Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Eleanor, Hi, It's Kristie!! It's so good to see you in here again. I know what you mean though when you say our lives get in the way. I just wanted to again thank you so much for coming by and visiting me while I was in the hospital it was so very kind of you. I am doing really well post op and so glad to say that I am finally post op. I have lost now a total of 51 lbs since surgery 10/3/05, my wounds are healed and I am enjoying the beginning to my new life. I cleaned out my closet htis weekend 4 bags of clothes. It felt so good to be throwing out clothes that were to big not to small like normal. HOpe you had a wonderful Christmas and I just wanted you to know that I was thinking of you. Kristie 10/3/05 Surgery in Fremont with Dr. Dennen 311/226/?? > > > Date: 2005/12/27 Tue PM 11:57:42 PST > To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients > Subject: Re: Long term health > > Sorry I didn't write earlier. I let my real life interfere with my group e-mails, but am slowly catching up. I had my surgery in July of 2003, and I think it's the second best decision I ever made for myself. The best was marrying my husband. Are there nutritional issues? Yes, but they can be treated, so I don't even consider those. One thing I have just within the last few days caught myself doing is squatting to look on the bottom shelf at a store or something like that. I mean not knealing, but squatting. AND GETTING BACK UP! I do hold onto something to steady myself, since my balance has always been pretty bad, but I don't need to pull myself up. Given that when I was being evaluated for surgery, my qualifying comorbidity was bilateral prearthritis changes in the knees, I think that's pretty cool! I don't pay much attention to how far away I have to park. If it's hot, I quite willingly park much further away if I can find a shaded parking space. I am not going to tell you there aren't potential psychological effects, because there are. Some of them I am ABSOLUTELY convinced are chemical. We are used to getting serotonin from food. Why do you think we crave chocolate during " that time of the month " ? Post-op, we aren't getting as much of it. In addition, our hormones can get TOTALLY screwed up, because things like estrogen get stored in the fat, and they are released when we lose weight. Sometimes we need pharmacological assistance to balance our brain chemistry, or as a tool to help us through the rough spots. Hey, that's what I needed to do when I was unexpectedly widowed more than ten years ago. Hm, the medications can be a tool. Just like the surgery can. I have said it many times before, and I'm sure I'll say it many more times. Since I have lost my weight (more than half my original weight), I feel like, maybe for the first time EVER, I'm an active participant in my own life, rather than a passive observer. I can take my son (five) to some place like an amusement park, and he tires out before I do! He does not remember me fat, and I want to make sure he never again sees me that way! Not sure if this made any sense. Don't worry though, I will tell you the truth! Ain't got the time or the temperament for anything else! By the way, I highly recommend the Graduates group if you want to read the real truth about long term. Anyone is welcome to join, but you have to be at least a year post-op before you can post. I started reading that group months before my own surgery, because I too wanted to know what to expect long-term. I will warn you that it is NOT a warm fuzzy rahrah type of group. There are a lot of very passionate, opinionated people there, who can get very in-your-face. Part of the reason I respect that is that they have their reasons. There are a couple who are very vocal about B vitamins, because of permanent, painful disabilities caused by deficiencies in B vitamins. The reason they tend to be so passionate is that they have learned the hard way! Hope this helps! You are just starting out on a life-long journey. Yes, there will be times when it may be scary, and that's okay! You are not alone! So hang on tight, and enjoy the ride! The rest of your life awaits! Lilka wrote: >OK. I have worked my self down to 10%. Now I want the truth from the >500 or so people who belong to this list and who are not afraid of >telling the truth. How are you feeling? Are you in a lot of pain from >other causes that can not be helped with Advil? Do you have problems >from long term malnutrition? Are you depressed and can not feel >better? I have a friend who is suicidal and not taking her vitamins. >Is this happening to many? What about that nagging need to eat eat >eat? Are you gaining weight and can't stop it? I know the good guys >who actually almost reach goal but what about the rest? This is a >drastic move which I have decided is my only choice but I don't want >to come in in 5 years just as fat as I am now. There are so many meds >we can't take after surgery that we may need or want. Do any of you >really regret this move and are just not telling us? Do I have >illusions borne of so much pain in being fat that I am willing to do >this incredible thing, surgery on my stomach, just to fulfill my >illusions and fantasies? I hope some of you that hover around here >will answer me, those that have been around for many years. I know >someone who is out 3 years and is so depressed it is frightening. >Please tell me the truth. Thankfully, Lilka > > -- Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current 157±2 Goal until plastics? 