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hi Gail and Carol, I have never made fried oysters but I think it would

work. I use in on walleye and it stay on the fish but its a very light

batter. I like it.

Laverne

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CntW82BMe@... writes:

> <OK there use to be this place where you could look at dr. and people that

> have had this surgery in your area! i cant find it anywhere someone help me

>

> please? i need all the links again i looked and didn't find what i was

> looking

> for in the links here? thank you>

>

> Try ObesityHelp.com

in Sacramento, CA

Dr. in Burlingame, CA

Lap RNY 9-16

Starting weight 380

Pre-op weight... 311

Current weight... 292

Total weight loss... -88

Goal 130

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" Beauty is soul deep. Learn that and you may realize

that you are far more attractive than you ever thought. "

by Steve Goodier

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www.obesityhelp.com

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www.obesityhelp.com

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ok there use to be this place where you could look at dr. and people

that

have had this surgery in your area! i cant find it anywhere someone help

me

please? i need all the links again i looked and didnt find what i was

looking

for in the links here? thank you

[Guest guest]

> ok there use to be this place where you could look at dr. and

people that have had this surgery in your area! i cant find it

anywhere somone help me please? i need all the links again i looked

and didnt find what i was looking for in the links here? thank you<<<

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/home.phtml

Sheri

In Sunny Florida

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www.obesityhelp.com

question

> ok there use to be this place where you could look at dr. and people that

> have had this surgery in your area! i cant find it anywhere someone help

me

> please? i need all the links again i looked and didnt find what i was

looking

> for in the links here? thank you

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

- I'm sorry you're having such problems. I think the switch in

doctors will really help you. I will pray that this new doctor is able to

help you permanently. Hang in there.

Jeanne in WI

Age 39

Open RNY 05/21/2002

314/ 234/150-175

5' 8 "

djgraves@...

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:

I really feel for you honey. Yes, I went through it and it was

horrible. I've been scoped 5 times and dilated 3 times. I also know

what it's like to not be listened to. My Dr. and all of his staff

kept telling me that it was normal to be nauseous and vomiting.

After 3 1/2 months he finally ordered my first scope and I was

dilated. The nausea went away but then came back. After the third

dilation it was gone. Now I'm starting to get tiny twinges of nausea

when I eat and it's very disconcerting. I don't mind getting scoped

again and also dilated I just don't know how many times this

procedure can be done without doing damage to the stoma.

Hang in there and I'll be praying for you.

Love and Hugs,

Roe

> I am 9 weeks post op and have lost 73 pounds, but it's been a very

> hard journey. The exit to my pouch keeps closing up, I have been

> scoped 4 times already. I go into uncontrolable vomiting and severe

> nausea, I haven't kept anything, including liquids down in 12 days.

I

> finally saw a different doctor yesterday who scoped and dilated the

> pouch and recommends that we do it 2-3 more times. He actually

> listened to me, which I haven't been getting from my surgeon. My

> question is....has anyone else had to go through this and if so,

did

> it work?

>

> Thanks

>

>

[Guest guest]

Roe...thanks for your reply. I hate to say it, but I am glad to know

someone else has dealt with this. I woke up in recovery deathly ill,

they wheeled me back to my room holding a pan to throw up in. It

took me the first month before he would even believe I was throwing

up and finally did when I did it right in front of him. I have had

trouble getting my phone calls returned, I am starting to think that

since I am not the " perfect case " they don't want to deal with me.

I'm like you, I don't mind the scope, but I have missed so much work

since I went back from being ill that it's not even funny. I am

going to give this new doctor the benefit of knowing what he is doing

and will go through with the next 3 scopes and see what happens.

Thanks again for responding.

> > I am 9 weeks post op and have lost 73 pounds, but it's been a

very

> > hard journey. The exit to my pouch keeps closing up, I have been

> > scoped 4 times already. I go into uncontrolable vomiting and

severe

> > nausea, I haven't kept anything, including liquids down in 12

days.

