Guest guest Posted August 18, 2002 Report Share Posted August 18, 2002 Hi Everyone, I have a few questions that I haven't seen brought up here. Just wondering about a few things and figured I would post here in case other people had these same concerns. 1. Is it possible for us to get too much calcium? We are always talking about getting enough but is it ever a problem getting too much? I do 's calcium citrate capsules, BTW. 2. I think I remember someone else mentioning about achy joints since losing weight?? My knees hurt before surgery and still hurt although not quite as much. A little disappointing, I thought I'd get more relief after losing 115 lbs. And now my hips hurt, too! Which never hurt me pre-op! Not horrible pain where I would take pain med for, just achy/sore feeling at times. What's that all about? 3. Caffeine.....I stayed away for years....and now at just over a year post-op, I'm addicted again. Coffee only....never tea or soda. About 3-4 cups most days. Is this going to kill me or my pouch or my bones?? 4. I still struggle with knowing what to tell people who haven't seen me in a while and are shocked at my new bod. " What did you do? " " Any special plan or program? " Grrr!! WHY am I so uncomfortable with this question? If I say diet and exercise and I don't eat sugar anymore (all true) I feel like I am telling a half-truth. At the same time, part of me, I guess most of me, feels that unless they are MO themselves and are looking for help, it falls under the MYOB catagory. I am a very honest, forthcoming person but I have a hard time with this one, especially when my kids are with me and they hear me fumble my story. I just don't feel like going into all the details with people who are just curious/nosy. Any advice?? Ok, that's it......LOL. Sharon P. Rny 7-30-01 Dr. Margaret Inman, Carmel, Indiana 275/157/145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2002 Report Share Posted August 18, 2002 > I have a few questions that I haven't seen brought up here. Just > wondering about a few things and figured I would post here in case other > people had these same concerns. > > 1. Is it possible for us to get too much calcium? We are always talking > about getting enough but is it ever a problem getting too much? I do > 's calcium citrate capsules, BTW. ************* that'd be up to your PCP--is there too much? Yeah, too mucn wrong kind = kidney stones & who knows? Too much " calicum " (I have not defined which kind yet) can cause bone spurs & other problems. But with your bone scan + labs, hopefully you can strike a happy balance > > 2. I think I remember someone else mentioning about achy joints since > losing weight?? My knees hurt before surgery and still hurt although not > quite as much. A little disappointing, I thought I'd get more relief > after losing 115 lbs. And now my hips hurt, too! Which never hurt me > pre-op! Not horrible pain where I would take pain med for, just > achy/sore feeling at times. What's that all about? > ********* Um, I hate to use this word right out here in a public place, but, well, one of the side effects of living a little longer is, (shhhhh) aging. My joints are now " not better " than pre-op, but I did get to add 8 yrs onto that, so that's a plus, right? > 3. Caffeine.....I stayed away for years....and now at just over a year > post-op, I'm addicted again. Coffee only....never tea or soda. About > 3-4 cups most days. Is this going to kill me or my pouch or my bones?? ******* just the bones & stones, according to the docs & literature. The uro was OK with a cup a day. For us, the problem is the diet cokes. And I think he mean that cup to NOT be the Super Tanker. > > 4. I still struggle with knowing what to tell people who haven't seen > me in a while and are shocked at my new bod. " What did you do? " " Any > special plan or program? " Grrr!! WHY am I so uncomfortable with this > question? If I say diet and exercise and I don't eat sugar anymore (all > true) I feel like I am telling a half-truth. At the same time, part of > me, I guess most of me, feels that unless they are MO themselves and are > looking for help, it falls under the MYOB catagory. I am a very honest, > forthcoming person but I have a hard time with this one, especially when > my kids are with me and they hear me fumble my story. I just don't feel > like going into all the details with people who are just curious/nosy. > Any advice?? ************ well, oh dear. I have NO PROBLEM telling people what I did. There is no way I will promote the diet/exercise myth. And if they want details, they'll be sorry