Newbie

October 7, 2003

Hi ,

Welcome.

Know what it is like to fall off and then get back on. I just had to

do the same thing. I lost nearly 20 lbs by March of this year and by

July or August it was back on again. I started working fulltime and

commuting so I did not have as much time to devote to excersize like

I was before. Well, now I am back down the 20 and need to lose

another 60. OMG... that sounds horrible.. but the truth! Only thing

scarry about this last time is I went 5 lbs over what I had ever

weight in my life! It happened shortly after a Chinese lunch I went

out to with the girls at work for a going away for a co-worker. I

think the Chinese food was quite salty and all but I had gone up to

between 245 and 250. Talk about scarred. Never been there in my

life and don't ever want to see it again! I got motivated real fast

and here I am. Now I am hoping to see 200 sometime in not to far off

in the future. I think I can do it.

Seeing all the successes in this group along with my own helps!

Dianne

> *waves* Hi, all. I'm new here, and just wanted to introduce myself.

I

> was nosing through a bunch of Yahoo! Groups before I found this

one,

> which is just exactly what I was searching for.

> I've been on a 1400 calorie diet, 60 minute cardio x 6 days a week

> self-made plan. During the summer it went really well. I lost 15

> pounds in 7 weeks. Then, I had a vacation where I completely

> neglected my calorie-counting and exercise. Next week that I got

> home, I though " Oh well. I messed that one up! O- Look, a donut! "

And

> so, I got off track. I restarted my plan a couple weeks ago and

> revised it to better fit my schedule. I'm hoping that with the

> support I find here, I can prevent that from happening again. I'm

> looking forward from hearing from you. Thanks for enduring my

> senseless blabber. TTFN

> ~

January 21, 2004

Hi There h,

I'm 39 with 3 very large pedunculated fibroids (about

15 cms X 12cms) with no children yet. I will not even

consider surgery until I try to get pregnant & give

birht which should be soon. I don't want to take the

risk of possible hysterectomy! I would highly

recommmend you get other opinions on your options

other than hysterectomy...

All the Best,

Nadine

--- reneeh35_07050 wrote:

>I am 39 years old with no children and I have HUGE, MASSIVE fibroids

> the size of Florida. Looks like I am going to have to have a

> hysterectomy.

January 21, 2004

Hi There h,

I'm 39 with 3 very large pedunculated fibroids (about

15 cms X 12cms) with no children yet. I will not even

consider surgery until I try to get pregnant & give

birht which should be soon. I don't want to take the

risk of possible hysterectomy! I would highly

recommmend you get other opinions on your options

other than hysterectomy...

All the Best,

Nadine

--- reneeh35_07050 wrote:

>I am 39 years old with no children and I have HUGE, MASSIVE fibroids

> the size of Florida. Looks like I am going to have to have a

> hysterectomy.

January 21, 2004

Hi There h,

I'm 39 with 3 very large pedunculated fibroids (about

15 cms X 12cms) with no children yet. I will not even

consider surgery until I try to get pregnant & give

birht which should be soon. I don't want to take the

risk of possible hysterectomy! I would highly

recommmend you get other opinions on your options

other than hysterectomy...

All the Best,

Nadine

--- reneeh35_07050 wrote:

>I am 39 years old with no children and I have HUGE, MASSIVE fibroids

> the size of Florida. Looks like I am going to have to have a

> hysterectomy.

November 5, 2005

,

Welcome to the list.

My son is a bit older than many, he's 15. Ian has a bilateral degenerative

conductive loss. He is aided in both ears and has supports in place to he can

attend our local high school. He's a sophomore.

Ian was 7 when we learned of his hearing loss. His lip reading ability and

other coping skills helped us NOT find out about his loss for so long. He spoke

clearly and was doing fine in school until he was suddenly struggling in 2nd

grade. If only I knew then what I know now (grin).

That was about 8 years ago and I wish I'd found this list back then. It is a

wonderful place filled with warm and helpful people. We share everything

from doctor info, aid care advice, potty training, SAT testing paperwork .. good

stuff, bad stuff, bragging moments and tears.

