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Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Your surgeon therefore cannot refuse to provide copies of your records to your family doctor, to an ER, or any other treating provider if you authorize them to obtain them.
btw, the H.I.P.A.A. itself does not require that any provider provide copies of records to a patient, but rather prohibits a provider from providing ("disclosing") the records to anyone without proper written authorization from the patient to do so. A violation of the Act makes the provider subject to discipline by the state's authorities, if they choose to do so.
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
But, who knows .. maybe you will be the first DSer to get the ball rolling for a support group in your area .. Good luck!
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Before surgery, I was taking over a gram of Metformin (Glucophage XR) a day, plus a Glipizide pill, plus two daily injections of Humalog insulin (about 200 units or so, total) .. Within a month or so after surgery, the need for all of that disappeared .. My A1Cs have consistently been right @ 5.0 or less .. Even with a 60 lb. regain and eating more of the high-carb foods than ever, my last A1C test was 4.5, the lowest reading since my surgery and, IIRC, as low as the scale apparently goes .. Unlike RNYers, we apparently maintain this benefit from our WLS even with regain, due to the "re-arrangment" of our intestinal "plumbing" ..
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
The only downside is that you would have to remove my old results from the chart (not sure of an easy way to do that, if there is one )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
I was curious as to what asafoetida actually is, comes from, and is used for. I was surpirsed to find the following info. on the substance in Widipedia (its a plant herb, and not a chemical compound, as I first thought):
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This spice is used as a digestive aid, in food as a condiment and in pickles. Its odour, when uncooked, is so strong that it must be stored in airtight containers; otherwise the aroma will contaminate other spices stored nearby. However, its odour and flavor become much milder and more pleasant upon heating in oil or ghee, acquiring a taste and aroma reminiscent of sautéed onion and garlic.[2]
[edit] Antiflatulent
Asafoetida reduces the growth of indigenous microflora in the gut, reducing flatulence.[3]
[edit] Medical applications
- fighting flu - Asafoetida was used in 1918 to fight the Spanish influenza pandemic. Scientists at the Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan report that the roots of Asafoetida produces natural antiviral drug compounds that kill the swine flu virus, H1N1. In an article published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Natural Products, the researchers said the compounds "may serve as promising lead components for new drug development" against this type of flu.[4][5]
- Digestion - In Thailand, and India it is used to aid digestion and is smeared on the abdomen in an alcohol or water tincture known as "mahahing."[6]
- asthma and bronchitis - It is also said (See this Link) to be helpful in cases of asthma and bronchitis. A folk tradition remedy for children's colds: it is mixed into a pungent-smelling paste and hung in a bag around the afflicted child's neck.
- antimicrobial - Asafoetida has broad uses in traditional medicine as an antimicrobial, with well documented uses for treating chronic bronchitis and whooping cough, as well as reducing flatulence.[7]
- contraceptive/abortifacient - Asafoetida has also been reported to have contraceptive/abortifacient activity,[8] and is related (and considered an inferior substitute to) the ancient Ferula species Silphium.
- antiepileptic - Asafoetida oleo-gum-resin has been reported to be antiepileptic in classical Unani as well as ethnobotanical literature.[9]
- balancing the vata - In Ayurveda, asafoetida is considered to be one of the best spices for balancing the vata dosha.[10]
[edit] Regional usages
- In the Jammu region of India, asafoetida is used as a medicine for flatulence and constipation by 60% of locals.[11] It is used especially by the merchant caste of the Hindus and by adherents of Jainism and Vaishnavism, who do not eat onions or garlic. It is used in many vegetarian and lentil dishes to add both flavor and aroma, as well as to reduce flatulence.
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In effect, it sounds like asofoetida COULD be an all-natural substitue for Flagel, for purposes of our gas and odors.
Has anyone used this herb before?
I am going to try some, and report back how it works ..
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Some time ago I switched to what my doc said was a generic "equivalent", Celexa, to save a few $s .. and it works just as well .. (I know some say they are NOT the same drug in their actions, technically, but I sure can't tell any difference in their effects!)
Good luck!
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
http://mediafetcher.com/article_full.php?id=114987
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Since having to drop my health insurance coverage ("high risk pool") sometime back out of "economic necessity", I have even had to put my doc visits and blood tests on the backburner of late .. (as I tell people frequently about the DS - do as I say, not as I actually do )
Hopefully Obamacare will change all that, though .. and Americas will, in general, get healthy once again, at long last .. Yeahhh!
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
And be careful Kerry .. @ two years out is when I noticed my intake slowly starting to increase ..
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
My surgeon recently took part in two interviews on local T.V. there in Brazil about the DS. Here is a link to one of them, on U-Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_EzD1ocFro Once it finishes playing, it should show links to the other interview Dr. A. did for the same show .. and to a third one on U-Tube which is a video of the scope view during a lap DS he performed .. The interviews are in Portuguese w/o subtitles, btw .. Looks like he has 3 successful post-ops with him in one of the interviews, though, and their smiles (and normal body weight) say it all ..
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
btw, it seems like some surgeons are beginning to no longer order some of the tests that were "standard" earlier-on for DSers. One example is the PacLap list of annual tests which was recently updated by Dr. Rabkin and Dr. "K." It no longer includes copper and one or two other checks that had been required before. Per Dr. R.'s nurse, the docs felt like those omitted tests are no longer necessary in that their patients have generally not shown deficiencies in those areas.
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Keep in mind too that any kind of WLS (or even non-WLS major, rapid weight loss) can cause major hormonal imbalances during the honeymoon period which can greatly increase the risk of depression during that time - i.e. "Post-Op Blues".
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Here in the U.S., there are surgeons that will do it as low as under $20K open, or a bit more for closed, such as Dr. Daryl Stewart in Denton, Texas.
Keep in mind that a "two-step" DS will cost you approximately 2x as much as the single-procedure version in the long run, since you will need two different surgeries.
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )