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I was told I would be on thyroid medication the rest of my life. I'm not

complaining, mind you. If that is what I have to do that is what I have

to do. I also knew there were no guarantees about getting off of meds

once I had surgery. No one can tell for sure, irregardless of what

studies say. We all know that we are special and different.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

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On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:38:02 -0000 " ceepgmom " writes:

> one short discussion at the plenary session i attended at the asbs

> was on

> > hypothyroidism after wls. typically we need less thyroid meds and

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> some

> > people even go off their meds. that was the premise of the

> research

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> > outcome. of course that is not my experience

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> For five years prior to wls I was on Synthroid and within a year I was off

of it with perfect labs coming back. A friend of mine had the same

experience for her hypothyroidism after wls. No more meds!!! When I have my

labs done, the doc always checks the thyroid thing and I'm always perfect.

** ok - so they did this research paper on you and your friend - they should

have asked rita in vt, ceep and me though!!! we are in worse shape re:

thyroid than before.

I tend to break the mold for everything - I'm proximal and yet need lots of

supplementation. totally screwed up for nearly a year with the thyroid.

osteo galore even having been strictly a milk drinker. the whole liver

enzyme thing of a few years ago. the bowel obstructions......

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Sorry Sue that you're all having such problems with this. I was quite fortunate

that before wls that I didn't have the co-morbidities that most people have. My

BP was great, no diabetes, etc. Only had the thyroid thing going on. Now I'm on

heart medications, stomach meds and such. My medicine cabinet is starting to

look like my grandmother's did. : ) Go figure. Sometimes I joke with Tim and

say that I was healthier being 378 lbs., but also know that it was only a matter

of time before things would have started to go kaput on me. Guess that's what

makes us all so unique. We all have different experiences in regards to our

journeys.

Regina

Sue Rudnicki wrote:

> > For five years prior to wls I was on Synthroid and within a year I was off

> of it with perfect labs coming back. A friend of mine had the same

> experience for her hypothyroidism after wls. No more meds!!! When I have my

> labs done, the doc always checks the thyroid thing and I'm always perfect.

>

> ** ok - so they did this research paper on you and your friend - they should

> have asked rita in vt, ceep and me though!!! we are in worse shape re:

> thyroid than before.

>

> I tend to break the mold for everything - I'm proximal and yet need lots of

> supplementation. totally screwed up for nearly a year with the thyroid.

> osteo galore even having been strictly a milk drinker. the whole liver

> enzyme thing of a few years ago. the bowel obstructions......

> sue

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For what its worth, I lost a cousin last year from a massive heart attack.

He was built just like I was before my surgery, big legs and all. He was in

his mid 30's or so. Half of my family including my birth mother and

grandmother died before their 70th birthdays with heart disease or related

obesity problems and complications (pneumonia). I have a few in my blood

line that are still going like the energizer bunny or well into their 80's

so I am optimistic now that I've had this surgery.

So, my point is, you may have some damage but the surgery also probably

slowed it down and hence you are still alive as well as myself. I was in

more danger sitting in my recliner at 400+ than on that steel table.

Thank God for this surgery. My prayers are with you for continued good

health and a long and happy life.

hugzzz

flo

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Thanks Flo. I too thank God for this surgery every day. Though I have had " some "

problems of varying degrees, in between catastrophes and recuperation, I've been

having the time of my life. I have heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure

and cancer running rampant through my family. Felt I was a walking time bomb

three and a half years ago. More optimistic these days myself. Just want to get

through this next surgery and get some good news from the biopsies, as my aunt

was just diagnosed with uterine cancer and she is only 58. Though I'm only 40,

my father was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 42 and my doctor is

concerned because he has never seen a uterus grow so fast. Spoke with him last

night and though they rescheduled my surgery for 7/1, he doesn't think I'm going

to make it another ten days. Just need to get through this Tuesday and then they

can pull this out through my throat if they want to.

Regina

Florence Skiadas wrote:

> For what its worth, I lost a cousin last year from a massive heart attack.

> He was built just like I was before my surgery, big legs and all. He was in

> his mid 30's or so. Half of my family including my birth mother and

> grandmother died before their 70th birthdays with heart disease or related

> obesity problems and complications (pneumonia). I have a few in my blood

> line that are still going like the energizer bunny or well into their 80's

> so I am optimistic now that I've had this surgery.

>

> So, my point is, you may have some damage but the surgery also probably

> slowed it down and hence you are still alive as well as myself. I was in

> more danger sitting in my recliner at 400+ than on that steel table.

>

> Thank God for this surgery. My prayers are with you for continued good

> health and a long and happy life.

> hugzzz

> flo

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In a message dated 6/21/2003 10:09:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,

rudni416@... writes:

> I tend to break the mold for everything - I'm proximal and yet need lots of

> supplementation. totally screwed up for nearly a year with the thyroid.

> osteo galore even having been strictly a milk drinker. the whole liver

> enzyme thing of a few years ago. the bowel obstructions......

> sue

>

My question: how do we know what is caused by surgery, what is caused by

years of MO, and what is caused by genetics.

Studies only work if they do comparisons to MO who have not had surgery, have

been MO for the same length of time, and have similar family histories. That

is not possible. I say this for many reasons, but also because my insurance

company wont cover any obesity surgery related ailments and I may need to have

ammunition some day.

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In a message dated 6/22/2003 9:48:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,

rudni416@... writes:

> true I have no way to know that anything but the bowel obstructions are

> caused by wls.

> I know my osteo is hereditary - clearly my mother and grandmother had it.

> I strongly suspect that the thyroid problem was wl related only because

> they started playing with the doses as I lost weight and then switched brands.

> sometimes its better to leave well enough alone.

> more studies on us would be good - the abstracts presented at ASBS were

> pretty interesting but just simply conclusions drawn by docs and not true

> comparative research studies.

> sue

>

Hoe do you know the bowel obstruction is related to the surgery.

Fay

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On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:01:37 EDT fbayuk@... writes:

> > I strongly suspect that the thyroid problem was wl related only

> because

> > they started playing with the doses as I lost weight and then

> switched brands.

> > sue

My problem with this theory is that part of my weight gain was because my

thyroid wasn't working right. An inactive, underactive thyroid causes

weight gain. I just wonder if the dosages you were on over stimulated

the thyroid which would produce weight loss. Just a thought.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

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Re: thyroid question

> one short discussion at the plenary session i attended at the asbs

> was on

> > hypothyroidism after wls. typically we need less thyroid meds and

> some

> > people even go off their meds. that was the premise of the research

> and

> > outcome. of course that is not my experience

>

> ******nor mine.

>

> love,

> c

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

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