Hi. I’m Lucky!!
Hello.
I am here with a question.
How can I be supportive of a loved one who has had GBS and is
dealing with the weight loss and lifestyle changes (the diet and
exercising)? How can I be supportive? I don’t want my loved one to
feel like they can’t express themselves. But they seem to either talk
non-stop about their surgery, or they don’t want to talk about
anything at all.
Is this how it is for people that have had the surgery? Or is there
something else going on with my loved one? And how do I get them to
express it? When I try to ask questions, I get rude looks, rolled
eyes, or mumbled comments. If I didn’t care, I wouldn’t even try to
ask questions. But it seems that either way, I’m doing the wrong thing.
HELP!!!
January 23rd, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Hi, momoffour,
Welcome to the list! It’s hard to know what to tell you what to do,
since I don’t know specifics. If the loved one has computer access,
there are a number of good lists on the internet to join for that
person. including lists of people who are over a year out from the
surgery - It sounds like the best support you can give is to just
listen when they want to talk. You might also offer to exercise
*with* them - say walking, or a gym membership. Otherwise, you can
come to us if you have general questions -
I can’t speak for everyone else. I had my surgery, as you can see,
in November of 02. I live with 2 cats, so there wasn’t a lot to
talk about <G>.
There are some general issues we all deal with - some more than
others - but usually it’s getting our water and exercise in,
learning to recognize head hunger (and providing some sort of
substitute for it), and dealing with the changes in our bodies, and
the changes in the people around us. There are plateaus, and at
about 18 months to 2 years hunger comes back and we really have to
watch what we eat. Grazing, particularly grazing sugars, will cause
us to gain our weight back, even though we will probably never eat a
huge meal again. (If we can, we need to be checked for something
like a staple line disruption!) I’m sure there are other things
that I’ve forgotten, but someone can jump in and add them.
Good luck!
Pam in Niceville
11/20/02, lap rny
242/137 -below doc’s goal on the way to mine!
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Hello.
I am here with a question.
How can I be supportive of a loved one who has had GBS and is
dealing with the weight loss and lifestyle changes (the diet and
exercising)? How can I be supportive? I don’t want my loved one to
feel like they can’t express themselves. But they seem to either
talk
non-stop about their surgery, or they don’t want to talk about
anything at all.
Is this how it is for people that have had the surgery? Or is
there
something else going on with my loved one? And how do I get them to
express it? When I try to ask questions, I get rude looks, rolled
eyes, or mumbled comments. If I didn’t care, I wouldn’t even try to
ask questions. But it seems that either way, I’m doing the wrong
thing.
HELP!!!
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