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Hi and yes, thanks for the thoughts.

I will of course be taking things a bit at a time but I am fed up with my body

ANd the medical profession ( which I believe is something like 20 years a BEHIND

biochemistry disciplines) dictating my life and feel it is about time I was boss

again..

I just intend to work at finding the optimum way to re establish being the boss

and Get On With Life

So Far - it is working. I feel excellent and energized but naturally taking

things slowly and surely. But MY way not its...

Velvet - The Determined

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Hi Velvet,

Please be careful. Once the meds wear off, you're likely to have a rebound of

hyper symptoms. It's important to wean off meds slowly. Like if you decide

you absolutely don't want to be on them, you have to wean over a course of a

few weeks. Either way, though, you have to keep a close eye on your heart

rate, blood pressure, temperature etc. and watch for other signs of hyperT.

While thyroid storm is rare, it can indeed occur, especially in the elderly

and in warm months and in people who have infections. Please keep us posted

on how you're doing and re-consider this. Weaning off meds slowly will allow

you to get your levels where you want them. Then you can try keeping them

there with alt med and stress reduction. You'll likely succeed but you don't

want to blow it from the start. Take care, Elaine

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Hi Velvet,

Sounds like you have worked out a good plan. Others have tried this approach

successfully and I wish you the best for you too. I just wanted to make sure

you were aware of possible problems related to withdrawal of the meds. It

would be great if you kept a journal, listing what you ate each day, what

supplements you took, what stress reduction techniques you incorporated, and

how you felt. You might also want to check out my friend Mike' GD site. He

too ended up only successfully achieving remission with lifestyle changes.

www.webhome.idirect.com/~wolfnowl/thyroid.htm

Keep us posted and take care, Elaine

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Welcome Allegra. I see Jody responded to you, so what can I add ;-)

Once you share the details Jody mentioned one of two things will become

clear:

A) That while you've been on ATD's for so long (and may I say that you

are fortunate in finding one or more doctors willing to do so) you

haven't been dosed or monitored properly

B) You may be one of those people who do need to be on it long term.

(Granny)and Terry, among others, will be able to help you. Even if

that's the case hopefully this group will help you get to a point where

it's a matter of a small maintenance dose that will keep you stable, not

on the roller coaster you've been on.

I'm 39 now but when I was 16-23 I had difficult experiences in my life

and yeah, I'd rather not have and possibly be more superficial that I am

now, but I did and I'm not and I'm stronger for it, so hang in there.

Have a great weekend, Fay

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Welcome Allegra. I see Jody responded to you, so what can I add ;-)

Once you share the details Jody mentioned one of two things will become

clear:

A) That while you've been on ATD's for so long (and may I say that you

are fortunate in finding one or more doctors willing to do so) you

haven't been dosed or monitored properly

B) You may be one of those people who do need to be on it long term.

(Granny)and Terry, among others, will be able to help you. Even if

that's the case hopefully this group will help you get to a point where

it's a matter of a small maintenance dose that will keep you stable, not

on the roller coaster you've been on.

I'm 39 now but when I was 16-23 I had difficult experiences in my life

and yeah, I'd rather not have and possibly be more superficial that I am

now, but I did and I'm not and I'm stronger for it, so hang in there.

Have a great weekend, Fay

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Hello Simon,

Thank you for the email. I'm heading out the door in a couple hours with

my kids so I'll re-read it when I get home, lots of information there.

As far as being a supportive Dr mine is pretty good and very willing to

listen, I'm sure he won't be surprised when I arrive with computer

printouts and asking for certain things.

