i've seen people that are trying to lose weight i've just lost 7 stone and i need to lose another 6 stone for the first time in 11 years it hit the 20 stone mark, its been hard and really tough to keep the weight loss going is that i'm having to go through for an hernia operation hopefully soon to say i've had it don't four times already back in 1997 and 1998, it had this hernia now for 16 years and to have it done it will be great. the only two problems i have is being over weight and having server sleep apnoea that why i got another 6 stone to go, so for people that need to lose just a couple of pounds or stones think what i've got to go through so good luck to you all in your weight loss progress and let see if we can all get to our goal weight.
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Hi bigalan,
Wow! Well done for losing 7 stone already, that is an amazing achievement! You are over halfway there! Thank you for sharing your experience, it's very inspiring!
I have just started my diet and need to lose 5 stone, so I have quite a long way to go too,but am feeling positive and the support and motivation on here is great!
Best of luck with the rest of your weight loss and I am looking forward to hearing how you get on! 🍀
hi Anna999 if i can lose 7 stone with 6 more to go try the slim-fast diet and i don't know whether you enjoy walking but just doing steady walking for a couple of hours each day every day but weight yourself every two weeks and keep a record of how many steps you walk i us a pedometer to start and by doing say 1000 steps then increase to 2000 then so but keep that record you will notice how quick your weight drops off keep in touch to see how you are doing. ok good luck
Thanks for the tips, I am following the NHS 12 week plan and have started exercising so all changes for the better! The pedometer is a good idea, I'd be interested to see how far I walk each day! 🌼
Hi Anna999 just to let you know i've now got five stone to lose i'm my 20 stone 11 1/2 pounds so not long now hope your doing great with your diet take care.
Keep going Alan. I've lost 7 stones and also had sleep apnoea. Since losing the weight I've now been told that my sleep apnoea has gone and I no longer require the CPAP machine. I also had quite bad sciatica and dicky knees. Since I've lost my weight both these problems has disappeared. May also have something to do with the exercise I do.
Apart from looking and feeling much better, medical problems that I thought I had for life have gone. I think of all the times I used to ignore the doctors when they told me I should lose some weight. Just a shame it took so many years for me to do something about my weight and eating habits.
Health has got to be as good a reason as any for losing weight but yet we ignore all the advice given. I lost weight because I didn't like the way I looked but now looking better, eating healthier, physically more fit and medical problems gone. Win, win, win.
hi Andyt2120 many thanks and well done i've still got sleep apnoea and well never get rid of it but hopeful by losing the next six stones it might reduce it who knows take care and well done again bigalan
Hi there Alan
I saw you had decided to 'follow' my posts, so thanks for that. I hope we can chivvy each other and others along.
I am quitting the ciggies (over 4 months now) and I - as of last week - started a diet. My weight has yo-yoed all my life, sometimes 3- 4 stone over weight then 1 stone under weight. When I turned 40 my health went down the drain with hereditary probs.
To cut a long story short I was 6 stone over weight by the time I was 44. I took action and for me it worked. I attended 'LighterLife' and I lost over 5 stone in just over 3 months.
I am now 48 and have maintained my weight up until last year, when the pound just secretly crept on little by little until I notice my clothes we not just uncomfortable but some wouldn't fit. This was due to several reasons - redundancy, too much time in the pub, relocation etc. So I'm taking charge again! Got to shed the weight & gain confidence again to FEEL rather than look good. ( I also won't stink of cigarettes!!)
Keep at it Alan you've done great so far.
Elmdon.
