Jail time.......

I may be going to jail and told my 28 yr old daughter this. I may be doing up to 3 yrs in jail..First thing that came out of her mouth, "oh my!!! I see you with gaining all your weight back" in there.. she's done 30 days in the past ..so she knows the food there..
I was shocked to hear her say that ..since i have not regained anything back yet...I know the food is bad in jails,..
 this just shows how well she knows her mother....ugh ....actually a little sad to know that she dosent know me as well as she thinks.. I would rather starve than to gain all my weight back, if i let myself go with more than a 10 lb regain ,, i get down. then i see myself giving up .. not litterally but you get the point. Had to clarify that statement too.. Anyway. I am wondering; anyone in OH ever done jail time after WLS with the Rny? if so how did you survive any jail time with no regain or how did you do??! are you familiar with their menu's on a daily basis?.

I'd rather not discuss my charges ..I'll know something the end of June.
well thanks for any input on this..and Peace\/ Wendy

Hi you are brave to share. I am sorry that I do not know the answer you seek but I am here for you. Also I do not believe that you will gain anything because you are a good person that is honest and is proactive not reactive.

The same way you'd keep it off on the outside.
Skip anything "carby" on your tray- don't buy carby snacks from the commissary. (Just meat stuff like beef jerky) and of course do tons of exercise...

You see it all the time. You'll be doing a ton of nothing, so do constant sit ups and push ups in your cell, just constantly doing some exercise. That'll do it.

also stay away from the other women who are doing nothing but eating and hang out with the weight lifting women, then you'll get exercise. they probably eat more healthier than the women sitting around on their beds and whining as well.
Good luck.
Warmly,
Jackie

Hang in there Wendy.  See if you can get the medical folks or therapist to support you - they may be able to pull some strings to get you extra protein or time to walk outside??

I've never done time.  I write to a couple of women in prison, and I have thought how I would have an awful time with the diet in there and that I would not be able to get all the vitamins I need.  One of many, many reasons I would not like to do time.

The food does tend to be starchy and not very good.  If you have money, you can buy food at the commisary, but what's available there is typically junk food: candy bars, chips, poptarts, even ice cream in some prisons.  There may be a few healthy items available at the commissary in some prisons, but not many.  Many women in prison eat mostly junk food they buy because the cafeteria food is so awful.

One woman I write to who is in prison in Texas, only gets two meals a day on weekends.  They get three meals during the week, but only two on weekends.  I'd hate that, too.

Really, I think the bigger things to worry about is getting enough protein and getting your vitamins.  Of course you don't want to regain.  But you also need to stay healthy.

Ok, well if this is your first offense, don't stress too much! I've experienced jail 22 years ago just on a 72 hour hold during investigation of my drug crime.  THat was my first offense and I never had to serve time.

Get an attorney, public defender or whatever, plea bargain, and tell them of your health issues.  If this is your first offense, most likely you won't get much time or no jail at all, or work release, or very likely some probationary time. 

Don't worry too much.  They usually don't put people in jail for very minor felon or mismeandor crimes due to overcrowding and financing.  They also don't like to put non-violent people in jail especially if first time, unless they are habitual offenders.

Good luck!

They have to give people with serious health issues the nutrients and medications they need don't they. Can't your doc just write a prescription for Protien drinks to make sure you get all that you need? You should be able to just go to the prision doctor and have her back up your outside doc. You will need the xtra vitamins you should be able to get a script for those as well.

They sort of have to.  But they can make prisoners wait quite some time to see the prison doctor, and that doctor (who most likely will not know much about WLS) may not agree that she needs all the vitamins she thinks she needs.  For instance, most doctors would not agree that I need the amount of D3 I take weekly, even though my labs show I do need that much.  And if they did agree that I needed that much, most would want to write me a prescription for the 50,000 IU D2 soft gels, which I would not absorb well at all because it's D2 and it's in oil.  But dry D3 is not available by prescription and most docs don't know they difference.  I would imagine it would be very difficult to get a prison doctor to order all the labs a WLS patients should be getting done every six months, too.

Many people in prison have a very difficult time getting the health care they need.  In many states, prisoners also have to pay for health care.  For instance, in Pennsylvania, they pay $5 to see the doctor and $5 per prescription medication they need.  I know $5 seems really cheap, but if you are in prison and you are lucky enough to get a job in there, like washing dishes maybe, you will only earn about $1 a day.  So it would take two weeks wages to see the doc and get one prescription medication.  In addition, prisoners have to buy from the prison store many personal care products, so they might have to choose between, say, seeing the doctor to get a prescription or buying tampons.

thanks everyone, sounds like very valuable information ...thanks again and Peace\/ Wendy

WENDY-I used to be a "county jail nurse". While, no doubt, every state/county has it's own regs, I would think some basic medical things would be fairly universal.

Inmates who had Diabetes were given less starch, and more protein than the "regular diet". No-it wasn't a "perfect diet"-but WAS a step in the healthy direction, and if-AT INTAKE-your medical/dietary/fluid/exercise needs are COMMUNICATED, there must be a plan in place that shows every attempt is being made to provide for your healthcare needs--regardless of your criminal offense.

Do not be afraid to ask for what you need/want. We all make mistakes/bad choices. You will get past this.