The NIGH****CHMAN - Thursday 1/7

Good evening all.  A nice cool day.  Or should I say downright COLD!

Mary woke me up 45 minutes early today.  She knew I did not want her on the road and our rear right tire was very low on air.  So I got up, ate and then went to Discount Tire.  They repaired the flat at no charge (so glad I have that extra coverage with them).  Told them to rotate the tires while they were at it.

Glad Jill is in recovery and doing fine.  Looking forward to hearing from her.

Just so you know, you need to TAKE YOUR VITAMINS  & SUPPLEMENTS and make sure you get your daily allotment of PROTEIN.

If you are new to the board, this link explains what the NIGHT WATCHMAN is (if you are interested).  Otherwise, just read on, you will probably figure it out anyway.

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/TX/4005415/The-NIGH****CH MAN-Thursday-and-a-plea/

Prayer requests are listed below:

Continue to keep your thoughts and prayers for the members of our Armed Forces serving around the world, especially during this time of increased awareness.  Please thank God for these men and women every day.  In addition, please keep the wives and family members in your thoughts.

PEOPLE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT:

Debra F.
Kat's (Iwannabethinnow) spouse
Kim's (tennysonkw) husband
Nina
Vivian asks for Natalie and Jonathan

Upcoming Surgeries/current hospitalization:

Sandi B. - Surgery on 1/14 at North Hills Hospital
Kim G. - 1/7 Colposcopy.

Recovering from Surgery:

Sandi B's mother is recovering from RNY.
Jill is recovering from plastics.
Meggie - recovering from a long surgery on 1/7

Other prayer requests:


Amanda N. - researching the various WLS available.  May God help her to choose which is right for her.

George - prayers for Oleta's mother.  She is on hospice care and getting worse every day.  Oleta is not as upbeat as usual at this time.

Gina L. - brother Jerry still suffering.  Doctors are now leaning towards the problem being stopped up cardiac areteries.  He is very depressed and has chronic back pain also. 

Jennifer - prayer for the sale of their house in San Antonio.  They have made the move to the metroplex but still need to sell their house.

Karen the Papaya Queen asks we pray for her son and his GF and their kids.  They lost the parental rights to the children, but the decision is under appeal. 

Kat's (Iwannabethinnow) friend will have a scan this week to see if the chemo was successful.

Kim (tennysonkw) wants prayer that she will be a better example to her children in the future, and that God will grant me strength to endure, as her and her husband go through their personal problems.

Kim G. - has anemia.

Meggie is in the hospital with abdominal pains again.  She will probably be requiring surgery.  

Meggie's mother has breast cancer.  She has a large hematoma under it.  It is stage 1 cancer and they do not believe it has spread yet and don't think they will need to remove any lymph nodes. Radiation therapy will be everyday for 6-8 weeks.

Nina requests prayers for her cousin Troy who has been in and out of the hospital since Thanksgiving.  Also prayers for school enrollment.

Stephanie G.  - Her 88 year old mother, Sophie, has bladder cancer and needs to have surgery but failed her EKG.  Sending her to a cardiologist for a workup and surgery is postponed until she gets cardiac clearance.
 
Vivian requests prayers for the extra stress in her life due to her son and his girl friend living with her.  

Just an FYI, George.  Meggie went in for surgery about 3-4 hours ago.  Haven't heard anything from Ken as to how things are going.  I believe that they are doing a small bowel resection.

Thank you, I added her to recoveries.

 George....please add Natalie back to the seeking employment list.    She lost her job today.   Made a mistake...someone paid for their meal with 2 gift cards and one had some money left on it and she threw away the wrong one and gave them back the one with no money left on it.    SO please pray she gets a job quickly because we can't afford her medication.


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Don't let her sit back and rest.  Make her get out there looking.

 Oh don't worry George.....She is going to be hitting the pavement looking whether she likes it or not.   LOL    She has her expensive meds to pay for and she better  not look at us to pay it.    She may have to call her Daddy for help that is if he will.     Thanks for all you do.   We appreciate you alot !!!


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

 Hi George, and everyone else!

I'm new to OH and to the idea of WLS for myself (I've been fat forever, just never thought this was something I wanted!)  Briefly about me:  31 yrs. old, living in the TX Panhandle until June when we are moving back to DFW, married since 2002, adopted our first child this past Aug. who is now almost 8 months old, special ed teacher, my dad had gastric bypass a year ago, but all other members of my family are either fat or constantly dieting!

I have a prayer request for myself:  I have been mentally set on the Lap Band.  Even though I have always kept up with all the surgical options, I really didn't think I would be open to anything else (I'm a chicken!)  Today it occurred to me that maybe I'm not scared of the sleeve.  BUT, then I watched the procedure online...and it freaked me out a little.  ANYWAY, I would like some prayers for clarity.  For the first time in my life I'm at a point where it's time to do something about my weight--I'm confident about that, but I just don't know what!  

Glad to be here and I really appreciate your thoughts and prayers!  :)

Amanda;

Keep researching. You will find something about one of the procedures that will give you that clarity of which one is the right one for you.

Welcome!

Welcome aboard.  Put you on the prayer list.  Please keep me updated. 

I will be sending you a PM shortly.

George, had my colposcopy today, will let you know the results about this time next week!

Amanda, welcome to OH and I'm so glad you found the Texas Message Board, lovingly referred to as the TMB. We are a big happy family here, and you will get lots of support here. I will warn you to sometimes be careful what you post on the main board, because you usually will experience more trouble makers over there....

Amanda, please look more into other surgical options like you have been doing. While the lapband is a wonderful procedure, for the amount of weight you are looking to lose, you may have better success with the sleeve if you can get coverage, or the RNY. Please post anytime you need any encouragement or questions answered. We have some very special and knowledgeable people on this board, and that's what we are here for!