> I

> > finally saw a different doctor yesterday who scoped and dilated

the

> > pouch and recommends that we do it 2-3 more times. He actually

> > listened to me, which I haven't been getting from my surgeon. My

> > question is....has anyone else had to go through this and if so,

> did

> > it work?

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

scream and shout until they hear you and I hope you feel better soon

TN

Re: Question

> Roe...thanks for your reply. I hate to say it, but I am glad to know

> someone else has dealt with this. I woke up in recovery deathly ill,

> they wheeled me back to my room holding a pan to throw up in. It

> took me the first month before he would even believe I was throwing

> up and finally did when I did it right in front of him. I have had

> trouble getting my phone calls returned, I am starting to think that

> since I am not the " perfect case " they don't want to deal with me.

> I'm like you, I don't mind the scope, but I have missed so much work

> since I went back from being ill that it's not even funny. I am

> going to give this new doctor the benefit of knowing what he is doing

> and will go through with the next 3 scopes and see what happens.

> Thanks again for responding.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> > > I am 9 weeks post op and have lost 73 pounds, but it's been a

> very

> > > hard journey. The exit to my pouch keeps closing up, I have been

> > > scoped 4 times already. I go into uncontrolable vomiting and

> severe

> > > nausea, I haven't kept anything, including liquids down in 12

> days.

> > I

> > > finally saw a different doctor yesterday who scoped and dilated

> the

> > > pouch and recommends that we do it 2-3 more times. He actually

> > > listened to me, which I haven't been getting from my surgeon. My

> > > question is....has anyone else had to go through this and if so,

> > did

> > > it work?

> > >

> > > Thanks

> > >

> > >

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

i ATTEMPT to use a manicure set on my nails usually every week and

then i do my best to polish them nicely without making too too much

of a mess LOL! but i feel it's better than nothing! i used to have

longish acrylic nails but i had to stop getting them done when it

started to hurt when they touched my hands...it makes me feel better

to have pretty hands and toes in the summer! gotta do something to

smile...

rachel

(not sure if this is the response you were looking for, but...)

> Has anyone used a manicure set to work on their fingernails and

> toenails? How does it work for you.

> Donna

[Guest guest]

Hi Have you heard that that stuff they use on your nails is toxic can

kill the nerves in your fingers i just heard that GEO

Re: Question

i ATTEMPT to use a manicure set on my nails usually every week and

then i do my best to polish them nicely without making too too much

of a mess LOL! but i feel it's better than nothing! i used to have

longish acrylic nails but i had to stop getting them done when it

started to hurt when they touched my hands...it makes me feel better

to have pretty hands and toes in the summer! gotta do something to

smile...

rachel

(not sure if this is the response you were looking for, but...)

> Has anyone used a manicure set to work on their fingernails and

> toenails? How does it work for you.

> Donna

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[Guest guest]

yes i have heard that(grrrr) and i don't get them done anymore i

guess for a few reasons then...but i just paint them pretty colors

now (no acrylic) so i think i'm safe right?

rachel

do you know how come noone's in the chat area?

> > Has anyone used a manicure set to work on their fingernails and

> > toenails? How does it work for you.

> > Donna

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I was thinking more in terms of necessity. I cannot clip my toenails

so I think I'll use the drimel (spell??) tool (thanks Geo). I would

like to paint my toenails too, but how do you get your foot up to

paint yours? My foot always slides away that's why I can't clip

them. Maybe Ronnie could tell me how to tie my calf to the back of

my thigh. LOL, but I'm serious. My left hand is also weak, so I

can't clip the nails on my right hand.

Thanks for responding,

Donna

> > Has anyone used a manicure set to work on their fingernails and

> > toenails? How does it work for you.

> > Donna

[Guest guest]

I haven't! Geo I'm impressed with your knowledge. Now help us

dance. I really hope you dance again.