My son was sick all his life (he is 12.5 now) and 2 years ago I finally

questioned his diagnosis of atypical asthma and to make a long story short

he has a rare genetic disorder where the cilia in his body don't move so he

is very susceptable to lung, ear and sinus infections. When I showed up

armed with my computer print outs about certain things he told me he was

sure he wouldn't have missed something major with him (!) but he would have

some tests done.. I was right! (ha ha very satisfying) Part of my son's

condition is that he has mirror image organ placement, everything is

perfectly normal but backwards. He had had 2 surgeries under a general and

no one picked up his heart was on the opposite side.. how is that for

confidence inspiring?? What I learned with Rob is to question things until

I am satisfied and I don't feel intimidated around Drs anymore :-)

Bye for now,

BC Canada

09:18 AM 3/19/03 +0000, you wrote:

> Irvine wrote:

>>

>> I was

>> My first question

>> is when I see

> my again next week should I ask to see a specialist or let

>> He has

>never treated anyone with Graves' and was

>> going to do a little research

>in the meantime.

>

> Hi ,

>

> the recommendation in the UK is that

>all patients with hyperthyroidism

> and/or Graves' should see a

>specialist.

>

> Certainly if your doctor has never treated anyone with

>Graves' before

> then you should see a specialist, and agree (or at least

>try to agree

> ;-) a treatment plan with that specialist.

>

> Your doctor

>may be the person who monitors you, and prescribes the

> treatment but you should see a specialist for assessment. If your doctor

> is honest enough to tell you you are his first, and interested enough to

> do some research, he sounds a lot more promising than those that think

> they already know everything.

>

> The methimazole based drugs (e.g. Tapazole, Carbimazole) can be

> prescribed for hyperthyroidism if you have to wait to see a specialist,

> they are suitable for all common forms of hyperthyroidism (so are

> usually fine even if the diagnosis is wrong).

>

> Typically, here, Carbimazole will be presribed on diagnosis of

> hyperthyroidism, even if the specialist appointment isn't that far away,

> as it doesn't restrict your treatment options, so you don't gain

> anything by waiting.

>

> The site www.thyroidmanager.org is a solid reference work on most

> thyroid conditions, and the authors will answer any questions your

> doctor may have (by email). Some here feel their advice regarding RAI

> treatment for Graves' is still too cavalier, but your doctor could be

> reading less uptodate reference works....

>

> The Yahoo group site has some advice to the newly diagnosed.

>

> I guess it is a bit daunting to have something your doctor hasn't

> treated, I was just grateful for a diagnosis as it explained so much of

> what was going wrong with my body, and in my life.

>

> Simon

>

>

>

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Hello Simon,

Thank you for the email. I'm heading out the door in a couple hours with

my kids so I'll re-read it when I get home, lots of information there.

As far as being a supportive Dr mine is pretty good and very willing to

listen, I'm sure he won't be surprised when I arrive with computer

printouts and asking for certain things.

My son was sick all his life (he is 12.5 now) and 2 years ago I finally

questioned his diagnosis of atypical asthma and to make a long story short

he has a rare genetic disorder where the cilia in his body don't move so he

is very susceptable to lung, ear and sinus infections. When I showed up

armed with my computer print outs about certain things he told me he was

sure he wouldn't have missed something major with him (!) but he would have

some tests done.. I was right! (ha ha very satisfying) Part of my son's

condition is that he has mirror image organ placement, everything is

perfectly normal but backwards. He had had 2 surgeries under a general and

no one picked up his heart was on the opposite side.. how is that for

confidence inspiring?? What I learned with Rob is to question things until

I am satisfied and I don't feel intimidated around Drs anymore :-)

Bye for now,

BC Canada

09:18 AM 3/19/03 +0000, you wrote:

> Irvine wrote:

>>

>> I was

>> My first question

>> is when I see

> my again next week should I ask to see a specialist or let

>> He has

>never treated anyone with Graves' and was

>> going to do a little research

>in the meantime.

>

> Hi ,

>

> the recommendation in the UK is that

>all patients with hyperthyroidism

> and/or Graves' should see a

>specialist.

>

> Certainly if your doctor has never treated anyone with

>Graves' before

> then you should see a specialist, and agree (or at least

>try to agree

> ;-) a treatment plan with that specialist.

>

> Your doctor

>may be the person who monitors you, and prescribes the

> treatment but you should see a specialist for assessment. If your doctor

> is honest enough to tell you you are his first, and interested enough to

> do some research, he sounds a lot more promising than those that think

> they already know everything.

