ANITALOU

Hysterical, I was on crutches on time from my hubby "jumping" on the bed with me....it was funny...everytime you start to explain people just die laughing.... hope you are better soon..

wow!!!! I was sleved on Friday, home and sore..but this is the encouragement I needed!!So glad to hear from my KY friend too-Possomtrot... I thiwaternk I am doing good... struggling to get in the water...but at least hitting over 40oz... I am so happy for u Mini-me..you really are mini!!!! I hope that I can lose at least 80 lbs...and my goal is 145 and I am 5.5 I never remember wearing anything below a 14 and that was in the early 80's...I am planning on putting those stretch marks on the old credit card instead of me!!!!

What a pain!!! I had this for years...my Dr. said my weight had little to do with it... he said he had never had a farmer with this condition... nurses, factory workers, teachers...folks on their feet, on concrete, with poor shoes...he recommends walking shoes..good ones~ the best help is exercise...get a 2X6 or a 2X8 about 3 feet long...place the ball of the feet on the edge, raise your self up on your tip toes and count to three, then drop your heels down to the floor and count to three...repeat about 10 times 3 times a day---- it took me about 3 months but I was back to normal ,,,they do surgery for this but I know another teacher in my building who had the surgery and she is still having trouble... I recommend doing the exercise and trying to get back on your feet that way.. it should have no effect on your surgery...it's just tendons and ligaments that are too tight... GOOD LUCK with your feet and surgery..if you work where you cant wear athletic shoes..get your dr to write you a note --- you can not get this to get better wearing dress shoes...that don't offer you good support!

I will be a September gal! September 1 is my current target date..Ihave done my first set of med tests..nutrition class Aug 11 and additional tests and scope on the 13th...if all goes welll September 1 is my date!!!! I'm nervous, wondering if I am losing my mind as well as a ton of money! I realistically need to lose 90 lbs... I am diabetic and have health problems...I am sure that if I don't do this the weight and diabeties will kill me..but I am still really nervous...but I am relatively sure I will go through with this......

Lori, Way to go....I am hoping that it will help me. I am so happy for you.. I too am a 4 shot a dayer...I don't mind the shots, I just hate knowing what it is doing to my body...I feel so bad all the time.. and I fluctuate wildly-- I have been as high as 500 and 3 to 4 hrs later been 54.....drives me crazy...and I have tried everything to try to "regulate" myself.. I just can't do it the way I work... If I could eat 6 meals a day I might could do it but with all the traveling I do I can't manage that. I am just so excited and encouraged..thanks for sharing....Best Wishes..Anita

SarahD, I sure hope so... I am so addicted...and I do think you are right it is a head thing... I have my "whitening trays" in right now and am so wanting to just taken them out and get me a Zero...I even have hooked a couple of my friends... they willl freak when I quit..How do you really quit? Cold turkey or just cut down?

I should have read all your replys... St Joes has a morbidity rate of .03 which is way lower than the national average that is between ,4-3.0. I have attended the "workshop" and also attended the workshop at Georgetown several years ago... at the time I just couldn't give up the soda.... I love Coke Zero....I bet I down 3 or 4 a day...I am dreading giving that up... one of the school secretaries here had the RNY and she drinks Diet Coke and I cant believe that...I would be afraid... I have been told about 18 months out you can have a few ounces on rare occasions... I'm thinking if I can go without it that long I will just do without...

Where were you sleved? I am thinking that I am going to st joes..heard lots of good things, but I can't help but be anxious. I know two girls that have had RNY there but after reading I think the sleve is for me. Have you heard anything bad about St Joes?

??? Hey I'm new to this...what is a super sleve opposed to the vgs????

Hi Possomtrot, I am hoping to get scheduled next week for my sleve...I see you are here in KY like me... (love to know that squash blossom recipe!) you are going to Las Vegas for surgery? Any particular reason why... I was thinking St Joes.. Lexington...they are highly rated...good morbidity rate below the national average, do you know something i need to know???? Please reply!

He,y Possomtrot aned MiMi, I'm wondering were you all are doing the deed... I am looking at St Joes... anyone else looking at St.Joes Lexington.. and I would love the squash blossom recipe... had white half runners with potatoes and ribs yesterday...I get the last supper idea... I am finding myself wanting to fix all those things I think I will never get again...stupid thougth but I can't seem to stop myself... how do you get off softdrinks? I think I need to wean.. I do tend to drink way to much soft drinks- aboiut 4 a day....any ideas

Hi Jen and All: I am struggling with telling my Mom. Regardless of what I do-have surgery or not, she will blame herself..if anything were to go wrong. My husband (so supportative) thinks I might wait till after but I am so close with my family I don't know how to disappear for a few days. We see each other 3-4 times a week.....It is really a hard decision ...I have told my best friends...they are all supportative...my best friends husband thinks I am nuts...(also my boss) he just thinks I need to exercise more and eat "better". Having worked in the school system all my life is like living in a bubble- everone will see and have something to say or ask... how will I ever dodge those questions... I have been to hundreds of WW meetings and I guess they will just assume I on a diet again.... but hey! this time I wont be gaining it all back!

Well just because he is a "Dr." doesn't mean he has common sense!! We all have a demon or two to fight and unfortunately ours is obvious. Discrimination against "fat" is still thought to be ok....how sad. I am almost exactly where you are- weight and height..and I notice all the time folks "looking" at me...I'm sure they are thinking I can't believe she is going to eat that...I really don't eat that much.. in fact I wore one of those body bug things like on Biggest Loser and the PT said I didn't eat enough... just all the wrong things. It is jsut too bad that we can't just eat what we wnat and it be ok...that is my little fantasy! I will find out my surgery date next week and I am looking forward to getting it over with..I take so many meds...diabetes, hbp, high cholestrol, arthritis, etc... I am hoping this will releve some of this ..losing weight to "look" better is just an afterthought for me. I really hope you consider changing Dr.s this guy sounds like a real A** You deserve better!

I can't help but wonder if you are a victum of "school insurance". I am a teacher and I go tomorrow for my orientation for the sleve at St Joes in Lexington. I actually learned about this procedure from the shrink I had to see with my "pain clinic" visit. He told me the sleve was still considered experimental and my insurance would not cover it. I did not seriously consider this until I had Dr. Egan, Lex Arth, and Dr. Vascello St joes pain clinic...suggest that I needed an insulin pump..I'm a 4 shot a day.....and still fluctuate wildly...up and down! Did you consult with St. Joes...if not have you hear something bad about them?

:001_unsure:Hey folks, I was recently "interviewed" by a psych for pain management- I shared with him that I had lost some weight but still have about 80 lbs to go and that was struggling with all my complications- diabetic, hbp, closterol meds, arthrits meds, etc.... and he asked about bypass- had I considered that...I said no that I knew that I would end up in a nursing home here in East ky and that I did not think that they could or were prepared to keep someone with a bypass-6 meals a day, shakes, etc.. he told me about the sleve- hadn't heard of this..also told me that WLS virtually "eliminates" diabeties- (4 shots a day)...now I am seriously considering this. I weigh 234 down from 284- but it has taken 4 years and everytime I go on steriods I end up in the hospital and some wieght gain.... I am just so tired of shots, and meds.... I would love to hear from anyone who has had success in eliminating severe diabeties via WLS...I am going for a consult ation next week, would love to have some success stores to encourage me...I am hesitant, but if I want to live beyond 10 more years I am thinking that I need to do something drastic...doing what I have been doing is not getting any results and my diabeties is "brickle" and I still lots on my bucket list! Living seems like the better option! AnitaLou