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Welcome Lee,

No you are not too old. I was 46 when I had bilateral CI surgery (both at the

same time) Dec. 9, 2002 and went home same day after 6 hour surgery. Hooked up

Jan.9, 2003 of this year. I do not know about your insurance though but someone

will answer.

You came to a great place for answers so just ask whatever is on your mind. I

got lots of support on the forums.

Sharon Myers

Bilateral N24C 3Gs

spottedlee@... wrote:

hi, my name is Lee. I live in WA. I have thought of getting implant for

sometime but lately, my yearn to do much more had gotten to me. Born profound

to

totally deaf.

I know being deaf make it so hard to find a GOOD job. Three years ago, i was

in real bad car accident making me quite disabled to do any kind of job

because my hearing was stopping me. That pretty much why I thought of getting

implants.

I am 46 y.o. now, does it make me too old to get it? What about Medicaid,

does anyone know if it is covered or not? I know i have so many questions but

let start with those two.

Thank you,

Lee

[Guest guest]

Hello, and welcome to the group!

Sounds like you've had more than your fair share of illness in the

family; now it's your turn to have people help you!

I'm in tx, too. Week 16--hasn't gotten better. Are you taking

antidepressants? If not, you should. Looking forward to hearing from

you,

hugs,

Suzy

> Hello,

> I am new to this list. I was given a blood transfusion 20 years

ago

> when my twins were born. I tested negative for HIV and Hepatitis

in

> 1990 so never expected to have any problems from the blood.

Recently

> when I changed doctors she found elevated liver enzymes and did

> further testing. After checking my records closer I discovered

there

> wasn't a test for Hep C in 1990 and that I had only been tested for

B.

> So all of this was very much a shock. I did know something was

wrong

> but had been told by my other doctor I needed a vacation and had

> fybromyalgia. Everybody else in my famiy has tested negative. I

have

> been caregiver for several family members the last few years. I

lost

> my mother June 10th just a couple of weeks after I was diagnosed.

My

> mother had Parkininsons, was insulin dependent diabetic, and she

had

> severe arthritis, she also had cancer. July 2nd, 2002 we lost a

> family member to cirhosis of the liver. She was diagnosed just 3

> weeks before she passed away and I was her caregiver also. My

husband

> is diabetic and has had some heart trouble. The last few years

have

> been very difficult. I am in the 6th week of treatment. I feel

> horrible, I am staying very tired. I farm and attend dairy goat

> shows even though they wear me down I seem to feel better at the

goat

> shows. I think it is being able to laugh and enjoy

> friendships at the shows. No, goat milk won't cure you but it is

> healthy to drink. (I've had people ask me that one) We call our

farm

> the Funny Farm which explains the strange e-mail address at the top

> of the page.

[Guest guest]

Hi, welcome to the list! Boy, do I know the story about having your doctor

neglecting your symptoms. I think a lot of us do. I contracted Hep C from a

transfusion when I was a child. When my liver levels started jumping all over

the map a few years ago, my doctor accused me of being a " closet alcoholic " !

Sheesh, I wonder how many doctors are out there that have such lousy diagnostic

skills?

Sounds like you've had a really rough few years, but maybe going through the

treatment will put you on a happier path. Sure sounds like you could use some

good news!

I'm glad you told us about the goat farming. My grandson can only drink goat's

milk, and I know he'll be happy when I tell him I " met " a lady who has a goat

farm and goes to goat shows. He's 5, and been to lots of dog shows with me, so

he'll understand what it's about.

Best of luck to you while you're on treatment, I hope it's not too hard for you.

Marilyn

New to list

Hello,

I am new to this list. I was given a blood transfusion 20 years ago

when my twins were born. I tested negative for HIV and Hepatitis in

1990 so never expected to have any problems from the blood. Recently

when I changed doctors she found elevated liver enzymes and did

further testing. After checking my records closer I discovered there

wasn't a test for Hep C in 1990 and that I had only been tested for B.

