The FNSD Sisterhood

[No Way]

Hello Sisterhood - is anybody out there? I was wondering if anyone knows about TOPS. I went to my first meeting last week, thinking it was a set of classes about nutrition. It turns out that I signed up for a lifestyle change. They have nutrition information to help people lose weight, and the weekly group meeting are meant to add social support to that struggle. Hope this isn't some kind of cult. Any advice?

So what's new with you, sisters? Petra

[To Good Health]

Welcome to the FNSD Sister/brotherhood, Petra. As to your question, I thought TOPS stood for 'Take Off Pounds Sensibly" i.e. a weight loss group. No personal experience with the organization. Keep us posted. As to social support to eating healthy, I'm all for it - have been eating gingerbread all afternoon and as I made it I know exactly how much molasses, sugar and white flour is in it - not the best for a type II diabetic (me) - but so delicious.
TGH

[No Way]

Oh, the guilty pleasures... sound yummy. I can almost smell the gingerbread. Hey, ginger is good for stomach upset, right?
I can remember the last time I made gingerbread around Christmas. Built a house - went out shopping and when I came home the dog had eaten most of it. It didn't make the dog sick, but I didn't feel good about it.

My husband has type II, so he takes his medication and he tries to balance his sugar highs with exercise. No food is off-limits, just a matter of servings.

I Googled Taking Off Pounds Sensibly and found a lot of nutrition information. The club has been compared to Weight Watchers. I can keep you posted as I learn more.

Hang in there! Every day holds promise. Petra

[Sinfulsot]

TGH, as far as i know this is a Sisterhood that also accepts males. I believe it was nuttychemist that went ahead with the sisterhood part of the name.

NW, good luck with your weight loss.

[Sinfulsot]

And to make a second post to tempt my mutant threadkilling ability...

Smash, how are you doing with meds and your long time doctor?

[cdogtom]

And to make a second post to tempt my mutant threadkilling ability...

Smash, how are you doing with meds and your long time doctor?

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[No Way]

Sisters and brothers of the FNSD, I concur.

Hey Smash, how is it going? Let us hear, please. Petra

[smashms]

Things here are good been busy is all. Held 2 poker tournaments this week and 1 was for about 100 people. Took 2 days of prep to get ready for it. And tomorrow will be spent in the garage getting my car fixed. Ugh it never ends! Went back to my gastro today however and i told him what happened with my primary and everything after i was discharged from the hospital and he was not happy at all. He is going to personally call both physicians involved and also call administration at the hospital and have that attending doctor written up. He said what that doctor did after only seeing me the 2 or 3 times while i was admitted is completely unprofessional and wrong. He is also going to call my primary and speak to her because she dismissed me from the practice. And i now have drug seeking behavior on my medical record. He said in the meantime to still keep the appointment i have in december on the 29th with my new primary. I said all i wanted was the drug seeking behavior removed from my chart. And that note from january to be changed as well since that was what the attending was going by. As far as i am concerned things with my old primary will never be the same and i just want that stuff erased from my file and i would start fresh with a new doctor. I feel i cannot trust her anymore, since she went behind my back and put it in my chart without telling me.

[No Way]

Hi Smashms, glad to hear from you. It sounds like you have your gastro in your corner. That's good, at least. Hopefully the issue will work out with a little help from a fellow doctor. Wishing you all the best.

Sinfulsot, as far as I'm concerned, you can break a thread anytime, although I don't think you did. Thanks for your good luck wishes with the weight loss. I'm trying, like mad, to do everything right, so as not to tempt the possibility of a recurrence of the cancer. The people in my TOPS group share their stories freely and made me feel welcome. Plus I lost 2.8 pounds. So far, so good.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

[Sinfulsot]

I see the multiple repeat posts have been deleted.

Let me expand on what I mean by threadkiller: In other forums, usually about heavy metal music, I would add a reply to whatever thread and then watch the thread slowly descend out of "Active Threads" stage as time goes by. I realize that some topics can exhaust themselves depending on severity. And that it can happen anytime and I shouldn't read into it, but my (as Wife, RN puts it) cartoon mind goes to comic books et al (she's a Looney Tune). And as much as I want to get into specifics about said comic books, let me leave it at I don't want this thread to die given its intention(s) when it was created. In particular, because of its predecessor thread, Fickle Nasty Sneaky Disease. It was a thread I didn't participate in and can't say much more.

Petra, I am on my own weight loss quest. And i really need to do more activity. And less Taco Bell.

[Button]

Sinfulsot:
You certainly are not a "thread-killer" - not to this thread nor to any other.

The original Fickle Sisterhood thread become a treasured source of connection. I do not think that any of us envisioned that the thread would grow as it did.

Losing both Emily and Gwen to colorectal cancer has left a void that is not so easy to recover from. Each time I come to this thread, I miss them. I miss seeing their familiar avatar's and "hearing" their voices in their writings.

This thread will find its own rhythm, with new posters and a few of the old posters. Keep contributing as you are doing. Yours is a positive contribution.
- Karen -

[smashms]

Totally agree button i miss gwen and emily more and more each day. I often wonder how gwens new granddaughter is doing and what she is up to these days. She has got to be getting big by now and possibly walking already. I am just glad she got to meet her.

[Sinfulsot]

threadkilling: it was more a game inside my head.

I did not get to know Gwen or Emily; my sympathies to the Sisterhood.

[smashms]

Well it appears my old pressure sore has reopened, ugh does it ever end? So back to wound nurse i go. Thank god i love my WOCN we have alot to catch up on since i haven't seen her in months! This is the same sore i have had 2 flaps done to close it in the past since it has opened i have been in bed keeping pressure off of it hopefully i have caught it before it got too bad.

[smashms]

Saw wound nurse today and she is not too sure what it is but it is open and draining so she told me i better see the plastic surgeon who did the last flap. Going to him on tuesday till then she said to just keep it covered