The Listen-Up website is filled with a great collection of links and

resources and information so take some time poking around.

We'll offer comments and advice and support for just about any situation and

any decision you are making. Feel free to listen to us, ignore us, take a

little from different people and mix it together ... the right choices are

always what works for your kid. The people here respect that and we try to help

you find that.

So, ask lots of questions. There are no stupid ones, even if they sound

silly to you. We've all asked them and have no trouble. Ask away, don't be

shy.

Again, welcome to the list -- Jill

November 5, 2005

,

Welcome to the list.

My son is a bit older than many, he's 15. Ian has a bilateral degenerative

conductive loss. He is aided in both ears and has supports in place to he can

attend our local high school. He's a sophomore.

Ian was 7 when we learned of his hearing loss. His lip reading ability and

other coping skills helped us NOT find out about his loss for so long. He spoke

clearly and was doing fine in school until he was suddenly struggling in 2nd

grade. If only I knew then what I know now (grin).

That was about 8 years ago and I wish I'd found this list back then. It is a

wonderful place filled with warm and helpful people. We share everything

from doctor info, aid care advice, potty training, SAT testing paperwork .. good

stuff, bad stuff, bragging moments and tears.

The Listen-Up website is filled with a great collection of links and

resources and information so take some time poking around.

We'll offer comments and advice and support for just about any situation and

any decision you are making. Feel free to listen to us, ignore us, take a

little from different people and mix it together ... the right choices are

always what works for your kid. The people here respect that and we try to help

you find that.

So, ask lots of questions. There are no stupid ones, even if they sound

silly to you. We've all asked them and have no trouble. Ask away, don't be

shy.

Again, welcome to the list -- Jill

November 5, 2005

,

Welcome to the list.

My son is a bit older than many, he's 15. Ian has a bilateral degenerative

conductive loss. He is aided in both ears and has supports in place to he can

attend our local high school. He's a sophomore.

Ian was 7 when we learned of his hearing loss. His lip reading ability and

other coping skills helped us NOT find out about his loss for so long. He spoke

clearly and was doing fine in school until he was suddenly struggling in 2nd

grade. If only I knew then what I know now (grin).

That was about 8 years ago and I wish I'd found this list back then. It is a

wonderful place filled with warm and helpful people. We share everything

from doctor info, aid care advice, potty training, SAT testing paperwork .. good

stuff, bad stuff, bragging moments and tears.

The Listen-Up website is filled with a great collection of links and

resources and information so take some time poking around.

We'll offer comments and advice and support for just about any situation and

any decision you are making. Feel free to listen to us, ignore us, take a

little from different people and mix it together ... the right choices are

always what works for your kid. The people here respect that and we try to help

you find that.

So, ask lots of questions. There are no stupid ones, even if they sound

silly to you. We've all asked them and have no trouble. Ask away, don't be

shy.

Again, welcome to the list -- Jill

September 29, 2006

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there are many ladies that get back to where they were before surgery, chemo,

radiation. You are in my prayers.

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Newbie

Hi All,

This is my first post to this list, so I'll just try to describe

myself and my experiences with the big C. I am now " cancer free " .

I'm 68 and a year and a half out from my diagnosis with stage 1,

invasive, HR breast cancer. I've had a lumpectomy followed by

radiation followed by the discovery that I am BRCA2. I proceeded

with a prophylactic double mastectomy followed by reconstruction

last March. I've been on Arimidex for the past year but have been in

chronic pain most of the time. Now I'm off the Arimidex and waiting

another week before I start on monthly shots instead.

I'll tell you, I'm pooped. I worked full time until last March when

I just gave up and decided to retire - not that I could afford to,

but that I simply could not keep working.

I'm not sure what happened to me (what a silly statement), but I

seem to have lost all my resilience. I'm bummed and I think I'm

getting depressed. I am on antidepressants, but ....

Anyway, I decided I needed a place to talk to others who have been

down this road. I truly am not a whiner. :-)

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