What would you guys do???

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:36 pm

SuzyB;1072407 wrote: Thank you, I'm sure FG wouldn't notice too much, I'm hardly here nowadays:(

Got any ideas on anything spiritually uplifting?

I'll give you a big hug for starters.:-4 (Hmm. I enjoyed that, here's another hug.:-4 Oh, ok. One for Jimbo too.:-4)

I'll PM you tomorrow, Suzy. I have a thought but it's a bit vague at the moment.

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:37 pm

OpenMind;1072467 wrote: I'll give you a big hug for starters.:-4 (Hmm. I enjoyed that, here's another hug.:-4 Oh, ok. One for Jimbo too.:-4)

I'll PM you tomorrow, Suzy. I have a thought but it's a bit vague at the moment.

Thank you :-4

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:29 pm

SuzyB;1072465 wrote: I have arthritis too, you poor thing you really have been through the wars with things sending you a big hug and lots of :-4

Keyhole? That doesn't sound very invasive at all.

You know Suzy, I've been dealing with this for so long, I'm not sure I'd know how to function without pain. I know it sounds bizarre, but with all you've gone thru, you probably understand what I mean at least a little. It's not such a huge issue anymore...I just keep trying things and hope one day something will work.

I think at this point, you are needing some :yh_hugs and :-4 too.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:19 pm

Well Suzy,,,,,

I'm jumping in late - and I'll be short & honest.

Overweight & health problems, ME @ 213 a year ago. Ate at night, less exercise.

Over night, What the Hell Happened? Odie has a thread RE: dieting & I replied with my method to motivate me since Dr.'s can't help me.

Gastric By-Pass - changes - alot of changes.. 1st, if you haven't changed your eating habits - then you won't. By-Pass is a serious waste of time, since in time you will and you will stretch your stomach back out - naturally not as large as you could now - but significant weight gain in weird places.

Gastric By-Pass - changes - 2nd, your extra skin.....? and you will have extra LIMP skin hanging from you - which involves serious surgery's to remove, otherwise you'll be tucking flaps of skin into your clothes and still be the same size & uncomfortable.

My top 2 reactions to Gastric By-Pass

Patsy

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:30 am

Suze we have a lady here called Barb that is going in for the surgery, here's her thread.

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/fitne ... ypass.html

She has to lose a certain amount of weight before the op and she's doing fantastic.

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:35 am

SuzyB;1072349 wrote: I'd gladly have her:-4:-4 I thought you collected a 3 year old the other day???

no he has gone now , it was an emergency placement:D

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:40 am

Suzy when you say you have put on 4 stone....are you obese or just over weight.

A friend of mine has put on 4 stone but she was always really thin so I was expecting some really obese person when we met up but was really surprised..yes she is over weight but not obese. I thought she looked good actually:D

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:47 am

SuzyB;1072407 wrote: Thank you, I'm sure FG wouldn't notice too much, I'm hardly here nowadays:(

Got any ideas on anything spiritually uplifting?

I often notice when you are not around for a while:-4:-4:-4

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:16 am

SuzyB;1071841 wrote: Thats the problem, i can't eat in moderation, i think a lot of it is due to being a 'fruitcake' i eat even when i'm not hungry, i seem to take pleasure in making myself look and feel worse, I know that sounds crazy but hey ho!

That is the most tempting thing about the bypass, i know that within 18months all of my flab will be gone, but thats if I made it through the surgery :rolleyes::)

why would you think you may not make it through surgery?

You should read the thread 'Gastric Bypass', it might help you to see her many struggles and talk to her about everything.

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:41 am

SuzyB;1072101 wrote:

Immy thank you for your post but I would never of thought you need one, you looked voluptulous and curvy to me when we met :-4

Bless you - have you had your eyes tested? :sneaky:

jimbo;1072107 wrote: i said you had to not get drunk :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Git

SuzyB;1072109 wrote: You're an ass:rolleyes::rolleyes:

No, he's a git....

