Re: Digest Number 1715

[Guest guest]

Hello, fellow MGB-ers !

I'm scheduled to have it on 7/26----less than a week away....and I am getting

nervous and extremely excited all at the same time. My daughter had it done

on 4/17 and has lost 55 lbs in 3 months and 1 day. She has now caught up to

my weight and feels wonderful. This has given me the guts to go ahead.

I told my boyfriend that I was having this done on next Wed and he has been

very supportive......I do believe one of his comments prompted me to look

into changing my life, actually.........I have diabetes and I made a comment

that I take care of myself and he said, " Jane, you do not take care of

yourself " . And he was right, after looking at my non-compliance to the

diabetic diet (it just never worked for me),,,,I am looking forward to being

one of Dr R's patients that walk out of the hospital without diabetic

medicine........and be able to live a long,healthy life...

Is anyone else out there feeling a tad nervous?

Jane in Bradenton Beach Fl

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn,

I have been on Methotrexate for 4 years. I take a once a week dosage of 15

MG. Because Methotrexate depletes Folic Acid, I take 1 MG daily of that.

And 400 MG twice daily of Tagamet because of the havoc it caused for my

esophagus...I got GERD as a result of the Methotrexate. But I tolerate the

Methotrexate fairly well and consider myself lucky...it keeps my RP pretty

much under remission...thank God!!! I must have blood work done every 8

weeks to check my liver enzymes as the liver can be damaged by this

medication. No drinking alcohol is permitted and I am extra sensitive to the

sun. It does make me tired though. The doctor has " expermiented with my

dosage...only 10 MG, and I flare...on 17.5 MG I bleed like a sieve when I

have my period.

Everyone is different and this is just my experience.

Good luck!