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Topic: RE: I am leaving on Friday
Best of luck Anne, May you find yourself and the peace you deserve. I will continue to remember you in my thoughts and prayers, I think you are not only going to find the "old" Anne but a healthy "new" Anne.
Kirsten
Kirsten
Corgi Mom
RNY
3/16/05
287/129 bmi 20.2 height 5'7"
Loss is good Maintanance is GREAT
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly
RNY
3/16/05
287/129 bmi 20.2 height 5'7"
Loss is good Maintanance is GREAT
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly
Topic: RE: Someone please help...bipolar=no wls approval????
I'm bipolar and had my surgery 10-07 (sleeve) my insurance approved me I just had to have my psychiatrist write a letter that I was stable enough to have the surgery. I will tell you that I now have what they call "transfer addition". I drink everyday and have gained half my weight back because of the alcohol. Be aware that bipolar people have a higher incidence of transfer addition. Otherwise good luck
Mary Jo
Mary Jo
Topic: RE: Eating Disorder after RNY...
Are you in therapy? I suggest you consider it to discuss the underlying issues contributing to your eating behaviors. I was in eating disorder treatment with a woman *****stricted after she lost weight from gastric bypass. She has been battling it for years.
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Topic: RE: I am leaving on Friday
Wow Anne,
What a chunk of change to have to pay ON TOP of your insurance. I feel so blessed, as my treatment in or outpatient is covered 100% by my insurance.
I am confident that if you are Honest, Open and Willing, you will do your very best. Remember the 3rd Step, and just keep turning it all over to God.
God Bless.
Hugs,
Trish
What a chunk of change to have to pay ON TOP of your insurance. I feel so blessed, as my treatment in or outpatient is covered 100% by my insurance.
I am confident that if you are Honest, Open and Willing, you will do your very best. Remember the 3rd Step, and just keep turning it all over to God.
God Bless.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Topic: RE: I am leaving on Friday
Had to have $1,700.00 up front - my brothers and mother gave me the money as my Mother's Day gift with the agreement if I relapse in the first year - I have to repay them. I am so blessed with a family the loves me and knows I need this.
Topic: RE: I am leaving on Friday
Please take care of yourself. I will be thinking about you. 30 days will go by quickly, but you need this time to work on you. I don't understand the insurance deductible thing, couldn't they just bill you? Maybe I don't understand insurance at all....................Good luck and best wishes. Kathy
Topic: I am leaving on Friday
I have gotten the money for the insurance deductible and I am leaving Friday morning to go into a 30 day program. I am scared, yet excited. I am finally going to get the "old" Anne back and she has been sorely missed by not only myself, but all of my family and friends.
Anne
Anne
Topic: RE: how to overcome depression?
You are welcome. thank you for the encouragement for my recovery.
From what I know from cognitive therapy, having been in it for 19 years, and studied it in grad school, it is not so much about positive thinking, but learning to identify the schemas in our thinking which beliefs and behavior. Schemas are the "programming" that we have from childhood experiences and other input. Once we learn the beliefs we have, we can learn to test to see if those beliefs are based in reality, or not. If they are not based in reality, then we can learn to dispute them, and change our thinking, which will consequently change our behaviors.
Good luck.
Trish
From what I know from cognitive therapy, having been in it for 19 years, and studied it in grad school, it is not so much about positive thinking, but learning to identify the schemas in our thinking which beliefs and behavior. Schemas are the "programming" that we have from childhood experiences and other input. Once we learn the beliefs we have, we can learn to test to see if those beliefs are based in reality, or not. If they are not based in reality, then we can learn to dispute them, and change our thinking, which will consequently change our behaviors.
Good luck.
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Topic: ~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME
5/11 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Now that I know I can't use bottled courage, I seek and pray for 24-hour courage to change the things I can. Obviously, this isn't the kind of courage that will make me a strong and brave person for life, able to handle any and all situations courageously. Rather, what I need is a persistent and intelligent courage, continuing each day into the next one -- but doing today only what can be done today and avoiding all fear and worry with regard to the final result. WHAT DOES COURAGE MEAN TO ME TODAY?
TODAY I PRAY
May I tackle only those things which I have a chance of changing. And change must start with me, a day at a time. May I know that acceptance often is a form of courage. I pray not for super-bravery, but just for persistance to meet what life brings to me without being overcome by it.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Courage is meeting a day at a time.
Now that I know I can't use bottled courage, I seek and pray for 24-hour courage to change the things I can. Obviously, this isn't the kind of courage that will make me a strong and brave person for life, able to handle any and all situations courageously. Rather, what I need is a persistent and intelligent courage, continuing each day into the next one -- but doing today only what can be done today and avoiding all fear and worry with regard to the final result. WHAT DOES COURAGE MEAN TO ME TODAY?
TODAY I PRAY
May I tackle only those things which I have a chance of changing. And change must start with me, a day at a time. May I know that acceptance often is a form of courage. I pray not for super-bravery, but just for persistance to meet what life brings to me without being overcome by it.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Courage is meeting a day at a time.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
Topic: RE: how to overcome depression?
hi trish,
thanks for taking the time to respond....i appreciate that.
thanks too for your suggestion about getting a phys/
i started going to a cognitive therapy group last week and i'm going again this week.
it's early days for me to see if it will help me to start thinking positive and get on with my life.
one thing that is bothering me is that its a weekly session and iv'e worked out that its gonna be expensive catching buses to go and come back.
so i'm planning on walking but then i sweat alot which gets on my nerves...lol its funny bcause sweating is natural but yet it gets on my nerves!
and being overweight does not make it easy.
i was thinking of walking it there and back for the sake of exercise...and maybe with time i might lose a few pounds just through sweating from the walking?
i'll let you know how i get on as time goes by.
i think you are on the road to recovery because the fact that you are going to the treatment centre means that you are facing up to your problems.
and i know from experience that they CAN BE OVERCOME.
and when you do you will find that life remains stressful and challenging but you have learned that the answer is to be found in accepting what you can't change and use practical ways to deal with challenging situations.
i used to use drugs and alcohol as a crutch just to get through the day.
i threw away the crutches and the challenges are still there.
ok i'm not tackling them at the moment because i'm not well, but i know now that drinking alcohol and using drugs wont hep me anymore.
to be frank i dont think i will ever be better...my challenge is to learn to accept my weaknesses and not let them make me decide to withdraw and hide from life.
although in a true sense i am hiding from life because its less stressful.
but i know sooner or later i'm gonna have to come out of my comfort zone and if i tremble all day then so be.
thanks for taking the time to respond....i appreciate that.
thanks too for your suggestion about getting a phys/
i started going to a cognitive therapy group last week and i'm going again this week.
it's early days for me to see if it will help me to start thinking positive and get on with my life.
one thing that is bothering me is that its a weekly session and iv'e worked out that its gonna be expensive catching buses to go and come back.
so i'm planning on walking but then i sweat alot which gets on my nerves...lol its funny bcause sweating is natural but yet it gets on my nerves!
and being overweight does not make it easy.
i was thinking of walking it there and back for the sake of exercise...and maybe with time i might lose a few pounds just through sweating from the walking?
i'll let you know how i get on as time goes by.
i think you are on the road to recovery because the fact that you are going to the treatment centre means that you are facing up to your problems.
and i know from experience that they CAN BE OVERCOME.
and when you do you will find that life remains stressful and challenging but you have learned that the answer is to be found in accepting what you can't change and use practical ways to deal with challenging situations.
i used to use drugs and alcohol as a crutch just to get through the day.
i threw away the crutches and the challenges are still there.
ok i'm not tackling them at the moment because i'm not well, but i know now that drinking alcohol and using drugs wont hep me anymore.
to be frank i dont think i will ever be better...my challenge is to learn to accept my weaknesses and not let them make me decide to withdraw and hide from life.
although in a true sense i am hiding from life because its less stressful.
but i know sooner or later i'm gonna have to come out of my comfort zone and if i tremble all day then so be.
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