PeteA
PeteA posted a discussion topic 8 years, 8 months ago
At my last annual blood tests they found my TSH levels were high pointing to an underactive thyroid. My PCP put me on sythroid with a followup in September but he is retiring so I took it to my endocrinologist and she warned me about taking centrum sil
PeteA uploaded a photo 8 years, 11 months ago
PeteA lost 5 lbs since Nov 21 9 years, 3 months ago
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 4 months ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays - To everyone who helps make this a place to come and look for answers when answers can be inshort supply.
Thank you all for your help and support. At 20 months The DS has worked gr...
PeteA lost 9 lbs since Jul 27 9 years, 5 months ago
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 5 months ago
Fistula is fixed - I hope - After a couple of abscesses left me with an anal fistula (kind of a tube that drains from the inside out and won'theal on its' own) I had surgery Thursday to get it to heal complet...
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 6 months ago
Size update - 18 months out - Just a reflection on where I was and how far I'v come. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it. When I write 2xx for my weight about a third of the time I start out 4xx...
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 8 months ago
vitamin D info - Dr. Ara Kesheshian a DS surgeon that is very involved in the community has been giving webinars on different topics.
The latest is about vitamin D and a recap can be found here:ht...
PeteA lost 6 lbs since Jul 20 9 years, 9 months ago
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 9 months ago
NSV - comment - I'm not quite sure how I really feel about this but it is a kind of victory.
I'm having lunch yesterday at my bother's and my sister in law comes out with "Don't you think you've ...
PeteA lost 6 lbs since Jul 12 9 years, 9 months ago
PeteA lost 11 lbs since Jun 16 9 years, 9 months ago
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 10 months ago
Great Doctor visit - Sometimes it is great to have it pointed out how far I have come.I went to my endocrinologist today - diabetes was gone after the surgery but officially it is inremission so I have...
PeteA lost 5 lbs since May 09 9 years, 10 months ago
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 10 months ago
another DS resource - Dr. Keshishian's site, blog - I'm a fan of looking for DS information in as many different places as I can. I think you caneasily get into trouble by getting information from a small number of the same people. ...
PeteA posted a discussion topic 9 years, 10 months ago
Hospital meals - not a healthy DS lifestyle - I recently spent 2.5 days in the hospital for an abscess. Everything went well but I was amazed at how hard it was to get hi protein meals. For me it was impossible in the time I h...
PeteA lost 7 lbs since Apr 20 9 years, 11 months ago
PeteA posted a discussion topic 10 years ago
First year update - Hi all - long post,I had my first surgiversary 4/15/14. Things have gone extremely well from the surgery. Before I recap I just want to say that OH was the firstplace I found for ...
PeteA lost 4 lbs since Apr 06 10 years ago
PeteA posted a discussion topic 10 years ago
First year labs - I thought you guys might like to see my one year labs. Nothing crashing. Some things need tweaking. I'm holdingoff until after my Doc appointment on 4/15. I've gotten some comments...
PeteA lost 6 lbs since Mar 24 10 years ago
PeteA lost 1 lb since Mar 08 10 years, 1 month ago
PeteA lost 13 lbs since Jan 25 10 years, 1 month ago
PeteA uploaded a photo 10 years, 2 months ago
