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06-18-2007, 06:05 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 3,643
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
197 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
166 lb Weight Loss:
27 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.7300275482 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.0793877551 BMI Start:
28.2634693878 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  Sigh....
My time to vent again yall...... sorry if you don't wanna see it perhaps close it now.. I have spoke to yall about me having a bad right knee. I knew I had limitations for the rest of my life already like not climbing steps, hills making sure I make my bedroom on the lower floor of my home if its upstairs etc..... I went to my Otho Dr today because my elbow has been bothering me now for a couple months. I also wanted him to check my knee because its wanting to hurt again. The elbow is a bad case of tennis elbow. I got a cortisone shot in it. Of course that always hurts badly. When he checked my knee........even more bad news. He had told me a couple years ago it was a possibility that he would have to replace it. But of course it would be years before they agree to do it. You have to be 60 because the length of time these things last is 20 years. He did say they would do them in 50 year old on occasion. He said Vickie your knee is just shot. You have the swelling back and your knee cap is just all to pieces. You have so much arthritis in it. There is a big surgery they can do on it eventually before the replacement but he told me its horrible pain and I would be outta work at least 3 months. He told me he was gonna start with Synvisc injections right now. Once a week for 3 weeks. I wont be able to go back to work once they inject for the rest of the day and I would need a driver. This is like a lube for the joint they hope will help me for a while. He said it would last on me about 6 months until they would evaluate it again. That is depressing in itself. The thing that has me so upset right now is when he told me that I can no longer do floor work. Im a nurse. I am to just sit behind a desk from now on if I wanna keep what use I have of my knee. That just literally broke my heart. Yes some nurses set behind a desk all day doing administrative work, but that is not ME! I love working with patients running around helping where ever I can. I went to school for this. This was my passion ever since I was a child. I worked hard in college for this. I was top of my class in clinical and books. Now ......im gonna have to set the rest of my life behind a desk and leave that part of nursing behind me. My poor hubby don't know how to comfort me about this and I have no idea how to comfort myself. The Doc told me the reason he didn't tell me this part when I had my surgery was because there is always hope that you might still can do Alot on the knee but.....in my case its just not possible anymore. I was like Doc you know Im having gastric bypass in September surely I could go back and work the floor after that? He tells me no. He said Vickie if you weighed a 110 pounds your knee would still be this way even if you had weighed this your entire life. Between a genetic problem and injury's to the knee the weight really had nothing to do with it. This is like I have totally lost a part of me. My skills and my compassion for this job is just... i don't know the word. Its a big part of my world. OK Im done whining. |
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06-18-2007, 06:46 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,797
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
5' 5"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51.5810650888 BMI Start:
27.7872189349 BMI Current:
26.4560946746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    |
((((HUG)))) very hard im sorry to hear all this. and dont nkow what to say!
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06-18-2007, 07:24 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 8,170
Weight Statistics all my life Start Date:
4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
143 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
117 lb Weight Loss:
-17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 38.3910943079 BMI Start:
21.1151018694 BMI Current:
23.6252888049 BMI Goal:
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Awwwww MsVickie. Im sorry to hear the bad news about your knee. I just dont know what to say. I'm here to support you if you need it. Whine away!
__________________ Anything worth having is worth working for!   KenyaR.  Lap RNY 4/19/07  |
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06-18-2007, 09:49 PM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh
Posts: 476
Weight Statistics 11 May 06 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
230 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
70 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.8064516129 % % Lost:
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Oh boy. Things will work out, sorry to hear about your knee. Good luck to you sweetie, robbin
__________________  Surgery date 5/11/06  Beginning weight 310/ 230/-80 gone  Goal 160 pounds....70 to go!!!!!  |
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06-18-2007, 10:35 PM
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| Big Loser  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida
Posts: 196
Weight Statistics June 5, 2007 Start Date:
July 31, 2007 Surgery Date:
3' 0"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.4615384615 % % Lost:
Dec 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 141.033950617 BMI Start:
86.7901234568 BMI Current:
81.3657407407 BMI Goal:
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I am so sorry to hear this MsVicki. Nurses are such devoted people and I hate to think that you can't do the part of nursing that you love the most. I don't understand why you can't go ahead and have a knee replacement. I know they don't like to do it on younger people but when your quality of life is affected so drastically, they should reconsider. My brother had knee replacement surgery at 25 and had to have it done a second time at 48. He is now 59 and going strong on the knee. Such strides have been made since his first that he was amazed how much easier it was on him. I hope you can find a solution to your problem. |
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06-18-2007, 10:59 PM
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Awwww, (((((((HUGS)))))))) This may be hard on you now, but get your WLS done first, and drop off your weight. Even if what your Otho dr told you is pretty final, you never know what door will open for you, instead of the one that just closed. Remember, with every bad, there is a seed of good. Keep your eyes open for that little seed, and tend to it, nuture it, raise it carefully, and it will become the most beautiful tree that you have ever known. You are on the doorsteps of a new life for you. Your shot knee may be the key to open a new door that goes with your new life. (((((((HUGS))))))) May your journey go well, and I am sure God will give you guidance where you need.
__________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun."   Just a li'l bit 'bout myself  |
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06-18-2007, 11:48 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cuero, South Texas
Posts: 524
Weight Statistics May 1, 2007 Start Date:
June 25, 2007 Surgery Date:
Height: 270 lb Start Weight:
200 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
70 lb Weight Loss:
70 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.9259259259 % % Lost:
June 25, 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 45.83 BMI Start:
35.2 BMI Current:
22.31 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
OK. MsVickie, You have us all here listening to you whine. But that's what we are all here for. For the good times and the bad times. Somewhere in all of this God has a plan for you. It's like the kid that can see in the medicine cabinet and wants the pretty red bottle of pills. He wants it soooo bad, but he cannot reach it. God is protecting him from his own wants and desires. DocSanae is right this may open new avenues for you that you have not even thought of. Pray for guidance and strength and his will to be done. Oh and I would definitely get another opinion. You are strong and will be fine no matter what. Mattie
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06-19-2007, 10:03 AM
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| Guru In Training Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: currently Texas but it's not my home
Posts: 227
Weight Statistics 08/16/06 Start Date:
08/16/06 Surgery Date:
Height: 290 lb Start Weight:
199 lb Current Weight:
166 lb Goal Weight:
91 lb Weight Loss:
33 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.3793103448 % % Lost:
12/31/2007 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46 BMI Start:
33 BMI Current:
26 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
I completely agree about new doors opening. God always turns bad to good whether he guides us that way or whether we brought us to a certain point incorrectly and he gently steers us. This is definitely one of those things that you can't avoid but God knows where it will lead and it will be great in the end. better than can even be imagined. Hang in there.
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06-19-2007, 10:12 AM
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| WLS Master Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisiana
Posts: 899
Weight Statistics 4/23/07 Surgery Date:
Height: 385 lb Start Weight:
257 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
128 lb Weight Loss:
67 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.2467532468 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 62 BMI Start:
41 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
I just wanted to give you some support. Just don't give up, you never know what can happen. Roz
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