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Hi Dana!

Welcome to the group. Come on in, the water's fine.

Working out is a matter of scheduling it into your life, no matter

what work shift you have. Decide when the most likely time of the

day is that you will actually get it done. That's the best time to

schedule it!! If you think you might be too tired after work, then

you need to get it done before work. If you think you will be

energetic enough to go do a workout after work, then schedule it

after work.

Sometimes you have to fiddle with the times too. Here and there you

might find that your schedule no longer works so well for one reason

or another. Then you might have to make some adjustments. I just

switched from evening workouts to morning workouts, because I never

seem to get out of work at a consistent time, which makes it very

difficult to schedule a solid workout time.

Good luck and keep up posted on how things go for you!!

Jen B.

> Hi Everyone- I am a new member. I am old to fitness but new to body

> for life and sticking with it. I have been working out sometime and

I

> am ready to start the Body for Life. I attempted to do it before

but

> I was very sick with asthma and was put on predisone- so I gained

> even more weight that what I started out with.

>

> I am looking for advice and some support from others who are

> starting out or have been there. I also work night shift. Is there

> anyone else out here that had had success while working night

shift?

> I'm looking forward to feeling better and looking good!!

>

> Thanks for listening!!

> Dana

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Hello everyone. My name is Becky. My 63 y.o. Father has cirrhosis of the

liver (NASH). Nearly 5 years ago, my dad went in to have his gall bladder

removed. When the surgeon came out to let us know how the surgery went, he

said all went well, BUT....that was when he told us that while inside, they

got a gander at the liver and noticed that he had cirrhosis. Fast forward 2

years later....I call my dad one day because he normally had called me by

then. When he answered I noticed that he didn't sound right. At first asked

if he was sick (like a cold or something). He said no, however after talking

a bit he told me he fell several times the night before and didn't know why

and that the last time he could not get up and laid in the floor the rest of

the night until he was finally able to crawl to the chair. I noticed while

talking that he seemed a little off in the head...in other words it was like

he didn't comprehend things very well. In a week and a half we took him to

the VA ER 3 times because he just got released with NO TESTS the first time.

..I mean, he's diabetic and they didn't even check his blood sugar. The

second time he went because he was the point that the pain in his back was

so bad that he was having to use a walker and even still had difficulty

walking AND the confusion was even worse. Again, they just let him go. After

the first visit I brought him home to our house to help me. Ok...the third

visit was because he had got really bad mentally and physically and I also

noticed that his urine was REAL dark orange...so much so you could barely

see through it. I told them that I thought he may have an UTI but they said

they didn't think so....didn't do any test to even see. They put him in the

hospital ONLY because I told them that I refused to take him back home until

they find out what was going on. Well, they kept him...one night and didn't

do anything. By that point he was so bad and because he is a big guy, I

couldn't physically help him (I have a disabled daughter and that's

physically difficult all by itself), anyway, so we got him into an area

nursing home.

During the next couple of weeks he began to see things that weren't really

there. He went to the ER at a regular hospital. He was there for nearly a

month and they ran all sorts of tests. It was then that we learned of

elevated ammonia levels and encephalopathy (sp?). ALSO, he indeed had an UTI

and because it went so long without treatment it had turned septic (sp?). We

really thought we were going to lose him during that time. While at the

nursing home, my dad was in and out of the hospital almost every week for

one thing or another and after nearly 6 months and having a really bad run

in with the nurse on duty that day refusing to send him to the ER (he was in

BAD shape), I finally called the ambulance myself and while he was in the

hospital I got him in another nursing home. That's where he's been for 2

years now. They got him lined out really good and except for an occasional

flare up with his ammonia levels, he has been pretty with it! His back

however would prove to be a big problem and be what has kept him in the

nursing home all this time. Because he still had bills that needed to be

paid, he needed some help with paying for the nursing home and his medicare

and state insurance would not pay after so long. SO, as much as we hated to

go back to the VA we did in order for him to be able to get the nursing home

paid for through them. Although they have gotten better in a few ways they

still drag feet (in regards to his back problem).

Anyway, things seem to be taking a turn for the worse. For the last several

months dad's either been very confused or his attitude has been off. As a

matter of fact he's in the hospital right now because he's got so confused

and is wetting and soiling on himself and seems to not even realize it. He's

also had problems with his protein level getting low also. I'd like to hear

about other peoples experience with it either personally or through a loved

one. Actually, I don't love the fact that anyone has to actually be living

this experience but given the reality of things...I'm sure you understand.

Becky

Illinois