Guest guest Posted May 7, 2000 Report Share Posted May 7, 2000 Debbie, Hope your recovery is going well. My prayers are with you for a speedy recovery & that al else will work out!!! Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2000 Report Share Posted May 7, 2000 Hi Debbie, That was fun, meeting you in the chat room. But all of a sudden, what I typed in didn't appear on the little screen after clicking on send So, I stuck around for a little while and then figured maybe I got booted off. Sure enough, it was my server. Couldn't even send out emails. I think it may have been related to that new virus. I heard it affected lots of internet service providers in Hawaii. So, I just wanted to let you know that I didn't purposefully leave without saying goodbye. I just couldn't get my messages sent out. We should try it again sometime, since it seems so easy to use. For anyone who's interested, the chat room is located at: chat/ Take care, Georgina The Schuh Family wrote: > > The feet surgery went off without a hitch, but boy did it hurt!! I have had > over a dozen surgeries and I can say that this was by far the worst. I spent > last Monday night crying like a baby )c: Surprisingly enough by Friday I was > actually able to stand and walk on them again with no assistance. Yipee!! I > am still having a great deal of swelling so I have to lay down and elevate > my feet every 30 minutes, which is a lot harder than it sounds, I have to > much that I want to be doing.! > > Now on the negative side, on Friday I got served papers from my EX, he is > trying to take custody of my 8 year old and using my surgery and Arthritis > as the reason. ::scowl:: Now even though he has been gone for 6 out of the > past 8 years, *I* have to gather documentation to prove that I am able to > effectively parent my child. Not to mention the $1000. to retain an > attorney! Not to get on a soapbox here, but I think our legal system stinks. > He has a " right " to a second chance to be a father but my child does not > have a right to live a stable life without constant interference from > lawyers and counselors. grrr > > I hope everyone else's week has been going well! > Hugs, > Debbie > > With Gods blessings, > The Schuh Family > Dan, Debbie, Dottie, Kody and Wyatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2000 Report Share Posted May 8, 2000 If anyone is interested, I can be there in the chat room at 8pm <central> on Monday <tomorrow night> Debbie With Gods blessings, The Schuh Family Dan, Debbie, Dottie, Kody and Wyatt Re: I'm back!! Hi Debbie, That was fun, meeting you in the chat room. But all of a sudden, what I typed in didn't appear on the little screen after clicking on send So, I stuck around for a little while and then figured maybe I got booted off. Sure enough, it was my server. Couldn't even send out emails. I think it may have been related to that new virus. I heard it affected lots of internet service providers in Hawaii. So, I just wanted to let you know that I didn't purposefully leave without saying goodbye. I just couldn't get my messages sent out. We should try it again sometime, since it seems so easy to use. For anyone who's interested, the chat room is located at: chat/ Take care, Georgina The Schuh Family wrote: > > The feet surgery went off without a hitch, but boy did it hurt!! I have had > over a dozen surgeries and I can say that this was by far the worst. I spent > last Monday night crying like a baby )c: Surprisingly enough by Friday I was > actually able to stand and walk on them again with no assistance. Yipee!! I > am still having a great deal of swelling so I have to lay down and elevate > my feet every 30 minutes, which is a lot harder than it sounds, I have to > much that I want to be doing.! > > Now on the negative side, on Friday I got served papers from my EX, he is > trying to take custody of my 8 year old and using my surgery and Arthritis > as the reason. ::scowl:: Now even though he has been gone for 6 out of the > past 8 years, *I* have to gather documentation to prove that I am able to > effectively parent my child. Not to mention the $1000. to retain an > attorney! Not to get on a soapbox here, but I think our legal system stinks. > He has a " right " to a second chance to be a father but my child does not > have a right to live a stable life without constant interference from > lawyers and counselors. grrr > > I hope everyone else's week has been going well! > Hugs, > Debbie > > With Gods blessings, > The Schuh Family > Dan, Debbie, Dottie, Kody and Wyatt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 72% off on Name brand Watches! Come and buy today and get free shipping! 1/4011/2/_/524922/_/957733642/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For links to websites with JRA info visit: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/8414/Links.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2001 Report Share Posted November 17, 2001 Great Rhonda!! There are more exciting discoveries for you down your journey. Have fun! aW I'm back!! I had another first last night....doesn't seem like much to the average person, but I know you guys will understand my excitement. We went to Lowe's lastnight and I actually walked through the turnstyle without having to turn sideways!!!!! It was so cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2001 Report Share Posted November 17, 2001 Thanks a!!! Rhonda > Great Rhonda!! There are more exciting discoveries for you down your journey. Have fun! > > aW > I'm back!! > > > I had another first last night....doesn't seem like much to > the average person, but I know you guys will understand my > excitement. We went to Lowe's lastnight and I actually walked > through the turnstyle without having to turn sideways!!!!! It was so > cool. