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bev-h.
on 1/5/10 12:17 am
Topic: RE: Have any info on Cushings Syndrome/Disease?

http://www.obesityhelp.com/search/?q=Cushings+Syndrome&cx=00 0946886326336472648%3Ae-vpeg4uyxw&cof=FORID%3A9#1095
Hi Lisa:   
Saw this just a few minutes ago and remembered reading a thread here about another WLSer who had been diagnosed... so I used the search function on OH.. and there are quite a few postings out there about this.. (including yours!)   Pasting the link here.

 

 

Lisa Friday
on 1/4/10 11:53 pm - AL
Topic: Have any info on Cushings Syndrome/Disease?
I have just been diagnosed with Cushings Syndrome.
I have tried for over three years to get this diagnosis...
but my urine tests kept coming back in the normal range.
I finally had a Dexamethasone Suppression Test- (the overnight blood test)
(I have had two 1mg tests and one 8mg test)
these three tests have all come back positive.
I am now waiting to find out if I will have a CT scan or a MRI to pinpoint the tumor's location- (either pituitary or adrenal) and size.

So,
Now that I am 2.5 months post-op RNY,
I am curious if anyone out there has this disease or knows anyone that does.
I would appreciate any and all info that you are willing to share with me.

Thank you soooo much!
  Take care,
    Lisa       
Age:39 Height:5'6"  HW232/CW174/GW150  RNY:10/23/09
                                    
Mountain Mama
on 12/26/09 2:41 am - Evansville, IN
Topic: RE: Lupus meds and RNY
I have SLE and am 16 days post op from RNY.  Amazingly, I've had little to no joint pain since the surgery.  I had to stop my glucosamine a week before surgery and dreaded the thought of the joint pain I was sure to experience afterwards.

It hasn't happened.  I take Plaquenil once a day 3 days a week and twice a day on the 4 days that I do my cardio workout or water aerobics.  Haven't yet had to touch the Ultracets post op.

While my experience may not be "normal", it has been a godsend to have this kind of pain relief already with just a 15 pound post op weight loss.

                 
Pre-Op  3 mos. post op  5 mos. post op  At Goal  Surgery Date - 12/10/2009  Goal Met -8/26/2010
                                        

Guernica Loser
on 12/14/09 4:51 pm
Topic: Wegener's and on Prednisone-any problems w/ lapband?
Hi, I have wegener's granulomatosis and I've been on chemo and now 9mg of pred for 5 years. Have any of you found that pred at lower doses has hurt you in terms of the lap band?  My docs won't allow gastric bypass due to my disease.  Any info would be helpful!
I've been on prednisone and chemo for over 7.5 years.  Gained over 160 pounds due to pred. Highest wt. 410. Surgery wt. 365. Current wt. 299
See ya,400s, 90s,80s,70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, 10s 300s!!!!  
                                    
             
(deactivated member)
on 12/13/09 1:44 pm
Topic: RE: sjogren's syndrome
 I have Sjroren's (sp?).  

The symptoms are pretty easily manageable with eye drops, creams, constant warm beverages, and non-NSAID pain relief.  I do also have baby aspirin every other day, which helps keep inflammation down.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your POV) lupus and its relatives are fairly rare, so most gastric surgeons (and other surgeons) don't really know how to manage the care.   It is a very newly developing area.  Your rheumy and surgeon will have to work together on this one. 
Nana_00000
on 11/25/09 11:39 pm
Topic: RE: Lupus & gastric bypass
Hi there!!  I have lupus (9 years) and i am about to have the Gastric Bypass the first of the year, and i am scared to because of the lupus..  I don't know what to do..  How is everything going with you so far..  I talked with the doctor that is doing my gastric bypass and he said that there could be more of a risk than most patients..  The only promblem I have is when I had my galbladder surgery they had to give me steriods after surgery to help me breathe i don't know if it had something to do with my Lupus..  And I am also on Oxygen been on that for a year now, and my doctor told me that you can't take steriods..  Thanks!!
shushu
on 11/24/09 9:34 am - danville, KY
Topic: RE: Lupus Anticoagulant antibodies
why would there be clot or bleed risk or problem taking anticoagulant after successful rny...the actual surgery would not put you at risk of having clots...from every thing i'm hearing on this board lupus patient are advised against "foreign body"(band) being placed in body...some people have had success..i believe i read where one girl had it done in mexico ...but i believe the band manufactures advise against it....i have antiphopholipid syndrome and sjogrens i take 10mg coumadin daily to prevent clot and am preparing for sleeve my sister-in-law has lupus and she does not take coumadin.....someone educate me please... why would there be clotting problems down the road after her surgery????
Member Services
on 11/24/09 6:19 am - Irvine, CA
Topic: Health Tracker Updates In Time For The Holidays - Profile Integration and Workouts

Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.

Profile Display of Health Tracker .

The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.

In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.


 

The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)

Workouts

My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.

Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"

You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.

Create your first workout now!

One other addition

For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.

Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.

scrappingtwinmom
on 11/19/09 1:17 am
Topic: Lupus Anticoagulant antibodies
Hi all, I hope it's ok to post this here.   I have Lupus Anticoagulant Antibodies but not Lupus itself (so far!).  I have never had a blood clot but was on lovenox throughout my pregnancy.  I am cleared for WLS and want an RNY but my surgeon wants to do a band because she says if I ever do need to be anticoagulated I am at risk for complications after a bypass  She isn't unwilling to do RNY and said I can decide.  I am so torn about what to do.  I really want RNY but the goal of the surgery is to live a long healthy life so I don't want to have RNY and then die of clotting complications in a year or 10.  Anyone gone through a similar issue?  Or any advice in general or stories to share?

Tami
born2bfit
on 11/17/09 1:53 am - Lansing, MI
Topic: RE: Another Auto-Immune something or other..
The research I've done says: 

It seems that H. pylori infection can cause the stomach to make less acid. The lower levels of acid mean that the stomach contents are less harmful to the esophagus (in people with reflux). The infection causes many problems in the stomach, but it may actually protect the esophagus.

And also  "people with Barrett's cancer, including cardia cancer, seem to have lower rates of H. pylori infection than others of the same age and sex in the same population."

Therefore, it does not "cause" Barrett's...it actually seems to have the opposite effect...
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