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Hi Dot,

Welcome to AC. You will find us a warm, funny, supportive, chatty group. I hope you like us and jump right in.

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Hello,I am new to the list and would like to lose approximately 30 pounds. It seems that once I hit the magic number of 40, several years ago, the weight just appeared overnight and is murder to lose. It must like the way I feed it, lol. Also, I think there is a problem. I see that there are several messages posted yesterday and still more today, and I have not received any. Do I have to be pre-approved? Maybe send in a urine or blood sample? LOL. Actually, I read there was a problem with the Yahoo groups and maybe that is the culprit. Back to the subject; I am not good at calculating the carb grams in food, and I hope I can learn more here. I find that there are several good items available by Dr. Atkins (few and far between), and the best I have found is his Strawberry drink in a can. I discovered this about 2 days ago, and am limiting the drink to once a day. I have lost 4½ pounds this week. I had lost 20 last year, but found 10 during the holidays, starting with Thanksgiving, and it seems more difficult to restart the program. I have started and restarted about 5 times since January 1!!! Not gooooood. But this time around, I am doing better than the past several months. Hope everyone here is doing well and I hope to receive some email from this list soon.Thanks,Dot <--heading for the scalePlease visit our homepage at http://members.xoom.com/AChallengersYou will find information, recipes, before and after pictures.To contact the list owner please send mail to lindag@...Visit our 2000 Train Tour Site - http://www.brunnet.net/k & l/web_site_train_tour/actraintour.htm

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received any. Do I have to be pre-approved? Maybe send in a urine or blood sample? LOL

Welcome to the list Dot. Please send your urine sample to the listowner as soon as possible....

*LOL*

Glad to have you here. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon!

Kari

[Guest guest]

And welcome back Kari even if it only for a brief encounter as we know you

can not leave us for too long.

norma

[Guest guest]

Dot, Welcome to the list! We are so happy to have you. Many of us have

started and restarded countless times. I was on that roller coaster until

Dianne's Survivor Island challenge 2 months ago. Somehow, I really stuck to

it, and did not cheat at all. Although I only lost 10 pounds so far, I am

feeling better and hope to continue the good habits I have cultivated. You

will find that a new challenge (hence, " Atkins Challengers " ) will jump start

your motivation every now and then. Best of Luck!! (aka

Christabelle) :~)

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Hello,

I am new to the list and would like to lose approximately 30 pounds.

It seems that once I hit the magic number of 40, several years ago,

the weight just appeared overnight and is murder to lose. It must

like the way I feed it, lol.

Also, I think there is a problem. I see that there are several

messages posted yesterday and still more today, and I have not

received any. Do I have to be pre-approved? Maybe send in a urine

or blood sample? LOL. Actually, I read there was a problem with the

Yahoo groups and maybe that is the culprit.

Back to the subject; I am not good at calculating the carb grams in

food, and I hope I can learn more here. I find that there are

several good items available by Dr. Atkins (few and far between), and

the best I have found is his Strawberry drink in a can. I discovered

this about 2 days ago, and am limiting the drink to once a day. I

have lost 4½ pounds this week. I had lost 20 last year, but found 10

during the holidays, starting with Thanksgiving, and it seems more

difficult to restart the program. I have started and restarted about

5 times since January 1!!! Not gooooood. But this time around, I am

doing better than the past several months.

Hope everyone here is doing well and I hope to receive some email

from this list soon.

Thanks,

Dot <--heading for the scale

Please visit our homepage at http://members.xoom.com/AChallengers

You will find information, recipes, before and after pictures.

To contact the list owner please send mail to lindag@...

Visit our 2000 Train Tour Site -

http://www.brunnet.net/k & l/web_site_train_tour/actraintour.htm

[Guest guest]

Hi Dot! Glad to see you here~you will like it here they are your kind

of people~I've been here a long time but I don't post too often,anyhoo,

welcome

ALICE >*;*<

[Guest guest]

Hi Pierre,

Oh no problem at all. I am somewhat of a newbie because I've

forgotten some things, and a few things have changed, so its good to

have someone reinforce my learning. I've looked through a lot of

the posts here and you seem to be very knowledgable and caring, so

any input from you I treat as gold.

I should find out next week if I'm on the transplant list at Mayo.

-The Wombat

> Hi again Wombat.

