Guest guest Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 Hi! My name is Lulu, I'm new to the group. I have been reading all of your posts for some time now. This is the first time I have posted to the group. I look forward to getting support from you all and giving mine as well. I was dx in May of this year with a lot of symptoms. I'm 34 years old, married to Jr.for 10 yrs we have two children lll 8 yrs and Ellen 6 yrs. I had my Mri at Manhasset Diagnostics and Cat Scans done at North Shore University on 11/29/02. I have my neurological exam today 12/02/02 at 8:30 am with Dr.Haimovic and my consult with Dr. M and Dr. B at 12:30 pm. I am happy to be at this point. I will post what I find out today at my visit. Thank You all for your support. Lulu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 In a message dated 6/7/2006 12:28:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, geargirl68@... writes: All continues to go well here-week # 4 and counting. My daughter has also started to work part time at a local take-out/ice cream place and is doing fine on that front as well. I really feel like I'm am getting my little girl back more as each day passes. I really think the combination of DBT, my therapy, the suggestions from everyone here, setting up my agreements and expectations, the changes in medication and the timing has helped tremendously. A lot of hard work and consistency is really beginning to pay off. A whole month-pinch me! Well Hello ! And kudos to you on your victories, small as they may be. I am proud of you and happy for your daughter. Keep up the good work and hoping all continues on an uphill climb! Doesn't it feel great? I've got chills for you and remembering what it felt like getting my daughter back. Hugs, DebbieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 funnygirl1154@... wrote: In a message dated 6/7/2006 12:28:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, geargirl68@... writes: All continues to go well here-week # 4 and counting. My daughter has also started to work part time at a local take-out/ice cream place and is doing fine on that front as well. I really feel like I'm am getting my little girl back more as each day passes. I really think the combination of DBT, my therapy, the suggestions from everyone here, setting up my agreements and expectations, the changes in medication and the timing has helped tremendously. A lot of hard work and consistency is really beginning to pay off. A whole month-pinch me! Well Hello ! And kudos to you on your victories, small as they may be. I am proud of you and happy for your daughter. Keep up the good work and hoping all continues on an uphill climb! Doesn't it feel great? I've got chills for you and remembering what it felt like getting my daughter back. Hugs, DebbieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Donna Welcome to our group. I am sure you will find comfort and support here. How old is the guy who your daughter is living with? Are they both working? Have they both completed high school, GED? She seems excited about the baby. Why do you think she will be abusive? Plenty of kids have babies even younger than your daughter and put their lives back together. If she is not asking for help from you, it would appear she is showing some signs of taking responsibility. What was she doing that you made her see a therapist? Was she abusive to you or your husband? Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 Hi Donna, I also have a daughter that is 17. You may be able to apply for a CHINS (child in need of services). We have a chins in place and if my daughter runs away again the state will have her locked up in a residential group home until she is 18. Call your local police department for the address to you local juvenille court and ask to see a probation officer. They will explain what to do. My daughter has been picked up twice for running and has missed so much school that she needs to make up work or she will not pass the 10th grade. Good luck and I will pray for you too. > > I am new to this website and look forward to getting any advice > possible. My 17 (soon to be 18) year old daughter has BPD and my > husband and I bought three books that her therapist recommended to us > and we are trying to learn as much as possible. Here is the problem. > She left our home back on January 8 and said she was never coming > back...and she hasn't. Because of her age (17) we couldn't make her > return. She moved in with a guy that she was forbidden to see and now > she is 23 weeks pregnant and we are terrified for her. She stopped > seeing her therapist when she moved out and in order for her father > and I to cope, we started seeing the same therapist. She told us that > she is extremely concerned that will be abusive when the baby > comes...I said the same thing when we found out she was pregnant. We > are terrified for her and especially for the baby but we don't know > what to do...other than prayer...and we do that daily. Has anyone > else been through this? We hardly ever see her but when we do hear > from her she acts as though nothing wrong has happened, she can't > understand why we aren't excited for her. > > Donna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 Thanks but she turns 18 on June 16. I wish we had known this sooner. So much more to say but no time right now. Will write more tomorrow. Donna kaknits1 jkldski4@...