Hysterectomy dates Jul 09-Jul 16,2007

I try to suck it in (my swelly) & it just hangs out there laughing at me! I loved your analogy Simply, like an inner tube>I laughed at that one (as I was trying to do sit-ups) How do you "pop" it? I can't seem to budge it.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!! Good here but COLD...snow this a.m.!

I walk all the time and started pilates. How disappointing, whats going on in there to cause the swellyness

Byfaith, keep us posted on the saliva testing I am very curious, as I was tested "normal range" and still do not feel "normal."

I hate that saying... normal range, dont you??? I look up on the internet and found most of the time, that range is far to close to one end or the other. MY OB God bless her,she says lab tests don't mean a thing, its how you are feeling, don't stop!! Keep trying to get to the bottom of it, I found taking my daily vitamins and supplements really helped my HRT work better.. or just made me feel better.

I just remembered, usually the dr office sends out a card after a lab test that says normal or come in and see us. YOUR LAB work is still at the dr office, you can request a copy of it and look up the actually numbers on the internet, why didnt I think if this sooner!? I started getting my lab work copies last year when I became very frustrated with my dr. They go by what the lab says, not what is really happening, I was tested before my TAH/BSO saying I was normal range, and once I got my copies, I saw from research, I was not normal, my ovaries were failing. Best to keep an eye on your, dr don't have time to worry and know every single number from what I have found out. GOOD LUCK!!

Well, I am going to start this fluid pill tomorrow. IT is only 12.5mg, but hopefully it will take some fluid out of my belly. I will let you guys know how it works out. I don't understand y our bellies are still swollen. My sometimes is as big as before surgery. Maybe, this is just the new us. But that doesn't mean we should stop trying. Is anyone sorry they went through with it. As I said before, I didn't do it for the bleeding. Mainly for me, it was the pain.

I too did surgery for the pain. While taking your water pills, keep an eye on your potassium!! I hope the dr told you to come back in 7 - 10 days after taking them daily to get a blood test to see how your Potassium level is? Did they take the test prior to giving you them? This is very important. I was laid flat out and couldn't move after 10 days of taking those pills, my potassium I found out was really LOW... try to eat a banana daily.. good luck!!! Keep us posted..

Hello everyone, I hope you all could shop until you dropped Friday and this weekend. I got everything done. Now just to put up the christmas decorations. Yes let us know how the water pills go for you Jennice. Do eat a banana a day. For me I just can't seem to lose any weight no matter how much I don't eat. It's very frustrating. I have never been this heavy.

Thanks, law & presouz. This is actually a bp med called hydro-traizades something and yes I try to eat a banana at least every other when I got an email saying how good bananas were for you. I am not a banana fan but learning to adjust.

When I get back to work, I will email you guys the info on bananas if you don't already know. They say it should be a banana a day instead of an apple.
I am also frustrated with what is going on with me. Ihave this bloated feeling some days and maybe it is the fluid retention, don't know. I hate that I went through all of this and have traded some problems. The hemmy have gone for a while now, if that is what they were. The headaches are also gone from PMS, and X is good again. Y complain right?
I wonder about elephante and a few of the other girls that have disappeared and can only assume that life must be good. Maybe the ladies that r now 100% have gone leaving us to carry on. If we keep the faith, we will get through the niks too. The best (08) is coming.