Life is good

Been working most weekends sometimes one day but the next two weeks goin to work the next two weekends.
The past two weekends my gf and  have been walking the NC fair grounds.
Taking the Celxa seems to be helping me alot.
I have never felt so good about me like I do now.
Life is good WLS has been a blessing for me.
                                                              Annie

Hi Annie,

It's great to hear from you and great to hear that you are able to do soooo much more now that you have lost so much excess weight. For those newbies who do not know your story, they just may not realize just how far you have come. You truly are an inspiration! 

I'm so glad that you are able to work regularly now, but I must admit that we really miss seeing you at the Saturday meetings. 

I noticed that you said that the 'Celxa' is helping you a lot. I hope that it's not 'Celebrex' because if it is, it could be very, very dangerous for you to take since Celebrex is an NSAID and they are contraindicated for RNY patients because they are known to increase our likelyhood of developing ulcerations either in the the pouch itself or at the junctions where the bowels were rerouted. If you haven't don't so already, it's important to contact Dr. Farrell to get a clearance to take it. Sometimes they do clear you, but then follow you if and when you are taking NSAIDs or they work with your other Dr. to find something less dangerous to our 'new' GI tract.

(Edited to fix 'fat finger syndrome typo' correcting 'Celexa' to 'Celebrex.' BTW... If it's 'Celexa' it's not a problem because it's an SSRI.

I believe that Celexa is an SSRI, not an NSAID, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001041/.  But you might want to check with your doctor anyway.

You are soooo right... I must have been having fat finger syndrome, because I meant to type Celebrex. 

Thanks for catching that! I'll go edit to correct my typo.

Hi Barb,
All is well here and dont worry my pcp is in the UNC system and often will talk to Dr Farrel if she has concerns with labs and meds.
I am on a low dose of CELEXA 10mg I discussed with my pcp about how many meds do upset the pouch so this is why she wanted to start out with a small dose.
I stay on top of my health and always ask questions after all I am the consumer.
                                               Annie

Nice to see you are doing well. I have been so busy with school I haven't been able to check in with you in a long while. My life is pretty good right now as well.

Hi Ann,
Nice to hear from you too.
Life gets busy but hey at least I am able to keep up with it.
                                       Annie

Hey Annie....i miss you!  If you have facebook..find me there at pamela Figiel tokarz.   hope things are going well for you.    My kid just graduated from wake and going to grad school in IL so been busy with that and making 2 trips up there with him to find an apt and then move him up.   Love you, Pam