Donna

> > Has anyone used a manicure set to work on their fingernails and

> > toenails? How does it work for you.

> > Donna

>

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[Guest guest]

,

On a serious note: I take a B vitamin complex tablet every morning and

B12 2000mcg SR daily. Also prescribed by my neuro, the B12, anyway. I

also take Selenium, 200 mcg daily, Beta Carotene 25,000 IUs, Vit E 1000

IUs, Flaxseed Oil 1000 mg, CoQ10 150 mg, Vit C 1000 mg and a Calcium,

Magnesium and Zinc supplement. Most of them have something to do with

increased circulation, nervie conduction and regeneration and fighting

free radicals. I do exercise when I can, but not as much as I used to. I

have lifted light weights for legs, back, arms, shoulders and legs. I

also have ridden a stationary bicycle for 20 to 45 minutes daily. My

progression has been very slow. I don't believe this is cause and

effect, however. I have no real proof of this, but it has worked for me

so far and I intend to continue. I may add some creatinine when I start

exercising again, since I have experienced some muscle atrophy lately.

Mike Gray

Wood wrote:

>Hi, I think that I know how to get my messages out to all of you.

>

>Is anybody taking folic acid, Vitamin B1 and B6.

>

>I take bacfolen 10 mg. before bed. I also take 5mg of folic acid, and

>Vitamin B1 (thiamin) prescribed by my neuro. The B6, I take on my own.

>

>Since I have been on all of this I am not as spastic and I don't trip and

>fall as much, I also walk much better.

>

>Are any of you that are able in an exercise program. Please let me know

>Am interested if within the first years of having PLS, if the vitamins and

>exercise slow this thing down.

>

> In Ottawa

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi

I went to Curves for Women for 2 1/2 years, started 2 years after

symptoms started when I was put off work. I went 5x a week until my

left leg started going into spasms before I could finish my 30

minutes. On stopping I immediately started with a Pilates tape for

exercise. That's great especially for getting some of your balance

back but stupid me sprained my neck doing the abs part.

Now I'm trying the Ab Lounge...yes I ordered it from TV. It's been

two weeks so far and its doing what its supposed to. I can make it

aerobic, bottom line there is no stress on the leg or the neck.

Did you read my post a few weeks ago where they found female ALS mice

when giving exercise daily increased their survival rate...but not

the males? It's attributed to exercises increasing female hormones

in the females which are neuroprotective.

I'm on the wing of anti-oxidant studies where we take CoQ10, Vit E,

Vit C and creatine. I was told of another wing that does the Vit Bs

and Folic Acid.

Hope that helps

Eva in Wv

[Guest guest]

Hi All ...

I know this has probably been asked and answered a million times, but how much

more dangerous are PVCs than PACs? I've just spent 3 hrs in Urgent Care. I

knew I wasn't exactly in a-fib as my rate stayed low and was pretty regular on

my " beeping watch " ... but you could hear the skipped beats. They said I was in

and out of a-fib, though during the EKG strip I was in NSR (the monitor

afterward showed the in and out). As I was leaving (they couldn't really do

anything except rule out imminent death) the doctor said that ventricular stuff

is more dangerous than atrial stuff, even PVCs, so to " keep an eye on it " and

" report any runs of it " ... like, hello? I'm here because it's been going on

since Wednesday afternoon. With all else that's going on with me personally (I

had to put my very ill cat to sleep on Wednesday morning) and medically (spleen

definitely coming out, lymphoma still a possibility, fear a constant), I do NOT

need this new development.

Any knowledge, support, encouragement appreciated. Thanks.