>

> I didn't realize either this was your second run at dialysis. Like

you said,

> we do what we have to. I hope you get another crack at a

transplant soon,

> but not before I do, to be honest

>

> Sorry if I replied to any of your posts as if you were a newbie on

dialysis.

> Most of the people we deal with here are always newbies, so,

sometimes I

> just assume.

>

> Pierre

>

> Re: New

>

>

> > Hi ,

> >

> > I don't think I said before what had happened to me. It was a

rough

> > week; finding out that my kidney had failed, going on dialysis,

> > having to have a temporary chest catheter, losing my job; all in

one

> > week. My family has a saying; the only look we get seems to be

bad.

> > LOL.

> >

> > But hey. you do what you do to get through. I'm getting HD, I'm

a

> > big guy and they didn't think PD would work for me.

> >

> > The worst thing right now is getting used to fluid

restrictions. I

> > live in the Phoenix area and this 110 degree days are killer.

> >

> > Anyway,appreciate your kind thoughts.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > -The Wombat

[Guest guest]

Hi Mia,

If you think you have blood in your urine and have pain while

urinating you might want to check back with the doctor on the

results of your tests. Better to be sure there isn't any problems.

But those can be the symptoms of something going on with your

kidneys.

Good luck and hoping everything will be fine.

-The Wombat

[Guest guest]

Hi Mia

If you look in the " Renal Insufficiency " section of www.igan.ca , you will

see I've listed things that people might feel or have -- all based on my own

experience and that of others I've spoken to.

Pierre

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> Hi my name's Mia

> I'm a new member from Wisconsin.

> about ten years ago I was diagnosed with IGA nephropathy.

> If I do what I can, such as diet, exercise, Tai Chi, I can eliminate some

of my discomforting symptoms. If I encounter alot of stress, I feel yuk.

> I just found out that my stepson has a pretty serious form of cancer. I

also have a thirteen year old daughter with raging hormones, who's having

difficulty with the illness of her stepbrother. This has caused much stress

in my life.

>

> Lately, I've been feeling extremely nauseated. My urine looks as if it

has blood in it. I cannot go an entire night without going to the

bathroom....I almost had an accident last night, which is humiliating.... I

have flank pain that's very discomforting...especially if I urinate or even

cough. I'm tired quite often as well.

> I had a blood test done on Tuesday morning. I haven't heard anything from

my physician, so I am assuming that my tests came back okay.....but it

doesn't explain why I'm feeling so miserable lately. Has anyone ever

experienced this when under stress?

> How does one feel if they are experiencing renal failure?

> What are some of the symptoms?

> I've enjoyed reading posts from others in this group. It makes me feel

not so alone with IGA.

>

> thanks

> Mia

>

>

[Guest guest]

hi My name is Tashelle. I just learned today that my mother has breast

cancer. It has come as such a shock and i am just devastated. I am 33

my mother is 56. I need someone to talk to about this. She still has

to run more tests so that they can learn what stage she is in. Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hi Tashelle,

I am sorry to hear about your Mom. Breast cancer is not the death sentence it was once thought to be. I am a 15 1/2 yr survivor and there are ladies in the group that are farther along than I am.

Please feel free to ask questions etc. We would love to have your Mom join the group also if she would like. I will keep you both in my prayers.

Hugs

nne

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hi My name is Tashelle. I just learned today that my mother has breast cancer. It has come as such a shock and i am just devastated. I am 33 my mother is 56. I need someone to talk to about this. She still has to run more tests so that they can learn what stage she is in. Thanks

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I'm so sorry you are having a hard time. Let it out! I'm a firm

believer that holding in our feelings only makes things worse. You

finance knew going in about your diagnosis and he didn't run away.

Maybe he needs to listen to you. I know with my husband that if he

at least listens to me he feels he is helping me. He can't cure the

cancer, but he can help me deal with it and feel better about

myself.

As for the kids, I'll tell you what everyone tells me...let the

guilt go. I have a 4 year old and I sometimes I feel so bad as a

mother that I'm not playing enough with her or that she has to

curtail her activities based on my blood counts. But this is our

life right now. Not forever, just for awhile. I'm sure your kids

love you and want to help you get better. As for seeing yourself

with them I tell myself that I have as good of odds of seeing my

daughter grow up as the next person. No one knows what life has in

store for us, so make your plans for the future and get on with

living them.

