hello judi love!i am so sorry you have all those problems.i will
never feel sorry for myself again.is there nothing your doctor can do
to help you?i know you have lived with this for a long time.
you have such a lovely sense of humour,god must be helping you
through this ,we are all here for you to chat to if you feel down.as
for sex!well know!my poor husband has forgoten what his was made for!
or so he keeps telling me!tee hee! i blame it on the tablets!we still
have lovely cuddles, its not the same, but its not the be all and end
all.i think i am living on memories.(nice ones)i might surprise him
one of these days!i think he would put the flags out!
keep smiling, and making us smile too.its a great gift! hugs ann x













hi judi-- In ileostomy@yahoogroups.com, "Diana" <angelbear6665@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi! Judi,
> I under stand were your coming from I have the same problems with
the weight
> thing most doctors don't want to touch you after so many surgeries
makes you
> down hearted about everything.
> Don't give up keep trying I know how hard it is to keep looking for
someone
> to Lesson. Trust me most doctors look at me almost run out the room
because
> there is nothing left for them to do for me.
> But I trust in the lord something good is going to come of this
maybe its
> just getting to know you here in this group of great people.
>
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: jarm1948
> Date: 03/06/2008 11:17:39 AM
> To: ileostomy@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [The Ileostomy Group] lap-bands
>
> I know several people with them, none of them ostomates. I totally
> understand the weight gain, and problems eating food that makes you
> feel full so you don't over eat are also foods that can obstruct
you.
> I have asked several times for a diet consult, but nothing has
> happened. With all my scar tissue, I am afraid even a simple lap
band
> would be complicated. When I had my gall bladder out, they tried
to do
> it with the scopes, and managed to damage my bowel, then resort to
the
> slash and burn method of yesteryear.
> I am just under 5'4" and weigh 200# I hate it! I also have FMS
and it
> is hard for me to be as active as I would like to be. I still try
and
> pay for it every time. Right now I am having some sort of trouble
down
> in my pelvis, prolly a hernia, and being on my feet for an hour or
so
> is horrid. The pressure and pain gets bad, and then later when I
try
> to bend over it feels like everything is getting mushed down there(I
> only have bladder left) and it is all gonna come out my vagina if I
> cough when bent over. The left groin area, the ligament(?) that you
use
> to pull your thigh inward hurts like hell, and I have been to 4
docs so
> far with only pain meds forthcoming. I guess I am not someone ANY
> surgeon wants to see! I have had to stop making love to my hubby
as it
> is just unbearable. And every doc acts like this isn't a big deal.
> Why? I find it incredibly sad, and even tho I am almost 60 I am no
> where near ready to retire that part of my life. (My hubby is 10
years
> younger then I)
> It isn't all giggles, that is why ya gotta laugh when you can!
>
> good luck on the lap band, and if it works out maybe I will ask
about
> one for me.
>
>
> Judi
>
>
>
>
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