hi ELMDON well done for packing the fags i did in 2003 and in 2008 is when my weight went up to just until 28 stone from then until now i have lost 8 stone and at the moment i'm 19 stone 1/4lb and still at 6ft 3inch the best thing about giving up the fags two reason first your health second your bank account. after i have worked out how much i used smoke and drink and let me tell you i could drink ale think a fish drinks water the amount i saved brought me a brand new car in 2004, i'm now waiting for my disability car now and the fact that after all these years now it feels as though ive never smoked. all the best in your journey to a smoke free life and a health bank balance if i like many other can do it i know you can to. i'm here if you need any advice please drop me a line take care bigalan
Good luck, Im starting my weight loss journey today for the 100th time, but Im hoping with support and storys on here I will be more successful. I have 6 stone to lose x
hi their moi76 good luck all the best keep in touch to see how you are getting on any advice i can give don't be frightened to ask kind regards bigalan xx
Thanks for following me Bigalan, Have about 5 stone to lose, I'm on my third week and have lost 8lb so far. Hoping to keep at it this time
may i give you something to think about i've lost 8 stone with five more to go i was nearly 28 stone and 6ft 3in i'm now 19 stone 1/4lb my target is to reach 15 stone so i can have a operation hope the helps you take care kind regards bigalan x
Wow that's brilliant well done 😊
hi Veganista many thanks yesterday was weight in and i've lost another 9 1/2 lb since i was weighed in so it coming of i will hopefully have my operation soon take care bigalan
There's no stopping you!! We will soon be calling you Smallalan 😊
hi their that would be nice only i'm 6ft 3inch tall may be slimalan what do you think? kind regards at the moment bigalan x
SlimAlan sounds brilliant!! Keep going, you've achieved so much and you must be feeling so much better than you were before the huge weight loss.
Take care, veganista 😊
Hi their veganista when i look at pictures of me in my 20 and how slim i looked then to then pictures of my in my late 30's early 40's i think how on earth did i managed to get that big i mean nearly 28 stone i was in 2008 now in 2015 i'm just until the 19 stone mark but the nice thing is i'm still tall at school i was 6 ft 5 in but now i'm only 6 ft 3 in so not back for what it's 32 years since i left school and in all that time i've gain and lost weight but just lost 2 inch in height but i do feel better it was like carrying three extra people around, but just a couple of stones to go can't believe i just said and written it i thought it would be impossibly but the fact is that's what's happened. take care and many thanks for your lovely words most kind bigalan xx
Getting bigger doesn't matter that's in the past, what matters is now, and now you have made a huge difference and improvement to how you feel physically and in confidence. I'm only pocket size height wise 5 ft 1 3/4 inches so all my extra weight shows massively, I've been Vegan for 3 years now, I eat high carb low fat wholefood vegan. I've gone from 99.6 kilo to 92.1 kilo since this June. In July I was diagnosed with COPD and OSTEOARTHRITIS, so exercising is difficult with being in constant pain and my breathing, (and recently diagnosis with HYPOTHRYOIDISM) I mainly just walk my dog. I've never driven as I have epilepsy so that's always been a bonus having to walk. I'm losing weight slowly but I will get there 😉
hi their veganista i was wondering why you called yourself that now i know anyway good things come in small box's. my dad was only 5 ft 4 inch so were i get my size from is my granddad he was 6 ft 7 inch when he died bless him. and like you i've got osteoarthritis in my spine, hips, and knees, plus many other illness, i'm glad that your losing weight i think it most be hard whatever size you are but the main thing is its coming off that the best way of losing weight so many thanks for your reply take care speak with you again kind regards bigalan xx
Ah so you know all about the dreaded Osteo pain!! My dr been trying out lots of different painkillers to try and relieve it for me. He's put me on a new one just over a week ago and said I have to increase the dose gradually because of the side affects. I'm pleased to say I'm finally getting some pain relief for the 1st time this year-woohoo😊😊. But the pain killers are giving me wonky eyes hee hee. Seeing double !! I'm hopeful that this will settle down though. I hope you are ok, have a lovely day xx
hi their veganista may i ask for your first name the tablets that i'm on are called nefopam 30mg and there just about okish with my pain, but when you think i have three disc's out tapped sciatica nerve, depression, server sleep apnoea , damaged right shoulder, the list can go on and on i would bore you to death if i listed all my illnesses i've just about managing i've at them long enough. anyway hope you have had a good day today and hope next week is kind to you take care warm regards Alan xx
Yeah sure Alan I'm Anita. Gosh you and me sound like a medical dictionary lol 😀 I turned 44 in July and that's when my body seemed to decide to fall apart, but I'm so thankful that this year my mental health has been better than it's ever been 😊
Wishing you a good week too Alan,
Take care,
Anita xx
hi Anita that's a beautiful name i think we are like my problems started at 5 years old and when i turned 40 life didn't being that's when it started to really fall apart for me and at 42 then i had to pack in work i was an HGV driver for ten years but when that found i got server sleep apnoea then i lost my HGV licence but still kept my car licence i'm now 48 and ready for the scrap yard, has for my mental state these last 6 to 7 months i've dropped rock bottom with the messing around that's been going off, but now i'm nearly back to how i use to be so take care my prayers have been answer with a lovely friend you warm regards Alan xx
