Another new member

Posted June 21, 2006 · June 21, 2006

<<<I'd really like to hear from anyone who has been successful with a large

weight loss.>>>

,

Congratulations on the new baby! I have an eight month old and weighed 223 lbs

at my six week post partum check up. I am now weighing 143 lbs as of last

Sunday. I starved myself from 223 lbs to 184 lbs. I started BFL 1/1/2006 and

have lost the rest of it. I definitely like doing it the BFL way!

Good Luck,

a

Posted June 23, 2006 · June 23, 2006

has anyone

> had good success starting out as heavy as I am? I mean, I'm not out

> to lose 20lbs, its more like 80. I'd really like to hear from

> anyone who has been successful with a large weight loss?

Welcome ,

Congratulations on your new baby

Have fun getting to know the interviews at

http://www.bodychangers.com/interviews13.shtml

Pam and Kailee are both inspiring transformations on page 13. There

are plenty of others.

Also, check out this link for BFL champions and success stories

http://www.bodyforlife.com/challenge/champions.asp

Take it one day at a time. Follow the BFL book

It works.

M.

Posted June 23, 2006 · June 23, 2006

Hi a,

Congrats on the baby. I had my 2nd baby 12 mos ago and was 205 when I

gave birth...I gained a ton. As soon as I was able I did BFL and lost

50lbs but it took a lot of work more than my previous BFL. I am

starting one more round after taking a break so I can lose 20lbs more.

I am 5'7 and can finally fit into a few 10's. I am very happy with

this program and I modify if I need to during vacations. You can do

it just be consistent. If you hit a plateau as I did be sure to mix

it up and read the great tips found on this board. I added a spin

class and that broke my rut and the lbs starting falling down again.

>

> <<<I'd really like to hear from anyone who has been successful with

a large weight loss.>>>

>

> ,

>

> Congratulations on the new baby! I have an eight month old and

weighed 223 lbs at my six week post partum check up. I am now

weighing 143 lbs as of last Sunday. I starved myself from 223 lbs to

184 lbs. I started BFL 1/1/2006 and have lost the rest of it. I

definitely like doing it the BFL way!

>

> Good Luck,

>

> a

>

Posted February 23, 2007 · February 23, 2007

Well, I see that my message attached itself to another one with the

same subject line I used. Apparently it was an old thread from Fran.

Sorry for the confusion; it was my first post and I blew it!

Posted February 25, 2007 · February 25, 2007

Hi some of these symptoms are like mine. I have too much norepinephrine and

aldosterone from my tumor.Pheochromocytoma is a adrenline producing turmor. I

have seen all you complaints in the Pheo group, it explained much to me and labs

proved me right. Adrenline hormones make out stomach misserable the ACE

inhibitor has done wonders for my stomach. I also have a bile acid binder which

i dont take any more called questron for dirrahea. What is the size of your

tumor? I too am waiting for a MIBG scan as phoes glow on the film and take up

the contrast.

Good luck ita

the following symptoms:

I dropped 20-25 pounds

regular watery diarrhea and losing my appetite.diarrhea has caused me to change

things in my life, not eating or not going out in public after eating.fatigue,

night sweats (I usually wake up drenched), and, it seems, some cognitive changes

my nerves are shot right now!

I experience abdominal pain a hard knot just about my stomach, but maybe that's

> normal, I don't know.

Posted February 26, 2007 · February 26, 2007

Thanks, ita. So far my catecholamines have been within the normal

range, though on the higher end, so my doctor doesn't think it's a

pheo. I've been on the pheo site since before I learned of the tumor;

I had discovered what a pheo was from long research on the web of all

my symptoms, and it sounded exactly like what I was going through.

The very next day my doctor called and said they'd found an adrenal

tumor, so I thought for sure that was it.

But, instead, it seems to only be secreting aldosterone, or at least

it is not secreting enough of other hormones to be in the abnormal

range. Yours is the first I heard of both adolsterone and norephrine

from the same tumor so, who knows, maybe it will turn out to be pheo

after all. Seems like there's no rhyme or reason to those things.

I hope you get good treatment and put this behind you as quickly as

you can. Thanks for writing.

Posted February 26, 2007 · February 26, 2007

In a message dated 2/25/07 5:00:36 PM, meling333@... writes:

Adrenline hormones make out stomach misserable the ACE inhibitor has done wonders for my stomach.

suspect if you have PA your renin is so low that ACE wont do much of anything.

May your pressure be low!

Clarence E. Grim, B.S., M.S., M.D.

