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O My Gosh you're so beautiful Anne !!
I never knew what you looked like all these years but you have such a lovely sympathetic and wise smile and beautiful eyes :)
I always love reading your wisdom derived from your personal experience. Its funny- we kind of started in the same place ( the lightweights forum ) ...and I so totally ended up different ... but that's how God makes us.
I'm doing a lot of performing now ( with a rock band - well, a few - live musics real big here in Long Island) and also beginning to work on Wall Street after qualifying for my financial industry exams ( endless list of them ).
Im fat around the middle thanks to the Covid thirty and getting pregnant twice ... yet im still on stage and even working occasionally as a bit part SAG actor ( its good money and great fun though sometimes boring )
I have a 27 year old model boyfriend who seems to be very attached to me ...though I scaresly trust it .
Im keeping my options open - I don't think marriage is in the cards but kids definitely are . Its going to be a huge responsibility and lifestyle change I know and im still trying to wrap my head around it because I'm just a huge self indulgent kid still. ((())))
Congratulations on 17 years and keeping 90 pounds off!
Hollykim, You need to look at Fae's post.
She 's already on a rigidly controlled diet for MSUD.If you don't know what that is ,you do need to do a search before telling someone-anyone- they are eating wrong. This conditions necessitates, for quality of life, the replacement of many proteins with other foods and special amino acid blend.She Can't change WHAT she eats.It's dictated by her many medical conditions.
People who are MO do not need our reactions to be "routine" answers we have all received in times past by our medical providers.
Your advice on seeking assistance and surgery outcomes are like rest, spot on.
WLS was developed to assist people with metabolic issues and is the only long term assistance that is available. Thankfully, the surgeries have changed with innovations in surgery techniques.There are now a wide range of surgical options.
I believe you need to look a T my post. I didn't say she was eating wrong. I simply asked what a days menu was like for her. No matter how rigidly her fort is controlled, it may be foods that promote weight gain. If that?s is so, it is a consideration even if she can?t change it.
there is always the possibility of eating off that rigid plan, which as we all know, happens.
Just saw your note of approval .. we will continue to pray for your Dr and surgery w/ recovery.
It's his speciality! He knows why such procedures have been accepted and refused in the past.... It sounds like he knows the ropes of how to specify why each area needs to be taken care of- for your continued improved.health.. What a wonderful health Care provider to have on your team. Yep Pray for sure... and we will as well.!(Hubs is Swedish)
Fae,
My heart goes out to you with the medical conditions you list. some i know first hand. and others have observed others struggle.I also get not knowing your weight,I have family members *****quire a special scale. Metabolic and inflammatory issues tend to be present in the same people. Please seek help to address yours..There is help available. Take care of yourself.
It has not been long since children w/MSUD just died...that is why the PKU test was developed.
You said "I'm not consuming more than i should" that is by regular standards.that will not change without assistance to surgically change your metabolism. I was living for weeks at a time on canned tuna, chicken and string beans. and gaining weight.. WLS changes metabolism.in addition to volume. It may be the only answer for your obesity and give you a control you have not had before.It won't give you what is missing n your hereditary issue.
Weight Loss surgeries have been refined since i had mine, and there are now many options available to a surgeon. You will need one who looks at you as an individual- Bariatric physicians are generally very good at that. Each surgery is different and restrictions can come with some procedures,which may not be appropriate for YOU. For instance, you may require certain medications for arthritis- (most can not be taken post op some of the surgeries)..which give higher risk of gastric bleeds. There are work arounds for this.I have rheuma and osteo, bursa,in the "itis" family. no longer use any NSAIDS- i have found natural's to replace for pain and joint stiffness.
Hollykim, You need to look at Fae's post.
She 's already on a rigidly controlled diet for MSUD.If you don't know what that is ,you do need to do a search before telling someone-anyone- they are eating wrong. This conditions necessitates, for quality of life, the replacement of many proteins with other foods and special amino acid blend.She Can't change WHAT she eats.It's dictated by her many medical conditions.
People who are MO do not need our reactions to be "routine" answers we have all received in times past by our medical providers.
Your advice on seeking assistance and surgery outcomes are like rest, spot on.
WLS was developed to assist people with metabolic issues and is the only long term assistance that is available. Thankfully, the surgeries have changed with innovations in surgery techniques.There are now a wide range of surgical options.
White Dove, Removing the ovaries, could be an option,for some people, possibly even most that have already had complete families.I had already had 2 TIA's(ministrokes) with that GYN said i was to never take hormonal replacement therapies-risk too great. Yes Removing the ovaries produces a big set of problems
I had many large fibroids at both surgeries.several the size of a grapefruit..w/hysterectomy there were TMTC,( too many to count.) Uterus was the size of a 6 month fetus..
There are now new treatments that SAVE the uterus for Fibroids.. Bitter Melon is a fruit, i get it in a capsule.and it controls my blood sugar both spikes and lows.ALSO "The Southern Herbalist", Darryl Patton has a video on u tube., using huckelberry tea for both blood sugar and blood pressure control- it is a modulator.BY Modulator meaning is it lowers the highs and raises the low.blueberry is a close cousin and the leaves and small branches of it will do the same thing..
What is important for every obese person to understand there is HELP..The assistance given to me, may not be the same as for another person,yet both be right for each one.
.Fae has several things going on, she posted.. and she truly needs medical advise and intervention. Its really hard to cut calories when protein is limited by diet for MSUD. WLS could give her the answer she seeks.
Thanks, I had seen PCOS referred to but never knew what it was. Would removing the ovaries improve quality of life? Mine were removed when I was 43 due to fibroids. My doctor said that the ovaries were not affected, but he had had so many cases of ovarian cancer in his patients, that he advised me to remove them. That caused its own set of problems.
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