence. I'd

actually be happy with about 30 though. so wherever I end up.

I believe my diet is pretty

> healthy. I've been making sandwiches very similar to what you can

> buy at subway and getting by mostly on that. I also eat things

like

> yogurt, veggies, fruit, etc. I don't have a problem of eating

> excessively, for the most part. Some days I don't even think about

> food until after noon.

##########even if you don't think about food untill around noon eat

fruit or yogurt for breakfast. your body needs fuel to start out the

day. you wouldn't drive to work on empty gas tank don't drive your

body on an empty fuel tank. i had problems with this and now it is a

ahbait and i'm doing great. i wasn't losing weight with healthy food

untill i started eating breakfast i know it sounds wierd but it gets

your body going and motivated to burn calories. gets your metabolism

going.

> Perhaps my biggest problem is lack of energy. I can lift weights,

> but cardio is pretty much out of the question. I can walk fairly

> long distances, but that's all I can do. My bike is out of

> commission for the time being.

@##############walking is great. I do some weights every other day

and att least you are ddoing something and doing weights helps burn

your caloires. i walk ten minutes on all three breaks at work and

then i also walk at home. walking is v ery good and once you get to

walking and lose weight it will be easier to do other things. it's

difficult for me right now too. i can do swimming and ride mybike

and roller blade and walk but it's difficult to do my step or

aerobics.

September 16, 2004

Hi Lue Anne!

Welcome to the group! I think we use to be on a group together.. Board

Housewives...

Suzie

> Hi!

> I'm Lue Anne, 38, stay at home, homeschooling mom of two great kids. My

> hubby and I have been married 15 years. We all live in a small house in

> Nashville TN with 5 cats and 1 dog.

> I just went back to WW after being away for 8months. When I first

joined

> WW (June 2003) I weighed 445lbs. I had lost 52lbs but have gained back

14lbs

> of that. My goal is to lose the weight without surgery. The idea of

having

> my innards rearranged just freaks me out. But....I have a long long way

to

> go and I need all the support I can get. So, thanks for allowing me to

join

> your group. I look forward to getting to know all of you.

>

> Lue Anne

September 16, 2004

Lue Anne,

Welcome to this group! You have found a wonderful place to receive support

and encouragement and lots of great ideas for how to make WW fit into your

life. I've come to be such a believer in Weight Watchers, and like you I

KNOW it's a better alternative than the surgery. Best wishes to you for

success with WW!

Bette in CA

278/173/ ??

September 16, 2004

Lou Anne -

Hi again Lou Anne. By the way, I homeschool my two youngest kids too!

Bette in CA again

September 16, 2004

Welcome Lue Anne; You can do it. Don't do the surgery...that's scary. Anyone

who can homeschool her 2 children, can do anything. I have great admiration and

respect for you. Keep up the good work. All the best, Pat from K.C.

New to the group

Hi!

I'm Lue Anne, 38, stay at home, homeschooling mom of two great kids. My

hubby and I have been married 15 years. We all live in a small house in

Nashville TN with 5 cats and 1 dog.

I just went back to WW after being away for 8months. When I first joined

WW (June 2003) I weighed 445lbs. I had lost 52lbs but have gained back 14lbs

of that. My goal is to lose the weight without surgery. The idea of having

my innards rearranged just freaks me out. But....I have a long long way to

go and I need all the support I can get. So, thanks for allowing me to join

your group. I look forward to getting to know all of you.

Lue Anne

March 9, 2005

Hi Danny,

Welcome to our group of friends. I dont really have the problems that you are

stateing. Just ask away at questions and we will all try to help. Sandy

New to the group

Hello:

The neroligist said I had this PLS over a year ago and I just

started having this choking feeling while I am eating but I am not

choking on the food but it seems like my throat is closing up and I

am not getting any air is anyone else having this problem. also I

have alot of left side pain too which I have had since day one does

any one else have this. Thanks Danny

March 9, 2005

Welcome Danny

I had that " fighting for air " early on when I had such a great degree

of bulbar symptoms. I believe it is the muscles in the bronchioles

not allowing full expansion. It also makes you fight for air to

speak with as well. Are you taking baclofen or Zanaflex yet?

You might want to check out the exercises under Files in the column

on the left...speech and swallowing exercises.

Glad you found us. This group is very helpful and supportive.

Eva

-- In PLS-FRIENDS , " recyclerisbest "

<recyclerisbest@y...> wrote:

>

> Hello:

> The neroligist said I had this PLS over a year ago and I

just

> started having this choking feeling while I am eating but I am not

> choking on the food but it seems like my throat is closing up and I

> am not getting any air is anyone else having this problem. also I

> have alot of left side pain too which I have had since day one

does

> any one else have this. Thanks Danny

April 5, 2005

Hi , No Blake hasn't had a biopsy done. The doctor at this

time advised against it. Blake has full kidney function. I don't

know what his protein spill was. The first 2 time we did a

urinalysis they was protein in the urine. And if i'm reading this

ua report right it says Protein 30mb/dl. I haven't a clue what that

means still learning. When we did the 24 hour urine everything was

good, no protein spill. The nephrologist will see us again in

July, and before that visit we will do another 24 hour urine. Today

was Blake's first day back at school after visiting with the doctor

and being placed on medication. He call me at work around noon,

saying he wasn't feeling well and was tired. I check him out of

school came home and let him rest while I fix him food. After that

I took him back to school to finish out the remained of the day. He

has said the medication makes him tired. I'm hoping he will learn

to adapt to this,(it is still new to us as the 2nd opinion was just

confirmed on 4-1-05). I can feel for this boys going thru the day

tired. As the saying goes one day at a time. The strange thing of

this all is I have a friend whom I work with that has this. He has

been a big help, when we get time to talk, with our jobs. We work

for the same company, but in different departments. What about

's protien spill? Does he have any kidney function loss? I

also want to say thanks again, talking to another parent who's in

the same situtation as I am has helped. Thank You Tammy

> > >

> > > Hi, I'm new to the group my 15 year old son was recently

> > diagonised

> > > with IGA Nephropathy. To make a long story short. The first

> > doctor

> > > we say diagonisis was Chronic Glomerulonephritis IGA

> Nephropathy.

> > He

> > > wrote both down for me. We took him for a 2nd opinion. The

2nd

> > > doctor didn't mention Chronic Glomeulonephritis. Can anyone

> tell

> > me

> > > the difference? Of all the questions we wrote this is one I

> > forgot.

> > > Thanks for the help. I have been reading posting and found

them

> > very

> > > helpful.

> > >

> > > Tammy

> > >

> > > To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group

> > > home page:

> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/

> > >

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> > >

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> > >

April 6, 2005

Hi Tammy, Your welcome, s protein spill started at 16,000 miligrams and

as of yesterday he is now down to 5,200mg, I am so thrilled, its been along time

since we made this kind of progrees. His neph says it the iv solumderol that he

responds best to. He is also on cozaar (bp med) and prednisone as well. I feel

so bad for Blake having being so fatigued, my son has his good and bad days to,

and just seeing him trying to keep up with his friends his hard because he gets

so exhausted. I am so glad that Blake has his full kidney function and no

protein loss. Is he on other medications beside the enavalpril? Thank you

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