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Clinical Professor of Nursing, Univ. of WI, Milwaukee

Specializing in Difficult to Control High Blood Pressure

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Posted February 26, 2007 · February 26, 2007

In a message dated 2/25/07 5:00:36 PM, meling333@... writes:

I dropped 20-25 pounds

regular watery diarrhea and losing my appetite.diarrhea has caused me to change things in my life, not eating or not going out in public after eating.fatigue, night sweats (I usually wake up drenched), and, it seems, some cognitive changes

my nerves are shot right now!

I experience abdominal pain a hard knot just about my stomach, but maybe that's

> normal, I don't know.

You have a problem that you and your Dr need to figure out what is going on.

May your pressure be low!

Clarence E. Grim, B.S., M.S., M.D.

Senior Consultant to Shared Care Research and Consulting, Inc.

(sharedcareinc.com)

Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology Med. Col. WI

Clinical Professor of Nursing, Univ. of WI, Milwaukee

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Posted February 26, 2007 · February 26, 2007

: I think your ENT is poorly informed and wrong. Also you might be much better off on Zyflo. Check and make sure you don;t have plain ol' allergies as well. Allergy shots can helps if you have 'regular allergies'. Asa desens is the closest thing to a 'cure' for this disease that there is. Unless you have some other horrible medical disease or bleeding disorder or gastric disorder aspirin desens should be helpful. It doesn't work on everyone but there is no way to predict who it will work on and who it will not work on. Read about Dr son's work/research. Carol

Another new member

Greetings all:

I just found the Samters group on the Web, so I'm a new member but a longtime sufferer. I've gone through two sinus surgeries and may have a third on the horizon. My ENT first prescribed a dosage of Medrol and Singular each night. I started Thursday on the singular and Friday on the Medrol. Then on Saturday afternoon, I took my daughter to a birthday party and when we returned to the van, I smelled something and thought I must have been around someone wearing perfume. Then I realized it was my own perfume, and I hadn't smelled it in months, perhaps even years. So something is working a little better right now. I hope it continues working so I don't need that third surgery.

I asked my ENT about aspirin desensitization since I'd read so much about it on the Internet. She didn't think it would work in my case, but I'm not sure why. I definitely have allergies to aspirin, Advil and even Celebrex (as I recently discovered). I asked if there's any way to keep these polyps from returning and she said no. I hate to think I'll have to keep undergoing surgeries every four or five years.

But maybe this medicine regime will work. I feel for all of you out there who suffer with this triad. I always tell people it could be a lot worse, and that's very true. But this can be a real pain ...

Have a great week.

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Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

In a message dated 3/23/2007 10:41:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jlea@... writes:

Feeling a little

desperate.

Glad I found this group, I'm feeling like this situation is surreal

and am at a lost.

Jeannette

Welcome to the group. Rest assured, the feelings you're having have been

had by pretty much everyone on this board at one time or another. They will

come & go. Some days are good, some are bad.

My dd is 15 - diagnosed at 14yrs with OCD... germ issues. Excessive hand

washing, 3+hour showers, other issues would arise from time to time - checking

& rechecking, always needing reassurance, fear of being " watched/seen "

through windows.. .etc.

I'm sure it must be much harder with such a young child that you can't even

reason with much yet. As far as the asking the same question again & again -

we had that a little with my dd. One of the suggestions I got from this

board is to only allow them to ask the same question a limited number of times

so they KNOW they can only ask 'one more time'. Or, just respond with, " What

was my answer last time? " or something of that nature. You're not ignoring

them, but you're not reassuring them either.

I don't know how any of that would work with a 4 year old. You could try.

Has your pediatrician suggested a specialist who is trained in treating OCD?

If he/she hasn't, you need to ask them for a referral. There is also good

reference information & support at the OCD Foundation website:

_www.OCFoundation.org_ (http://www.OCFoundation.org)

Good luck & welcome. You'll find lots of support here.

LT

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Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

In a message dated 3/23/2007 12:50:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

BJClosner@... writes:

I've found nothing but quacks through

OCFoundation listings. It says on the website that they do not screen

the docs, and they must not. A few I talked to was waaaaaaaaayyyy out

there and acted like they needed therapy themselves.

BJ

GOOD GRIEF. No kidding?? That's horrible. I wonder if you should mention

something to the OCFoundation. I understand that they can't endorse or check

into each doctor listed, but GEES.... that's pretty bad.

We found the psychologist we ended up with through their site. She was

pretty good... for the few times we went to her. She's the one who said the

meds

left no symptoms to work with & suggested decreasing the meds so we could

start therapy. Nothing to speak of ever resurfaced though, so we haven't been

back. I thought it was pretty decent of her to handle it that way. She

could have kept milking us dollar after dollar if she wanted to - we wouldn't

have known any better.