they asked, cuz I whip out a napkin, tissue, their palm, pants leg & sketch it out. I have a fatal disease! It's in remission! I'm not ashamed of the disease OR the remission. The weight loss is not " my " accomplishment at all (OK, I was a participant), but a result of FINALLY finding a treatment that works for my disease. I guess I sorta feel Duty Bound to educate them, just IN CASE even one can be rescued. And it works. People I told casually end up in the seminar, at the doc's office in my email box. Anything to prevent someone having to suffer as I did. Oh and yeah, there are certainly those in my circle who violently disapprove, usually of our kind. But that is their problem to cling to their archaic belief system that I am somehow flawed. Well, I AM flawed, lots, but that wasn't one. Because, if I WAS mentally ill, I'd outeat the surgery. And if it was never phsyical, this surgery woulda killed me (I'd have burned out like a cinder). Wait. DEEEEEP breath. Breathe! OK, I am obviously in an advanced stage of " OK with my surgery " , but um, I guess I covered it. Never mind. > > Ok, that's it......LOL. > > Sharon P. > Rny 7-30-01 > Dr. Margaret Inman, Carmel, Indiana > 275/157/145 > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2002 Report Share Posted August 18, 2002 > I have a few questions that I haven't seen brought up here. Just > wondering about a few things and figured I would post here in case other > people had these same concerns. > > 1. Is it possible for us to get too much calcium? We are always talking > about getting enough but is it ever a problem getting too much? I do > 's calcium citrate capsules, BTW. ************* that'd be up to your PCP--is there too much? Yeah, too mucn wrong kind = kidney stones & who knows? Too much " calicum " (I have not defined which kind yet) can cause bone spurs & other problems. But with your bone scan + labs, hopefully you can strike a happy balance > > 2. I think I remember someone else mentioning about achy joints since > losing weight?? My knees hurt before surgery and still hurt although not > quite as much. A little disappointing, I thought I'd get more relief > after losing 115 lbs. And now my hips hurt, too! Which never hurt me > pre-op! Not horrible pain where I would take pain med for, just > achy/sore feeling at times. What's that all about? > ********* Um, I hate to use this word right out here in a public place, but, well, one of the side effects of living a little longer is, (shhhhh) aging. My joints are now " not better " than pre-op, but I did get to add 8 yrs onto that, so that's a plus, right? > 3. Caffeine.....I stayed away for years....and now at just over a year > post-op, I'm addicted again. Coffee only....never tea or soda. About > 3-4 cups most days. Is this going to kill me or my pouch or my bones?? ******* just the bones & stones, according to the docs & literature. The uro was OK with a cup a day. For us, the problem is the diet cokes. And I think he mean that cup to NOT be the Super Tanker. > > 4. I still struggle with knowing what to tell people who haven't seen > me in a while and are shocked at my new bod. " What did you do? " " Any > special plan or program? " Grrr!! WHY am I so uncomfortable with this > question? If I say diet and exercise and I don't eat sugar anymore (all > true) I feel like I am telling a half-truth. At the same time, part of > me, I guess most of me, feels that unless they are MO themselves and are > looking for help, it falls under the MYOB catagory. I am a very honest, > forthcoming person but I have a hard time with this one, especially when > my kids are with me and they hear me fumble my story. I just don't feel > like going into all the details with people who are just curious/nosy. > Any advice?? ************ well, oh dear. I have NO PROBLEM telling people what I did. There is no way I will promote the diet/exercise myth. And if they want details, they'll be sorry they asked, cuz I whip out a napkin, tissue, their palm, pants leg & sketch it out. I have a fatal disease! It's in remission! I'm not ashamed of the disease OR the remission. The weight loss is not " my " accomplishment at all (OK, I was a participant), but a result of FINALLY finding a treatment that works for my disease. I guess I sorta feel Duty Bound to educate them, just IN CASE even one can be rescued. And it works. People I told casually end up in the seminar, at the doc's office in my email box. Anything to prevent someone having to suffer as I did. Oh and yeah, there are certainly those in my circle who violently disapprove, usually of our