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2001 Report Share Posted November 17, 2001 > Hi everyone. Hope everybody is doing well. I've been gone for a > couple of weeks. Well, actually, I've been here, just haven't had > much time to post. Mark (my husband) had back surgery a week and > half ago so I have been a little busy with him. He is doing real > well and is up and moving around again pretty good now. He may be > able to go back to work in about 2 weeks. > > I've been waiting a looonnnngggg time to be able to post this.....I > finally have lost 100 pounds!!!!!!!! I weighed this morning and I > actually have lost 100.5 pounds. This is so cool.....I really never > thought that I would ever lose this much weight.....and I'm not > done!! I had another first last night....doesn't seem like much to > the average person, but I know you guys will understand my > excitement. We went to Lowe's lastnight and I actually walked > through the turnstyle without having to turn sideways!!!!! It was so > cool. Way to go girlfriend..I am so proud of you..Take care of Mark and tell him I said hello. I can relate to the turnstils..When I went to Hersey Park, riding the rollercoasters was a thrill but going through the turnstils was even better and i didn't have to close my eyes..The first one I went through, I said, " well look a here, I don't have to lift my butt and squeeze through " , and I did it over and over..Other people kind of looked at me funny but who cares it was a great thing to do..keep in touch..Hugs to the family.. Love ya Zoey > > Hi to the new people on the list. I hope you keep posting. I won't > be at the Holiday Party. Can't swing it so close to Christmas and > all, but I will be thinking of all of you. Please let us know what > Dr. R. has to say. Hope you all have a wonderful time. > > Bonded by our experience, strength and hope > > Rhonda > MGB - 11/30/00 > 279/178.5/1?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Dear , So good to hear from you. I've been watching the posts all day hoping... In just the few exchanges we had before you left for S.F. I can tell you're a real upbeat, positive t hinking gal. Keep up the good work and let us hear from you whenever you're up to it. Jane in San Diego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thank you so much for sharing your story. Extremely informative, and i am hoping that it will put my husbands mind at ease. I took that first step today - and applied for the surgery. Can you tell me how long it took before you got an answer/surgery date? my insurance doesn't cover any of it - so it's all out of pocket for me. my little sister had it done here in texas in november, and all i can say is ... wow.... 47lbs in 10 weeks - she looks great and feels great. > > > Hi everyone! > > I'm back and I survived my solo trip to Mexico. It was pretty much what everyone led me to expect and I did well. and Pam were my sleeve-buddies and we are still in touch. We took care of each other and did pretty well. > > For all of you lurkers out there who are thinking about it, want to do it, not sure if they should do it, let me tell you some of my thoughts about the whole process. > > First, I went by myself from NC to Mexico. I took one small suitcase with most of the things suggested by the group before I left. That was enough. You really don't need much more. I made it fine through the airports, coming and going, by myself. When I got to San Diego's airport on the journey home, I just walked slowly through security and slowly to the gate without problems. Making my connection in Atlanta, I did get one of those motorized golf carts to transport me to my gate. It was just too long a trot without some help. Also, I just got to the gate and asked the boarding agent if I could board early with the old folks, as I just had surgery. They said sure, never asking what surgery or any other intrusive questions. > > Ernesto was nice, pointing out some interesting things along the journey. He'll show you his before/after photos since his VSG surgery. If you are prone to carsickness, take a Dramamine and ask to sit in the front of the van. It helped one in our group. After he picks everybody up, he'll stop at a 7-11 for a bathroom break/drink stop. Since you have to be fasting at this point, getting some water doesn't hurt, as the desert air can dry you out. Also, you can buy a snack to eat at the hospital after all your lab work is done. When he takes you to the hospital, Lucy meets you and hands you a cup for your urine sample. You need it after about 2 hours in the van. Lab work, x-rays, EKG are all done after this, then you can eat. Dr. , the anesthesiologist, and Yolanda, the administrative assistant meet with you after your testing. He interviews you about surgical risks and she gives you instructions and takes your check. > > We were taken to the Crowne Plaza in Mexicali, a very posh hotel. Nice beds, free bottled water in the bathroom (remember not to drink the tap water). There's a nice hotel in the ground floor with a lot of traditional Mexican dishes. Otherwise, ask Ernesto and he'll tell you a good