LT

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Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

When my daughter was diagnosed at age 6 (now 12) she was doing the same thing

about touching her " privates " . The really hard thing was the repeating

questions. I tried to ignore these symptoms since I was in denial that anything

was wrong. Things progressed to extreme handwashing, changing panties 10-15

times daily until I contacted the peditrician. Her Dr was familiar w/OCD as her

son had it also, she immediately prescribed Zoloft until we could get in w/the

psychiatrist. Hope this helps. Hang in there, it gets VERY frustrating.

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Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

welcome -I agree with LT - don't reassure - just a " remember I told

you buddy " etc will hopefully help and not feed OCD either - it is

frustrating - we are here - and there will be better days - hang in -

stronger dose and for longer of antibiotics??? any OMega 3/inositol

being used? or calcium/magnesium?

also native remedies which I just mentioned here today to someone

else new - just natural things some people have found helpful

good luck

eileen

jtlt@...:

>

> In a message dated 3/23/2007 10:41:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> jlea@... writes:

>

> Feeling a little

> desperate.

> Glad I found this group, I'm feeling like this situation is surreal

> and am at a lost.

>

> Jeannette

>

> Welcome to the group. Rest assured, the feelings you're having have been

> had by pretty much everyone on this board at one time or another. They will

> come & go. Some days are good, some are bad.

>

> My dd is 15 - diagnosed at 14yrs with OCD... germ issues. Excessive hand

> washing, 3+hour showers, other issues would arise from time to time

> - checking

> & rechecking, always needing reassurance, fear of being " watched/seen "

> through windows.. .etc.

>

> I'm sure it must be much harder with such a young child that you can't even

> reason with much yet. As far as the asking the same question again

> & again -

> we had that a little with my dd. One of the suggestions I got from this

> board is to only allow them to ask the same question a limited

> number of times

> so they KNOW they can only ask 'one more time'. Or, just respond

> with, " What

> was my answer last time? " or something of that nature. You're not ignoring

> them, but you're not reassuring them either.

>

> I don't know how any of that would work with a 4 year old. You could try.

> Has your pediatrician suggested a specialist who is trained in treating OCD?

> If he/she hasn't, you need to ask them for a referral. There is also good

> reference information & support at the OCD Foundation website:

> _www.OCFoundation.org_ (http://www.OCFoundation.org)

>

> Good luck & welcome. You'll find lots of support here.

> LT

>

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Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

I've got to tell you. . . .I've found nothing but quacks through

OCFoundation listings. It says on the website that they do not screen

the docs, and they must not. A few I talked to was waaaaaaaaayyyy out

there and acted like they needed therapy themselves. And one through

worry wise kids, was on probation for breaking down in a session with

one of his patients, then later having a sexual relationship with her.

Of course, that has been in my (so called) area, so maybe others have

had better luck.

I've found I've had better experiences and referrals talking with

Anxiety Clinics that also treat OCD, and also psychiatric departments

at well known colleges, medical schools, and childrens hospitals.

Also contact a local OCD support group. The people there usually know

of docs in the area that know how to treat OCD.

I've made so many phone calls and I've gotten over my shyness about

getting right to the point and asking point blank, EXACTLY how they

treat OCD. If you become educated about OCD, then question them, you

can tell if they have a clue, pretty fast. And ask for the doctor to

call you back so you can talk to him/her personally. No reason to

waste your time and money going there to find out they know nothing.

Just a few things I've learned in the process.

BJ

>

> In a message dated 3/23/2007 10:41:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> jlea@... writes:

>

> Feeling a little

> desperate.

> Glad I found this group, I'm feeling like this situation is surreal

> and am at a lost.

>

> Jeannette

>

> Welcome to the group. Rest assured, the feelings you're having have

been

> had by pretty much everyone on this board at one time or another.

They will

> come & go. Some days are good, some are bad.

>

> My dd is 15 - diagnosed at 14yrs with OCD... germ issues. Excessive

hand

> washing, 3+hour showers, other issues would arise from time to time

- checking

> & rechecking, always needing reassurance, fear of being " watched/seen "

> through windows.. .etc.

>

> I'm sure it must be much harder with such a young child that you

can't even

> reason with much yet. As far as the asking the same question again

& again -

> we had that a little with my dd. One of the suggestions I got from

this

> board is to only allow them to ask the same question a limited

number of times

> so they KNOW they can only ask 'one more time'. Or, just respond

with, " What

> was my answer last time? " or something of that nature. You're not

ignoring

> them, but you're not reassuring them either.

>

> I don't know how any of that would work with a 4 year old. You

could try.

> Has your pediatrician suggested a specialist who is trained in

treating OCD?

