Here are the pics...
My pics are on photobucket.com and you upload them on that then use the img.... whatever that it is lol. that is what it starts with you will see it below the pic it has 3 lines and the middle one is the one you use. And it has it where the pic is displayed. Hope to see pics of you soon. As for my profile a friend did it. So i have no idea how to lol i just learned how to put up my own pics. Hope you do too!
~April~
Sorry for the "Broadcast" nature of this reply-
Leslie had recently asked if any of us had any regrets....
I'd like to get this answer out to my Mississippi folks,
Without
A big hullabaloo and without being hit with waves of mud-slinging.
Yes, it is a response to Leslie, but I wanted to share it with each of the
Members here.
Regrets?
If you've read the posts lately and wondered
Just who some of these "references" were about-
I'm that good for nothin' know it all -
Source of the smart-but comment about kidney stones.
I had seen many, many posts, 4 days in a row
About how one poor person out here
Was being all but done in by incompetent people at the hospital.
She was the victim of bad nurses, staff, and from her anguish
It seemed that her docs were not up to the job
Of taking care of her either.
The post came on the board that her WLS had "CAUSED" her kidney stones
In a period of what was then only 3 to 4 days.
Although kidney stones can break off from their point of origin/creation
And "present" in no time at all,
They do in fact take a good bit more time to grow.
Continued mineral deposit and insufficien****er causes them.
This Is something that shows up in folks who have WLS surgery
When then spend a good bit of time not getting the water intake they need.
But NOT in 3 Days! Just Does not happen.
It was posted as if they just happened, that moment, as a result
"from the surgery," The way one might suddenly develop a blood-clot.
That mis-perception and characterization of the problem,
COUPLED with the Deluge of posts about how incompetent the
People who were working on her had been,
Led me to post, in sympathy of her dilemma-
That she should get to some other group of doctors-
And leave those folks!
The ones that had been messing her up
For days in the hospital where
All sorts of horrors were being reported!
My glib comment was intended to AGREE with her position that she
Needed some Far Better Care!
I clearly should not have offered support in that way.
Rather than a "slam" at the people who were "messing her over"
She took it as a personal assault.
At the time, everyone one the board was accused of
Lying and Leading this person to her near demise.
From recent posts,
The rest of the board seems to be on it's way to being forgiven
For being "a pack of liars,"
But I remain singled out continually
For stupidly mixing my support and sympathy
With humor and sarcasm.
Sarcasm aimed at those who would hurt this person.
I had spent days, rallying prayers for her (still do)
And I had gathered support for out on the main-board
With my usual-
"Hey folks, stop by and drop a line of support for.....
"She's been So Supportive for so long while waiting for surgery of her own..."
And, it seemed to get many folks from other states from across the country
To lift her up in prayer as well.
So regrets?
Even though I'm one of those who had severe complications
I have no regrets concerning my surgery.
I've gone from 385lbs to 179lbs and have held at that weight for just
Over 9 months now without working at it.
I just get full sooner, and while "on the mend" for my first 9 months
I re-learned eating habits that have served me well since.
BUT-
I do miss and regret -
Being able to be part of the Local Mississippi State Board
Along with the others who have e-mailed me recently to say-
"That's why I don't post there anymore....."
Sweet bunch of folks here!
Very dear and supportive.
I miss our weekly "chat-rooms" back those couple of months
When we were really an active and supportive local board.
We were as active and our numbers were growing to rival Alabama big time!
So Many of you,
In fact nearly all, make me feel welcome here.
But, I'm clearly a source of irritation to some
Even when I post on the main board and some mention it or
"heaven forbid" re-post it here.
It seems that now, just the memory of my posting is enough to warrant several
Negative mentions.
As in-
http://obesityhelp.com/forums/MS/postdetail/26549.html?vc=0
Well, I'll still be out on the Boards, and dropping by support
For those here. I'll even keep getting my little ladies at the Methodist Church to
Rally up a slew of prayers for those who need it.
But, as a source of obvious irritation to primary members of the Mississippi
I'll avoid posting here in the future.
Eventually the memory of me, and the mis-understanding of what I meant
By Joking about those "already said to be incompetent medical folks,"
Will fade away. Immortalized in profile only, I hope.
I hope you don't find your support misunderstood one day.
I'll continue "lurking" and keeping Ya'll in my Prayers.
Best Wishes-
Dx