Toni

CA

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Brenta ... I'm sure running on empty emotionally these days. Trying

to have courage and all that. I'm on the 3rd day of the PVCs ... very

disconcerting. Similar to the a-fib feeling, but worse because I get these

waves of

light-headedness. I was gonna clean my house today which has been neglected

due to the stress and fear I've been under and all the crying I've done the

past couple weeks ... and now I have no energy to do it. Am being a slug and

feeling bad about that as well. But it's good to know they aren't as dangerous

as was hinted at in Urgent Care. Though they did send me back to work in the

same condition, so I figured they weren't that worried. I'm just SICK of all

this stuff ... I know you all understand. I'll be back up soon I'm sure!

Toni

CA

[Guest guest]

Toni, I too have had runs of PVCs when I have been very ill or stressed, but

my doctors say not to worry--everyone has them at times.I went to the ER

with them one time and nobody got terribly excited there either. And in

fact, a number of people I know with no heart disease do tell me they have

them from time to time. Although PVCs can be very disconcerting mine

usually don't last but a few hours at a time and do not happen for very many

days--certainly not after my illness/stress level have improved. Perhaps as

your stress is reduced they will go away, but I agree you certainly don't

need anything else to worry about right now!

Good luck,

Brenta

Question

>

> Hi All ...

>

>...As I was leaving (they couldn't really do anything except rule out

>imminent death) the doctor said that ventricular stuff is more dangerous

>than atrial stuff, even PVCs, so to " keep an eye on it " and " report any

>runs of it " ... like, hello? I'm here because it's been going on since

>Wednesday afternoon. With all else that's going on with me personally (I

>had to put my very ill cat to sleep on Wednesday morning) and medically

>(spleen definitely coming out, lymphoma still a possibility, fear a

>constant), I do NOT need this new development.

>

> Any knowledge, support, encouragement appreciated. Thanks.

>

> Toni

> CA

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Toni, first I want to offer my condolences on the loss of your cat. You have

been under a lot of emotional stress. I think it's a good sign that you even

thought of cleaning your house. Maybe if you can take on one part of one

room and then rest. See how you feel. You are not a slug at all. You have

been

dealing with a lot! On second thought, why not give yourself a break, forget

about cleaning, and instead do something really nice for yourself (go to a

spa to get your nails done or a massage or a facial, or whatever would make you

feel relaxed and make you feel a bit better)?

I started having frequent PVC's as well as ventricular trigeminy and

ventricular quadrigeminy a few years ago. My EP raised my dose of Toprol and

that

took care of it. (I was still having them, but couldn't feel them.) This was

all during a time that I was emotionally overburdened. I stayed on the higher

dose of Toprol until recently -- when starting Dofetilide my Toprol was reduced

by half because my rate was so slow at rest (in the low 40's). I was afraid

that the ventricular arrhythmias would re-appear, but they did not. I think

they will go away as you move along with everything you're dealing with. Are

you presently taking any betablockers? Anyhow, I want you to know that I feel

for you. Those PVC's are very disconcerting. I still have one or two on a

daily basis, but haven't had a run of them for quite awhile, thank goodness.

Are you able to sleep? Do they wake you up? Take care, Sandy

indiaink99@... writes:

>

> Thanks, Brenta ... I'm sure running on empty emotionally these days. Trying

>

> to have courage and all that. I'm on the 3rd day of the PVCs ... very

> disconcerting. Similar to the a-fib feeling, but worse because I get these

> waves of

> light-headedness. I was gonna clean my house today which has been neglected

>

> due to the stress and fear I've been under and all the crying I've done the

> past couple weeks ... and now I have no energy to do it. Am being a slug

> and

> feeling bad about that as well. But it's good to know they aren't as

> dangerous

> as was hinted at in Urgent Care. Though they did send me back to work in

> the

> same condition, so I figured they weren't that worried. I'm just SICK of

> all

> this stuff ... I know you all understand. I'll be back up soon I'm sure!

>

> Toni

> CA

>

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In a message dated 11/13/04 11:27:23 AM Pacific Standard Time,

RaichelRidge@... writes:

> I wish I

> could come over and visit you right now. Sandy

>

Me too ... I could really use a long hug. :/

Toni