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Topic: RE: I am back...prayer request
So glad you are back I missed you! Wow when I do the lovonox I have to start 5 days before and then continue afterwards until my PT numbers are back in line. Two days isn't enough because it takes 3 days just for the coumadin to get out of your system so I bet that is exactly why you had the problem. I can certainly understand a meltdown under those conditions! We'll pray that you get back on track really soon!
Topic: RE: Sharing
Welcome Jeanne so good to have you join us. I have to give you a little warning about the lapband, it's so not what it's cracked up to be! I've had one for 3 years and honestly I wouldn't advise anyone to get one. It usually goes like this, great weight loss the first year, second year start having a few issues and finally around year 3 tightening starts and continues until many have to have it removed or like myself live with it unfilled for indefinately until I can hopefully figure out a way to get a revision to a different surgery. I wish I had known before how much scarring damage there is associated with the band. I would advise you to hang out on the band forum and to check out the failed band forum, the revision forum and the sleeve forum. It's surprising how many bandsters have revised to the sleeve. My own surgeon does all she can to discourage her patients from the band now and to go for the sleeve. She told me that about 1/4 of people never get a good restriction level and more than that have constant problems like mine where the band just tightens up for no apparent reason. I'm not trying to scare you but just letting you know things I wish I'd known before hand. I wish you the best on whatever surgery you have. Hope to see you here often!
Topic: I am back...prayer request
Hi Everyone
I have been off the board for too long. My old laptop died, and it took a week to replace it.
Then, Sunday night, I ended up in the ER with a definite probability of another pulmonary embolism.
I would appreciate you would keep me in your prayers. The reason for the clot is that I had to have a procedure on my back. Whenever I need a procedure, I have to stop the coumadin for six days. Usually, I tale Lovenox, another anticoagulant, as a back up. This last procedure, I was instructed to only take the Lovenox for two days. I think that contributed to the problem.
When I was in the ER, I had a meltdown, which I had never done before. I was afraid I would die, Both of my brothers were taken to that ER, and died of pulmonary emboli. Understand, I am not afraid to go home to Jesus. I just wanted my grandchildren and kids to have me in their lives longer. My children never knew both of their grandfathers. My dad died at 51, when Colleen was 15 months old. My ex's dad died in his forties, when Colleen was 2 and Chris was 9 months old.
Thanks for your prayers.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Topic: RE: Sharing
I cannot tell you how happy I am to find a Christian Group! I come before all of you after much thought and prayer in deciding to seek Lap Band surgery.
I was blessed and was raised in a Chrisitan home. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Personal Lord and Savior when I was seven years old. I am so thaqnkful for the foundation that small church gave me.
When I was in Jr. High I was in G.A's (Girl's Auxillary). Wou church had a late start as we made our "steps" and because we were older, we got made fun of. I dropped out of the group. We did not attend church for a while and I am so happy that I had a strong foundation. As a child of the 60's, I saw friends get in trouble with drugs, illecit sex and so on. I cannot explain any of it except to say I had a STRONG conviction from the Holy Spirit and did not get into any trouble (Raise them up in the way they should go and when they are old, they shall not depart from it Prov 22:6).
I am 60 years old and God has been my guide and teacher. His word is law. I am thankful to each one of you, and thoughts and prayers are with you!! I also ask for your prayers. I see my surgeon for the first time 8/9. I meet all of the criteria as far as BMI and co-morbidities go, but Tricare requires you to be 100 pounds over your ideal body weight. As of today I am about 10 pounds shy of that. My prayer is that if I do not make the weight requirement that the person *****views my case will have a soft heart and see that I am not seeking this for personal gain, but for future health. Thank you all, humbly with all of my heart.
I was blessed and was raised in a Chrisitan home. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Personal Lord and Savior when I was seven years old. I am so thaqnkful for the foundation that small church gave me.