> If he/she hasn't, you need to ask them for a referral. There is

also good

> reference information & support at the OCD Foundation website:

> _www.OCFoundation.org_ (http://www.OCFoundation.org)

>

> Good luck & welcome. You'll find lots of support here.

> LT

>

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Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

Hi Jeanette,

My son(5) was diagnosed at 4 also with ocd. You might want to get him tested for

PANDAS as well.My son just underwent bloodwork for it. We don't have the

results yet. Did he have a sudden onset of symptoms at any point besides the

repeating?

hugs

Judy

stoneleafarm <jlea@...> wrote: Hello

everyone,

Just wanted to introduce myself. I am a mother to two adorable boys

(one getting ready to turn 2 and the other is 4). Been reading some

of the posts and feel encouraged as well as scared. My 4 yr. old son

has been showing signs of ocd strongly since he had scarlet fever

over a month ago. He has always repeated phrases and I had thought

that it was normal but after the strep episode he started going to

the bathroom sometimes 3 times in a 15 min. period. Soon he started

repeating the same question over and over and over again ( " I

accidently touched my pee-pee. Is it okay? " ). He also holds his

hands up a lot so he won't accidently touch his " pee-pee " or his

bottom. The Dr. put him on antibiotics for a 10 day period to see

if that will help. It doesn't seem to be. I'm just not sure how to

handle my son's repeating the same question. I've tried ingnoring

and he gets upset and starts hitting himself. Distraction works but

my goodness - I can't distract him all the time. Feeling a little

desperate.

Glad I found this group, I'm feeling like this situation is surreal

and am at a lost. Thanks for letting me vent. Any advice will be

appreciated.

Jeannette

Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

Thanks everyone for the advice. Now when he asks the " question " I've

been trying to get him to answer himself or telling him that I've

already told him. We'll see if it works after a bit. As far as

sudden onset of symptoms after the scarlet fever it was frequent

urination (doc thought it was a bladder infection at first), holding

hands up, and repeating the same question. The newest thing that

started strongly the last few days is his " shyness " of people - don't

know if that is typical for his age or ocd or what. At this point

I'm prob. suspecting even normal things. Oh, and he's been saying

he's tired a lot more lately and anyone who knows my son knows that

is unusual - the kid hardly took naps as an infant and hasn't been

taking naps during the day for over a year now. He use to be go go

go till it was bed time. As far as symptoms before the strep throat

he did repeat the same thing over and over like " this is a whale "

while making you look at it. I remember him driving one of the

nursery workers at our church bonkers over it the one time she had to

watch him.

So far no one has done any blood tests - the pediatrician did say

something about PANDAS and put him on Amoxicillin for 10 days (he is

on day 7 now). I am suppose to take him back April 12 for an

evaluation. Someone suggested taking my son to KLUGE that is part of

UVa in Virginia. Anyone here have any dealings with them?

Once again, thank you everyone for your support.

Jeannette

Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

I'm glad you had better luck, LT. )

Like I said, maybe it was just the ones listed in our area. . . .And

even those were a couple of hours away. I didn't want to waste my

time driving so far for nothing. I'm willing to make that drive if I

can find someone qualified who will help though.

You really have to be discerning. The last guy we went to (to try)

who was so bad, insisted that PANDAS does not exist and that I should

stop reading Tamar Chansky's books. On top of the way he lied to and

bullied Josh, we had no trouble shaking the dust of that place off or

our feet. lol I will have to say though, he was not one from OCF.

Sadly, there are just a lot out there who say they know what they are

doing and don't.

BJ

>

> In a message dated 3/23/2007 12:50:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> BJClosner@... writes:

>

> I've found nothing but quacks through

> OCFoundation listings. It says on the website that they do not screen

> the docs, and they must not. A few I talked to was waaaaaaaaayyyy out

> there and acted like they needed therapy themselves.

>

> BJ

>

> GOOD GRIEF. No kidding?? That's horrible. I wonder if you should

mention

> something to the OCFoundation. I understand that they can't

endorse or check

> into each doctor listed, but GEES.... that's pretty bad.

>

> We found the psychologist we ended up with through their site. She

was

> pretty good... for the few times we went to her. She's the one who

said the meds

> left no symptoms to work with & suggested decreasing the meds so we

could

> start therapy. Nothing to speak of ever resurfaced though, so we

haven't been

> back. I thought it was pretty decent of her to handle it that way.

She

> could have kept milking us dollar after dollar if she wanted to -

we wouldn't

> have known any better.

> LT

>

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Posted March 23, 2007 · March 23, 2007

My daughter was repeating questions and phrases from the time she could talk.

Still does it. I took her to her pdoc for the first time when she was 3 to see

if she had OCD as i suspected. pdoc said she was too young to diagnose (though

now she does diagnose those that young.)

Laurie

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