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Supplement question - Hi everybody!  It's been forever since I posted.  I'm doing well.  I'm working off a little rebound weight gain.  5 pounds is a heck of a lot easier to manage than 110!!!  I kno...

Who is that skinny lady? - I walked by a photo of me at work and thought, "who is she.  Wow, so many new staff members.  I can't keep up."  Yep, you guessed it.  It was me!!  Lol!!  Blond is not a hair co...

Vitamin (sort of ) question - I take prescription Potassium Chloride and Synthroid.  Can I take them together?  I know Synthroid is fussy so I avoid taking it with my other vitamins.  Any thoughts?  

My Surgiversary - Tomorrow is my one year surgeriversary. My BMI this morning is 25.2. The lowest it has been is 25.4. Yes, darn it, I did gain 4 pounds back. I want to share my experience and ...

Good Morning! Facebook quotes - I saw a Facebook quote this morning "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to chose one thought over another." By William James I immediately thought 2 things: I w...

Checking back in - I have been busy recuperating from my mystery illness. (Still no diagnosis) I have logged in more hours in doctor's office waiting rooms than any one person should. I have been g...

Low Ferritin and Calcium - In an effort to insure my current health problems are not bypass related, my surgeon drew a bunch of labs. Ferritin is 15 and Calcium is 8.3. Everything else is low normal. I'm ...

OT:Interesting update -  I'm sorry I've been off the board lately.  Just been a little depressed.  My doctors drew more labs last week.  The best news is I don't have arachnoiditis which causes lifelong p...

OT-New wedding ring - I'Ive uploaded a picture of my new wedding ring.  DH and I are officially back together and renewing our vows in November.  He asked me to re-marry him on bended knee and everythin...

Embarrassing topic for DSer's -  My surgeon said some DSer's experience foul smelling flatulence.   Well the laxitives I have to take give me the same thing.  Problem is, I have no control over when I pass gas.  ...

'Roid Rage xpost Facebook -  I have Roid Rage. I told the nurse I didn't appreciate the wall fountain at the Urology office. I sat there for one hour with a full bladder listening to water trickle down a beau...

I'm Normal...well my BMI is -  I stepped on the scale this morning and I weighed 135.  That puts me into normal BMI for the first time in about 14 years!!  Sunday, I weighed in for the first time in several wee...

What is a normal thiamine value -  It has taken 3 blood draws and 2 different labs but I finally have a thiamine value of 16.  No normal values are listed.  What is normal?  This might be the cause of my problems.

I might have a diagnosis -  I saw the neurologist. She is leaning towards cauda equina due to arachnooiditis. Here is a link that explains it.http://www.caudaequina.org/definition.html More tests, more dr...

OT: final update -  I won't keep hogging the board but I thought I would post a quick update.  I am home.  I can walk without a walker.  We rented a wheelchair because I get tired so darn fast and I ...

OT: Hospital Update -  Yay!  I should be able to go home today.  I walked around the whole floor yesterday without a walker.  I even stood at the sink and brushed my teeth and had a "bird bath".  Unfort...

I'm in the hospital...please pray -  Yesterday I woke up feeling great.  I made coffee, fed the dogs etc.  I got the weirdest cramp in both of my buttocks.  Then within 30 minutes I could not walk.  My DH got me dres...

Thank you so very much. I am truly touched by your words.

talk me off the ledge please - In the "some people just can't be happy category", today I am worried that I am losing too much weight and won't be able to stop.  I am 5'2" and weighed 139 this morning.  Those nu...