What happened to the Vitacouple and can I order from them?
I am new to this, so I don't know the history of the Vitalady and spouse. Someone mentioned an accident and pneumonia. I am planning to order from them when I need my protein. Should I go and ahead and order or would I be trouble for them at this time? Want to order samples, since everyone says we all have different taste.
Thanks for the responses to my post about my friend. I think my positivity is coming through. All of you are my role models that I can succeed.
Thanks for the responses to my post about my friend. I think my positivity is coming through. All of you are my role models that I can succeed.
Wendy
5'3" SW: 210
5'3" SW: 210
Yes, the business is still up and running - so go ahead and place your order.
Gina posted a post yesterday or the day before with an update, but Don has been very sick...
Gina posted a post yesterday or the day before with an update, but Don has been very sick...
HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"
Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it. Took 8 months.
90+/- pounds lost BMI - 24 or so
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
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They have a few full-time folks that keep things going smoothly and Michelle even has a couple of her friends helping her with Don's care now. Her friends are probably keeping after her about taking care of herself too. But, as Mama477 said, they really need our business to help with the totally unexpected medical bills and such. I've placed a really big order since Don had his accident and the shipment came within 2 weeks just like always. Just keep them in your thoughts and prayers, they have saved so many people's lives over the years who were totally lost in medical system and unable to get the right kind of help.
Thanks,
--gina
Thanks,
--gina
5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
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DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
TROUBLE? No! I have staff of 6. So, no, you are our life blood! We are here to serve, even if the personal touch is a bit harder to get from me. But if you call and need help with ordering, my staff is great!
and here's a lil history + update:
* * * * * * Updated 10/20 at the bottom * * * * *
*** This is my apology for any abruptness of replies and my delinquency in responding. Here is the long and short of my status. August 20, Don acquired a very serious kidney infection. Although he recovered, he was very ill for 2 weeks. When he finished his course of antibiotics and was cleared, then he really got sick.
He was OK at 3 am early the morning of Sept 7, but at 6 am he was on the floor unable to move. He felt chest pain (a spasm, is how he describes it now) and planned to stand up and walk it off. There seems to be a 3-4 second gap in his memory. I heard a loud THUD and he was on the floor. He can't say if his bad knee crumpled or if he lost consciousness or perhaps the paralysis had begun.
In any case, when he fell, he hit his head on (?) something unforgiving and it snapped his neck backward breaking/displacing C-4. The nerve damage was immediate and he became a Spinal Cord Injury patient.
The local EMT's responded immediately and the ER team was excellent in diagnosing his issue and ruling out any possibility of heart or stroke issues. We still don't know what the chest pain was (not strong) and we still don't know why he went down.
He was transferred and had surgery 9/9 (they waited for swelling to go down). They fused C 3-4-5-6. He began to have movement again in his hands/fingers/legs. But it will be months before these things work well. This surgery is done via the throat and back of his neck and a drain was installed in his throat area. All this causes swelling in his throat area and he cannot swallow.
He was moved to in-patient rehab at the closest hospital. They did swallow studies and his problem seems to be mechanical, not more nerve damage. He does PT, OT, ADL and speech therapy all day.
As of 9/22, he is home, with all kinds of scary equipment. My decor is Modern Hospital these days. He can speak again, but is being tube fed. The danger of his aspirating his own saliva is still present. His swallowing is improving, but the swelling from the damage and fixit surgery are still making his throat too snug for much to pass.
We were trying to work with the tube feeding and doing OK, except it blocked twice. If you're seeing a tube like an IV line, no. It's a pediatric line, smaller in diameter than a paper clip. HOWEVER, Sunday night it decided it didn't like Don and started to just come out. I suspect he bumped it in the shower and we can't slide it back in without being under fluoroscopy.
The neurosurgeon took the neck brace Monday. The ENT said he was at a Crossroads. Either he can get past the swallow issue at this point or they re-place the tube. If he gains wt, he's home free. If he loses any more (he's lost 30# in a month), back in with the tube.
Then there's me. My bladder slammed shut and I had to go to ER to get it un-slammed. I did call my doc office and sure, they could've determined that it was a bladder infection (didn't act like one), but they would have sent me to ER anyway.