Chinese restaurant at which to eat. You can get settled in your room and ask the concierge at the front desk for a taxi. He'll tell the driver where to take you and how much it will cost. But, if you want to do some shopping before you settle in for the night, have them take you to the mall only a few minutes away from the hospital (Cashanella, I think is how it's spelled). Rows and rows of shops (mostly shoes), but some larger department stores. The choices were more expensive than you would have thought, but it's an experience just to see it. We were steered away from this mall, by the concierge, in order that we could go to a more " upscale " mall about 20 minutes away from the hospital. The upscale mall consisted of a Walmart and a few stores and a movie theatre. I didn't get to Cashanella until after my surgery. > > Ernesto picked us up at 7 AM the next morning. We were assigned rooms, unpacked, met with Dr. Campos, the internist, and then Dr. Aceves. Dr. Aceves was a very intelligent, very kind man, who spent a little over 45 minutes with the 3 of us explaining about the surgery, what he was going to do, how it would make us feel and what to expect afterwards. He made sure we all knew what to expect. They don't decide who's first until after this meeting. I happened to be first (I think because I was travelling alone), so almost immediately after this meeting they came to take me to surgery. The others were given some anti-anxiety medications to help them with the wait. Me, I just fell asleep. The next thing I knew I was in the recovery area. Surgery took about 1-1/2 hours and I was back in my room by mid-afternoon. I was sore, but they were able to give my IV pain meds about every four hours, which helped. I remembered what you all said about walking, so I was up and to the bathroom as soon as I could. I later went down the hallway to visit my buddies. Not an awful experience. The level of pain I experienced was less than my C-section and more than my gallbladder operations. > > It might help to tuck away a Spanish-English dictionary to help you during the night shift. I had a little bit of Spanish under my belt, but the others needed the translation phrases paper we were given. Some family members had questions that weren't covered by the paper and needed more help. The heating pad felt great. You might consider taking your own pillow as well, if you can fit it, as the pillows were pretty hard. Also, their hospital beds are some of the more uncomfortable things I slept on. After the first day, I asked the nurse for about 6 blankets, folded them in half and made a cushion of sorts for my back. After that, I slept more comfortably. Three of us had laptops, one's worked by using the hospital password, two of ours had something in our computers that didn't allow us to hook into their systems. So, I was out of touch via e-mail during this time. > > Also, a bunch of stuff has been written about telephones. We're only about two blocks to the border, you can see the fence from the front door of the hospital. I found that there were some spots in my hospital room that I would be connected to ATT and some spots where I was connected to the Mexican cell phone company. If I saw the Mexican company come up, I just moved and waited until ATT was seen. When you go farther away from the border (to the mall, ie) you can't access American companies, but that was just a short time. > > All the participants here have talked about the first month being the hardest, having a hard time getting their fluid intake down, and making sure they're eating the appropriate amount of proteins. I didn't know what the meant until now. Imagine you have a large funnel (your mouth) and you try to pour a large amount of fluid into an empty bottle (your stomach). If it's a large bottle, the fluid will flow immediately through the funnel with ease. If it's a small bottle, water will go into the bottle, but the air that's been displaced has to be forced out and will bubble back up through the funnel before any more fluid goes in. That's what's happening now with me. I'm having to relearn how to drink. I can't take large glug,glug,glugs of fluid. I have to take a small sip, let it work its way down to my belly, then another sip. There's usually a lot of burping involved at this point. If I take too much, I start hiccoughing, an expected side effect of the surgery (better than vomiting). > > I'm now 6 days post-op and am relatively pain free. A little sore, but nothing intolerable. I drove myself to the store yesterday and probably overdid it a little, but otherwise am doing fine. Now that the surgery is over, my family is relieved. They were all thinking I was crazy to have surgery. . . for weight lost!!!. . . in MEXICO!!!! I'm home, safe, happy and ten pounds lighter already, so they're adapting to my needs now. Food is not interesting yet, whereas before, I gorged myself, even if I wasn't hungry. I do dream about milkshakes and fruit smoothies, but they are for later, once my stomach is doing better. > > I hope this wasn't too long for you all to digest. If it helps any of you lurkers who are sitting on the fence, I'm glad. I'm also glad I did this. I feel that at age 55, I still have a lot of living to do. And, I didn't want to do it fat and unhappy. I'm thinking I'll be wearing shorts by this summer! > > Sally > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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