Dearest Alan, thankyou that's very kind although I am thinking of changing my name by deed to Veganista as that best suits my vegan way of life. I'm sorry you have had so much to deal with but I feel that like me you are a fighter and will get over all your struggles, as you also seem to have a positive outllook 😊 positivity has got me through everything (but I think Atm I'm going through the denial stage with the COPD) I know I Must quit the dreaded fags though, but I've cut down
big time. KEEP FIGHTING ALAN YOU'LL BEAT THIS!! xx
hi Anita you are much like me i used smoke but i packed the fags in 2003 and went cold turkey that's the only way i give them up, i have heard of COPD but never suffered with it my heart goes out to you and its a shame were not closed so i could help you but this way at least i'm nearly with you please i'm here anytime you need my help don't do this by yourself let me help were i can, you say you have cut down how many are you smoking a day i will help you quit if possible you take care have a big hug from me to you to help you tonight, i will be thinking about you and seeing if i can find ways to help take care sweetheart Alan xx
Brilliant Alan you've been quit for so long, I take my hat off to you (if I was wearing one lol 😊)
I'm down to between 5 and 10 a day but closer to 5 than 10. I don't really know why I'm still clinging on to those last few as I now use an e cig. But it's early days I've not long been diagnosed. I will quit I'll make sure of it. You are very kind Alan 😊 Have a peaceful sleep and I'll catcha tomorrow xxx
hi Anita may i say your a very lovely person i hope you can managed to quit the reason i'm asking you is when i quit the fags i was spending a year £5,000 on fags and on beer i was spending just over £3,000 a year by stopped both these i was able to buy a brand new car and that was in 2004, i now waiting for my new car which i should be taking delivery in about 3 to 4 weeks, i'm having this time a ford kuga 2.0lt zetc and that's just from packing in those two thing just image what you could have apart from smoke free good health, but you can treat yourself to something that you have always wanted, i'll leave that with you sweetheart take care have a goodnight yourself and sweet dreams your friend forever Alan xx
Good morning Alan,
Well that's certainly food for thought so thankyou😊
I've just done the sum - I spend £7 a week so that would be £364 for a year saved- definately got me thinking!
I hope You slept well and are ok today.
Have a lovely day. Take care,
Anita ️xxx
hi Anita yes i slept like a log didn't get you until this afternoon and am still tired i'm glad the little thought i left you with last night could help you see the benefits of giving up the fags you think you spent a lot just image how many i used to get though if i spent just over £5,000 on fags but that was 12 years ago i bet their more expanse now, hope your day has been better then mine i could go back to bed i'm that tired take care speak to you later kindest regards Alan xx
Dearest Alan ,
Sorry yr not feeling so good today I do hope tomorrow is better for you.
I also feel crap I went back to bed and slept all afternoon. (Better than not being able to sleep though)
Take care best wishes
Anita xx 😊
Hello there Alan ,
I hope you are having a better day.
Best wishes to you
Anita ️xx 😊
hi Anita i'm am fine today many thanks to you and the kind new friends i've made, how is your day going ok i hope, its just started raining what the weather where you are take care speak to you later kind regards Alan xx
Dearest Alan,
I'm so pleased you are ok, no need for thanks as we are all in the same boat and help each other😊
Yes I'm good thankyou , went to Costa coffee yesterday to catch up with my mum and dad (we meet up there once a week)
Not started raining here yet, though they say it will soon.
Take care Alan, keep fighting and you'll win the battle,
All the best wishes to you, speak soon
Anita xx 😊
To my lovely Anita your are right we are in the same boat but pulling together to help each other though each day, may i say you have lifted me up, because you are such a nice polite young lady and i'm glad that i was lucky enough to cross your path, i've never met anyone that is so lovely, it just a shame we live so far apart i would love to met you but i can't see it happening but for now just being able to send you a email on this site warms my heart up knowing that at the end of the email is a lovely friend waiting to answer me many thanks you are such a sweetheart take care your friend forever Alan xx
Aww the same to you Dear Alan I am also lucky as you are such a lovely gentleman, it does help so much 😊
I know we may be miles apart but I'll leave you with a virtual hug and hope it helps you sleep ((:))
God Bless,
Nitey nite,
Anita xx 😊
hi Anita many thanks for that hug its made me feel better for knowing you have sent me one that's very kind of you. i hope you didn't mind what i wrote last time your are a lovely person and i'm so glad that i now its only via this site, but its nice to speak to someone that is so lovely your heart melts you i receive a post from you. i slept like a log last night but woke in pain as normal take care my wonderful friend big hug from me again to you and hope your day as been a good one take care kindest regards Alan xx
My dear Alan , of course I didn't mind, It's
Very sweet
Of you 😊
I'm glad you slept well but sorry that you always wake in pain 😞
Yes thankyou my day hasn't been too bad.
