(No subject)

[Guest guest]

I know that in france the procedure is being done for longer than here in the

usa,, perhaps they would know,, besides there is a hospital in CA that has

been doing it for 12 yrs, they should also know ,

WWW>Gastricbypass.com,that hospital has been doing the lap band since 1987

[Guest guest]

Hi Deb

I hope I'm not too late to wish you well, we share the same surgery date

and although I am not travelling alone (a fellow bandster and I are going

together) we are staying only a short while (returning Sunday) and we have

a very long train journey to contend with, although in some ways this is

better as at least we can move around quite a bit.

Thank positive, I'm sure you will be fine.

Love

Janet

At 10:37 24/04/99 -0700, you wrote:

> Good Morning all! Just a note to let everyone know that I will be

>offline from Saturday or Sunday until probably Wednesday...we are having

>new wall to wall carpeting put in, and must remove all furniture from the

>house. This has to be done this weekend due to the fact my husband lives

>in another city, commutes here on weekends, and won't be around to help

>during the week. I am now 11 days from my new life! I will miss you all

>over the next few days. Wed. and fly home on Saturday...hope I am not

>biting off more than I can chew..ummmmmm....interesting use of phrasing

>considering. Fondly, Deb Franek dfranek@...

[Guest guest]

Hi Deb

I hope I'm not too late to wish you well, we share the same surgery date

and although I am not travelling alone (a fellow bandster and I are going

together) we are staying only a short while (returning Sunday) and we have

a very long train journey to contend with, although in some ways this is

better as at least we can move around quite a bit.

Thank positive, I'm sure you will be fine.

Love

Janet

At 10:37 24/04/99 -0700, you wrote:

> Good Morning all! Just a note to let everyone know that I will be

>offline from Saturday or Sunday until probably Wednesday...we are having

>new wall to wall carpeting put in, and must remove all furniture from the

>house. This has to be done this weekend due to the fact my husband lives

>in another city, commutes here on weekends, and won't be around to help

>during the week. I am now 11 days from my new life! I will miss you all

>over the next few days. Wed. and fly home on Saturday...hope I am not

>biting off more than I can chew..ummmmmm....interesting use of phrasing

>considering. Fondly, Deb Franek dfranek@...

[Guest guest]

Thanks Suzanne,

I wish my mother would take that point of view but I guess that she is too

close to the situation.

Regards

At 00:00 11/05/1999 -0400, you wrote:

>From: Sson@... (Sue son)

>

>Hi Suzanne- I have finally scraped myself off the floor and wish to

>thank you for the wonderful " le q-tip " story. A die-hard user, Sue

>

>Dear Sonja, Your story touched my heart. You should be proud of

>yourself. You are not only a victim but now you are a SURVIVOR. And a

>survivor is not " damaged goods " . A survivor is one who has overcome

>overwhelming life experiences and is able to live a productive life and

>contribute productively to the lives of others by sharing those

>experiences. Young people especially need to know that you can survive

>what life throws at you. God bless.

>

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[Guest guest]

You have no idea how glad I am to read your posting. The Band is also

giving me more esteem everyday. It is allowing me to battle my feelings

towards food. And that has been a losing battle for years...

(no subject)

>

>

>

>

>Dear Bandies,

>

>I've been lurking a couple of days now...got lonely and was missing you

all! I

>must apologise for my absence. As with many others I haven't been having

much

>fun in my private life recently. It's quite embarrassing to admit that your

>relationship with your husband is failing...especially since I really had

no

>idea. The walls came down around me when I found out that my wonderful and

>loving, shy husband had been going to " massage parlours " with clients from

work

>on several occasions last year. It wasn't so much the cheating aspect of it

that

>upsets me, believe it or not. It's that fact that he would do it instead of

>coming home to spend time with his wife and his daughter. So I'm not moving

to

>Brisbane, sorry Brissy Bandies! My husband went regardless but I put my

foot

>down and said I wasn't going to uproot my life for a cheater. It's been

very

>hard this past few weeks , but I must admit that the fact that I now weigh

67kgs

>(thankyou AGB!!!) has been a real boost. My husband is genuinely mortified

with

>himself and wants desperately to get back together, which is also nice, I

>suppose, and if I still weighed 90kgs I would be probably lacking in self

esteem

>enough to go back to him. But the damage is done for me now. I just keep

making

>a mental picture of me picking myself up, dusting myself off , and moving

on.