SuzyB;1072132 wrote: I went into hospital for an operation, whilst in recovery they realised they had given me drugs to which I am allergic to, I died on the table and thank God after 3 shots into my heart they brought me back, back on the ward I was complaining i was still in pain, only 5 days later after running tests did they realise that something was very wrong, basically the surgeon removed the right part but on the wrong side of my body, they then all tried covering for each other, I then had septicimia, they then gave me another drug againist the advice of a top London surgeon, I then had to have an emergency surgery as they realised that the orginal problem had burst and I had internal bleeding (2 pints), they performed emergency surgery but I'd had a cup of tea so they had to close my airway while putting me under to stop any reflux which you can die from(my nightmares and panic attacks always involve the pressure on my throat and them all holding me down and putting a mask over my face), then after all that they forgot that they left drainage tubes in me, we only found that out after they burst through the closed wound, that was another surgery to remove them as they'd attached to tissue. Then the final whammy they forgot to sew my muscle back in place so for a year I had my bowls hanging out into the stomach cavity, the surgeon that sorted that thought I was going to lose some of my bowl but thankfully it was left, I now have a tummy with titanium mesh.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention the orange sized lump of infection and surrounding tissue that had to be removed:rolleyes:

So after 3 months in hospital (excluding time for hernia op), dying twice, being left infertile I became a total fruitcake.

By the way the surgeon that operated on me wasn't qualified, he was sacked 2 weeks after my first op:D

Apparantly I do have it so severly because I was so in control before, they also said that you totally trust Drs so to be nearly bumped off by the people you trust is a hard thing to get over.

They reckon I have years of therapy ahead of me, major problem is I dont trust the Drs I have to talk to, so to date I haven't really moved on, just got worse:D

Bloody hell Suze! Sod the weight, you deserve chocolate and cake after all that!!!

:-4:-4

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:17 am

jimbo;1074053 wrote: i thought immy looked very well :-6:-6:-6

mrs buckaaay :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

You know that you're going to get a slap next time I see you don't you? :yh_frustr:yh_beatup

Milly · Post by **Milly** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:08 pm

SuzyB;1071802 wrote: As many of you know I have been battling with my weight for years now, I gained 4 stones after my hospital blunder, according to the pyschatrists many people with severe PTSD either become alcholoics, drug addicts or food addicts, I have become the later :-5:-5

Well here I am now at the heaviest I have ever been and I'm feeling pretty down on myself, but I have been offered what I'd consider a lifeline, my Doctor applied for funding for me to have a gastric bypass, the funding has been approved and I have passed the pyschatrists evaluation and just waiting to see dietician. Now this is all well and good but I am really wondering if this is the only option for me.

I have many allergies and have problems with pain relief and anthestic, I started a diet when I went into hospital and have lost half a stone but I think that was more down to feeling so rough I wouldn't eat

I really dont feel that I have the strength and longevity to see through an 8 stone weight loss.

So what seemed like an answer to my prayers has now become another thing to worry and obsess about :-5

SO guys I would love to know your views

Oh Suzy, I'm thinking that post alone took a great deal of courage just to post here...so big (((hug))) coming atcha!!! xxx

I can't comment on the possibility of surgery as I've no experience of it at all... however the weight thing..... babe... I battle that bugger every single day!!!!!

I have sarcoidosis and inject methotrexate once a week and take steroids too to control the condition... and one of the side effects from the steroids is - HUNGER!... OH-MY-GOODNESS!!!.....I can't even begin to tell you the battle I have with myself daily!.... it is just sheer will power that stops me eating though, food is always on my mind as I'm bloody hungry! LOL.... but I do refuse to give in to it.... I know I don't need the amount of food my body seems to be craving so I don't it......

However.... I don't have an addiction to food.... just a chemical imbalance that is making me believe I need it, so I guess I rationalise and know I don't want it....

Have you considered councilling rather than surgery Suzy?..... maybe there is an underlying trigger that needs releasing to stop you associating food comfort....

Whatever route you decide to go on hun, I wish you well... from what I've read of you, you've had a bloody rough ride and deserve a break...... There';s a whole New Year just around the corner sweetness.... may it bring you much health and happiness.... Good luck sweetheart... x