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Topic: RE: Looking for local Support Groups
Thanks so much Stephanie, I will definately check into it!
Topic: RE: Looking for local Support Groups
You might check to see if St Vincent Bariatric Center still holds on in LaPorte on the first Tuesday of the month at the LaPorte County Library at 904 Indiana Street from 6:30 to 8. You could check with both the library and St V's. Hope it is still there for you and welcome back. We are all here to support each other. SOunds like you are off to a great start! Keep up the good work.
Stephanie E
Stephanie E
Topic: Indianapolis DS Group Events in January
Hi All! 2012 looks to be a great year and the DS group is kicking off activities with an awesome dinner this month.
Dinner
Tuesday, January 10th, 6pm
Fogo de Chao
online info
Fogo de Chao is a Brazilian steakhouse which means plenty of PROTEIN! We will be gong during the Devour Downtown event which means prices are only $30 for a full dinner (a greatly reduced price). Please post ASAP if you plan to attend because reservations will be needed at the restaurant. A posting to this thread or an email to jnplacke at gmail.com is the best way to reach me. I look forward to celebrating everyone's successes in 2011 and plans for 2012!
Support Group
Tuesday, January 24th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
St. Vincent Carmel, Bariatric Center, Entrance 4
Map of location
The support group meeting, led by a St Vincent nurse or dietitian, is open to all pre- and post-op Duodenal Switch patients regardless if they had surgery at St Vincents. We often grab a bite to eat after the meeting.
~Jessica SW 271/ CW 131 / GW 145
Come hang out with the Indianapolis DS group -- calendar of events now online!
Come hang out with the Indianapolis DS group -- calendar of events now online!
Topic: Looking for local Support Groups
Hello all, I just moved back here from Texas last month. I am trying to find a local support group to go to. I live in North Judson, IN. Anyone know where some are held? Knox, LaPorte, Michigan City, Valparasio? I had my surgery May 17, 2011 and I am used to attending support groups, but thus far I haven't found a local one. I have lost 125lbs. I was 352lbs before gastric bypass, I now weigh 227. I still have a ways to go so hopefully yall know of a local support group. Thank you and happy new year to all : )
Topic: RE: Hello all....
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Thanks Marlin. I can definately use the prayers. This whole divorce business has been a real stressor to deal with. I'll be glad when it's done and I can close that chapter of my life for good.
Sherri
Sherri
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Topic: RE: Hello all....
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Never allow someone to be your Priority while allowing yourself to be their Option......
Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway...
Stephanie,
I'm better off now than I would had been if I hadn't had the rny. I have had enough problems and did follow my surgeon's instructions to a T so I would really advise any pre-op that problems can and do happen so don't just 'know' complications happen but ask yourself 'what if they happen to me'. No one ever believes they will happen to them...especially if they are doing all they are suppose to. Falls into the 's' happens.
I don't even want to try to count all my abdominal post-rny surgeries! LOL! I was counted as a troubled child long before my coma. I think the count is in the 25-ish range total maybe. I'd also had 23 endocopes and I think 4 colonoscopies. I even had two trips to the mayo clinic. Impressive compound! It was 2 years in December since my last surgery so I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed!
Have they tried injecting steroids directly into the scar tissue to get it to quit growing? That is what Dr. Gupta ended up doing to stop the strictures in me.
Sherri
I'm better off now than I would had been if I hadn't had the rny. I have had enough problems and did follow my surgeon's instructions to a T so I would really advise any pre-op that problems can and do happen so don't just 'know' complications happen but ask yourself 'what if they happen to me'. No one ever believes they will happen to them...especially if they are doing all they are suppose to. Falls into the 's' happens.
I don't even want to try to count all my abdominal post-rny surgeries! LOL! I was counted as a troubled child long before my coma. I think the count is in the 25-ish range total maybe. I'd also had 23 endocopes and I think 4 colonoscopies. I even had two trips to the mayo clinic. Impressive compound! It was 2 years in December since my last surgery so I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed!
Have they tried injecting steroids directly into the scar tissue to get it to quit growing? That is what Dr. Gupta ended up doing to stop the strictures in me.
Sherri
AT GOAL!!
http://www.myspace.com/sweetsherri61
Never allow someone to be your Priority while allowing yourself to be their Option......
Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway...
Topic: RE: Hello all....
yeah agree its been a while and glad to see u sherri and the big d wow hope that helps with some weight lost and the stress alone is gonna be alsome will be praying for u am
nd all Marlin
nd all Marlin
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Topic: RE: Hello all....
Wow you've been through a lot! Yes my pain is wls related. I am overall unhealthier post op. At least it seems like it! I have daily abdominal pain from adhesions and what they have called Blind Loop Syndrome. I have had about ten abdominal surgeries due to the rny. Luckily I have been able to heal, but each time scar tissue would just grow back. I have only been pain free for about six months out of the nine years since my original rny.
Take care,
Stephanie
Take care,
Stephanie
Topic: RE: Hello all....
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Never allow someone to be your Priority while allowing yourself to be their Option......
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Stephanie,
I go through the Pain Center of Indiana on North Meridian. It's a little bit south of Dr. Price's and on the east side of the street. I'm thinking that it's ~8300 something. I go through St. Vincent surgeons but I don't know if the center is associated with just them or not. A PA has been handling all of mine so far. Dr. Cacucci wouldn't even try my on anything so I've been going by with the pain constantly increasing and not getting any help. I couldn't believe how good I felt when I had a few hours totally pain-free! I'm on a time release now. It keeps my 'constant' pain at about 2/3..it was a 4. The sudden onbursts could get 8/9 and now they are about 6. So big improvement. I'm also on some to help with those onbursts. If it gets where the meds aren't doing the trick, we'll probably be looking at steroid injections to try to stop the scar tissue growth and/or injections to deaden the nerves that the scar tissue is pressing down on. At that point, their doctors get involved I think.