>

> The methimazole based drugs (e.g. Tapazole, Carbimazole) can be

> prescribed for hyperthyroidism if you have to wait to see a specialist,

> they are suitable for all common forms of hyperthyroidism (so are

> usually fine even if the diagnosis is wrong).

>

> Typically, here, Carbimazole will be presribed on diagnosis of

> hyperthyroidism, even if the specialist appointment isn't that far away,

> as it doesn't restrict your treatment options, so you don't gain

> anything by waiting.

>

> The site www.thyroidmanager.org is a solid reference work on most

> thyroid conditions, and the authors will answer any questions your

> doctor may have (by email). Some here feel their advice regarding RAI

> treatment for Graves' is still too cavalier, but your doctor could be

> reading less uptodate reference works....

>

> The Yahoo group site has some advice to the newly diagnosed.

>

> I guess it is a bit daunting to have something your doctor hasn't

> treated, I was just grateful for a diagnosis as it explained so much of

> what was going wrong with my body, and in my life.

>

> Simon

>

>

>

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Irvine wrote:

>

> Part of my son's

> condition is that he has mirror image organ placement, everything is

> perfectly normal but backwards.

Curiously I've heard of that before, but from researching issues of

symmetry, theoretical physics students read some weird stuff. I vaguely

recall it is incredibly rare, 1 in 10,000 or similar.

Is he doing okay?

Have a good break.

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Irvine wrote:

>

> Part of my son's

> condition is that he has mirror image organ placement, everything is

> perfectly normal but backwards.

Curiously I've heard of that before, but from researching issues of

symmetry, theoretical physics students read some weird stuff. I vaguely

recall it is incredibly rare, 1 in 10,000 or similar.

Is he doing okay?

Have a good break.

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I am one of those few people that actually gained weight (a lot)

before my diagnosis. My endo tells me that some people do gain

weight, due to the increase in hunger. I have to shamefully admit

that I must have been eating massive amounts, since, as I'm sure that

you are now aware, hyper patients have trouble with malabsortion of

nutrients, as everything is traveling through the digestive system so

fast! (I hate to even think about those days!!) Anyway, once my T.

hormones came into balance, my appetite became normal, my heart rate

was normalized and I was able to exercise safely again, and I lost

the weight. Hope this helps a little, and best of luck to you.

In graves_support , Irvine wrote:

> ,

> am a bit overwieght my Dr thought it was a lab error. We redid it

>

>

> BC Canada

>

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

> Hello

>

> I just wanted to say that you've come to the right place for

information -

> this board has loads of great people on it who know all sorts of

stuff and

> are extremely helpful.

>

> I know it's overwhelming at the start - it does take a little while

just to

> get used to the fact that there's something going on with your body

that

> you never it permission to do - but just keep coming her and

reading and

> asking questions and gradually you'll get a picture of how to help

yourself

> and that will empower you.

>

> Take care,

>

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I am one of those few people that actually gained weight (a lot)

before my diagnosis. My endo tells me that some people do gain

weight, due to the increase in hunger. I have to shamefully admit

that I must have been eating massive amounts, since, as I'm sure that

you are now aware, hyper patients have trouble with malabsortion of

nutrients, as everything is traveling through the digestive system so

fast! (I hate to even think about those days!!) Anyway, once my T.

hormones came into balance, my appetite became normal, my heart rate

was normalized and I was able to exercise safely again, and I lost

the weight. Hope this helps a little, and best of luck to you.

In graves_support , Irvine wrote:

> ,

> am a bit overwieght my Dr thought it was a lab error. We redid it

>

>

> BC Canada

>

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

> Hello

>

> I just wanted to say that you've come to the right place for

information -

> this board has loads of great people on it who know all sorts of

stuff and

> are extremely helpful.

>

> I know it's overwhelming at the start - it does take a little while

just to

> get used to the fact that there's something going on with your body

that

> you never it permission to do - but just keep coming her and

reading and

> asking questions and gradually you'll get a picture of how to help

yourself

> and that will empower you.