So all of this was very much a shock. I did know something was wrong

but had been told by my other doctor I needed a vacation and had

fybromyalgia. Everybody else in my famiy has tested negative. I have

been caregiver for several family members the last few years. I lost

my mother June 10th just a couple of weeks after I was diagnosed. My

mother had Parkininsons, was insulin dependent diabetic, and she had

severe arthritis, she also had cancer. July 2nd, 2002 we lost a

family member to cirhosis of the liver. She was diagnosed just 3

weeks before she passed away and I was her caregiver also. My husband

is diabetic and has had some heart trouble. The last few years have

been very difficult. I am in the 6th week of treatment. I feel

horrible, I am staying very tired. I farm and attend dairy goat

shows even though they wear me down I seem to feel better at the goat

shows. I think it is being able to laugh and enjoy

friendships at the shows. No, goat milk won't cure you but it is

healthy to drink. (I've had people ask me that one) We call our farm

the Funny Farm which explains the strange e-mail address at the top

of the page.

[Guest guest]

The doctor wouldn't give me the treatment unless I started antidepressant

first.

Actually I'm seeing a physicians Assistant, the doctor writes letters with

instructions I haven't even met him. I have been looking at various sites and

reading everything I can but so far everything looks right in my care so at

least with the letters I can read over it more than once and don't forget what I

am being told. A serious disease and haven't even seen the doctor once, you

need a sense of humor at times. He is local if I go to somebody different I

will

have to drive 2 to 4 hours. I find I get too hot very easily I don't know if

it is the medication or what. We have been going to State Fair shows in air

conditioned buildings. I wish my barn was air conditioned. I feel better

when I am at the shows. I do a large amount of walking, get plenty of exercise

but it is all in air conditioned buildings where I don't get too hot. I keep a

water bottle with me every place I go and sip it all day and night. I also sit

and rest between activities and probably get more rest at the fairs. First

night I kept the goats up all night going to bathroom and everyone else but

second night the goats were adjusted to me or so tired they didn't care. I never

pictured myself sleeping in a barn full of goats when I was younger but we are

having a great time and enjoy the company of the other breeders. My daughter

won several ribbons and was given help from others teaching her showmanship

skills and letting her show their goats. My trailer came loose in Nashville and

a young man stopped to help get it hooked up right, I am weak and just

couldn't get it fastened on the ball right. We get a large amount of people

laughing and waving when they pass us with our 1940 model trailer loaded with

goats.

We hear so many bad things on the news that it is very depressing but I find

there is a great deal of support and many nice people in this country.

S.

Bagwell Funny Farm

Paducah, KY

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Funny Farmer!

I love your tale of goats and tents and country life. I guess all

that makes no difference, huh, 'cos here I sit in foggy San

Francisco, and I'm burning up. As soon as I exert myself in any way,

like walking through the apt, I break out in a sweat.

It's very annoying. It'll get worse from tx...hahaha.

Good that you're getting the antidepressants first. Sounds like you

are well-taken care of medically. Hang in there and stay

airconditioned as much as you can stand it.

Hugs, Suzy

> The doctor wouldn't give me the treatment unless I started

antidepressant

> first.

> Actually I'm seeing a physicians Assistant, the doctor writes

letters with

> instructions I haven't even met him. I have been looking at various

sites and

> reading everything I can but so far everything looks right in my

care so at

> least with the letters I can read over it more than once and don't

forget what I

> am being told. A serious disease and haven't even seen the doctor

once, you

> need a sense of humor at times. He is local if I go to somebody

different I will

> have to drive 2 to 4 hours. I find I get too hot very easily I

don't know if

> it is the medication or what. We have been going to State Fair

shows in air

> conditioned buildings. I wish my barn was air conditioned. I feel

better

> when I am at the shows. I do a large amount of walking, get plenty

of exercise

> but it is all in air conditioned buildings where I don't get too

hot. I keep a

> water bottle with me every place I go and sip it all day and night.

