Meet Our Speakers: Colleen M. Cook

 

Hope & Help for the Pain of Regain

Join 17 year WLS veteran Colleen M. Cook for both a shot in the arm and a kick in the seat as she shares lessons from long-term losers and imparts insight, inspiration, and hope for WLS patients struggling with extended plateaus or weight regain. Her thoughts, stories, and personal experiences will inspire and motivate you to reach and maintain your optimum weight loss.

Also, don't miss her Keynote on Friday: Nothing Succeeds Like Success

We hope to see you in Atlanta, GA October 5^th and 6^th! Click here to book your ticket today!

Fast Facts About Colleen

-Colleen is the author of The Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients.
- She is the president or Bariatric Support Centers International, a company that specializes in providing education and support services for weight loss surgery patients and the professionals who serve them.
- Colleen currently serves on the National Advisory board for the Walk From Obesity.
-Known as Ms. Enthusiasm, Colleen helps men and women from all walks of life recognize their extraordinary potential and then inspires then to aspire.

I think I am going to stop driving. I fell asleep at the wheel and wrecked my car again. Not too bad. Nobody was injured, just the parked car I hit and my car. I turned the corner on to my street and the next thing I remember was waking up because I wa****ing the parked car. Somewhere between the corner and the second house on the street I fell asleep. Luckily the owner of the car I hit was very gracious. And nobody, including my insurance company, asked what happened to cause the accident. So, no one but me and my husband knows that I fell asleep. Do I have a moral obligation to stop driving?

Dear Donna,

I am hoping your offer of a CPAP Machine is still available.  My wife and I were involved in a high speed roll over accident, recently (four rolls at 75 MPH--run off the road).  I experienced among other things severe chest trauma, which has restulted in heart damage and Pulmonary Hypertention causine severe Apnea.  I am told that until my Apnea comes under control that my heart cannot be brought back into regular rythum.  The accident has left us destitute and we have been praying for a miracle.

We hope your machine is still available.

Sincerely,

Mark

Thanks so much for the tips Jean. Unfortunately, I end up gasping for air even when the level is topped off (10). To me, it feels like 'fake' air and I just want some fresh stuff!

I was finally able to get to sleep but once again it didn't last long and once again I woke up with the splitting headache. I don't know how I am going to function the rest of the week at work. I'm now so tired that I tear up at every little thing that goes wrong at work (and there's a lot going on wrong there right now!). I can't take time off because I need the time off for surgery. 3-1/2 more weeks of this - I'm just not sure how I will get through it.

Night #2 with The Beast and it is not working!! One side of my nose is plugged (not sure why) and I feel like I am constantly gasping for air. I've been struggling with this freaking thing since 8:30 pm, now 90 minutes, and I am so freaking frustrated, I have the worst headache, and I am finding it absolutely impossible to find a comfortable position. Last night was not as bad. I somehow fell asleep within 1 hour, but then only slept for about 2 hours. Woke up at 1:30 am and could not get back to sleep. Worked today on 2 freaking hours of sleep so I thought for sure I would be tired enough tonight to fall asleep.No luck. There is no way I can possibly believe that anyone actually likes this! If it were not for wanting surgery SO FREAKING BAD, there is no way I would even keep trying to get this to work. I am going to be exhausted tomorrow at work and probably a total crab to boot. I was never this tired before ....

In spite of how I am feeling right now, I am going back to battle The Beast once again. I feel a little better just being able to vent my frustrations here!