>You can't know how much the Band has played in giving me the confidence to

do

>that.

>

>Steph.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Oh Kim I missed you ... sorry

At 20:46 14/05/99 -0400, you wrote:

>

>

>It is 8:45 here in Philly on Friday night.. If anyone wants to chat, I am

hanging out in the chatroom.

>

>kisses

>Kim

>

>

>Ani Ve'atah n'shaneh et ha-olam..... You and I can change the world and

the rest will follow

>

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>LapBand

>April 1, 1998

>Dr. Greenstien & Dr.

>start weight 375.5

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[Guest guest]

wrote:

>

>

>

> Dear Bandies,

>

> I've been lurking a couple of days now...got lonely and was missing you all! I

> must apologise for my absence. As with many others I haven't been having much

> fun in my private life recently. It's quite embarrassing to admit that your

> relationship with your husband is failing...especially since I really had no

> idea. The walls came down around me when I found out that my wonderful and

> loving, shy husband had been going to " massage parlours " with clients from

work

> on several occasions last year. It wasn't so much the cheating aspect of it

that

> upsets me, believe it or not. It's that fact that he would do it instead of

> coming home to spend time with his wife and his daughter. So I'm not moving to

> Brisbane, sorry Brissy Bandies! My husband went regardless but I put my foot

> down and said I wasn't going to uproot my life for a cheater. It's been very

> hard this past few weeks , but I must admit that the fact that I now weigh

67kgs

> (thankyou AGB!!!) has been a real boost. My husband is genuinely mortified

with

> himself and wants desperately to get back together, which is also nice, I

> suppose, and if I still weighed 90kgs I would be probably lacking in self

esteem

> enough to go back to him. But the damage is done for me now. I just keep

making

> a mental picture of me picking myself up, dusting myself off , and moving on.

> You can't know how much the Band has played in giving me the confidence to do

> that.

>

> Steph.

>

>

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Hang in there, in your heart you know what is right for you, for your

daughter, have the strength to follow your instinct. The older I get,

the more I realise that when I deviate from my inner instincts I make

mistakes, and it seems to be the same for almost everyone I talk to.

Several years ago I was going through a bad patch and a friend of mine

gave me some very sage advice. She said, go find a counselour,

therapist, whatever . . to talk to, to use as a sounding board. Save

your friends for your social life, you will need them. Don't burden

your family too much. They will have a very difficult time forgiving or

forgeting if you decide to get back together with him.

IN the meantime, we are all so proud of your weight loss and we are

" rooting " (sorry ) for you.

Big hug,

Suzanne

[Guest guest]

Debie,

Yes, Saturday is good for me!!! Topics.....hmmmmm....impatience with

weight loss. What to do to get ourselves moving and types of excercise for

fun (if there's any such thing).

T.

[Guest guest]

You go girl!!!!

Aly.

(wishing it was me!)

wrote:

>

>

> Just wanted to tell you all first that today I bought a pair of size

> 13 Levis

> 501's.

>

> Floating,

>

> Steph.

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[Guest guest]

Good on you girl, I'm looking forward to the day when I can buy any Levis,

never mind what size!

Janet

At 13:28 21/05/99 +1000, you wrote:

>

>

>

>

>Just wanted to tell you all first that today I bought a pair of size 13

Levis

>501's.

>

>Floating,

>

>Steph.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

wrote:

>

>

>

> Just wanted to tell you all first that today I bought a pair of size 13 Levis

> 501's.

>

> Floating,

>

> Steph.

>

>

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WAY TO GO STEPH !!!!

I don't think I have had a size 13 on in 15years ! I have a pair of

size 10 Calvin Kleins that fit me for about 10 minutes that I have

religiously moved from place to place for the last 17 years. You never

know when they might fit again and they are practically new !!

Congratualtions.

