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Hi there... 
I have not been on OH in so long... I hope this note finds you all in good health!!

I have been struggling with weight gain...  I think the last time i wrote I was around 229  (a post i found)  and now i think I'm 233.   That doesn't "seem so bad" but those pounds add up quick!!    I'm back to protein shakes again  (instead of dinner) and hopefully I'll get my act back together.  (I still never made it under 200lbs .... YET)

My family is doing well... we just returned last week from a Mexico vaca (PV)... had a wonderful time.   Went with Chris B from turlock.   I'm so blessed to have met such a great friend (thanks to OH!!)

I'd love to hear how you're doing... drop me a note!!

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So...this is my life as of now...
Sometime around March this past year, i started having some abdominal pain.   I waited around until June to follow up with my surgeon.   He sent me to a gastroenterologist who did a scope (i had mild gastritis) and a ct scan of my right side (where i was having the majority of my pain)    It felt like phantom gallbladder pains.    Well... apparently everything came back fine... I was continued on my protonix and sent on my way.

Fast forward to Oct.... I was still in pain.... mostly  now on my left side... under my rib cage.   I finally figured that I needed to follow up again on the pain.  I called in...got an appt with my surgeons PA...  wasn't really pleased with that...but I guess now they're overwhelmed and very busy.....

Anyway... went back in and explained that i'm still having pain.. almost always localized to the left side under my ribs.  I have a hard time eating now.. i feel full all the time and extremely bloated...  I have to take senacot daily to have a bm (and not even on a daily basis...course.. i'm not eating all that much anymore).   I am burping allll the time... so was recommened gas-x.   

Lets see....   good news... i've lost 8 lbs since June.  
Bad news ... they have no clue... and are sending me BACK to the gastroenterologist.  I almost left in tears. I start feeling like its all in my head.   I kinda feel like its a waste of my insurance money (and my 20% copay!!)  

I have been pretty much eating yogurt, cottage cheese, chicken noodle soup and crackers...   Anything of harder texture makes me a bit nauseas.

So...back to the weight loss... I'm so cool with that... i never got under 200 pounds to begin with... so that is fine... I am just so frustrated with the constant discomfort.

Ok...enough whining!  ...gonna post this on the boards... see if anyone else has had a similar situation...  its new to the PA... as he says... i'm an "enigma"

kinda reminds me of myspace... ha!

anyway... i brought the majority of my old profile over... and now i think i used up all my space...  think i may update in blogs rather than on my "my story' area.  (since when i went  back and looked i lost some of my inserts... no big tho...)

Dont really have a lot to say...  lets see...
I'm still walking a lot... i didn't walk today... went walking yesterday after having a week off (i had a huge bruise on the bottom and top of my foot cuz i think i broke my toe... won't say how tho!  DUH)  Anyway... went walking and stopped at my brothers house to say hey...  got really really dizzy and had to sit down... was a gross feeling.

Speaking of... for whatever reason, i tend to go in cycles of feeling like crap... of course.. that is where i am now...  i think there are only a few things that don't make me either nauseas or dump....  soup,  sunflower seeds and cheese/crackers...     and the occasional peanut butter nouhat kiss (halloween candy...ugh)    

I REFUSE to go back to the doc... i'm tired of doctors...  I've got bursitis in my hips so i've seen a bazillion docs for that...mri's, xrays,  bla bla bla... (supposed to go to rehab but don't have time right now)      I've been going to a shrink..(which i love...so i'm not worried about that)......   the MRI for my hip showed that not only did i still have my ovarian cyst...but had some cervical cysts... so of course... more sonograms...test...blood tests...etc..

So... again... nothing major going on...  I'll let you know when i start feeling normal again! ha!