Aww thankyou too for the hug 😊
Take care all the best wishes to you from your friend Anita ️xxx
hi Anita many thanks for that your the only person in my life at the moment that i can send a hug to, i'm glad your day hasn't been to bad, my pain is starting to kick in so its nearly time for bed so nite nite from me and another hug to keep you safe and warm tonight take care my friend and many thanks again from your friend Alan xx
Lovely Alan , thankyou I feel honoured that I'm the one you can send hugs to, and big hugs back to you too. I hope you slept ok last night and today is being kinder to you pain -wise.
I didn't sleep to well last night but have just had a nice sleep this afternoon. This morning I went to Costa with my support worker which was lovely.
I was wondering if you have a support worker or any kind of support? If not are you able to look into getting one? Just seeing one once a week for coffee, Dr appointments, or food shopping, practical and emotional support helps no end!!
Take care dear Alan, hugs and best wishes to you from your friend Anita 😊 ️xxx
hi Anita your very welcome to all my hugs as i've no one else to share them with i will send you one every day and night. it's not been a bad day with pain I've been sat at my computer for the last four hours printer passport photo of me so i can resend for my blue badge and special excess badge, i'm glad you managed to go to costa with you support worker i don't have one and i've look into it the say i don't need one so that just me alone in this world with just my new sweetheart Anita to help me get though the day. i hope you have a better night than you did last night take care my sweetheart big hugs for you from me take care all the best from your Alan xxxxx
I'm pleased your day hasn't been too bad!!
Now please forgive me dear Alan if I'm suggesting things you've already tried (and make you feel like your hitting your head against a brick wall) it's not my intention to make you feel like that at all , it's just I believe that no one deserves to be totally isolated and if the solution doesn't at first become forthcoming it eventually will. I also wasn't classed as needing support but with a lot of luck I got my support worker from a church locally ( even though I don't go to church the support worker still helps me once a week sometimes twice a week if need be)
So it's worth reserching other organisations if you already haven't done so.
Once again I appologise if I'm suggesting things you've already
tried!!
All the hugs to you my friend ( you aren't alone in this) xxxxx
hi Anita i'm sorry if i misunderstand what you where saying i wasn't think in any way that you was suggesting anything you was just being yourself a loving kind person and at the moment my lack of understanding what anybody says it part of one of my illness that 99% of the time i misunderstanding, i wasn't thinking straight last night so please there is no need for a apology i'm just not with it at the moment. so i'm sending you my hugs night and day to help you take care my sweetheart love you to bits from your Alan xxx
Good afternoon Dearest Alan, I do hope today is treating you kindly 😊
I'm feeling the affects of the painkillers atm (double vision and blurrey head) so off to bed shortly to sleep it off. I hope you have a good day.
Take care
Hugs from your friend Anita 😊 ️xxx
hi Anita its not been a bad day had server hip pain for most of day tablets taking a long time to kick in,but that normal, i hope you feel better in a bit my sweetheart and you please look after yourself and a massive big hug today to help comfort you whilst your a sleep hopefully speak to you later but if not i will be thinking of you and hoping you are better than you are now take care my sweetheart love you loads and a big kiss is waiting for you with a hug when you wake up take care speak with you soon your friend Alan xx
Hello my Friend 😊
I do hope your painkillers are working now - constant pain is miserable!! I had a lovely long sleep thankyou, only just woke up but still feeling the side effects of the painkillers and really blurry still ( goodness only knows how people take illicit drugs for fun- crazy! ) Now due to take my next dose painkillers Arghh 😱
Hugs to you my dear friend I hope you have a good evening ️xxxx 😊
HI Anita i'm so glad you had a good rest but that's what painkillers do to you, yes i'm ok tonight the painkillers have finally kicked in, yes your right about those who don't have to take medication or drugs for them to have a good time i'll swap them for a day let them take what we have to take and see how they like that day after day i'd think they would soon swap back. anyway my sweetheart i hope your next dose of painkillers don't effect you like they did early. warm and soft hugs n kisses for later take care my wonderful dear friend have a good night's rest speak with you tomorrow all my love your Alan xxxxxx
Happy Sunday to you dear Alan , i hope this finds you feeling better than me.