Suzanne

[Guest guest]

Dear Fellow Bandsters, as i sit here belching (passing my gas - through my

mouth) and feeling the full, pressure below my rib cage, i wonder how many of

you have the same physical symptoms? as the days go by i am almost welcoming

my visit with the doc from the facility where i work to discuss some of the

questions i am just recently thinking about. namely, why does my head NOT

tell me when i am full? why is it that i eat (mostly too much) and stop

because i have the pain under my ribs or feel sort nauseous this happens

sometimes when i have eaten even a small amount compared to what i had in the

past. i am wondering if what i have read (or head) somewhere is true...some

people who are obese do not get the full signal because the nerve endings are

located at the TOP of the stomach and fullness is never truly reached because

the stomach has been so stretched. therefore, we (I) tend to overeat

resulting in the obesity? it seems, that if this band has taught me nothing,

i have learned to " listen " more astutely to my body and after a year (post

surgery) i am still learning the power of the band. good luck to all of our

new bandsters. OOXXOO

Liz

down 50 and loving it in the USA

p.s.: for those interested newbies, I am in the FDA group and my insurance

paid about 80% of my fees.

[Guest guest]

Dear Fellow Bandsters, as i sit here belching (passing my gas - through my

mouth) and feeling the full, pressure below my rib cage, i wonder how many of

you have the same physical symptoms? as the days go by i am almost welcoming

my visit with the doc from the facility where i work to discuss some of the

questions i am just recently thinking about. namely, why does my head NOT

tell me when i am full? why is it that i eat (mostly too much) and stop

because i have the pain under my ribs or feel sort nauseous this happens

sometimes when i have eaten even a small amount compared to what i had in the

past. i am wondering if what i have read (or head) somewhere is true...some

people who are obese do not get the full signal because the nerve endings are

located at the TOP of the stomach and fullness is never truly reached because

the stomach has been so stretched. therefore, we (I) tend to overeat

resulting in the obesity? it seems, that if this band has taught me nothing,

i have learned to " listen " more astutely to my body and after a year (post

surgery) i am still learning the power of the band. good luck to all of our

new bandsters. OOXXOO

Liz

down 50 and loving it in the USA

p.s.: for those interested newbies, I am in the FDA group and my insurance

paid about 80% of my fees.

[Guest guest]

Lori:

194 lbs. The last time that I weighed 194lbs. I felt like running around

the block everytime I put my shoes on! What did Dr. say?

Love

Denny

dmoffatt@...

----------

>

> To: Bandsters (AT) onelist (DOT) com

> Subject: (no subject)

> Date: June 7, 1999 9:20 AM

>

>

>

> Hi All!

>

> I'm back!!

>

> Denny!

>

> You are doing wonderful-I am sooooo proud of you-You Go Girl! I just

> returned from a short visit to Dr. ! It was enlightening to say

> the least. Anyhow, I feel stronger and a bit more positive than I did

> the previous week. Things are going o.k. and moving along (at a slower

> rate) than I wish, but it's moving. I guess I cannot ask for or expect

> more than what I have already accomplished so, I am taking whatever few

> ounces I am loosing at a time as a blessing. I guess that is all for

> now! I am out here if you need anything!

>

> Take Care!

>

> Lori

> 194lbs

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Who is your insurance company?

How did you get into the study?

Thanks,

Dee

Ibselle@... wrote:

> From: Ibselle@...

>

> Dear Fellow Bandsters, as i sit here belching (passing my gas - through my

> mouth) and feeling the full, pressure below my rib cage, i wonder how many of

> you have the same physical symptoms? as the days go by i am almost welcoming

> my visit with the doc from the facility where i work to discuss some of the

> questions i am just recently thinking about. namely, why does my head NOT

> tell me when i am full? why is it that i eat (mostly too much) and stop

> because i have the pain under my ribs or feel sort nauseous this happens

> sometimes when i have eaten even a small amount compared to what i had in the

> past. i am wondering if what i have read (or head) somewhere is true...some

> people who are obese do not get the full signal because the nerve endings are

> located at the TOP of the stomach and fullness is never truly reached because

> the stomach has been so stretched. therefore, we (I) tend to overeat

> resulting in the obesity? it seems, that if this band has taught me nothing,

> i have learned to " listen " more astutely to my body and after a year (post

> surgery) i am still learning the power of the band. good luck to all of our

> new bandsters. OOXXOO

> Liz

> down 50 and loving it in the USA

> p.s.: for those interested newbies, I am in the FDA group and my insurance

> paid about 80% of my fees.