Walgreen's Rx thinks we're stalking them by now.
Oct 14. Visit to ENT today. Unfortunately, Don gained a few lbs, but then lost them when his throat pretty much closed up tight. Tomorrow, surgical visit to install G or J tube. No more teensy NJ tube smaller than Angel Hair pasta. We need to be able to pump stuff in at a faster rate and not worry about it jamming.
His arms/legs/hands are doing VERY well, according to his OT, PT, RN that visit at home (til these benefits run out).
In the meantime, the first actual bills are starting to roll in. What I'd seen before were initial bills before insurance or EOB's only. Thanks to you, I was able to pay the ER visit for the kidney infection promptly.
Just the words "thank you" are not enough. At all. But we both say them, anyway.
Oct 15. Happy bday to me. Admitted him to hospital again. He will have surgery tomorrow to install a J-tube and fix a birth defect. He was never willing to fix that defect before, but the procedures are in the same neighborhood, so he finally agreed to it. We are scared, this time. Both of us. I hated to leave him alone but fortunately, he's so weak, he fell asleep.
Again, thank you guys. For the various types of help offered and received. You'll never know what it means to us.
Oct 17 - Don is doing very well. By fixing that birth defect now, we apparently dodged a bullet. there was another problem growing there. had this surgeon just installed the feed tube, he'd never have seen that area. OMG. it woulda kept on silently doing damage until ... well, a disaster. as it is, that issues is solved. So, 3 birds with 2 holes in gut. As I said, doing very well. Way perkier than *I*'d ever be, that's for sure.
Oct 20: he spiked a fever the other night, acting like pneumonia but they call it "diminished capacity". I'm also nervous about a UTI. He was totally healthy til the kidney infection. Since the fall, C-4 turns off the bladder, as well as arms/legs, so while not continuously cath'd, more than once, so more chance of infection.
Yesterday, he was up for a few hours sitting, but he was overtaxed to the max. They took out his IV and he gets everything via his shiny new J-tube. Once again, let us remind ourselves that ALL of this has nothing to do with his WLS. The spinal cord injury shut off his throat.
i have not any clues when he might get out. while visiting him yesterday i spilled water on my phone and disabled the keyboard. drop everything and off to verizon,. they had no direct replacement, and since all the medical ppl have that phone #, couldn't wait. so, early upgrade and learning curve.
If anyone is trying to talk to me, proceed, but I won't have time to really look it over til i get to the hospital today.
and here's a lil history + update:
* * * * * * Updated 10/20 at the bottom * * * * *
*** This is my apology for any abruptness of replies and my delinquency in responding. Here is the long and short of my status. August 20, Don acquired a very serious kidney infection. Although he recovered, he was very ill for 2 weeks. When he finished his course of antibiotics and was cleared, then he really got sick.
He was OK at 3 am early the morning of Sept 7, but at 6 am he was on the floor unable to move. He felt chest pain (a spasm, is how he describes it now) and planned to stand up and walk it off. There seems to be a 3-4 second gap in his memory. I heard a loud THUD and he was on the floor. He can't say if his bad knee crumpled or if he lost consciousness or perhaps the paralysis had begun.
In any case, when he fell, he hit his head on (?) something unforgiving and it snapped his neck backward breaking/displacing C-4. The nerve damage was immediate and he became a Spinal Cord Injury patient.
The local EMT's responded immediately and the ER team was excellent in diagnosing his issue and ruling out any possibility of heart or stroke issues. We still don't know what the chest pain was (not strong) and we still don't know why he went down.
He was transferred and had surgery 9/9 (they waited for swelling to go down). They fused C 3-4-5-6. He began to have movement again in his hands/fingers/legs. But it will be months before these things work well. This surgery is done via the throat and back of his neck and a drain was installed in his throat area. All this causes swelling in his throat area and he cannot swallow.
He was moved to in-patient rehab at the closest hospital. They did swallow studies and his problem seems to be mechanical, not more nerve damage. He does PT, OT, ADL and speech therapy all day.