>

> Take care,

>

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Hi, Joanna. Please read my message to 's mom. The same

applies to you. Welcome - you have found the best support group

around!

Jodi

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Hi, Joanna. Please read my message to 's mom. The same

applies to you. Welcome - you have found the best support group

around!

Jodi

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Hi,

I'm forwarding an e-mail I accidentally sent to the moderator of the groups. I''m new!

Hi,

I've been reading the archives and, at Marie's suggestion, I am joining this group. It seems I can mark the stages of diagnosis with e-mail groups. First, it was the benign cong. hypotonia group, next myopathy, and now mitochondrial. I do not know if my son, Asher (33 months) has mitochondrial myopathy. He's been dxed with a congenital myopathy through a clinical eval and we have sent all the paperwork to Shoffner's office to try to get an appt. for a muscle biopsy. Asher's had the usual round of blood tests, MRI's, small bowel biopsy, upper and lower GI endoscopy etc.

I'm curious if his difficulties sound like any of your kids. Asher has had feeding problems connected with the hypotonia, but also something called a "friable" stomach (which just means fragile - when the drs did an upper and lower GI, they found his stomach to bleed at the slightest touch) since birth. He's had moderate hypotonia txed with p.t. and dxed at age 1. He's improved with the physical therapy but seems to experience more fatigue than other children his age; and does not have the coordination or endurance to keep up with them. Recently, he has begun toe-walking, and he has had no weight gain since he turned 24 months. And, he even lost two lbs. in September! Now, he's diagnosed with Failure to Thrive and we are desperately trying to get nutrients and food into him. He's also been dxed with Sensory Integration Disorder that has primarly resolved with the brushing program and has had speech therapy b/c of verbal apraxia (but he's improved tremendously and now talks at a level a yr. older than his age). He seems quite bright.

The current issues are: lack of weight gain (dropped many percentiles on the growth chart - i.e. "Failure to Thrive"); constipation, low muscle tone, muscle weakness, absent reflexes in legs (or the drs can only find them sporadically); increased toe-walking, fatigue.

At this point, I think I'm praying for a diagnoses of one of the many myopathies like central core, etc. that are not typically progressive. Mito scares me.

Any thoughts on Asher? Does he sound typical of your kids? I promise to take everything with a grain of salt :) !

Thanks,

Anne R

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Congratulations on your pregnancy Diane. SOunds like your surgeons office has

a great followup plan for all, WOW, that is wonderful. You will be able to

get some good advice from the Ob and surgeons now :) I will be keeping you in

my prayers that this is a Wonderful pregnancy for you. I have had 2 MC myself

so I know how scary it is to be prego again. I have made it past my 12 weeks

now so I feel a little better but will feel even more better in the third

trimester :) I have not made it to goal either, I have 80 pounds to go but I

figure

I will work really hard after this baby to get there. I still feel great with

what I have lost. Take good care and Congrats again.

HUGS, ROBIN, NY

Age- 41

Due Date- #4 July 27th, 2004

OPEN RNY

10-18-02

378/246/170???

DR.EDWARD HIXSON

SARANAC LAKE, NY

Mom to:

&

7 1/2 year twin boys and

Madison age 5

Miscarraige August 2001

Miscarraige August 2003

Married to Pup:

15 years this

Halloween : )

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Thanks carrie I 'm glad to be here. it will take me awhile to figure

out who is who and what their story is. Is there any one els that has

gotten pregnant so soon post op? - Diane

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Hi, Your spelling and typing are fine girl. The average for waiting to try

for a baby has been at least a year- 18 months but in my own opinion I think the

year is plenty. I think it really goes on how well you feel, how well you can

eat and get in all your vitamins and fluids, ect. You need to nourish the

baby well and if you are eating well, ect,I think it is time :) Good luck, there

are alot on this group that have had PCOS who are prego or mommies now. The

surgery has helped many in that situation and I am praying that it does the same

for you.

HUGS, ROBIN, NY

Age- 41

Due Date- #4 July 27th, 2004

OPEN RNY

10-18-02

378/246/170???

