Newbie

[Guest guest]

Hi

Thanks for the welcome look forward to chatting to everyone.

Tricia

Glad you're here!

Beth in Kentucky

[Guest guest]

And welcome to you se! But I am afraid you are now an addict and these

people on the list do NOT help in getting you cured! Enjoy every batch of soap

you make. My sister always laughs when I say that I know everyone of my soaps

and give them names!

You are in for learning experience and the most generous, helpful group in the

world!

Smilies

Louise

Newbie

Hello !

Just wanted to introduce myslelf.

I am new to making toiletries (took classes this winter) and I am

very excited to have found this list.

I look forward to sharing my new found passion with all of you !

Have a great day !

se

[Guest guest]

Just checking in before I leave....thought I'd grab this one

I also have carpal tunnel, but it isn't very bad yet. Alternating

heat and ice help me, anti-inflammitories are wonderful if not

necessary. Go to the drug stores and you will find these spandex-

looking wrist supports, wear them when you type or other things that

cause pain. Sleep with your arms above the level of your heart (and

the splints)

There are also good surgeries for this now, my step-father has had

the surgery is both his hands and is doing well. As for natural,

well....I just don't know. If you mean some kind of supplement, I'd

have to look that one up, but I think glucosamine and chondroitin

would be recommended in that case. Whenever I have any kind of

injury to a joint I think back to my soccer playing days. RICE.

Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.

Good luck!

PS...forgot to welcome you...sorry...leaving for a trip in about an

hour. Welcome and have fun here, it is a great group of people, more

like a family than anything else.

> hi i just joined the list. i just found out i have early stages of

> carpal tunnel syndrom. right now i am on anti-immflamitories and

> splints that i am wearing at night. i am wondering if that is a

> natural way of healing or at least reducing the inflammation of

> carptal tunnel. thank you

>

> dani-lyn

[Guest guest]

Hi Dani-lyn!

Welcome to our big family here - full of wonderful people! I'm Ling from

Singapore. Sorry you have to be here, but we must say you are at the right

place!

Do feel free to write, share, vent, etc, etc...

Ling

newbie

> hi i just joined the list. i just found out i have early stages of

> carpal tunnel syndrom. right now i am on anti-immflamitories and

> splints that i am wearing at night. i am wondering if that is a

> natural way of healing or at least reducing the inflammation of

> carptal tunnel. thank you

>

> dani-lyn

[Guest guest]

> hi lee my doctor doesn't think i need physo-therapy. right now i am

> in early stages of carpal tunnel, i may have to if it progresses to

a

> farther stage. sorry i haven't considered a homeopathic physician

> but i will be considering it, thank you for bringing it up

>

Sometimes preventative measures can do wonders- consider changing

little things, like buying ergonomically designed kitchen equipment

(like parking knives, can openers, etc- anything that puts repeated

pressure on the wrists that way) and computer equipment- like

a " split " keyboard (ergonomically designed again), and a GOOD gel

type wrist pad for both keyboard and mouse- everything you do that

effects the carpal tunnel, try and lessen the 'damage' those things

do!

[Guest guest]

hi david i didn't know that there was ergonomically designed kitchen

equipment at all. do you know where you can get ergonomically

designed kitchen equipment. thanks again for making me aware about

this.

> > hi lee my doctor doesn't think i need physo-therapy. right now i

am

> > in early stages of carpal tunnel, i may have to if it progresses

to

> a

> > farther stage. sorry i haven't considered a homeopathic

physician

> > but i will be considering it, thank you for bringing it up

> >

>

> Sometimes preventative measures can do wonders- consider changing

> little things, like buying ergonomically designed kitchen equipment

> (like parking knives, can openers, etc- anything that puts repeated

> pressure on the wrists that way) and computer equipment- like

> a " split " keyboard (ergonomically designed again), and a GOOD gel

> type wrist pad for both keyboard and mouse- everything you do that

> effects the carpal tunnel, try and lessen the 'damage' those things

> do!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Newbie, I'm sorry I havent said Hi! yet. I'm a scatterbrain.

I can highly reccomend the Black & Decker " Ergo " can opener. It is

wonderful, easy, rechargable little hand model- got it cheap, at Wal

Mart. It has really helped me, I used to have to ask someone to open

cans for me about half the time.

Dont whisk.

If you use a heavy pan, like cast iron, always use both hands to pick

it up, and get your grip from above, not the side- so your arm

muscles are working, not your wrist.

Oh yea, and sorry, washing windows is out too. Bummer, huh?

We have a joke here about " going Viking on it " , which just means

eating with your hands like an animal on a piece of meat. But

seriously, sometimes cutting meat when your wrists & hands hurt is

just too much work. If nobody's watching.......

