RE: Newbie--introduction

[Guest guest]

Faith,

I, too, have horrible pain in the bottoms of my feet when I get up in

the morning. I'm just now in the beginning stages of getting this

surgery in order so that is one thing on my " I hope to improve after

surgery " list! When I get out of bed, I just shuffle for the first

couple of minutes and probably look like I'm 90+. It's mostly pain

in the heels. I pray that goes away once I get this surgery!!! Good

luck to you...you have quite a busy life!

Jill

Tx

[Guest guest]

Faith, what wonderful reasons for wanting to change your weight. You must

be incredibly special to take one special needs children. You certainly

have your hands full. Being overweight my feet always hurt. I blamed the

Diabetes, but with only 35# lost, they hurt very little now. If you had

feet problems when you were thinner, this may not fix the problem, but I

certainly know that much of my pain was from swelling, which was gone a week

after surgery. Also I had GERD, but haven't had a single problem since

surgery, 6 weeks ago! Also tons of problems with periods, fertility, and

carrying to full term (reading posts from here it sounds like many are

healthier to carry a baby after losing the weight). I wonder how these

related to overweight? I applaud your decision to make changes before your

lab work shows up bad. Mine was blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides,

blood sugar, kidney disease. I wish I'd had this surgery long before this

all happened, but can't look back now....just look forward to much better,

healthier times. Keep us posted as to your progress.

Joan

LAP RNY 11/18/03

Dr. Higa, Fresno, CA

282pre-op/275surg/240/140