>

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[Guest guest]

Dear Deb, Thanks for your reply. My Doctor is stein from Long

Island. I only had my consult with his nurse practitioner yesterday. They had

me watch a film, and read and sign a lengthy consent form. I go again next

week. I am eager and nervous to get this done ASAP.I have a BMI of 35.5 but,

was elibible due to hypertension. One worry is that I do have a hiatal

hernia. I see by some of the reading material that you can't have one. I hope

that this didn't get my hope up for nothing. I will be so disappointed if

they tell me I can't have the banding done. It sounds like a Godsend. Thanks

again to everyone for my warm welcome......

Elaine

[Guest guest]

Hello Deb,

Would you please relate your entire experience to me?

:0)

I want this surgery and will go to France or Mexico to get it!

Thanks!

Dee in USA

(no subject)

Welcome Elaine. We are so glad to have you here! How do you feel about being

a candidate for this surgery? May I ask who your Dr. is? I am pretty new being

banded May 5, in Monterrey Mexico. I love my band and the effect it is having!

Hope I can be of some help...ask those questions!

Terri, again with the ice machine...sounds so good. Thinks we need to have a

daiquiri party at your house....wonder if they have sugar fee rum....

Fondly to all!

Deb

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy,

I mentioned a textbook article in the above post that might help your doctor.

It really doesn't approach it from a pediatric level, but I think is a good

basic description of the disease. There is also a link on Joys site to a page

about EG on a Pediatric Database. I am sure that if he did a search he would

find lots of information that was over my head so of no use to me but would be

meaningful to him.

Judy

P.S. As for this list, I doubt there is anywhere else in the world that has a

group this large of patients with Eosinophilic Diseases.

[Guest guest]

Judy,

Thanks for the info. I am anxious to get it to my ped. I have a dumb

question, is Joy's site within the hyperlink you sent to Donna. I went

on and found several sites, can I assume hers is one of them?

I often see people on this list throwing up as part of the symptoms of

this, but they never specify what they throw up. Whenever my son has a

reaction, he throws up a ton of clear mucous and the food that he just

ate isn't even in it. Is that what everyone else who throws up does?

Thanks so much, to everyone for your help.

Kathy (Luke's mom, milk protien, soy protien " intolerance " , previous

intestinal bleeding until put on Neocate, other food " intolerances "

sweet potato, potato, broccoli (just the other day learned about that

one, my ped doesn't believe me), chicken)

> judy wrote:

>

>

>

> Hi Kathy,

>

> I mentioned a textbook article in the above post that might help your

> doctor. It really doesn't approach it from a pediatric level, but I

> think is a good basic description of the disease. There is also a

> link on Joys site to a page about EG on a Pediatric Database. I am

> sure that if he did a search he would find lots of information that

> was over my head so of no use to me but would be meaningful to him.

> Judy

> P.S. As for this list, I doubt there is anywhere else in the world

> that has a group this large of patients with Eosinophilic Diseases.

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

> [

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

Why doesn't your ped believe you? BJ is allergic to chicken.

Dawn

Re: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] (no subject)

>

>

> Judy,

>

> Thanks for the info. I am anxious to get it to my ped. I have a dumb

> question, is Joy's site within the hyperlink you sent to Donna. I went

> on and found several sites, can I assume hers is one of them?

>

> I often see people on this list throwing up as part of the symptoms of

> this, but they never specify what they throw up. Whenever my son has a

> reaction, he throws up a ton of clear mucous and the food that he just

> ate isn't even in it. Is that what everyone else who throws up does?

> Thanks so much, to everyone for your help.

>

> Kathy (Luke's mom, milk protien, soy protien " intolerance " , previous

> intestinal bleeding until put on Neocate, other food " intolerances "

> sweet potato, potato, broccoli (just the other day learned about that

> one, my ped doesn't believe me), chicken)

>

> > judy wrote:

> >

> >

> >

> > Hi Kathy,

> >

> > I mentioned a textbook article in the above post that might help your

> > doctor. It really doesn't approach it from a pediatric level, but I

> > think is a good basic description of the disease. There is also a

> > link on Joys site to a page about EG on a Pediatric Database. I am

> > sure that if he did a search he would find lots of information that

> > was over my head so of no use to me but would be meaningful to him.