DR.EDWARD HIXSON

SARANAC LAKE, NY

Mom to:

&

7 1/2 year twin boys and

Madison age 5

Miscarraige August 2001

Miscarraige August 2003

Married to Pup:

15 years

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Hi ,

Congrats. I am , I had an Open RNY on 2-18-02. I got pregnant just 7

weeks after the surgery. My son was born full-term and healthy. I too was

scared like you. I too had a big loss previously. My daughter andra Marie

was born stillborn at 36 weeks almost 6 years ago. It happened following

near-fatal injuries I sustained in a car accident. I was so scared being

pregnant again, and so scared because of my surgery. I also suffered from sever

morning sickness the entire 9 months. I could barely tolerate eating and

couldn't tolerate pre-natal vitaqmins. I took 3 Flintstones vitamins daily. But,

everything worked out. I feel great from my weight loss and is almost 14

months old now. Best wishes and congrats.

Open RNY 2-18-02

359-138

1-16-03

andra Marie (born still at 36 weeks on 3-14-98, following a car accident)

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Hi my name is . I have been a lurker for a while now. I have GB

on 6-9-03. I have lost 110 in 8 months. 3 weeks ago I was feeling a

little weird, nauseate, fatigued beyond belief and just not feeling

well at all. I thought maybe I could be preganant, but I thought

couldnt be. My hubby and I have been trying 8 long years to have a

child. We even did IVf twice. The first attempt was unsuccessful

and the second resulted in twins that we lost at 24 weeks due to

preeclampsia nd gestational diabetes. Although my doctors never said

anything even the specialist but I know weight was definitley a

contributuing factor in the loss. It was the worst exepericne of my

life. It was different from a miscarriage for me becasue we actually

had a baby to hold look and name to only have afuneral. That was in

10- 02. Well fast forward 8 months to june 03. I decided before

another IVF I would do wls first. All went very well wiht the

surgery. Well geting bacl to before. I decided for the heck of it I

would take a pg test and it came back positive. I was in shock after

8 long years and two IVf's. It happened naturally, it wasnt supposed

to. My doctors said we would never conceive naturally and I maean

never. Not only do I have pcos but my hubby has an extremely low

count and so it was to never happen. Well I guess God had other

plans, because I am now pregant. I have my first US tomorrow. i am

thrilled beyond belief. I do have lots of anxiety. I hope that this

group will be able to offer me soime guidance and support. I really

have no idea how this will effect me so soon after suregery. Any

advice is appreciated. Please let me know what vitamins you take,

foods to eat etc. I would guess I am about 2 months pg now. Thanks

for your support and I look forward to particiapting in this group.

in IL

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I think youa re probably still going to lose while pregnant since you are so

soon out of surrgery and will still lose some more after the baby is born. At

least that is my understanding from what others have posted on this group that

have been pregnant early postop. Don't let someone who does not know what

they are talking about depress you. make sure you still eat well for the baby

and

take you vitamins, fluids, prenatals and get some folic acid too in there an

you will do fine and still end up losing weight too and so what if there is a

few pounds left over in the end to lose, we will have gorgeous babies to walk

around in their carraiges and take for walks to help us excersise the rest

off. Good Luck, everything will nbe okay.

God Bless,

Robin, NorthEastern, NY

EDD- July 27th, 2004

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Mommy to:

&

(twin boys 7 1/2),

Madison, daughter, 5 years and

Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988)

Gastric Bypass Surgery-

October 18th 2002

Start-378, current- 246(pregnant)

goal 170 after baby :)

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,

YOu really need to change your focus from weight loss to delivering a

healthy baby! That is the msot important thing at this point.

However, many ladies have lost weight while pregnant. You will probably lose

weight as well though not as quickly due to the fact that you are supporting

another life. There is no reason to believe that this surgery was all for

nothing. Concentrate on eating healthy. Forming good habits. Exercise a

bit -- walking won't hurt unless you have been put on bedrest. No you did

not have the surgery for nothing. You will lose weight -- maybe not drastic

amounts compared to the faster losers but THIS IS NOT A RACE OR COMPETITION!