As of 9/22, he is home, with all kinds of scary equipment. My decor is Modern Hospital these days. He can speak again, but is being tube fed. The danger of his aspirating his own saliva is still present. His swallowing is improving, but the swelling from the damage and fixit surgery are still making his throat too snug for much to pass.
We were trying to work with the tube feeding and doing OK, except it blocked twice. If you're seeing a tube like an IV line, no. It's a pediatric line, smaller in diameter than a paper clip. HOWEVER, Sunday night it decided it didn't like Don and started to just come out. I suspect he bumped it in the shower and we can't slide it back in without being under fluoroscopy.
The neurosurgeon took the neck brace Monday. The ENT said he was at a Crossroads. Either he can get past the swallow issue at this point or they re-place the tube. If he gains wt, he's home free. If he loses any more (he's lost 30# in a month), back in with the tube.
Then there's me. My bladder slammed shut and I had to go to ER to get it un-slammed. I did call my doc office and sure, they could've determined that it was a bladder infection (didn't act like one), but they would have sent me to ER anyway.
Walgreen's Rx thinks we're stalking them by now.
Oct 14. Visit to ENT today. Unfortunately, Don gained a few lbs, but then lost them when his throat pretty much closed up tight. Tomorrow, surgical visit to install G or J tube. No more teensy NJ tube smaller than Angel Hair pasta. We need to be able to pump stuff in at a faster rate and not worry about it jamming.
His arms/legs/hands are doing VERY well, according to his OT, PT, RN that visit at home (til these benefits run out).
In the meantime, the first actual bills are starting to roll in. What I'd seen before were initial bills before insurance or EOB's only. Thanks to you, I was able to pay the ER visit for the kidney infection promptly.
Just the words "thank you" are not enough. At all. But we both say them, anyway.
Oct 15. Happy bday to me. Admitted him to hospital again. He will have surgery tomorrow to install a J-tube and fix a birth defect. He was never willing to fix that defect before, but the procedures are in the same neighborhood, so he finally agreed to it. We are scared, this time. Both of us. I hated to leave him alone but fortunately, he's so weak, he fell asleep.
Again, thank you guys. For the various types of help offered and received. You'll never know what it means to us.
Oct 17 - Don is doing very well. By fixing that birth defect now, we apparently dodged a bullet. there was another problem growing there. had this surgeon just installed the feed tube, he'd never have seen that area. OMG. it woulda kept on silently doing damage until ... well, a disaster. as it is, that issues is solved. So, 3 birds with 2 holes in gut. As I said, doing very well. Way perkier than *I*'d ever be, that's for sure.
Oct 20: he spiked a fever the other night, acting like pneumonia but they call it "diminished capacity". I'm also nervous about a UTI. He was totally healthy til the kidney infection. Since the fall, C-4 turns off the bladder, as well as arms/legs, so while not continuously cath'd, more than once, so more chance of infection.
Yesterday, he was up for a few hours sitting, but he was overtaxed to the max. They took out his IV and he gets everything via his shiny new J-tube. Once again, let us remind ourselves that ALL of this has nothing to do with his WLS. The spinal cord injury shut off his throat.
i have not any clues when he might get out. while visiting him yesterday i spilled water on my phone and disabled the keyboard. drop everything and off to verizon,. they had no direct replacement, and since all the medical ppl have that phone #, couldn't wait. so, early upgrade and learning curve.
If anyone is trying to talk to me, proceed, but I won't have time to really look it over til i get to the hospital today.
Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94
P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.
Michelle, thank you so much for taking the time in all this to reach out to the Lightweight Board. I am going to order today. I have over 4 weeks to surgery, but think I need to get my supplies in order.
Your website is very helpful. I hope you know the positive feedback you get on this board, for your good information, good products, and your inspiration with long term success.
I hope Don's health improves daily and you can take care of yourself, too. We all need you and want to see you both healthy and active again.
Your website is very helpful. I hope you know the positive feedback you get on this board, for your good information, good products, and your inspiration with long term success.
I hope Don's health improves daily and you can take care of yourself, too. We all need you and want to see you both healthy and active again.
Wendy
5'3" SW: 210
5'3" SW: 210
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