To Sandy

December 4, 1998

Hi,

I live in Wayne, Michigan, near Metro Airport, where do you live?

Connie

November 11, 2003

Hi Sandy -- Thanks for the " woo hoo " ! I am not moving to Colorado yet,

unfortunately. My daughter wants to stay in school here the next semester

and I have some loose ends to tie up. Also, I don't want to move in the

middle of winter. Hopefully, we'll go the end of spring or early summer.

Thanks for asking. How have you been doing? did your recent surgeries go OK?

Take Care -- Jeannine

>From: " Sandy Bangle " <dbangle@...>

>Reply-

>< >

>Subject: Re: Jeannine Nichols

>Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:14:00 -0600

>

>Hey Jeannine,

>

>Woo Hoo you are now a member of the century club!

>

>CONGRATULATIONS!

>

>When do you move to Colorado?

>

>Sandy Bangle

>dbangle@...

>

> Re: THE BIG 100

>

> > Hi Everyone -- This is Jeannine from KC. I just had to whoop and holler

>a

> > little bit that I have now lost

> > 100 POUNDS!! I know alot of you have done this and in our circle, it's

> > pretty common but never in my life would I have imagined losing 100

>pounds.

> > I was such a yo-yo dieter that I never could keep off even 25 lbs. I

>still

> > have a ways to go on my 5'2 " frame but I feel so much better. I actually

> > have had people not recognize me. It feels good. I read stories from

>some

>of

> > you about that and was always very envious. I started at 283 but my

>highest

> > weight was 295. I am now down to 181. I NEVER thought I would even get

>below

> > 200 again. I'll be interested to see where I " land " with my weight. I'll

>try

> > to get some pictures posted on the clos website soon . I guess there is

>a

> > big difference now. It didn't show up for awhile since I had it packed

>in

> > everywhere on my frame. Well, thanks to all who have shared helpful

>hints

> > along the way. Take care -- Jeannine

> >

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November 20, 2003

actually, idione has two functions here. too much or too few are not

good. to much idione stimulates production of thyroid hormone while

too litte idione made thyroid gland to turn on compensation function

which you will see enlarged thyroid gland even nodules, so once the

iodine intake is up, you will see hyperT, which is well documented.

usually, in the countries that used idioned salt, the later can be

easily avoided.

Best,

Liang

> Thanks for the links. The heart complications is very real

with

> hypert. One holistic cadiologist on line I think it was a link

from the ithyroid

> site, said that the one supplement he would recommend to every

hypert patient is

> CoQ10 for the heart. I have just started taking it again.

>

> I found the article on the colliod goiter very interesting. I

know I have

> alot of colliod mat'l in my goiter. One primary that I had

described my goiter

> as soft and spongy and the article used that description of this

type of

> goiter. The article also said that it could be caused by a period

of decreased

> iodine. And in the 70's I went on a no salt regime. I was

preparing all my own

> foods and salt was not a part of my diet. I can't help but wonder

if that's

> what caused this.

>

> I included this quote below from the last link you sent that seems

to support

> this other article and what I said above and seem to counterdict

what I've

> heard said in general about hypert and iodine. Again it could be

that Graves

> and nodular goiter problems are not related.

>

> " In areas of mild to moderate iodine deficiency, multinodular

goiter is a

> common

> cause of hyperthyroidism. "

>

> Sandy

>

> >

>

February 23, 2004

Hi Sandy,

We got see Dr. Blecher this coming Thursday. I don't know why, but

I always get so anxious to go and see how is doing. He was .7

(hope this is written right...) ast time. I hope we get to take it

off, but after reading Ian's report on his son who had the same

measurement to start with as , I'm sure we'll be leaving it on

too. I'm crossing my fingers though, we're really pleased with the

rounding so far. I'll let you know what happens!

PS..Thanks for wondering about us!

April 23, 2004

Sandy,

Don't you feel better that you have all ready made the apt. to see

your dr. and got the ball rerolling? I like to think the flat spot

isn't that noticeable but when we went to the peds adn we discussed

it she said " yep it's still a little flat, but so much better " I was

hoping she would have spet some time looking for the flat spot, not

such a quick response that meant she could see it right away (granted

she was looking for it) Well, count down the days till you go back

in.

shannon

> > > Hello all

> > > I've posted on the Tort board as well. Willow went for her

> > general

> > > follow up today. Torticollis / plagiocephaly / developmental

> > > delay / low muscle tone / +some other issues of her being a

> > preemie.

