Guest guest Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Hi , my name is Helen and I live in Sydney. I had rny bypass last year. It is rare to find someone in australia who has had this surgery. Where do you live? I am over a year out, so would love to help you with any questions you may have . Reply to me if you would like to. Looking forward to hearing from you. Helen > >Reply-To: GastricBypass-LOSERS >To: <GastricBypass-LOSERS > >Subject: New Member >Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:55:25 +0930 > >Hi everyone, >I'm from Australia and had my WLS on the 10th May this year. I have >already lost 12 kilos which is about 26 pounds I think. I am still feeling >very tired but it is getting better. I go back to work next wednesday after >being off of work for 4 weeks because of the surgery. I am coping well with >what foods I can eat and cannot eat. I will admit though I need to do more >walking. My clothes are starting to become very lose. Like the pants I have >on now if I take 2 steps they fall down around my ankles. LOL. I know I >must get new ones. > >I am busy planning my sons 1st birthday which is in 3 weeks. I am just >going to have friends and family over for a celebration. It should be >great. > >I look forward to getting to know you all. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Hello Pam, Welcome to the group......I am just over six weeks out. How are you doing with everything? Mike in California New member Hello, my name is Pam and I live near Houston, Tx. I am 4 weeks out from surgery and started reading some of the messages at this site about 2 weeks ago. I am amazed at the honesty and comforted by all the support. I learned so much from reading all the messages. Thank you so much! We are a very active support group. If the email becomes overwhelming, please change your setting to NO EMAIL! Please contact Group Creator Robyn@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Hi Pam - welcome to the group! I have been a member for over a month now and I love it here! I can't wait to have the surgery myself. How was it for you? A lot of pain? Any complications? Did they have you do a liquid diet beforehand? Mindy " pam.madison " wrote: Hello, my name is Pam and I live near Houston, Tx. I am 4 weeks out from surgery and started reading some of the messages at this site about 2 weeks ago. I am amazed at the honesty and comforted by all the support. I learned so much from reading all the messages. Thank you so much! We are a very active support group. If the email becomes overwhelming, please change your setting to NO EMAIL! Please contact Group Creator Robyn@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hi My doctor 5 years ago told me that I have fibro and there is no cure for it. I had it longer than that I am tired of hurting all the time. It seams like fibro has took over my life. I stop going to college last week because of IBS. I only told a few people about it. I told my sister she wanted to know more about it, it was hard to tell her something I hardly know about. I put myself on a liquid diet to help slow down on IBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Welcome Ann. Wow. Alot is going on in your life. How difficult to have all the problems with these kids. I sure understand kicking the one out with the drug problem. And also realize that if your husband makes you happy, you are entitled to that. I think it is wonderful that you found someone with that kind of love between you. And the doctors.... their are alot of them like that. Many still believe we are crazy. Keep looking for one. Don't give up because fibro is slowly being recognized as a real illness and it HURTS. Take care, Debra V. Ann Humeniuk wrote: I am a new member and I hoping that I can connect with some one who has the same or some of my symptoms that I have. I am 48 years old , in a new marriage 2 and 1/2 years and I have never been happier. On my side of the children , I haven't talked to my son in almost one year. he didn't agree with who I married. or maybe the fact that I got married in the first place. My daughter has two children and I don't hear from her unless she needs a baby siter. She works and is the main person who take care of the children.. Her husband is a good father bt doesn't help very much that I can see. I the only time I see her is when my husband and I go over to their house or when I call he .. I know she is busy but I think she could call and check on me some times. She married a man who is just like her dad except that fact that her husband doesn't beat her like her dad did me. But other wise they spend most of their time at her in-laws house. Then there is the step children, One I don't talk to at all we have a order of protection against him, he was living with us and we found out he was doing drugs and kicked him out. We didn't kick his girlfriend or his baby out just him, but she choose to leave anyway. Long story short they broke up and he convinced us that he changed and moved back in with a girl that he was going to marry. Again we found he was doing drugs and asked him to leave. He left for the night and her with him, the next day I called a meting between his dad and him to work things out but it didn't go well, he threatened to kill us and we ended up putting an order of protection against him. we try very hard to keep in contact with him but every time we try he takes his time but ends up taking advantage of us. Then there is his oldest daughter. I love all of these children but this one who is unappreciative. Her and her boyfriend wanted to buy this house they didn't have the money to pay the down payment so we pay it. With in 8 months she decided to leave the house and him. When we talked to him about the house he aid that he wanted the house, he said that he would keep up the payments, and with in a year he would get his credit rating fixed so he could qualify for the loan in his own name. Well that didn't happen, he called in Feb and was gone in March not paying any of the bills. So for 30,000 we kept up both houses and repaired all of the stuff that needed repairing. He wouldn't give us he key to the house, the mail box or the garage door opener. We also replaced the carpet and blinds. We tried to move in to that house and sell the house we were in but there were no takes and we dropped the selling price 12 thousand dollars lower than the appraisal. In the mean time we found out that I have 5 herniated discs in my back and fibomyalgia. Then the siezers started about the same time we acquired the second house. We got a little smarter this time we had her sign a agreement that in 60 days she will start paying rent or move out. The dr. has me on all of these pain meds because all of you know how pain full this disease is, so my step son when he get mad at me calls me a drug addict. Truthfully sometimes I do feel like one. So as you can tell there is a lot of stress in my life the only steady thing I have is my love of my life. He is the best thing that god has blessed me with in the last 5 years. I am not trying to get symphony, I am trying to get some answers. I was looking at the infomation on the web site and I have all 18 areas of pain plus the pain in my back. I now walk with a walker just to ensure that I don't fall. I don't drive, I could take it if I had a siezers and killed someone, so it is my choice not to drive but it is also very confining. I sit most of the time and watch tv unless my man is home and then he does everthing he can to clean the house, cook and take me where I need to go. the problem with that is his shift changes every two weeks. days nights and two weeks of anything, days and nights. We have three dogs and I can't say that they couldn't be any better for me. They are the one's that make me get up and do things for them or I would just stay in bed until I needed to shower or get something to drink ect. So there is my story I am sure that I left alot out but for the most part you all get the drift. Is there anyone out there who can give me some suggstions that I haven't already tried. my pain is about an 8 most of the time I have been to a total of 15 dr's and yest most of them say that it is all in my head. I know that it is not, it is real and I am going to prove to these SOB's that it is and there is someting out there that helps. Thanks for listenting and have a great weekend.....................................Ann __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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