When I was in Jr. High I was in G.A's (Girl's Auxillary). Wou church had a late start as we made our "steps" and because we were older, we got made fun of. I dropped out of the group. We did not attend church for a while and I am so happy that I had a strong foundation. As a child of the 60's, I saw friends get in trouble with drugs, illecit sex and so on. I cannot explain any of it except to say I had a STRONG conviction from the Holy Spirit and did not get into any trouble (Raise them up in the way they should go and when they are old, they shall not depart from it Prov 22:6).
I am 60 years old and God has been my guide and teacher. His word is law. I am thankful to each one of you, and thoughts and prayers are with you!! I also ask for your prayers. I see my surgeon for the first time 8/9. I meet all of the criteria as far as BMI and co-morbidities go, but Tricare requires you to be 100 pounds over your ideal body weight. As of today I am about 10 pounds shy of that. My prayer is that if I do not make the weight requirement that the person *****views my case will have a soft heart and see that I am not seeking this for personal gain, but for future health. Thank you all, humbly with all of my heart.
Topic: RE: Sharing
So glad you are back, I was starting to think I was talking to myself. I haven't posted the lasst few days, just waiting to see if anybody missed it. We've had a fairly similar back ground, I too got side tracked with the sex, drugs and rock n roll. I even got interested in Eastern religions like Budhism etc., sadly I learned more about Christianity from them than I did all the years I went to Sunday school. However God had other plans for me, He justed waited for me to catch up. I hope some others will chime in too.
Topic: RE: Sharing
Hey Karen,
I am back finally. I will gladly share my testimony.
I was raised Catholic, and out of four kids, I was the only one of my brothers, sister, and me, to attend three years of Catholic school. They all go to go to public school all 13 years of school. In high school, I taught CCD classes for a while. I was also in the church choir in high school. I was constantly searching to be closer to God. I rode my bike to confessions on Saturdays, and if I had a Bible, I would have read it.
In 7th grade, I made friends with Robin, a Christian who sometimes shared things in scriptures. I vividly remember sitting in lunch with her, and her sharing that she read in the Bible how when we die, our lives are reviewed, as if on a giant movie screen, for everyone to see. She would invite me to her house after school, and her older siblings would drive me home. My mother always refused to help me out in situations like that.
Then, in 11th grade, she invited me to go with her to spend a night at her sister's college. It was a Christian school, and we slept on her dorm room floor. That night, her sister shared the Gospel with me. She told me that she believed that when she dies, it will be something like Jesus stands in front of us, draping us in His cloak, and Him telling God the Father that she is one of His, and her sins are covered in His blood. This occurred in 1974.
Then, the following summer, my sister started going to a Baptist church, and the visitation team came to our home and witnessed to Mom and me. I prayed the prayer of salvation, but refused to go to their church to "confess" I accepted the Lord in front of the entire congregation.
I stayed attending the Catholic church, and also got involved in the 70s stuff of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll. I also was molested by a man I babysat for, and had many problems with my parents, especially my Mother, to the point of being sent to live with relatives out of town.
Finally, in my senior year of high school, my friend Robin, did not give up. She kept inviting me to her church to hear the new pastor, and meet friends. Since I sang in the Catholic church choir, I could not make the morning service, so I started to attend the Sunday evening services. My last attendance at the Catholic church was Easter Sunday 1975.
I met my ex that year, and we were married the following January. We attended Bible teaching chapels during his four years of military service, and evengelical churches during the rest of our marriage. My spiritual growth was limited by my mental health issues combined with my alcoholism. After my husband left in 2001, I hit a turning point where I was ready to chuck God and Christians, but a dear friend gave me Jeremiah 29:11.
In the past ten years, my commitment to the Lord, and growing in Him has helped me tremendously. I got my graduate degree in Social Work, plus retired from my teaching job.
Hope this helps.
Hugs,
Trish
I am back finally. I will gladly share my testimony.
I was raised Catholic, and out of four kids, I was the only one of my brothers, sister, and me, to attend three years of Catholic school. They all go to go to public school all 13 years of school. In high school, I taught CCD classes for a while. I was also in the church choir in high school. I was constantly searching to be closer to God. I rode my bike to confessions on Saturdays, and if I had a Bible, I would have read it.