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Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Eleanor, Hi, It's Kristie!! It's so good to see you in here again. I know what you mean though when you say our lives get in the way. I just wanted to again thank you so much for coming by and visiting me while I was in the hospital it was so very kind of you. I am doing really well post op and so glad to say that I am finally post op. I have lost now a total of 51 lbs since surgery 10/3/05, my wounds are healed and I am enjoying the beginning to my new life. I cleaned out my closet htis weekend 4 bags of clothes. It felt so good to be throwing out clothes that were to big not to small like normal. HOpe you had a wonderful Christmas and I just wanted you to know that I was thinking of you. Kristie 10/3/05 Surgery in Fremont with Dr. Dennen 311/226/?? > > > Date: 2005/12/27 Tue PM 11:57:42 PST > To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients > Subject: Re: Long term health > > Sorry I didn't write earlier. I let my real life interfere with my group e-mails, but am slowly catching up. I had my surgery in July of 2003, and I think it's the second best decision I ever made for myself. The best was marrying my husband. Are there nutritional issues? Yes, but they can be treated, so I don't even consider those. One thing I have just within the last few days caught myself doing is squatting to look on the bottom shelf at a store or something like that. I mean not knealing, but squatting. AND GETTING BACK UP! I do hold onto something to steady myself, since my balance has always been pretty bad, but I don't need to pull myself up. Given that when I was being evaluated for surgery, my qualifying comorbidity was bilateral prearthritis changes in the knees, I think that's pretty cool! I don't pay much attention to how far away I have to park. If it's hot, I quite willingly park much further away if I can find a shaded parking space. I am not going to tell you there aren't potential psychological effects, because there are. Some of them I am ABSOLUTELY convinced are chemical. We are used to getting serotonin from food. Why do you think we crave chocolate during " that time of the month " ? Post-op, we aren't getting as much of it. In addition, our hormones can get TOTALLY screwed up, because things like estrogen get stored in the fat, and they are released when we lose weight. Sometimes we need pharmacological assistance to balance our brain chemistry, or as a tool to help us through the rough spots. Hey, that's what I needed to do when I was unexpectedly widowed more than ten years ago. Hm, the medications can be a tool. Just like the surgery can. I have said it many times before, and I'm sure I'll say it many more times. Since I have lost my weight (more than half my original weight), I feel like, maybe for the first time EVER, I'm an active participant in my own life, rather than a passive observer. I can take my son (five) to some place like an amusement park, and he tires out before I do! He does not remember me fat, and I want to make sure he never again sees me that way! Not sure if this made any sense. Don't worry though, I will tell you the truth! Ain't got the time or the temperament for anything else! By the way, I highly recommend the Graduates group if you want to read the real truth about long term. Anyone is welcome to join, but you have to be at least a year post-op before you can post. I started reading that group months before my own surgery, because I too wanted to know what to expect long-term. I will warn you that it is NOT a warm fuzzy rahrah type of group. There are a lot of very passionate, opinionated people there, who can get very in-your-face. Part of the reason I respect that is that they have their reasons. There are a couple who are very vocal about B vitamins, because of permanent, painful disabilities caused by deficiencies in B vitamins. The reason they tend to be so passionate is that they have learned the hard way! Hope this helps! You are just starting out on a life-long journey. Yes, there will be times when it may be scary, and that's okay! You are not alone! So hang on tight, and enjoy the ride! The rest of your life awaits! Lilka wrote: >OK. I have worked my self down to 10%. Now I want the truth from the >500 or so people who belong to this list and who are not afraid of >telling the truth. How are you feeling? Are you in a lot of pain from >other causes that can not be helped with Advil? Do you have problems >from long term malnutrition? Are you depressed and can not feel >better? I have a friend who is suicidal and not taking her vitamins. >Is this happening to many? What about that nagging need to eat eat >eat? Are you gaining weight and can't stop it? I know the good guys >who actually almost reach goal but what about the rest? This is a >drastic move which I have decided is my only choice but I don't want >to come in in 5 years just as fat as I am now. There are so many meds >we can't take after surgery that we may need or want. Do any of you >really regret this move and are just not telling us? Do I have >illusions borne of so much pain in being fat that I am willing to do >this incredible thing, surgery on my stomach, just to fulfill my >illusions and fantasies? I hope some of you that hover around here >will answer me, those that have been around for many years. I know >someone who is out 3 years and is so depressed it is frightening. >Please tell me the truth. Thankfully, Lilka > > -- Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current 157±2 Goal until plastics? 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