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Please continue to talk

here, this is such a good group. We are all here for you.

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much. Only a few people know I have cancer. I just get so worked up when I have to have blood work done that I feel like I am going crazy. I see things flash right before me. Sometimes I don't even remember what I did or said 2 minutes after I did it or said it. I know it makes everybody mad, but what they don't know is it make me even more mad than them. I do try and take it one day at a time, but with five kids it is hard. My doctor saying I am a hard patient, but very out spoken. He says I speak my mind about everything but my feels about me. That is what I am hoping to overcome with joining this group. I am hoping it works!!!!!!!!!!wayuphere2003 wrote: Amy,I'm so sorry you are having a hard time. Let it out! I'm a firm believer that holding in our feelings only makes things

worse. You finance knew going in about your diagnosis and he didn't run away. Maybe he needs to listen to you. I know with my husband that if he at least listens to me he feels he is helping me. He can't cure the cancer, but he can help me deal with it and feel better about myself. As for the kids, I'll tell you what everyone tells me...let the guilt go. I have a 4 year old and I sometimes I feel so bad as a mother that I'm not playing enough with her or that she has to curtail her activities based on my blood counts. But this is our life right now. Not forever, just for awhile. I'm sure your kids love you and want to help you get better. As for seeing yourself with them I tell myself that I have as good of odds of seeing my daughter grow up as the next person. No one knows what life has in store for us, so make your plans for the future and get on

with living them.I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Please continue to talk here, this is such a good group. We are all here for you.

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[Guest guest]

Amy

So have you had surgery or are you in the really new stage.....just finding out and having to wait, and wait, and wait, for information. Just checking to see what stage you are in.

Janet

IDC

[Guest guest]

Dear Amy, I am 47.I am a single mother of a daughter in college. I had left my second husband of 8 years because of domestic violence and was out dealing with all that when I found THE LUMP.Well I am in the health field for many years, have a mother who is a breast cancer survivor of 13 years. I also watched (and cared for) my mother in law, she died from breast cancer, but she NEVER had a mammo, nor acknowledged a rather large lump in her breast. I chose LIFE. I was dx'd last June, had a lumpectomy,sentinael node biopsy which became a dissection, then a port put in surgically, then 5.5 months of aggressive chemo, then radiation, am just finishing.I was dx'd in june 05, was moving, had a daughter who graduated high school, went to college, in a new relationship with an old high school friend who never forgot me, he stayed with me even when I tried to break up with him because I thought the whole thing was unfair to him.I

would say I am a very lucky person. Cancer really has changed my life for the better.It WAS hard, I cried alot and still do sometimes. I was very afraid as I knew to much. Chemo scared me, but I did it(I almost quit after 2tx's), but hung in there.I thought about all the things I wanted to see(like my daughter graduate from college with a teaching degree,like the places I wanted to travel to... I became very informed and got second opinions.I let people help me, someting I'm bad with.People showed me there are angels on Earth. I was open about my cancer and my treatments. I worked when I was able and rested when I couldn't.It has been a long journey,but I am still standing.....Be well.YOU can do this!!!!!!!!amy leis wrote: I am new to this group. I joined because I really need to talk to people that are

going thur what I am going thur. I am a private person and was raised to take care of my family first. My problems are my problems are should be kept last. But ever since I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. I have found that keeping it all inside is make me go crazy. I yell all the time. I have 3 kids of my own and my fiancee has 2 kids. We started seeing each other 7 months after I was diagnosed. It scared me to get involved with him because of my health. I am not use to somebody caring about me. I am still trying to readjust my habits about keeping it to myself. My doctor thought that maybe if I joined one of these groups it will help me. I don't want to lose my fiancee or my kids(I consider his kids my family too). Reading some of the true life stories about what some of you are going thur makes me feel more secure about myself. I even get scared when I look at my breast. The question always is "What

is going to happen the next time I go in?". I am sure that is a question that is asked a lot. But I still have a hard time talking about my problems and I am hoping that this group will help me be able to talk to my fiancee a little more freely. I look at them every night and I see them but I never see me with them. My doctor says I have to open up to them and then maybe I can see myself with my family. Any good advice is welcomed. I am up to suggestions.