> wrote: Hi Donna, I also have a daughter that is 17. You may be able to apply for a CHINS (child in need of services). We have a chins in place and if my daughter runs away again the state will have her locked up in a residential group home until she is 18. Call your local police department for the address to you local juvenille court and ask to see a probation officer. They will explain what to do. My daughter has been picked up twice for running and has missed so much school that she needs to make up work or she will not pass the 10th grade. Good luck and I will pray for you too. > > I am new to this website and look forward to getting any advice > possible. My 17 (soon to be 18) year old daughter has BPD and my > husband and I bought three books that her therapist recommended to us > and we are trying to learn as much as possible. Here is the problem. > She left our home back on January 8 and said she was never coming > back...and she hasn't. Because of her age (17) we couldn't make her > return. She moved in with a guy that she was forbidden to see and now > she is 23 weeks pregnant and we are terrified for her. She stopped > seeing her therapist when she moved out and in order for her father > and I to cope, we started seeing the same therapist. She told us that > she is extremely concerned that will be abusive when the baby > comes...I said the same thing when we found out she was pregnant. We > are terrified for her and especially for the baby but we don't know > what to do...other than prayer...and we do that daily. Has anyone > else been through this? We hardly ever see her but when we do hear > from her she acts as though nothing wrong has happened, she can't > understand why we aren't excited for her. > > Donna > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Hello Jean, It is all a very long story but I will try to keep it as short as possible. Just over a year and a half ago, 's school counselor (we attend church with him so we know him really well) called my husband at work and informed him that had been cutting herself. When my husband called and told me, I had no idea what he was talking about. I had never heard of someone cutting themselves. We both took off work and went and picked her up from school. When we got home, I started calling around trying to find someone...anyone...to get her in to see about it. I finally reached someone at a crisis center and we were told to bring her in right away. We got there and we were talked to and then she was talked to then the counselor told us that she was severly depressed and they were advising she be admitted to a hospital for treatment. We were given several choices of hospitals in larger cities to take her to. We picked one and off we went. She was admitted that night and stayed for a week. Before she could be released, we had to have an appointment with a therapist and a doctor that could treat her. She was seeing the therapist and really making progress until this guy stepped into the picture (by the way, he was 19 at the time and is 20 now). To answer your question, yes, she has been physical with my husband (kicking, hitting, etc). There were several times that I almost called the sheriffs department to have them come pick her up, but my pride wouldn't let me. She has always been closer to her dad than to me. I have always been the one to take her verbal abuse and now I find myself afraid to even try to contact her...I let my husband get in touch with her for me. Believe me, I have tried to reach out to her, but... She does not work and he works part-time making $6.50 an hour. They buy stuff like they have nothing else to spend the money on. Their phone has been cut off yet they can afford to buy an entertainment center. They can't afford to run the air conditioner (we live in a HOT southern state)yet they can afford to have Direct TV hooked up. It goes on and on. Donna > > Donna > > Welcome to our group. I am sure you will find comfort and support here. > > How old is the guy who your daughter is living with? Are they both working? > Have they both completed high school, GED? > > She seems excited about the baby. Why do you think she will be abusive? > Plenty of kids have babies even younger than your daughter and put their lives > back together. If she is not asking for help from you, it would appear she > is showing some signs of taking responsibility. > > What was she doing that you made her see a therapist? Was she abusive to you > or your husband? > > Jean > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Donna, the doctor will not talk to you but you can talk to him. Call or request an appointment. Don't let them brush you off. Or fax a letter to him if you cannot get past the office staff. Then