> > > Her torticollis IS resolved woohoo then to the back of her head

> > her

> > > ped said that it was looking soo much better, but he still def

> > sees

> > > that flat that I see. )~ to my hubby when he mentioned the

> flat

> > > that my husband sais is not there. My husband then had to

admit

> > to

> > > it in front of someone else.. HA!!!!! SPeically sinse I was

NOT

> > the

> > > one that brought up her head in the first place. It was her

> Ped.

> > > It felt soooo good, b/c finally my husband admited to me not

> being

> > > the one that imagines things. Her PT from EI was here today

as

> > > well and also still sees the flat area and the asym. We go for

> > > follow up Neurology next month on the 5th and then sometime

> after

> > > the 10th we see Dr. Blecher again. It will be very interesting

> to

> > > me to find out the mesurements b/c I think for sure that

> Willow's

> > > head looked better when she graduated in Feb. I know

> reflattening

> > > is rare, but I would swear it's gotton worse again. If this is

> > b/c

> > > Willow has grown then it would blow the whole statement of it

> gets

> > > less knowticable as they get bigger out the door.

> > > Thank you all for the needed support. I bet most of you kind

of

> > > know how it feels to be made out to be the bad guy that is

never

> > > happy. That is how I felt the last few days. Now I do know

> that

> > > her head isn't all that great yet and that I'm not the only one

> > that

> > > sees it. Thanks

> > > Sandy Willow's Mom

April 6, 2005

Hey Girl, wow you really are a brave woman. Now you know we all want to see

those pictures. I have a scanner, mail them to me and I will get them on the

web site. I am serious. We all could use the encouragement. Now be patience

and give yourself time to heal. I hear 6-12 months for the final results.

You are going to be drop dead beautiful inside and out.

Donna Pinto

December 9, 2003

273\193

5ft 9 1/2

Little Rock

Dr. Hargroder and Dr. Wilshire

March 8, 2006

Sandy,

WOW, I thought you were lost!! How are ya? Are you still in

Germany?? I have thought about you and Willow -- how is she?

Jax is doing ok -- he's going through some things still -- he has

some funky skin condition and they think that he may have something

with his chromosomes or something... we seen a genetist a couple

weeks ago and are waiting on results now. Otherwise, he's doing

pretty good -- and big!

Eli is the new one -- he was born July 28th, 5 weeks early and had

a ton of problems where we weren't sure he'd make it. He was really

big for that early, 9#5 and spent several weeks in the NICU. I am

certain all this started with that as he was on an ventilator for so

long, and his head could only be in one position, looking right. His

plagio is on the right side, and he does have tort, too. He was

diagnosed with plagio at 3 months, and started the helmet when he

was a week past 4 months. He's doing healthy now, doesn't really

have anything left from his horrible start. His lungs are still

not " normal " yet, as one was collapsed and the other was quite

close. They said it could take a full 7 years to get to normal. He's

27 pounds now, and 7 months old. MASSIVE.

You have my email so if you'd like to fill me in on how you've

been, how Willow is, just send me one... I'd love to hear from you!

Kim

> >

> > Today Eli had an adjustment with the ortho (he goes every two

> weeks).

> > I thought things were going quite well, though he does have a

long

> way

> > to go yet. However, I felt a bit discouraged after he looked at

> him.

> > He first asked me how I felt, if I thought it was getting any

> better.

> > I think it is, so I told him that.. though I know he has quite a

> bit

> > of flat on the right side as well as the bossing and the full

> cheeck.

> > He didn't think he was doing so good though. He figured after

> being in

> > the helmet closing in on 3 months that he should be doing be

> getting

> > closer to being out of it. UGH.

> > So my thoughts are scrambled, and worrying. I absolutely refuse

> to

> > think of going the surgery route again, and though I know he can

> be in

> > the helmet for some time yet (he's 7 mo), it's very heart

> breaking.

> > He'll be going into his 2nd STARband soon, and just wondering...

> are

> > any of YOUR orthos like that.. ??

> >

> > UGH UGH

> >

> > Kim

> >

>

March 8, 2006