I will try to pay attention, I have learned to adapt pretty well I

guess to a lot of hand & wrist pain, and I still cook for a horde-

once in a while. There is usually an easier way to do things, or a

machine to do it for you. Oh, I almost forgot, I got an electric

potato peeler, they call it a stripper- but then they invented

instant mashed potatos, so I dont get it out much.

Take the easy way.

> > > hi lee my doctor doesn't think i need physo-therapy. right now

i

> am

> > > in early stages of carpal tunnel, i may have to if it

progresses

> to

> > a

> > > farther stage. sorry i haven't considered a homeopathic

> physician

> > > but i will be considering it, thank you for bringing it up

> > >

> >

> > Sometimes preventative measures can do wonders- consider changing

> > little things, like buying ergonomically designed kitchen

equipment

> > (like parking knives, can openers, etc- anything that puts

repeated

> > pressure on the wrists that way) and computer equipment- like

> > a " split " keyboard (ergonomically designed again), and a GOOD gel

> > type wrist pad for both keyboard and mouse- everything you do

that

> > effects the carpal tunnel, try and lessen the 'damage' those

things

> > do!

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Dani-lyn,

Glad you found us ) I'm Helen from Ohio ) That's how they treated my carpal tunnel in the beginning, then I ended up wearing the braces day and night... I eventually had surgery on the left wrist, but they figured the right wrist was due to poly nueropothy and degenerative arthritis...

How are you coping??? Keep us updated...

((( Welcoming Hugs )))

Helen

hi i just joined the list. i just found out i have early stages of

carpal tunnel syndrom. right now i am on anti-immflamitories and

splints that i am wearing at night. i am wondering if that is a

natural way of healing or at least reducing the inflammation of

carptal tunnel. thank you

dani-lyn

"Don't be afraid to be yourself.

You are unique and special just the way you are."

Sue Calwell &

((((((( RAINBOW HUGS )))))))

LOVE

angelbear1129@...

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Glad you joined us! Lots of people must have found me through that message board

link. I started getting a ton of mail a few days ago!

Let us know if you have any questions as you're getting started. Ephedra freaks

me out too. My heart went whacky. You don't need any supplements at all to do

well on BFL. Shakes and bars make for convenient on-the-go meals but whole food

is always best if you can swing it.

Get a big insulated lunch bag or cooler and a bunch of those blue ice things.

That way you can take your healthy food with you. People will look at you like

you're a freak when you show up with four meals. :-) Having good choices with

you makes things a zillion times easier though. Load it up with tuna pouches,

apples, yogurts, cottage cheese, cold chicken, protein pancakes. You'll do

great!

Newbie

Hi. I'm a resident doctor and my job was outrageously busy until my

chiefship year began July 1. So now I have to have other things to

obsess about besides work... I decided to whittle away the physique

to muscled perfection (or something like that). Over the past year

and a half I managed to gain 16 pounds (due to my inability to resist

Doritos at my boyfriend's house...), but I started a diet at the

beginning of May and have lost 13 so far. I'd like to lose 13 more

pounds of fat for supreme svelteness -- I'd be 120 or so and my

height is 5'4 " . I've always been pretty muscular in spite of a

spindly bone structure.

I stumbled upon this site through a weightwatchers message board

(have a friend who does it, I was always baffled by the points

system) which posted a link to Skwigg's World of Weirdness which led

me to here. My Body For Life book is currently being shipped to me

from Amazon.com.

As a doctor, I'm a little skeptical about supplements other than your

basic multivitamin, fish oils, and calcium, but I still have an open

mind. I've seen young women have to be cardioverted (that is,

shocked) in the ER because of ephedra which makes me, to say the

least, skittish about any thermogenic.

Lessee-- what else is not too boring...

I hate cardio, but I walk 3 miles back and forth to work almost

daily. I love weights and have been working out regularly since

college (except for the past year and a half, where I broke my hand

and I ended up having to have surgery so there went 6 months, then I

fell out of the habit, oh, and during internship when I spent 120

hours a week in the hospital).

My goal is to be lean and lovely by my 30th birthday, which is

January 5th.

Pleased to meet all of you!

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn, glad you're here. Let us know how you are doing and what

kind of changes you have seen. Thanks for posting.

Stasia

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

I am also halfway through W5 1st challenge. Welcome to the group.

The women on this site are a wonderful resource and source of

inspiration. Have a great rest of the week and Post away!!!

Smile, Katy

> Hi,

> My name is Dawn and I am halfway through week 5 on my 1st

challenge.

> I have already enjoyed reading your messages!!!

> Tons of info!

> glad to be here

> Dawn

[Guest guest]

Welcome!!!