I also sit

> and rest between activities and probably get more rest at the

fairs. First

> night I kept the goats up all night going to bathroom and everyone

else but

> second night the goats were adjusted to me or so tired they didn't

care. I never

> pictured myself sleeping in a barn full of goats when I was younger

but we are

> having a great time and enjoy the company of the other breeders.

My daughter

> won several ribbons and was given help from others teaching her

showmanship

> skills and letting her show their goats. My trailer came loose in

Nashville and

> a young man stopped to help get it hooked up right, I am weak and

just

> couldn't get it fastened on the ball right. We get a large amount

of people

> laughing and waving when they pass us with our 1940 model trailer

loaded with goats.

> We hear so many bad things on the news that it is very depressing

but I find

> there is a great deal of support and many nice people in this

country.

>

> S.

> Bagwell Funny Farm

> Paducah, KY

> <A HREF= " mailto:bagwellf@w... " >bagwellf@w...</A>

> <A HREF= " http://bagwell-

kids.tripod.com/BagwellFunnyFarm/ " >http://bagwell-

kids.tripod.com/BagwellFunnyFarm/</A>

> We're Praying for Our Troops

> The Presidential Prayer Team

> <A

HREF= " http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/ " >www.presidentialprayerte

am.org</A>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am new to the list. I am a 41 year old mother to a two year old

girl. I stopped vacinating her after her 3 mo check up. At that

point I was more terrified of the vaccines than of the diseases. At

this point she has never been ill. We have not been to a Dr. since

them and are looking for a good natural Dr. in the Atlanta area so

that we can be ready if she ever does get sick. We eat very

healthy. Pasture raised eggs/chickens/ducks, pastured beef, raw

dairy, fresh fruits and veggies, fermented veggies, and no processed

food and very little grains. I am hoping to learn alot form this

list.

Amy Waters and Selena

[Guest guest]

welcome marie. take it one day at a time. get your water, portions, and exercise in and day 3 will be here before you know it.

NH

Mommy to Abby Liz 10-25-94

Mommy to Anne 7-1-99

[Guest guest]

Welcome Marie (thanks ) like I told you - you'll find lots of support here. Congrats on making day 1 and you can make day 2

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.- Lucille Ball

New to list

Hi, I'm Marie and new to your list. I need to lose 150 pounds but willsettle for 100 for now. I need support since I only have two gals oninternet who will do this with me.I started on WW yesterday and made it thru day "1". Now, for me, it willget harder since I never make it thru day "2".Marie in landsscootter@...To unsubscribe DO NOT send a message to the list.Please click on this link and unsubscribe:100-plus/join

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Marie!

I too have at least 150lbs to lose, not quite 200 anymore. I would

also be happy with another 100lbs gone. I've been taking it 10lbs at

a time, slowly without any long term goals. I don't set a date to my

goals so I don't geel like a failure if I don't meet my goal.

How are you doing so far with day 2? It is day 1 all over again for

me. Yesterday just didn't work out like I had planned... or should I

say not planned. Too many things going on and not enough hours in

the day as usual.

I'm married mom to 3 little girls Miranda (7.5) Meredith (6) and Emma

(3), I live in Michigan on a crop farm with some woods and pleanty of

wild life.

a

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Marie!

>I need to lose 150 pounds but will settle for 100 for now.

Officially it's about 130 for me, but I'll be happy to lose just another 40

to bring me back to 220, the weight I spent most of my adult life at

pre-child (20 years ago).

I need support since I only have two gals on

> internet who will do this with me.

You now have another 100+ gals on your side. Our list has 119 or so members,

but too many of them are lurkers.

> I started on WW yesterday and made it thru day " 1 " .

Congrats! Good luck using those Points wisely.

Now, for me, it will

> get harder since I never make it thru day " 2 " .