So sit back. Relax. Eat healthy. Enjoy pregnancy and concentrate on the

miracle within you.

Rasley

mailto: drasley@...

BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98

new member

> Hello,

>

> I'm and I had Lap RNY 11-12-03 and Tuesday, we found out I am 4

weeks pregnant. My ob is not real concerned, just wants to monitor me

closely and referred me to a nutritionist, which is the same one I saw for

my pre-op needs. The nutritionist told me I was going to lose out on my

" window of opportunity " to lose weight but I might be able to at least lose

the baby weight after I give birth. This has me in such a depressed state,

I'm not sure what to do. I did not have this surgery for nothing, and I

don't feel an unexpected blessing from above could eliminate my weight loss.

Since I am still eating the right healthy foods, drinking my water and

exercising, would I continue to loose while keeping my baby healthy? I meet

with her at her office Monday, but I am really upset over this. I look

forward to learning from everyone.

>

>

> Mother to Shalena 7; Dani 3 and another on the way

>

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Personally, I think your nutritionist is wack!!! I totally think she was

totally insensitive to say that to you, especially now that your pregnant. I

would ask her what experience she has had with women who have has WLS and gotten

pregnant soon after having it that makes her believe your going to miss your

" window " ? Though I'm not in your position there are women out there like you

who have lost weight safely during their pregnancy and continued to lose after

the baby is born. I'm sure that they will have excellent first hand experience

to share with you. Don't despair and make your nutritionist qualify those

statements she made to you with some proof she knows what she is talking about.

Axelrod

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Hello,

I'm and I had Lap RNY 11-12-03 and Tuesday, we found out I am 4 weeks

pregnant. My ob is not real concerned, just wants to monitor me closely and

referred me to a nutritionist, which is the same one I saw for my pre-op needs.

The nutritionist told me I was going to lose out on my " window of opportunity "

to lose weight but I might be able to at least lose the baby weight after I give

birth. This has me in such a depressed state, I'm not sure what to do. I did

not have this surgery for nothing, and I don't feel an unexpected blessing from

above could eliminate my weight loss. Since I am still eating the right healthy

foods, drinking my water and exercising, would I continue to loose while keeping

my baby healthy? I meet with her at her office Monday, but I am really upset

over this. I look forward to learning from everyone.

Mother to Shalena 7; Dani 3 and another on the way

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I got pregnant when I was just 7 wweks post op. I lost alot of weight while

pregnant due to my horrible morning sickness. I lost 91 lbs, following 's

birth I lost an additional 40 lbs. I was so scared that I was puttingh in

jeopardy. I always took my vitamins and tried to eat (when possible) as healthy

as can be. I like you, was scared for him and myself. He is a healthy active 13

motn old today. Best Wishes!

Open RNY 2-18-02

359/138

1-16-03

andra Marie (born stillborn at 36 weeks gestation on 3-14-98, following a

car accident)

new member

Hello,

I'm and I had Lap RNY 11-12-03 and Tuesday, we found out I am 4 weeks

pregnant. My ob is not real concerned, just wants to monitor me closely and

referred me to a nutritionist, which is the same one I saw for my pre-op needs.

The nutritionist told me I was going to lose out on my " window of opportunity "

to lose weight but I might be able to at least lose the baby weight after I give

birth. This has me in such a depressed state, I'm not sure what to do. I did

not have this surgery for nothing, and I don't feel an unexpected blessing from

above could eliminate my weight loss. Since I am still eating the right healthy

foods, drinking my water and exercising, would I continue to loose while keeping

my baby healthy? I meet with her at her office Monday, but I am really upset

over this. I look forward to learning from everyone.