I've only just woken up not long ago still feel so poopy so I'm back off to bed to hopefully sleep it off (blooming painkillers)
I must say how lovely it is having your kind messages here, so I thankyou from the bottom of my heart 😊 I hope you have a good day and relatively pain free. Take care hugs and best wishes from your friend Anita ️xxx 😊
hi Anita wow you just got up can't fault you i was up at eight o'clock in server pain its took till now to easy off, and i felt as though i could go back to bed but i would never rest, hope you feel better this afternoon, and i will be here for you when you wake up, i will always be with you day and night you are such a lovely person my heart starts to race when i know i'm emailing you, i think i'm falling in love with you, and i hope i'm ok saying that take care speak to you later when i hope your feeling better big hugs n kisses for you when you wake up and get this message kindest regards my sweetheart always yours Alan xx
Oh wow!! I certainly
Didn't see that coming my friend.
I really do apologise if you think Ive led you on in anyway, that wasn't my intention. (Anyone who knows me will say I'm a very demonstrative person- I always hug and get hugged back)
I do hope that we can continue to be friends on here, and I hope to god I haven't hurt you in anyway. Take care best wishes hugs Anita xx
hi their Anita you haven't led me on that just me being me if i've over step the white line then i apologies, that's one of my biggest problems i'm to soft and i care about people, i think that's why i've been on my own for so long i just hope i've not offended you or upset you with those words, your just i wonderful person it feels like i'm in love. sorry for the shock i hope we can still be friends if not then that is my stupid fault you haven't hurt me i just hope i haven't hurt or upset you all the best your friend Alan xx
My Dearest friend Alan ,
No worries 😊 no need to apologise either, you haven't upset or offended me 😊.
I'm so pleased we can still be friends.
How has your day been? I hope you've been relatively pain free.
I've still had poopy side effects from the pills -still very blurry, ( I'm not even taking the full dose yet I'm still in the slow process of increasing) I hope you sleep well tonight, hugs from your friend Anita ️xxx 😊
hi Anita i'm glad that we are still friends i think sometime i get carried away with what it would be like to my the girl of my dreams but i know a loner i'm going to be but i've get a lovely friend in you and i should be grateful for that, you say your on the small dose, wow what are you going to be like on the higher dose, my heart goes out to for you having to put up with the illness you have to face every day, i think sometime when i met someone like you and we get chatting its has if i want to be with you, i think that's my problem i'm to soft and stupid. i hope you sleep well take care my sweetheart speak to you tomorrow sweet dreams your friend Alan xx
Good afternoon dear Alan, now that's enough of you putting yourself down !! 😊 don't you go changing your sweet kind gentle ways either!! 😊
You are lovely as you are 😊
I hope you got a good nights sleep and have a good day today.
Take care best wishes hugs to you from your friend Anita ️xxx 😊
hi Anita thank you for your kind words it's nice when your in a state of depression and how low i felt yesterday and with what i've gone though it make you wonder if it's worth being here, because i've had this all my life from everyone i meet its hard to get out of a rout but you meet someone like you that is soooooo nice and loving that your heart starts to melt but are a where is this just another trapdoor its a shame this is just how i feel everyday but with you there something there that i can't explain but its a lovely feeling and i think that's why i said what i said you make me feel like i'm needed and that's something i've never felt before you are a lovely person and when i said that i'm falling in love it's your loving kindness that as me grow on you. you are so sweet i just love talking to you but wish i could come and meet you. many thanks had a goodnight sleep for once that i didn't get you until 13:50pm thank you again Anita your a really lovely friend to have take care loads of love n hugs your Alan xxxx
My Dearest Alan good morning (or should I say night -(been awake since stupid o'clock) but having practically spent the whole of weekend and yesterday asleep I l knew my sleep would run out at some point!