Planning is the key here. When you have a few minutes, sit down with your WW

booklets and a list of favorite recipes and make out a menu of dinners for

the next week and figure out how many points you'll use on each one. Be

honest with yourself now - if you know you're going to eat a full cup of

mashed potatoes and your points are per half cup, be sure to count them all.

As soon as your dinners are set, now work on breakfast and lunches. You may

like to eat the same thing each day, or you might prefer something different

so you're not bored. Work it out on paper with your points.

Now, you should have a few points left over. If you know you get hungry

between meals, use those points to now plan your snacks. Write it all down.

Be sure to use *all* your points - don't think that by using less you're

doing yourself a favor. All you'll do is deprive yourself, and too few

calories can send your body into starvation mode and cause you to *gain*

weight in time.

Alright. You now have your meals planned for the next few days, or maybe

only one day to start. Now look in your pantry and refrigerator and see if

you *have* all the foods you need. If not, make out your shopping list and

go purchase what you need. This way there will be no excuses to go off-plan,

to grab a fast food burger instead of the healthier meal you had planned.

You *can* do it. You can easily stick to your food plan, count up those

points, and count down those pounds. It just takes a little bit of planning

and determination.

Be sure to stop by our web site at the Links and Files. We also have a load

of recipes in the Files section, but not too many have WW points listed,

just the regular nutritional info and FoodMover exchanges. I'm sure someone

here can help you convert them to Points if you ask.

Sue in NJ

[Guest guest]

Hi Marge,

I don't have any personal experience with these centers; this is just a

list I have for Colorado:

Children's Hospital - Denver

303-861-6814

Colorado Head and Neck - Englewood

303-788-6632

Colorado Hearing and Balance Clinic - Colorado Springs

719-442-6984

Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center - Englewood

303-788-7838

United States Airforce Academy - USAFA

719-333-5102

University of Colorado Health Science Center - Denver

303-372-3190

I also have an implant journal to share if you would like to read it. Let me

know! (any other lurkers out there...you too!)

Regards,

N24C

2000

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I would like to read the implant journal for my pleasure reading. It is

always interested to read it.

Thanks,

Debbie

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Thank you for your help. I would love to read your journal. Please send it to

me at snowbird@....

Re: New To List

> Hi Marge,

> I don't have any personal experience with these centers; this is just a

> list I have for Colorado:

> Children's Hospital - Denver

> 303-861-6814

>

> Colorado Head and Neck - Englewood

> 303-788-6632

>

> Colorado Hearing and Balance Clinic - Colorado Springs

> 719-442-6984

>

> Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center - Englewood

> 303-788-7838

>

> United States Airforce Academy - USAFA

> 719-333-5102

>

> University of Colorado Health Science Center - Denver

> 303-372-3190

>

> I also have an implant journal to share if you would like to read it. Let me

> know! (any other lurkers out there...you too!)

>

> Regards,

>

> N24C

> 2000

>

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[Guest guest]

> Hi Marge,

> I don't have any personal experience with these centers; this

is just a

> list I have for Colorado:

> Children's Hospital - Denver

> 303-861-6814

>

> Colorado Head and Neck - Englewood

> 303-788-6632

>

> Colorado Hearing and Balance Clinic - Colorado Springs

> 719-442-6984

>

> Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center - Englewood

> 303-788-7838

>

> United States Airforce Academy - USAFA

> 719-333-5102

>

> University of Colorado Health Science Center - Denver

> 303-372-3190

>

> I also have an implant journal to share if you would like to read

it. Let me

> know! (any other lurkers out there...you too!)

>

> Regards,

>

> N24C

> 2000

>

, I'd be interested in your implant journal. Can you send to

me @sewunique47@...?

Thanks,

Dixie

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Marge:

Alice and I live in Albuquerque. My parents live in Farmington so I get up

that way at least a couple times a year. We both have had implants from Dr.

Horn here in Albuqueruqe.