Mother to Shalena 7; Dani 3 and another on the way

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HI,

That was such a nice note you wrote. I am still trying to find out if any of

you weight loss patients had any experience using any of the IUD's (like Mirena)

that is out on the market for your birth control methods. What were some of the

suggestions that your WLS dr.'s gave you. I hear one thing that the pill is not

as effective because the body is absorbing everything quickly so the pill is not

as safe. Any of you have some better ideas on what our bodies can use. Thanks

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> Hello,

>

> I'm and I had Lap RNY 11-12-03 and Tuesday, we found out I am 4

weeks pregnant. My ob is not real concerned, just wants to monitor me

closely and referred me to a nutritionist, which is the same one I saw for

my pre-op needs. The nutritionist told me I was going to lose out on my

" window of opportunity " to lose weight but I might be able to at least lose

the baby weight after I give birth. This has me in such a depressed state,

I'm not sure what to do. I did not have this surgery for nothing, and I

don't feel an unexpected blessing from above could eliminate my weight loss.

Since I am still eating the right healthy foods, drinking my water and

exercising, would I continue to loose while keeping my baby healthy? I meet

with her at her office Monday, but I am really upset over this. I look

forward to learning from everyone.

>

>

> Mother to Shalena 7; Dani 3 and another on the way

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I agree, my entire focus has been on losing the weight, now I need to change it

to making a healthy baby. I thought I included that part in my message, I guess

I deleted it or something. Like most if not all of us, I dedicated my heart and

soul to making this surgery a success and now I am working on changing my focus.

I just don't want to give up on my goals of being a healthy mother. I am eating

healthy, and eating regularly, but I did not like the thought of sitting back on

my butt and eating all the time " for the baby " then having a harder delivery

because I was not in good shape. I don't care so much about my size, as I do my

health, and now the healthy of the baby. I'm not worried about how long it will

take to lose the weight. As I see it, a pound a week is still 4 pounds a month.

I am still in shock we are having a third, but I am so darn happy. You are

right, I need to just sit back, relax and wonder in amazement of my body giving

life.

Re: new member

,

YOu really need to change your focus from weight loss to delivering a

healthy baby! That is the msot important thing at this point.

However, many ladies have lost weight while pregnant. You will probably lose

weight as well though not as quickly due to the fact that you are supporting

another life. There is no reason to believe that this surgery was all for

nothing. Concentrate on eating healthy. Forming good habits. Exercise a

bit -- walking won't hurt unless you have been put on bedrest. No you did

not have the surgery for nothing. You will lose weight -- maybe not drastic

amounts compared to the faster losers but THIS IS NOT A RACE OR COMPETITION!

So sit back. Relax. Eat healthy. Enjoy pregnancy and concentrate on the

miracle within you.

Rasley

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I agree, my entire focus has been on losing the weight, now I need to change it

to making a healthy baby. I thought I included that part in my message, I guess

I deleted it or something. Like most if not all of us, I dedicated my heart and

soul to making this surgery a success and now I am working on changing my focus.

I just don't want to give up on my goals of being a healthy mother. I am eating

healthy, and eating regularly, but I did not like the thought of sitting back on

my butt and eating all the time " for the baby " then having a harder delivery

because I was not in good shape. I don't care so much about my size, as I do my

health, and now the healthy of the baby. I'm not worried about how long it will

take to lose the weight. As I see it, a pound a week is still 4 pounds a month.

I am still in shock we are having a third, but I am so darn happy. You are

right, I need to just sit back, relax and wonder in amazement of my body giving

life.

Re: new member

,

YOu really need to change your focus from weight loss to delivering a

healthy baby! That is the msot important thing at this point.

However, many ladies have lost weight while pregnant. You will probably lose

weight as well though not as quickly due to the fact that you are supporting

another life. There is no reason to believe that this surgery was all for

nothing. Concentrate on eating healthy. Forming good habits. Exercise a

bit -- walking won't hurt unless you have been put on bedrest. No you did

not have the surgery for nothing. You will lose weight -- maybe not drastic

amounts compared to the faster losers but THIS IS NOT A RACE OR COMPETITION!

So sit back. Relax. Eat healthy. Enjoy pregnancy and concentrate on the

miracle within you.

Rasley

mailto: drasley@...

BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98

---

Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.

Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

Version: 6.0.614 / Virus Database: 393 - Release Date: 3/6/2004

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