kind. But that is their problem to cling to their archaic belief system that I am somehow flawed. Well, I AM flawed, lots, but that wasn't one. Because, if I WAS mentally ill, I'd outeat the surgery. And if it was never phsyical, this surgery woulda killed me (I'd have burned out like a cinder). Wait. DEEEEEP breath. Breathe! OK, I am obviously in an advanced stage of " OK with my surgery " , but um, I guess I covered it. Never mind. > > Ok, that's it......LOL. > > Sharon P. > Rny 7-30-01 > Dr. Margaret Inman, Carmel, Indiana > 275/157/145 > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2002 Report Share Posted August 18, 2002 > I have a few questions that I haven't seen brought up here. Just > wondering about a few things and figured I would post here in case other > people had these same concerns. > > 1. Is it possible for us to get too much calcium? We are always talking > about getting enough but is it ever a problem getting too much? I do > 's calcium citrate capsules, BTW. ************* that'd be up to your PCP--is there too much? Yeah, too mucn wrong kind = kidney stones & who knows? Too much " calicum " (I have not defined which kind yet) can cause bone spurs & other problems. But with your bone scan + labs, hopefully you can strike a happy balance > > 2. I think I remember someone else mentioning about achy joints since > losing weight?? My knees hurt before surgery and still hurt although not > quite as much. A little disappointing, I thought I'd get more relief > after losing 115 lbs. And now my hips hurt, too! Which never hurt me > pre-op! Not horrible pain where I would take pain med for, just > achy/sore feeling at times. What's that all about? > ********* Um, I hate to use this word right out here in a public place, but, well, one of the side effects of living a little longer is, (shhhhh) aging. My joints are now " not better " than pre-op, but I did get to add 8 yrs onto that, so that's a plus, right? > 3. Caffeine.....I stayed away for years....and now at just over a year > post-op, I'm addicted again. Coffee only....never tea or soda. About > 3-4 cups most days. Is this going to kill me or my pouch or my bones?? ******* just the bones & stones, according to the docs & literature. The uro was OK with a cup a day. For us, the problem is the diet cokes. And I think he mean that cup to NOT be the Super Tanker. > > 4. I still struggle with knowing what to tell people who haven't seen > me in a while and are shocked at my new bod. " What did you do? " " Any > special plan or program? " Grrr!! WHY am I so uncomfortable with this > question? If I say diet and exercise and I don't eat sugar anymore (all > true) I feel like I am telling a half-truth. At the same time, part of > me, I guess most of me, feels that unless they are MO themselves and are > looking for help, it falls under the MYOB catagory. I am a very honest, > forthcoming person but I have a hard time with this one, especially when > my kids are with me and they hear me fumble my story. I just don't feel > like going into all the details with people who are just curious/nosy. > Any advice?? ************ well, oh dear. I have NO PROBLEM telling people what I did. There is no way I will promote the diet/exercise myth. And if they want details, they'll be sorry they asked, cuz I whip out a napkin, tissue, their palm, pants leg & sketch it out. I have a fatal disease! It's in remission! I'm not ashamed of the disease OR the remission. The weight loss is not " my " accomplishment at all (OK, I was a participant), but a result of FINALLY finding a treatment that works for my disease. I guess I sorta feel Duty Bound to educate them, just IN CASE even one can be rescued. And it works. People I told casually end up in the seminar, at the doc's office in my email box. Anything to prevent someone having to suffer as I did. Oh and yeah, there are certainly those in my circle who violently disapprove, usually of our kind. But that is their problem to cling to their archaic belief system that I am somehow flawed. Well, I AM flawed, lots, but that wasn't one. Because, if I WAS mentally ill, I'd outeat the surgery. And if it was never phsyical, this surgery woulda killed me (I'd have burned out like a cinder). Wait. DEEEEEP breath. Breathe! OK, I am obviously in an advanced stage of " OK with my surgery " , but um, I guess I covered it. Never mind. > > Ok, that's it......LOL. > > Sharon P. > Rny 7-30-01 > Dr. Margaret Inman, Carmel, Indiana > 275/157/145 > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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