> > Judy

> > P.S. As for this list, I doubt there is anywhere else in the world

> > that has a group this large of patients with Eosinophilic Diseases.

> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------

> > [

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

He didn't believe me about the broccoli. He said maybe he didn't like

the texture. I told him that Luke threw up the clear mucous after

eating it. Then, he asked me how do I know that LUke is allergic to

milk. I said because he throws up 6-8 oz. of clear fluid after he has

something with milk in it. Then, he said something about needing a

clinical confirmation of that being a true allergy. I told him it never

came up as a true allergy (there was no IgA response). I tried to

explain to him that is what is unusual about this disease. We were

really going back and forth. Then he said he wanted some more

information on this, so my husband is going to pull together some for

him and I have a couple of things from this list for him. HE also wants

Luke to see a pediatric immunologist. I know it all ties together, I

would just think another visit to the pediatric GI would be more

practical.

Thanks.

Kathy

Dawn wrote:

>

>

>

> Kathy,

> Why doesn't your ped believe you? BJ is allergic to chicken.

> Dawn

>

[Guest guest]

Kathy-

AJ has bouts of throwing up clear mucous also. It usually happens during an

asthma attack. I just read in the Food Allergy Network Newsletter that it

is probably a food reaction that triggers asthma. I had been suspecious

that a food was involved. I don't know if this information helps you or

not. AJ was throwing up food, but now it is mucous these days. Phyllis

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

I've been hearing the mucous-vomiting thing for three years now of parents

of IEE kids. Mine did it too, especially Kody. Your doctor can certainly

call Hugh Sampson, MD at Mt. Sanai. He's the " allergy expert " on eos

diseases. Any allergist has heard of Hugh Sampson.

It is really frustrating trying to be between allergy and GI. I'll

certainly keep the list updated after my meeting with the head of allergy

research at NIH. Of course, they are always searching for " true " allergies,

and not necessarily GI disease that they can't prove a definitive allergic

connection.

The whole thing about has me going nuts. I'm really hoping the national

exposure (one million readers) on our story will help bring some people

together on the issue. I'm going to MAKE Sure that one of our web addresses

are in the article so any of these docs or researchers who have anything to

add can get to us.

Steph.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

BJ's asthma is MUCH, MUCH worse when his EG is really acting up.

Dawn

Re: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] (no subject)

>

>

> Kathy-

> AJ has bouts of throwing up clear mucous also. It usually happens during

an

> asthma attack. I just read in the Food Allergy Network Newsletter that it

> is probably a food reaction that triggers asthma. I had been suspecious

> that a food was involved. I don't know if this information helps you or

> not. AJ was throwing up food, but now it is mucous these days. Phyllis

>

>

> ---------------------------

[Guest guest]

Miriam is also allergic to chicken. She first started with rashes and then

last week had breathing problems afterwards

Shana

Re: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] (no subject)

>

>

> Judy,

>

> Thanks for the info. I am anxious to get it to my ped. I have a dumb

> question, is Joy's site within the hyperlink you sent to Donna. I went

> on and found several sites, can I assume hers is one of them?

>

> I often see people on this list throwing up as part of the symptoms of

> this, but they never specify what they throw up. Whenever my son has a

> reaction, he throws up a ton of clear mucous and the food that he just

> ate isn't even in it. Is that what everyone else who throws up does?

> Thanks so much, to everyone for your help.

>

> Kathy (Luke's mom, milk protien, soy protien " intolerance " , previous

> intestinal bleeding until put on Neocate, other food " intolerances "

> sweet potato, potato, broccoli (just the other day learned about that

> one, my ped doesn't believe me), chicken)

>

> > judy wrote:

> >

> >

> >

> > Hi Kathy,

> >

> > I mentioned a textbook article in the above post that might help your

> > doctor. It really doesn't approach it from a pediatric level, but I

> > think is a good basic description of the disease. There is also a

> > link on Joys site to a page about EG on a Pediatric Database. I am

> > sure that if he did a search he would find lots of information that

> > was over my head so of no use to me but would be meaningful to him.

> > Judy

> > P.S. As for this list, I doubt there is anywhere else in the world

> > that has a group this large of patients with Eosinophilic Diseases.

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