Colleen

> Hi,

> My name is Dawn and I am halfway through week 5 on my 1st challenge.

> I have already enjoyed reading your messages!!!

> Tons of info!

> glad to be here

> Dawn

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Tim!!! Ask as many questions as you want...

and dont be shy!

Hugs,

--Kym in Seattle

[Guest guest]

Now that I cant help because I AM naturally Shy. However, I would

like to ask if DR. K removes gallbladder with DS.

> Welcome to the group Tim!!! Ask as many questions as you want...

> and dont be shy!

>

> Hugs,

>

> --Kym in Seattle

[Guest guest]

> Thanks, nice to meet everyone.

>

> TD

Welcome Tim

Ask any questions you have, someone here will answer.

Sharon in Onyx

[Guest guest]

> Now that I cant help because I AM naturally Shy. However, I would

> like to ask if DR. K removes gallbladder with DS.

>

Tim,

Dr K removes the gallbladder and the appendix with the DS surgery.

That way if you have a pain in your stomach after surgery, he doesnt

have to rule them out first. Usually the gallbladder is already bad

to begin with, and if it isnt- after the massive and fast weight loss

it will turn bad. So out it comes.

I was tremendously glad to have mine out. I had attacks for 5 years,

my pcp wouldnt remove it cause he said I wouldnt survive surgery. Dr

K got that nasty buggar out and save 3 huge stones for me...I will

show them to you...lol

Sharon in Onyx

aka Rocky...lol

[Guest guest]

> Hi, my name is Tim. I'm pre-op but not for long. Have been

approved

>

Hi Tim, and welcome! My name is Donna, and I spent 25+ years in Sacto

before moving to the central coast area two years ago....my surgery

is a week from this Thursday, so you won't be far behind me.....good

luck, and keep posting. This is a wonderful place to find friends,

ask questions, and be " off topic " once in a while...Take care, Donna

[Guest guest]

> > Now that I cant help because I AM naturally Shy. However, I

would

> > like to ask if DR. K removes gallbladder with DS.

> >

>

>

> Tim,

>

YOUR DR SAID YOU WOULD NOT SURVIVE SURGERY?? WOW- DR K PROVED YOU

CAME THRU BEAUTIFULLY!!!!!!!!!

VICKI

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/4/2003 10:23:11 AM Central Daylight Time,

eyeinskyguy@... writes:

> Now that I cant help because I AM naturally Shy. However, I would

> like to ask if DR. K removes gallbladder with DS.

>

>

>

>

And appendix if needed.....Hi by the way...LOL!

in Bama

http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html

Surgery- RNY to DS revision on12/6 -377.5

12/17 - 346.5 ( minus 31lbs)

02/12-330.0 (minus 47.5 lbs)

05/12- 304.8 (minus 72.7 lbs)-BMI now 48

06/22- 290.8 (minus 86.7)BMI 46.

[Guest guest]

> YOUR DR SAID YOU WOULD NOT SURVIVE SURGERY?? WOW- DR K PROVED YOU

> CAME THRU BEAUTIFULLY!!!!!!!!!

>

>

> VICKI

Yea, but my pcp is an embicile. I am stuck with a few dr.s because

of my insurance and remoteness, but am looking for a new pcp.

I refuse to go back to this idiot.

Sharon in Onyx

[Guest guest]

Hi Tim!

Welcome to our group. We get kind of wild sometimes, so don't let your

shyness keep you away. We should keep you laughing, anyway. Ask any questions

you

have and we will do our best to answer you!

Hugs and blessings, Ann

[Guest guest]

Hi Tim,

Does your email name mean that you fly helicoptors?? cause I love to fly in

them..

Janice

6-25-03

- 36 lbs.... so far

[Guest guest]

awesome.. thanks for the answer.. now i can picture you online.. stalking us

all.. lol.. welcome aboard!!

[Guest guest]

Nope, it means I'm a private investigator. Spent many years sitting

in catwalks all alone doing surveillances. Hence my name. Song is

appropriate also, " I am the eye in the sky, looking at yoooo , I can

read your mind " . lol.

Rodie66@a... wrote:

> Hi Tim,

> Does your email name mean that you fly helicoptors?? cause I love

to fly in

> them..

> Janice

> 6-25-03

> - 36 lbs.... so far

[Guest guest]

> Nope, it means I'm a private investigator. Spent many years

sitting

> in catwalks all alone doing surveillances. Hence my name. Song

is

> appropriate also, " I am the eye in the sky, looking at yoooo , I

can

> read your mind " . lol.

Yea,Tim,

you are going to fit in here just fine...lol

As long as you " dont steal us blind.... "

Sharon in Onyx

who likes that song