Hal

[Guest guest]

Hi Marge, Welcome to the list. I am a 16 year user of the CI and treasure

every moment with my CI. I am from Michigan, so am not familiar with the

Colorado centers, but I am open to any questions you may have along your

journey towards a CI. I have gotten really good results from my CI, using

the telephone relatively easily, and enjoy talking with people and listening

to music. Cheers, Ruth

New To List

Hi,

I am new to your group. I grew up with some hearing loss but it was not

until a year ago that I suddenly and without any warning lost it while I was

sleeping. It was very scary and I've had a very difficult time adapting to

this. Recently, a friend told me about cochlear implants and I found your

group. I'm anxious to learn more because maybe there's a chance I can hear

again.

I live near Durango, Colorado. Does anyone on this list live in this

area? If so, do you have a good doctor who you can recommend?

Thank You,

Marge

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[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list Beth! I remember seeing you on other lists.

I dont know about in Rochester per se, but in Sodus, Ginny of

http://www.cozycottagesoap.com/ sells it. Also on this list, Bill of

http://www.saratogascents.com/ but he is not near Roch.

Feel free to ask any cp/hp question. We have all sorts of soapmakers here.

Shaye

The Soap Shack

www.mysoapshack.com

cp/hp maker and will probably be asking lots of questions.

My first one is this: Is there anyplace in Rochester where I can buy lye?

TIA,

Beth

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/1/2004 6:17:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,

mr_bill@... writes:

But I am back to delivering again. So much fun! 50lb bag of lye $55.00 if it

helps anyone.

Also have a place in NJ where the folks down that way , just outside NYC, can

pick it up.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for the welcome, Bill. Hmm, I have a dd who lives in Nyack, is that

close, do you know, or too far north?

Thanks,

Beth

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/1/2004 6:15:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,

jmurray2@... writes:

But I WILL welcome

you to the list. I can't help with your cp/hp thingy either because I

only do M & P so far plus other toiletry items. Gee, I guess I can't help

you with too much, can I? (hehe)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for the welcome, . I really like doing m & p, too, so we'll get

along just fine. :-)

Beth

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/1/2004 4:35:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,

shaye@... writes:

Welcome to the list Beth! I remember seeing you on other lists.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks, Shaye. I remember you too, from another list quite awhile ago!

Thanks, also, for the leads on lye. :-)

Beth

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth

I can't help you with the Rochester area because I'm on the other side

of Utica - about halfway between Syracuse and Albany. But I WILL welcome

you to the list. I can't help with your cp/hp thingy either because I

only do M & P so far plus other toiletry items. Gee, I guess I can't help

you with too much, can I? (hehe) Anyway, welcome!!

New to list

Hello! My name is Beth and I'm brand new to this list, thanks to

Jeanine. I

had been thinking that there had to be a bunch of soapers in this area,

and

sure enough, there's a group! I'm very excited to be here and will try

to be

nice and to help where I can. I do have to warn you, however, that I'm

a new

cp/hp maker and will probably be asking lots of questions.

My first one is this: Is there anyplace in Rochester where I can buy

lye?

TIA,

Beth

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list Beth!

Also on this list, Bill of

http://www.saratogascents.com/ but he is not near

Roch

But I am back to delivering again. So much fun! 50lb bag of lye $55.00 if it

helps anyone.

Also have a place in NJ where the folks down that way , just outside NYC, can

pick it up.

Bill

www.saratogascents.com

www.soapsuppliesandcandlesupplies.com

www.handcraftedinamerica.org

[Guest guest]

wonderlabs.com has a product called advanced B12 which is B12, B6, and folate in sublingual form. About 8 bucks per 100 I think. Cheryl

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I work in a 74-bed hospital and we have one surgeon who is just starting to do open RNYs. We have formed interdisciplinary committee and are working on standing orders, care plans/pathways, and an education booklet for the patients. I have had some questions about sublingual B-12 absorption so if anyone can recommend some brands, so far all I've found in Fargo is B-12 Dots from TwinLab. Thanks and I look forward to discussions on this list!

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- I'll check and fix it -

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Also, , there has been very little activity lately -