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1a. Re: Finally an introduction from the shadows.....lol
From: Kelly
1b. Re: Finally an introduction from the shadows.....lol
From: Mary R-Echevarria
2a. falling back into old habits...help!!
From: Trudy Jensen
2b. Re: falling back into old habits...help!!
From: Norma . Walczak
2c. Re: falling back into old habits...help!!
From: Trudy Jensen
2d. Re: falling back into old habits...help!!
From: mommy
3a. Hi everybody
From: Lori Legnon
3b. Re: Hi everybody
From: Dorothy M. Rosa Durkee
3c. IRON IN THE BLOOD
From: Pearson, John
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1a. Re: Finally an introduction from the shadows.....lol
Posted by: "Kelly" kdies@verizon.net kellone2
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 9:45 am ((PDT))
Glad to see that you posted Mari :)
This is a scary, yet exciting time in your life. Now that everything is done, insurance approves it...you'll be on your way. Fingers crossed for ya!!!!
Keep us updated ;)
Kelly
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From: radtechmre
To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] Finally an introduction from the shadows.....lol
HI!
My name is Mari, 38, wife and mother of 3 from NYC. I have to confess I
have been lurking in the dark for a lil while now. This new journey in
my life have been somewhat overwhelming and I was a lil hesitant.
Nevertheless I have been learning from all of your posting and adviced.
My journey began last year, with many bumps on the road but I vowed to
continue. In the middle of my process I had to change my pcp who tough
"having surgery is the easy way out'. i ran from his office, his loss
and my gain since I found a very understanding and open pcp. He has been
a great supporter. I just finished my six month supervised diet as
required byt my insurance. Pulmunary function sudy, done, psych eval,
done, letter of necessity, done, excersise routine, on going.
The specialist at the bariatric center is getting my case aready to
present to my insurance company. I am having those butterflies on my
stomach all over again. I am both excited and afraid, even a lilttle
anxious. So I welcome any advice & support. As soon as I know anything
I will let you know, and thank you Victoria for encouring us to
introduce our self! like you say it will only help us if we make
ourselfs known.
Mari
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1b. Re: Finally an introduction from the shadows.....lol
Posted by: "Mary R-Echevarria" radtechmre@yahoo.com radtechmre
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 10:04 am ((PDT))
thank you Kelly & Renee!!!
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From: Kelly <kdies@verizon.net>
To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 12:44:05 PM
Subject: Re: [After Weight Loss Surgery] Finally an introduction from the shadows.....lol
Glad to see that you posted Mari :)
This is a scary, yet exciting time in your life. Now that everything is done, insurance approves it...you'll be on your way. Fingers crossed for ya!!!!
Keep us updated ;)
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: radtechmre
To: afterweightlosssurg ery@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] Finally an introduction from the shadows..... lol
HI!
My name is Mari, 38, wife and mother of 3 from NYC. I have to confess I
have been lurking in the dark for a lil while now. This new journey in
my life have been somewhat overwhelming and I was a lil hesitant.
Nevertheless I have been learning from all of your posting and adviced.
My journey began last year, with many bumps on the road but I vowed to
continue. In the middle of my process I had to change my pcp who tough
"having surgery is the easy way out'. i ran from his office, his loss
and my gain since I found a very understanding and open pcp. He has been
a great supporter. I just finished my six month supervised diet as
required byt my insurance. Pulmunary function sudy, done, psych eval,
done, letter of necessity, done, excersise routine, on going.
The specialist at the bariatric center is getting my case aready to
present to my insurance company. I am having those butterflies on my
stomach all over again. I am both excited and afraid, even a lilttle
anxious. So I welcome any advice & support. As soon as I know anything
I will let you know, and thank you Victoria for encouring us to
introduce our self! like you say it will only help us if we make
ourselfs known.
Mari
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2a. falling back into old habits...help!!
Posted by: "Trudy Jensen" trudybjensen@yahoo.com trudybjensen
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 3:11 pm ((PDT))
I am about a year and a half out of my Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and in the past few months I have found myself falling back into old habits of binge eating and eating the wrong things. I have not had the feeling of being stuffed or over full since I had the surgery. I have not had a good support system so I am trying to reach out to others who may have had some of these same issues. Any words of wisdom or support would be greatly appreciated.
thank you for your time.
Trudy
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2b. Re: falling back into old habits...help!!