Congrats on getting back on track with your weight loss. Hopefully the rest of your bosy will help with that, huh? Are your medical difficulties related to WLS? Or is there another cause. Mine was..indirectly. Because I lost 200 lb, I had plastics. I had gotten a blood clot in my leg & lung during that but was misdiagnosed as pnumonia. The 'treatment' iritated the hell out of my intestines, they twisted all up and the entire length of them were black. They induced a coma, saved the intestines, but couldn't get my abdominal wall to close so I have a mesh sewed in to protect my intestines. That sewing caused scar tissue. And that's where I am today. lol. Of course, other stuff happened in-between (strictures, ulcers, hernia's) but the coma one was the one that led up to why I have pain.
Sherri
I go through the Pain Center of Indiana on North Meridian. It's a little bit south of Dr. Price's and on the east side of the street. I'm thinking that it's ~8300 something. I go through St. Vincent surgeons but I don't know if the center is associated with just them or not. A PA has been handling all of mine so far. Dr. Cacucci wouldn't even try my on anything so I've been going by with the pain constantly increasing and not getting any help. I couldn't believe how good I felt when I had a few hours totally pain-free! I'm on a time release now. It keeps my 'constant' pain at about 2/3..it was a 4. The sudden onbursts could get 8/9 and now they are about 6. So big improvement. I'm also on some to help with those onbursts. If it gets where the meds aren't doing the trick, we'll probably be looking at steroid injections to try to stop the scar tissue growth and/or injections to deaden the nerves that the scar tissue is pressing down on. At that point, their doctors get involved I think.
Congrats on getting back on track with your weight loss. Hopefully the rest of your bosy will help with that, huh? Are your medical difficulties related to WLS? Or is there another cause. Mine was..indirectly. Because I lost 200 lb, I had plastics. I had gotten a blood clot in my leg & lung during that but was misdiagnosed as pnumonia. The 'treatment' iritated the hell out of my intestines, they twisted all up and the entire length of them were black. They induced a coma, saved the intestines, but couldn't get my abdominal wall to close so I have a mesh sewed in to protect my intestines. That sewing caused scar tissue. And that's where I am today. lol. Of course, other stuff happened in-between (strictures, ulcers, hernia's) but the coma one was the one that led up to why I have pain.
Sherri
AT GOAL!!
http://www.myspace.com/sweetsherri61
Never allow someone to be your Priority while allowing yourself to be their Option......
Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway...
Topic: RE: DS'er with Dr. Inman
At 5:13pm EST LyndiaIN said: I am over 4 years out from my revision to DS by Dr. Inman. She is a fantastic surgeon and I have absolutley nothing but praise for her. As a matter of fact, when my first WLS failed and I needed a revision, I immediately knew she is who I wanted to go to.
The majority of her office staff is excellent, but the surgery coordinator does have a rep for taking her good old sweet time with scheduling. Her office is not that great at vitamins/supplementation, but pretty much anything else they are spot on.
The dieticians at St. V's are a joke from the DS perspective. They expect us to eat like RNYers, which would be a death sentence for us. They recommend low-fat (sure, if you want dry skin and constipation) and lots of fruit and veggies (that is if you want your protein to tank.) They also recommend "skinny" meats. Don't get me wrong, I like chicken and fish, but I love my marbled steaks and juicy hamburgers more. They also like to hand out the old dieting tricks - take a walk before eating to make sure you're hungry, "nothing tastes as good as being thin feels" BS. And yes, they have taken over the lab portion of our care, which I really don't like at all. I have a full list of labs and codes that we need and I may just start having my PCP start ordering them instead of having to deal with "professionals" who know nothing about my surgery or my care.
We have a local support group that meets every month for a DS dinner and would love to have you join us. That way you can see first hand how we DSers live. My friend Jessica puts the calendar together and if you'd like to be included please let me know.
Also, you might want to check out www.dsfacts.com for more info on the DS lifestyle. Great source of information there.
Good luck, and you'll love Dr. Inman.
I'm beginning each of my posts with LyndiaIN said so you'll still know who said this if I decide to ever deactivate my account.
The majority of her office staff is excellent, but the surgery coordinator does have a rep for taking her good old sweet time with scheduling. Her office is not that great at vitamins/supplementation, but pretty much anything else they are spot on.
The dieticians at St. V's are a joke from the DS perspective. They expect us to eat like RNYers, which would be a death sentence for us. They recommend low-fat (sure, if you want dry skin and constipation) and lots of fruit and veggies (that is if you want your protein to tank.) They also recommend "skinny" meats. Don't get me wrong, I like chicken and fish, but I love my marbled steaks and juicy hamburgers more. They also like to hand out the old dieting tricks - take a walk before eating to make sure you're hungry, "nothing tastes as good as being thin feels" BS. And yes, they have taken over the lab portion of our care, which I really don't like at all. I have a full list of labs and codes that we need and I may just start having my PCP start ordering them instead of having to deal with "professionals" who know nothing about my surgery or my care.
We have a local support group that meets every month for a DS dinner and would love to have you join us. That way you can see first hand how we DSers live. My friend Jessica puts the calendar together and if you'd like to be included please let me know.
Also, you might want to check out www.dsfacts.com for more info on the DS lifestyle. Great source of information there.
Good luck, and you'll love Dr. Inman.
I'm beginning each of my posts with LyndiaIN said so you'll still know who said this if I decide to ever deactivate my account.
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