In 7th grade, I made friends with Robin, a Christian who sometimes shared things in scriptures. I vividly remember sitting in lunch with her, and her sharing that she read in the Bible how when we die, our lives are reviewed, as if on a giant movie screen, for everyone to see. She would invite me to her house after school, and her older siblings would drive me home. My mother always refused to help me out in situations like that.
Then, in 11th grade, she invited me to go with her to spend a night at her sister's college. It was a Christian school, and we slept on her dorm room floor. That night, her sister shared the Gospel with me. She told me that she believed that when she dies, it will be something like Jesus stands in front of us, draping us in His cloak, and Him telling God the Father that she is one of His, and her sins are covered in His blood. This occurred in 1974.
Then, the following summer, my sister started going to a Baptist church, and the visitation team came to our home and witnessed to Mom and me. I prayed the prayer of salvation, but refused to go to their church to "confess" I accepted the Lord in front of the entire congregation.
I stayed attending the Catholic church, and also got involved in the 70s stuff of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll. I also was molested by a man I babysat for, and had many problems with my parents, especially my Mother, to the point of being sent to live with relatives out of town.
Finally, in my senior year of high school, my friend Robin, did not give up. She kept inviting me to her church to hear the new pastor, and meet friends. Since I sang in the Catholic church choir, I could not make the morning service, so I started to attend the Sunday evening services. My last attendance at the Catholic church was Easter Sunday 1975.
I met my ex that year, and we were married the following January. We attended Bible teaching chapels during his four years of military service, and evengelical churches during the rest of our marriage. My spiritual growth was limited by my mental health issues combined with my alcoholism. After my husband left in 2001, I hit a turning point where I was ready to chuck God and Christians, but a dear friend gave me Jeremiah 29:11.
In the past ten years, my commitment to the Lord, and growing in Him has helped me tremendously. I got my graduate degree in Social Work, plus retired from my teaching job.
Hope this helps.
Hugs,
Trish
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Topic: Sharing
Are you shy or afraid of sharing your tesimony about coming to Jesus? It sometimes makes us feel uncomfortable and afraid of others mocking us. I've found the best way to share is to just tell my story of how I came to Him. It doesn't have to be an elaborate presentation with graphs and pie charts, just a heart felt sharing. It may seem that the other person gets absolutely nothing out of your chat but you never know what will happen down the road. If we plant the seed God will grow it. God bless! Karen
Topic: How much pain?
If you are like me the older you get the more pains pop up. Myself I live with severe arthritis, fibromyalgia and feet that are basically falling apart, toes go every direction but forward. I'm blessed with a doc that doesn't believe in suffering needlessly. He gives me narcotic pain meds with the understanding that if I abuse it he's done with me, so I'm very careful with them. In today's study it talked about no matter how much pain we are in it is nowhere near what Christ suffered on the cross and not as much as the pain we cause God with our disobedience. So the next time you feel sorry for yourself remember Jesus has already taken on your pain and everyone else's so we have no reason to complain or whine. I plan to keep this thought in mind everytime I start to feel sorry for myself and I hope it helps me to use the pain to learn from instead of time for a pity party. God bless! Karen
Topic: Fear or fear not
How many wonderful things do we miss because of fear? We must remember that if God puts something on our heart we need to follow thru with it because He will never ask us to do anything that He won't help us accomplish. Fear also causes us to miss many opportiunities to witness to people. So next time fear rears it's ugly head, turn it away and carry on with God's work. God bless! Karen
Topic: Sticks and stones
They do much more than break bones, they break hearts and cause extreme pain. We need to remember that we can't take things back that we say, anymore than we can take back a physical action. We must remember to do as Paul pointed out "Bless and do not curse." those who speak against us for believing in Christ. That way God can draw the other person to faith and repentance, thus turning our action into eternal glory. Our words can be a mighty testament to our God or turn someone away from Him forever. So speak wisely. God bless! Karen
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