Posted by: "Norma . Walczak" izzscruff2@yahoo.com izzscruff2
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 5:59 pm ((PDT))
I too did not have a good support system. I did do a little over a year of seeing a therapist and it really did help. I had to come to grips with why I was so heavy in the first place. There are times that I do slip, but I have to sit back and think about why I did slip and not beat myself up over it. We are all human and do make mistakes. But you have to think about it and realize why you slipped then work at getting back on track. This Saturday is my third anniversary of my RNY. I have lost 135# and happy. I was not realistic with what I wanted to lose as I look ok and feel fine at 190. No, it is not perfect, but I have not been this weight since I was 12 years old and no one is still use to seeing me this "thin". Lots of luck and ask you sugeon to recomend someone for you to talk to.
Norma
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Trudy Jensen <trudybjensen@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Trudy Jensen <trudybjensen@yahoo.com>
Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] falling back into old habits...help!!
To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 5:11 PM
I am about a year and a half out of my Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and in the past few months I have found myself falling back into old habits of binge eating and eating the wrong things. I have not had the feeling of being stuffed or over full since I had the surgery. I have not had a good support system so I am trying to reach out to others who may have had some of these same issues. Any words of wisdom or support would be greatly appreciated.
thank you for your time.
Trudy
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2c. Re: falling back into old habits...help!!
Posted by: "Trudy Jensen" trudybjensen@yahoo.com trudybjensen
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 7:44 pm ((PDT))
thank you for sharing some of your story with me. I do need to find someone to talk to, I thought I was at a place where I was pretty happy with my loss, I had gone from about 240 to 150 and I am down to a size 6-8, smaller than I have ever been that I can remember. I think part of the problem is that I started dating again about 7 months ago and I think that I am way more into our relationship than he is and it has made me start to question how he sees me... a lot of how I got to where I was is due to bad relationships which is extremely hard on ones self esteem. I don't have a good history of relationships, I am pretty much an introvert and don't put myself out there and at 54 years old I feel that my life is passing me by. I am not much of a joiner and don't have a lot of single friends so that just makes things that much harder. When I read what I just said, I question if I just have a way of making excuses. Maybe it is time for me to
put it out there, join a gym, focus on me and feeling good about me as a person and find someone who is accepting of me and put my wants and needs top of the list and not be so accomodating. I know there has to be good men out there who want to be in a relationship, for the long haul, through the good times and bad, who are accepting of my 27 year old daughter who can't seem to get her life in order, someone who will be a good grandfather role model for my grandchildren. I don't believe that I was put here to be alone. It isn't that I am not comfortable with my own company, I have been alone the majority of my life, but it would just be so much more fun if here was someone to share it with.
Tell me about you, do you have kids? Are you married? Where do you live? I live in Omaha, NE, I am a mortgage underwriter and work entirely too many hours but it is a good job, a challenging job and I get to help people realize their dreams of owning a home which makes me feel good. I have four grandchildren, three who are part of my day to day life, one who was placed for adoption when she was born who I only get to see once or twice a year and occassionally get photos of. But she is in a good loving home, she is happy and she will be starting kindergarden in the fall. I have a granddaughter who will be 8 in July, a granddaughter who will be four in June and my grandson who just turned two in February. I come from a large family, I am the 2nd oldest with six sisters and one brother, who is the youngest. My father is still with us, he will be 82 in October, we lost my mother in November 2002 after she had been hospitalized for ulcerative
colitus.
Thanks again for your time, I appreciate it.
Trudy
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From: Norma . Walczak <izzscruff2@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [After Weight Loss Surgery] falling back into old habits...help!!
To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 7:59 PM
I too did not have a good support system. I did do a little over a year of seeing a therapist and it really did help. I had to come to grips with why I was so heavy in the first place. There are times that I do slip, but I have to sit back and think about why I did slip and not beat myself up over it. We are all human and do make mistakes. But you have to think about it and realize why you slipped then work at getting back on track. This Saturday is my third anniversary of my RNY. I have lost 135# and happy. I was not realistic with what I wanted to lose as I look ok and feel fine at 190. No, it is not perfect, but I have not been this weight since I was 12 years old and no one is still use to seeing me this "thin". Lots of luck and ask you sugeon to recomend someone for you to talk to.
Norma
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Trudy Jensen <trudybjensen@ yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Trudy Jensen <trudybjensen@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] falling back into old habits...help! !