tell him your observations; that she left your home. Stopped taking the meds and that you have observed the difference. That she is not seeing the therapist and that she is pregnant.Don't tell him any of your opinions or what you THINK she does, would do or could do. Just the facts. Make sure he will make notes. Actually, write it down and give it to him. That way, with any other development (e.g. her regular doctor contacts him, or she is hospitalized, or you are involved in any other way) he will have some up-to-date information. I know very well the feeling about running into the brick walls and not being listened to. Also the problem with the boyfriend. My d. is 33, currently with me. She lived with the boyfriend who enables her for the past 4 years. Fortunately no children. She very much wants to get back with him. If she does the cycle will repeat itself but there is not much I can do about it. Milena Donna Shelton nlslovesme@...> wrote: She is seeing a doctor with her pregnancy but not with the depression. She was seeing a child psychiatrist but when she left our home, back in January, she has not been back to him...or her therapist. She was on medication before she left but she said that it didn't help. We could sure see a difference when she wasn't taking it. In fact, we knew when she had stopped taking it just by the way she acted towards us. I really don't know what all she has told her doctor. I can't find out because of the doctor/patient confidentiality. It is all so frustrating. I feel like we run into a brick wall with every turn we make. Donna Jamal Jilao somalitamale@...> wrote: Hi, welcome to the group. My daughter raged, rarely does now but keeps it more in check. I guess I would be worried too, after she has the babies her hormones are going to go whacko and could really affect her depression. Will she even talk about this? Is she seeing a doctor throughout the pregancy. It is something her doctor should know about. I've been there, it's ugly. It seems that this is all out of your hands, but not out of your heart. That's the hard part. Keep up with this group, they are a Godsend. nlslovesme nlslovesme@...> wrote: Hello Jean, It is all a very long story but I will try to keep it as short as possible. Just over a year and a half ago, 's school counselor (we attend church with him so we know him really well) called my husband at work and informed him that had been cutting herself. When my husband called and told me, I had no idea what he was talking about. I had never heard of someone cutting themselves. We both took off work and went and picked her up from school. When we got home, I started calling around trying to find someone...anyone...to get her in to see about it. I finally reached someone at a crisis center and we were told to bring her in right away. We got there and we were talked to and then she was talked to then the counselor told us that she was severly depressed and they were advising she be admitted to a hospital for treatment. We were given several choices of hospitals in larger cities to take her to. We picked one and off we went. She was admitted that night and stayed for a week. Before she could be released, we had to have an appointment with a therapist and a doctor that could treat her. She was seeing the therapist and really making progress until this guy stepped into the picture (by the way, he was 19 at the time and is 20 now). To answer your question, yes, she has been physical with my husband (kicking, hitting, etc). There were several times that I almost called the sheriffs department to have them come pick her up, but my pride wouldn't let me. She has always been closer to her dad than to me. I have always been the one to take her verbal abuse and now I find myself afraid to even try to contact her...I let my husband get in touch with her for me. Believe me, I have tried to reach out to her, but... She does not work and he works part-time making $6.50 an hour. They buy stuff like they have nothing else to spend the money on. Their phone has been cut off yet they can afford to buy an entertainment center. They can't afford to run the air conditioner (we live in a HOT southern state)yet they can afford to have Direct TV hooked up. It goes on and on. Donna > > Donna > > Welcome to our group. I am sure you will find comfort and support here. > > How old is the guy who your daughter is living with? Are they both working? > Have they both completed high school, GED? > > She seems excited about the baby. Why do you think she will be abusive? > Plenty of kids have babies even younger than your daughter and put their lives > back together. If she is not asking for help from you, it would appear she > is showing some signs of taking responsibility. > > What was she doing that you made her see a therapist? Was she abusive to you > or your husband? > > Jean > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Hi Welcome to our group. It sounds like you have things pretty much under control. Your ex husband who refers to his own children as " trainwrecks " sounds quite " charming " ---quite the " piece of work " . You have my sympathy where HE is concerned. Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hi, Welcome to the group. Sounds like you are doing very well all things considered. I have a 16 year old as well and it wasn't until this past April that all our hard work started to pay off. This is a great place to learn and be listened to. You have my best. revmartha@... wrote: I am the mother of a 16-year old daughter recently diagnosed with BPD. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 11, and has been on one kind of medication or another since then. We have gone through five years of outpatient therapy, adolescent partial hospitalization, two inpatient hospitalizations, and now she is completing her first month in a residential treatment program. Our daughter is a beautiful, bright, talented girl who so completely unraveled this year that we came to the heartbreaking realization that we could not provide her the help that she needed unless she lived in a program designed to help her 24/7. We are now living with her anger, and our guilt and grief, but still we know it was the right decision. My husband (her stepfather) and I want nothing more than to have her healthy enough to be home again. (Her biological father, on the other hand, refers to her and her two siblings - also his kids - as " trainwrecks. " One is autistic and the other has had bouts of depression, but they are all great kids.) The program she is in seems to have a good success rate at teaching girls like her the coping skills to manage their illness, so that they can control it and not the other way around. I look forward to sharing our stories in this cyber support community. Peace to you all. __________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Welcome Revmartha! Glad you are here,although sorry you need to be. My bpdd is also 16, yet seems to be high functioning and we have had very small skirmishes. One of the best pieces of advice I have gatheres (and, wow!, there has been a LOT!), is to try to think of her as someone else's daughter. For me, that means to handle her with her problems from my head, not my heart. Get her out of my heart, and get her into my head. Tough love. Does that make sense? What a blessing to have a supportive step father! I hope her times with her birth father is highly limited. She doesn't need that toxic attitude. IMHO. Be at peace and be sure to take care of yourself and you hubby! Toni revmartha@... wrote: I am the mother of a 16-year old daughter recently diagnosed with BPD. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 11, and has been on one kind of medication or another since then. We have gone through five years of outpatient therapy, adolescent partial hospitalization, two inpatient hospitalizations, and now she is completing her first month in a residential treatment program. Our daughter is a beautiful, bright, talented girl who so completely unraveled this year that we came to the heartbreaking realization that we could not provide her the help that she needed unless she lived in a program designed to help her 24/7. We are now living with her anger, and our guilt and grief, but still we know it was the right decision. My husband (her stepfather) and I want nothing more than to have her healthy enough to be home again. (Her biological father, on the other hand, refers to her and her two siblings - also his kids - as " trainwrecks. " One is autistic and the other has had bouts of depression, but they are all great kids.) The program she is in seems to have a good success rate at teaching girls like her the coping skills to manage their illness, so that they can control it and not the other way around. I look forward to sharing our stories in this cyber support community. Peace to you all. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Welcome: I am also the mother of a 16 year old daughter: First diagnosed Bi-Polar then BPD; hospitalizations, outpatient therapy, RTC. (I will also add, divorced and remarried to a very supporting man - my ex is totally ineffective). Wow, such parallels. She has been in treatment for one year now. I can actually say that I know how you are feeling. The emotions run the gambit. I KNOW we made the right decision. She is making progress - it is slow - but this disease takes a lot of work especially on our children's part. Work, that I feel most people should go through, but don't. Our daughter is in a school in Utah - and they seems to share the same approach and philsophy as your daughter's school. They need to manage their illness. I send my support to you and your family. If there is anything that I can do - do not hesitate to ask. Hello I am the mother of a 16-year old daughter recently diagnosed with BPD. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 11, and has been on one kind of medication or another since then. We have gone through five years of outpatient therapy, adolescent partial hospitalization, two inpatient hospitalizations, and now she is completing her first month in a residential treatment program. Our daughter is a beautiful, bright, talented girl who so completely unraveled this year that we came to the heartbreaking realization that we could not provide her the help that she needed unless she lived in a program designed to help her 24/7. We are now living with her anger, and our guilt and grief, but still we know it was the right decision. My husband (her stepfather) and I want nothing more than to have her healthy enough to be home again. (Her biological father, on the other hand, refers to her and her two siblings - also his kids - as " trainwrecks. " One is autistic and the other has had bouts of depression, but they are all great kids.) The program she is in seems to have a good success rate at teaching girls like her the coping skills to manage their illness, so that they can control it and not the other way around. I look forward to sharing our stories in this cyber support community. Peace to you all. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Shannara, I know how you feel. As long as you are OK. We all come back when we need to vent. Milena Summer Sunderland shadoweve@...> wrote: Hello everybody, I needed a break from all this so I have not been here for about a week. I just couldn't bring myself to come read any more posts. But I have read some today and will pop back in as I can. My responsibilities have escalated with the Chamber of Commerce and I have been asked by my paper to send in more articles. I am swamped and worn out by day's end. I just wanted to let people know why I stopped posting. Hope everybody has a good weekend. Shanara --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Shanara Good to hear from you. Sounds like things are going a bit better for you. Hope it stays that way. Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 In a message dated 6/17/2006 3:19:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, shadoweve@... writes: I just wanted to let people know why I stopped posting. Hope everybody has a good weekend. Shanara Hi Shanara, Good to hear from you, hope you are well and seems you are keeping busy. Don't overwhelm yourself. DebbieL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Hi everybody, sorry its been so long. I have been very busy since going back to work. Christmas waits for no one int grocery business. I am also battling with another obstacle I just cannot seem to break the 260 mark no matter what I do. I am following my diet plan to a t and walking about 4 miles a day not counting the walking at work which is probably another 2 to 3 miles. Girlfiend is still a hindrance and things are getting very complicated i now look to work for a break just to get away. I usually stay there till about 7 or 8 pm depending on if she is home or not. I would like to take this time to congradulate all the people who have had the surgery and are now losing weight this is the best choice you could have made and keep up the good work. I am still excited about my weight loss its just not moving right now. Oh yes Mike from gr thanks for the help and offers to go to sams club and stuff your a good friend and i havent even met you. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Glad to hear you are doing so well... Keep doing what your doing and keep drinking that water, it will all show up... this always happens when you are trying to break a number.... As for the girlfriend, I hope that works out for you soon. fishnitro06 fishnitro06@...> wrote: Hi everybody, sorry its been so long. I have been very busy since going back to work. Christmas waits for no one int grocery business. I am also battling with another obstacle I just cannot seem to break the 260 mark no matter what I do. I am following my diet plan to a t and walking about 4 miles a day not counting the walking at work which is probably another 2 to 3 miles. Girlfiend is still a hindrance and things are getting very complicated i now look to work for a break just to get away. I usually stay there till about 7 or 8 pm depending on if she is home or not. I would like to take this time to congradulate all the people who have had the surgery and are now losing weight this is the best choice you could have made and keep up the good work. I am still excited about my weight loss its just not moving right now. Oh yes Mike from gr thanks for the help and offers to go to sams club and stuff your a good friend and i havent even met you. lol __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Carol, Welcome to the group......Your gonna like it here Mike T hello > 1. Name: Carol Guyer > > 2. City and state: Lowell MI > > 3. Are you a Southern California resident? No > > 4. Would you like to be added to our in person luncheon guest list? No > > 3. Email address:carol-guyer@... > > 4. Obesity Help Profile name and/or OH URL: > > 5. Are you: Considering Surgery, Pre Op or Post Op Between > Considering and pre op > > 6. Date of WLS: unknown at this time > > 7. Surgeon's Name: Dr Foote > > 8. Type of Surgery: Unknown at this time > > 9. Highest Pre Surgery Weight: 330 > > 10. Insurance or self