... at least I'm an organized whiner... I should just grow a pot of aloe on my head and tell people I died my hair green. My hairbrush could pass for a Furby. A girl at work who had the surgery lost 150lbs without a bit of exercise, so it IS possible. Peter is a rent-a-cop on third shift. I'm off Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. He's off Thursday and Friday. True split shift parents. He even has his own bedroom, so I don't wake him comming and going. Grrr Sorry for the vent, I know things will get better, eventually. Just felt the need to vent/whine Gosh

Gosh, your post wasn't long at all...I managed to read it. I like how you numbered each whine. I don't have very good advice to offer...so let see where do I begin. I think I'm still losing hair too...not as much as before but I still see a bunch of strands on the bathroom floor & sink. Whenever I brush my hair in the morning I gotta check the back (the crown) because I usually have this bald spot there and I need to cover it up...I hate that. I'm too young to be bald...but it is growing back just have to be patient. My grandmother gave me a mexican remedy for hairloss which I am going to start today. She says I should put fresh aloe all over my scalp and let it sit for 30 minutes & then wash out, apparently a balding woman from their town in Mexico (which they recently visited) did this and grew tons & tons of hair ...I hope it works for me. Acne...I had this huge pimple grow under my chin and it just won't go away. It's gotten smaller but still there...wonder why? Exercise...I don't at all. I just told my nurse practioner straight out: I have no motivation to exercise. She said: And I can't help you find joy in it and said I should mix it up and try different things everyday something about taking advantage of the momentum? Shows how much attention I pay. Sex drive...yeah I don't have a very high one either. I used to have a pretty good one before...now it's just not as strong. Marriage...It's pretty good. My #1 complaint, I don't really get to see him or spend enough time with my hubby. He works graveyards...I sleep alone at night. I work days and when I get home he's off to school, then gets home & gets ready for work. His day's off: Monday & Tuesday nights...I have the weekend. I hope things change soon when he finishes school. I'm sorry that your hubby spends a lot of time on the computer...I do too sometimes...but if my hubby wants to do something or anything I will leave it and go do whatever he wants to do. Does your husband chat? And I agree it's not too much to ask for him to treat you good. You deserve it. Yup, we all have our complaints...I have faith things will get better. I think we need to be a little patient sometimes. Elisa

Hello, I know I don't post much, but to tell you the truth, I think we all slowed down a bit as we became more acustomed to the changes our bodies went through. I just want to write down my whine list, mabey get some sympathy or kind words, and get over it, so here goes. 1) I'm still working on paying off medical bills. Paid off the first surgery, expected the bills, but I'm still working on paying off the emergency surgery bills from July. 2) Had relationship problems with my husband before surgery, still have problems. I know, I know... Don't marry a man intending to change them, just accept them warts and all... I'm having a hard time with this when he'd rather play computer games than play with our son (away from the computer, not my son sitting beside him while he's playing on the computer). I'd like him to treat me with at least as much courtesy as he treats complete strangers. I don't think this is too much to ask. 3) Hair loss. With the two surgeries I'm down to about a third of the hair I used to have. I am a protein goddess and didn't expect it to be so bad. It's a really vain thing to complain about, but to tell you the truth, it's the only part of my physical characteristics I've ever really liked. 4) Acne. All the estrogen being released is making me have acne so bad, especially when it's my period, that one person at work asked me if I had chicken pox! 5) Exercise. Hello, my name is Gosh, and I admit I haven't been doing all the exercise we should be doing. At first I was just too scared of getting hurt. When I was heavier I would injur myself just doing normal everyday activities. Now that I've finally gotten to a point where that's not happening anymore, I decided to start. My program includes a free (with program fee) 3 month membership to their gym. I do very little (10 minutes on bike & 10 minutes on treadmill) three times last week, and now I'm having trouble walking, and a great big red circle on my knee where it hurts. We're not talking high impact exercise here, folks, just stuff "normal" people should be able to do. 6) Lack of sex drive. I've lost enough weight, now, that I have regular periods, and don't have to get medicine to start my cycles. I thought my hormone levels normalizing would help with my sex drive, but the only place it's going is the dessert. (shure helps with my getting along with hubby-not!) Well, now that I've whined at you, I'll tell you some good news. My husband has been chosen to donate bone marrow. He's been on the list for nearly 2 decades, and he was finally chosen. He's going to be helping a 51 year old guy with leukemia. I just feel the reflective joy that I'm able to help Peter do this for someone else. Mabey that's just a little bit narcisistic, but it makes me happy for me, too. Well, I prattled on long enough. Thanks to all 2.3 people *****ad this. Gosh

Congrats to Everyone!! We did so well. Keep up the great work!!!!

Thank you for posting this Gosh! I LOVE it!