To: afterweightlosssurg ery@yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 5:11 PM
I am about a year and a half out of my Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and in the past few months I have found myself falling back into old habits of binge eating and eating the wrong things. I have not had the feeling of being stuffed or over full since I had the surgery. I have not had a good support system so I am trying to reach out to others who may have had some of these same issues. Any words of wisdom or support would be greatly appreciated.
thank you for your time.
Trudy
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2d. Re: falling back into old habits...help!!
Posted by: "mommy" taximommyto9@yahoo.com taximommyto9
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 7:29 am ((PDT))
I think it is hard to stay on track. I have my family eating chips, ice cream, cookies always in front of me.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. -James D. Miles-
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Norma . Walczak <izzscruff2@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Norma . Walczak <izzscruff2@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [After Weight Loss Surgery] falling back into old habits...help!!
To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 7:59 PM
I too did not have a good support system. I did do a little over a year of seeing a therapist and it really did help. I had to come to grips with why I was so heavy in the first place. There are times that I do slip, but I have to sit back and think about why I did slip and not beat myself up over it. We are all human and do make mistakes. But you have to think about it and realize why you slipped then work at getting back on track. This Saturday is my third anniversary of my RNY. I have lost 135# and happy. I was not realistic with what I wanted to lose as I look ok and feel fine at 190. No, it is not perfect, but I have not been this weight since I was 12 years old and no one is still use to seeing me this "thin". Lots of luck and ask you sugeon to recomend someone for you to talk to.
Norma
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Trudy Jensen <trudybjensen@ yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Trudy Jensen <trudybjensen@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] falling back into old habits...help! !
To: afterweightlosssurg ery@yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 5:11 PM
I am about a year and a half out of my Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and in the past few months I have found myself falling back into old habits of binge eating and eating the wrong things. I have not had the feeling of being stuffed or over full since I had the surgery. I have not had a good support system so I am trying to reach out to others who may have had some of these same issues. Any words of wisdom or support would be greatly appreciated.
thank you for your time.
Trudy
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3a. Hi everybody
Posted by: "Lori Legnon" penpalmom@gmail.com lorilegnon
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 7:05 pm ((PDT))
I'm a new member, and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Lori, I live in MA, am 45, and just had a lap gastric bypass on April 22nd. It's the best decision I ever made!!! I'm down 47 pounds, and already feel so much better. I have a great hubby (just had our 21st anniversary in May), and 2 kids, who are 5 and 7, so I had a lot to live for, and wanted to be here for a long time!!!! Am anxious to learn from you all, esp. ideas for meals...I have an awful time with the first meal of the day, can't get the shakes in without it taking at least 90 minutes, and just have no desire to consume ANYTHING in the am. Look forward to getting to know you all!!!!
Lori In MA
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3b. Re: Hi everybody
Posted by: "Dorothy M. Rosa Durkee" branta@cebridge.net branta_canadensis
Date: Mon Jun 8, 2009 9:02 pm ((PDT))
>I have an awful time with the first meal of the day, can't get the
>shakes in without it taking at least 90 minutes, and just have no
>desire to consume ANYTHING in the am.
Hi, Lori. Welcome.
Our surgeons told us, "If you're not hungry, don't eat." Protein
shakes were also not on our food plans.
I'm often not hungry in the morning, either. But I try to drink some
water, and after I'm up for a while I'll have a shake (pre-mixed,
since I'm unlikely to bother to mix up my own) for breakfast. I'll
eat more at lunch, and then artdinner.
Since I started eating fruit, I find myself drawn to its sweetness
and eating it preferentially. Not good. Our docs said, "Protein
first, then veggies, and then -- maybe -- a little fruit." But I
could live on fruit. It's my new "candy," and that's scary. I also
feel myself slipping into "grazing." Fortunately little alarm bells
are going off in my head, reminding me that to keep this 101-pound
loss, I have to get back to the protein-veggies-fruit routine. And
keep that water coming!
Dorothy
287/186/145
(pre-surg/now/goal)
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3c. IRON IN THE BLOOD
Posted by: "Pearson, John" john.pearson@hp.com jp_unwinders
Date: Tue Jun 9, 2009 7:56 am ((PDT))
Has anyone post surgery had an issue with iron?
My wife is about 10mo. Post op... she went for blood work and had less than 1 on iron.
The hematologist said she couldn't absorb any iron from the foods she is eating due to where they cut in the WLS surgery. She has to go for iron transfusions.
Just curious if anyone else is having or had this issue
John Pearson
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