pay: Insurance > > 11. What is the name of your insurance company that covered your WLS: > BCBS and Medicare > > 12.Birthdate: 07/21/1951 > > 13.Occupation:diabled > > 14.Hobbies:llamas, goats, sheep, and fiber arts like spinning, > weaving and carding my own fiber > > 15.Anything you would like the other members to know about you? Iwork > in Llama rescue I am a member of the SELR. I have a broken back > > Please feel free to omit any information you don't wish to share. > Your privacy is respected! > > > > > > > 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 December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Hi Carol and welcome to the group. I hope that you find us fun and informative at the same time. Lin Lhsh@... American by birth, Saved by the grace of God. hello 1. Name: Carol Guyer 2. City and state: Lowell MI 3. Are you a Southern California resident? No 4. Would you like to be added to our in person luncheon guest list? No 3. Email address:carol-guyer@... 4. Obesity Help Profile name and/or OH URL: 5. Are you: Considering Surgery, Pre Op or Post Op Between Considering and pre op 6. Date of WLS: unknown at this time 7. Surgeon's Name: Dr Foote 8. Type of Surgery: Unknown at this time 9. Highest Pre Surgery Weight: 330 10. Insurance or self pay: Insurance 11. What is the name of your insurance company that covered your WLS: BCBS and Medicare 12.Birthdate: 07/21/1951 13.Occupation:diabled 14.Hobbies:llamas, goats, sheep, and fiber arts like spinning, weaving and carding my own fiber 15.Anything you would like the other members to know about you? Iwork in Llama rescue I am a member of the SELR. I have a broken back Please feel free to omit any information you don't wish to share. Your privacy is respected! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.29/608 - Release Date: 12/29/2006 8:22 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 WOW thank you Mike Yes I have a daughter that will be 27 next month.. Her name is Trisha and she has a twin named .. This is an awesome group. How did you know I had a daughter? She is such a wonderful lady NOW but when she was younger she was a pain in my butt. :0) Thank you for your wonderful note .. I have so many questions about this whole WLS thing but I have alot of support.. I am lucky there.. All my friends, our church members , and my family are behind me but is it id nice to know there are more people out there to help me through this whole thing Thank you Carol Re: hello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 SWISH!! He shoots he scores! Let me read your post over again Carol....hmmm....Trisha...nice...I don't see a link to the pictures of her engagement ring or wedding so I'm thinking we may have something here! HA! Have your daughter check out my myspace at http://www.myspace.com/urtooclose. I knew you had a daughter because God has a fantastic sense of humor and I'm waiting for you to tell me something about Trisha that makes her totally inaccessible to me like she lives thousands of miles away, is entering a convent next year or " plays for the other team " as it were. There's so much conflicting crap out there on wls and you'll probably find one or two folks even with a lot of supporters who are cautious at best and down right against it sometimes. I think if you asked anyone in this group we're not going to preach and be such zealots as to give them impression that we're going around our neighborhoods knocking on doors and trying to recruit wls patients. It's not for everyone and it doesn't work for some either. There's also the possibility of complications and, yes, even death. Some here may have done this purely to look better but I doubt it. I think most did it because they were basically to the point where their hope and faith in themselves was at an end. Mine was. I was being told that basically all the hard work I WASN'T putting into my health was paying off with pre-diabetes and a whole host of other ailments. Maybe I was so busy convincing myself I was happy with my weight/self that I just couldn't lose anything or didn't care. > > WOW thank you Mike > > Yes I have a daughter that will be 27 next month.. Her name is Trisha and she has a twin named .. > This is an awesome group. > > How did you know I had a daughter? She is such a wonderful lady NOW but when she was younger she was a pain in my butt. :0) > Thank you for your wonderful note .. > > I have so many questions about this whole WLS thing but I have alot of support.. I am lucky there.. > All my friends, our church members , and my family are behind me but is it id nice to know there are more people out there to help me through this whole thing > > Thank you > Carol > Re: hello > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Mike You are so busted, ROFLMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 WOW another person from MI I know Howell is I have been though there on my way to the UofM Medical center Carol in in Lowell Re: hello >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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