Good Morning. Peeling the onion

italianspice
on 3/3/11 10:42 pm - Eastlake, OH

Your title made me want to cry thinking about the onions, but I think data analysis would make me cry also! I am great at critical thinking with my patients, labs and vital signs, but dont ask me to navigate too much into this computer realm! I really should take a class at the local community college.
Yesterday was bill paying and shopping. Today is laundry and housecleaning. Jumping on the treadmill is on the to do list too. Have to work all weekend.
Hope all have a great weekend!

~Maria

SW 230 Preop 205 GW 130 LW 131 CW 135 Ht 5'1"

Ladytazz
on 3/4/11 3:08 am

On March 4, 2011 at 3:29 AM Pacific Time, MajorMom wrote:

Peeling the onion back is the terminology we use for the work I do in data analysis. I kind of like it....and sometimes it can make you cry. lol Anyway, I presented my initial layer of data analysis yesterday to our client and he was quite pleased. Validation feels sooo good! I have my mission for today and next week...and I'm good at this stuff. I'm a happy introverted camper today!

I also have a doctor's appointment with my PCP to talk about my osteoporosis today. I'm taking her a recent study about WLS patients and the treatment for osteoporosis. Seems Fosamax and other oral treatments aren't the best route to take with us. Injectable treatments are better. I would like to come off the Fosamax and give an injectable treatment a try for a year. We'll see if I can talk her into it.

What's on your plates and to-do lists today?

Happy Friday!

--gina

Let me know how it goes. I need to talk to my doctor about osteoporosis options, too. What injectables are the best?

WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010

High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.

MajorMom
on 3/4/11 5:46 am - VA

DS on 08/09/07

There are 2 new ones I've heard about recently, Forteo and Prolia. My PCP wouldn't go that far with mine today. She gave me another prescription for a year's worth of Fosamax and said to go to an endo if I wanted to pursue the injectables. She did take a copy of the article about the recent study recommending injections for folks with malabsorptive WLSs but she wasn't ready to change her script. I'll see if my surgeon's office can refer me to an endo that is familiar with WLS patients and osteoporosis.

--g

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

Kilaani
on 8/23/11 2:12 pm - Las Vegas, NV

DS on 03/10/05

Gina, Did you ever hear more about Prolia? My doc has given me a prescription and is trying the pre-auth thing with my insurance to see if we can get it covered. Twice a year would certainly be much easier!

Jill - revision - band to DS 3/10/05 Dr. Baltasar, Spain
440/140/149 hw/cw/gw - 5'5" -300lbs -- bmi 73.2 to 24.8 :) GOAL MET 10/26/10!!.... Even made 140 September 2012. Been ranging 4-6lbs from 144-146 since then. Back to 140 December 2012, hoping to see it again after I feel better and start working out.

MajorMom
on 8/23/11 6:43 pm - VA

DS on 08/09/07

She doesn't want to do any more than the Fosamax because the bone loss was stopped the past 2 years. I'm planning on getting the name of a specialist from my surgeon in September. I do want to talk about Forteo and Prolia and perhaps coming off the Fosamax for a few years to see if all the hormones, vitamins and minerals I'm taking are doing anything.

Please let me know how you do with your treatment.

--gina

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

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