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[Guest guest]

Marina,

Welcome to the group. You have a wonderful boyfriend and your attitude sounds great. When I was diagnosed back in 1990, my kids were already married, but I told them I wasn't going anywhere and was going to stick around to see my grandchildren and drive them (our kids) nuts!! LOL

To me my bc was a blessing. It made me stop and smell the roses and appreciate the small things in life.

Hugs

nne

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Dear Amy,

I am 47.I am a single mother of a daughter in college. I had left my second husband of 8 years because of domestic violence and was out dealing with all that when I found THE LUMP.Well I am in the health field for many years, have a mother who is a breast cancer survivor of 13 years. I also watched (and cared for) my mother in law, she died from breast cancer, but she NEVER had a mammo, nor acknowledged a rather large lump in her breast. I chose LIFE. I was dx'd last June, had a lumpectomy,sentinael node biopsy which became a dissection, then a port put in surgically, then 5.5 months of aggressive chemo, then radiation, am just finishing.I was dx'd in june 05, was moving, had a daughter who graduated high school, went to college, in a new relationship with an old high school friend who never forgot me, he stayed with me even when I tried to break up with him because I thought the whole thing was unfair to him.I would say I am a very lucky person. Cancer really has changed my life for the better.It WAS hard, I cried alot and still do sometimes. I was very afraid as I knew to much. Chemo scared me, but I did it(I almost quit after 2tx's), but hung in there.I thought about all the things I wanted to see(like my daughter graduate from college with a teaching degree,like the places I wanted to travel to... I became very informed and got second opinions.I let people help me, someting I'm bad with.People showed me there are angels on Earth. I was open about my cancer and my treatments. I worked when I was able and rested when I couldn't.It has been a long journey,but I am still standing.....Be well.YOU can do this!!!!!!!!amy leis wrote:

I am new to this group. I joined because I really need to talk to people that are going thur what I am going thur. I am a private person and was raised to take care of my family first. My problems are my problems are should be kept last. But ever since I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. I have found that keeping it all inside is make me go crazy. I yell all the time. I have 3 kids of my own and my fiancee has 2 kids. We started seeing each other 7 months after I was diagnosed. It scared me to get involved with him because of my health. I am not use to somebody caring about me. I am still trying to readjust my habits about keeping it to myself. My doctor thought that maybe if I joined one of these groups it will help me. I don't want to lose my fiancee or my kids(I consider his kids my family too). Reading some of the true life stories about what some of you are going thur makes me feel more secure about myself. I even get scared when I look at my breast. The question always is "What is going to happen the next time I go in?". I am sure that is a question that is asked a lot. But I still have a hard time talking about my problems and I am hoping that this group will help me be able to talk to my fiancee a little more freely. I look at them every night and I see them but I never see me with them. My doctor says I have to open up to them and then maybe I can see myself with my family. Any good advice is welcomed. I am up to suggestions.

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[Guest guest]

Amy,

I am sorry you are having a hard time with this. Having this

diagnosis is never easy and it can be hard discussing your feelings

and emotions with others. Getting involved in online and in-person

support groups could benefit you greatly in the sense that you will

be given an opportunity to share your feelings about what you are

going through. Keep strong and know that we are here to help you and

hear you.

Take care,

Ingrid

>

> I am new to this group. I joined because I really need to talk to

> people that are going thur what I am going thur. I am a private

> person and was raised to take care of my family first. My problems

> are my problems are should be kept last. But ever since I was

> diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. I have found that keeping it

> all inside is make me go crazy. I yell all the time. I have 3 kids

> of my own and my fiancee has 2 kids. We started seeing each other 7

> months after I was diagnosed. It scared me to get involved with him

> because of my health. I am not use to somebody caring about me. I

am

> still trying to readjust my habits about keeping it to myself. My

> doctor thought that maybe if I joined one of these groups it will

> help me. I don't want to lose my fiancee or my kids(I consider his

> kids my family too). Reading some of the true life stories about

> what some of you are going thur makes me feel more secure about

> myself. I even get scared when I look at my breast. The question

> always is " What is going to happen the next time I go in? " . I am

> sure that is a question that is asked a lot. But I still have a

hard

> time talking about my problems and I am hoping that this group will

> help me be able to talk to my fiancee a little more freely. I look

> at them every night and I see them but I never see me with them. My

> doctor says I have to open up to them and then maybe I can see

> myself with my family. Any good advice is welcomed. I am up to

> suggestions.

>