Now please trust me on this- I won't bore you with my whole history but believe me please when I say that it's worth being here however depressed you are as you may not see it at the time but things always improve big time ( I am living proof of this although at the time I was convinced I would be dead before I hit 30)
So thankful I am now that the Drs kept shocking me back from the dead on many occasions and never lost hope on me!! I couldn't see it at the time but my god now I'm extremely grateful 😊
So please hang in there hope is never lost!!
I'm off to Costa this morning to meet mum and dad,
I hope today's a better day for you take care hugs, Anita ️xxx 😊
hi Anita you could never bore me i love reading what you have to say and getting to know you more is as if we were courting you are a lovely person and i'm so glad that me and you have met, you have lifted me up soon much that's why i said i'm falling in love with you, you are the best thing that's come my way for years and i know i get depressed from time to time but your always there to lift my spirits up. i hope you enjoyed your costa, i was at hospital having blood test done this morning and done worry about how much sleep your getting a least your sleeping and i know when my sleep marathon is over i think what time is it and how long or short i've slept for. take care big hugs n kisses from me to you kind regards your friend always Alan xx
Hi hun sorry this is short (falling asleep blooming painkillers!!) so off to bed now, will chat later, take care have a good afternoon big hugs Anita ️xxx 😊
hi Anita have a good sleep speak to you later take care your friend always yours Alan xx
Dearest Alan,
I do hope your day has gone well despite the blood tests!!
Thankyou for your lovely kind words-very Sweet of you 😊
I've just woke up to have dinner (still very outta it though-I'll hopefully stay awake long enough to eat it)
Costa with Mum and Dad was lovely thankyou. I wish you a good evening. Hugs to you from your friend Anita ️xxx 😊
hi Anita i hope you enjoyed your dinner and your most welcome with the words that i send its from my heart for you and i mean every words, glad you day went ok with your mum n dad at costa sweet dreams for later take care big hugs n kisses from your friend Alan xxxx
Well my dear friend it's past midnight and my bed is calling me, so I wish you a lovely long pain free sleep.
Nitey nite hugs from Anita ️xxx 😊
hi Anita how are you today okish i had a good night sleep for a change but suffering now hope your afternoon is good to you just of for my painkillers speak with you later take care loving hugs and kisses from your friend Alan xxxx
Hi there Alan 😊
I'm so pleased you slept well and I hope today is treating you kindly 😊 .
Me I feel very crap today I've been up since 4 am feel like a total zombie and I'm in untold amount of pain so having a really bad day. Painkillers don't kill the pain but seem to only be killing me!!
Sorry I'm on a real downer today.
Tomorrow I've got my support worker and Dr so hopefully Dr will give me something useful for a change. Anyway enough of me moaning. I hope you have a better evening than me. Hugs and best wishes to you ️xxx.
hi Anita no i'm in total total pain today i've over done walking my legs feel like lead my back is killing me my right shoulder is really hurt the pain is unblievable i've taken all of my medication apart from to solpadol capsules i've have left but i don't think there going to do anything so like you i'm on a downer myself so we make a good pair together hope your night is better sleep well take care and have a big Al hug from me kindest regards Alan xx
Hello hun, Im sorry you had such a bad day yesterday, I hope today is better for us both.
I woke up at stupid o'clock again today so feel dead on my feet.
Off to Costa with my. Support worker shortly (need the caffeine) then we are gong Drs after that ( wish me luck!!)
I hope you are still in Bedfordshire and dreaming peacefully as I write this!!
Well my dear Alan hugs to you from me ️xxx 😊
hi Anita hope you enjoy you coffee at costa, i slept good last night first time in years but i like you feel dead today i'm in total pain from my head to my feet my legs feel like lead painkillers haven't yet kick in and i've bee up since 9:00am i hope you all the best at doctors i think that coffee will do the trick anyway sweetheart take care let me know how you got on and i always think about you day and night your never far away from my mind big hugs n kisses from me to you your Alan always xxxxxxxxxx
Hello dear Alan I'm pleased you slept well but sad to hear you are in such pain, I hope by now the painkillers are kicking in so you have a bit of a comfortable day as is possible.
My Costa was lovely but feel shattered now with being up so early and bad pain.
Drs went ok he's prescribed me pregabalin to see If that helps it.
Just waiting for boots chemist to bring it round this afternoon then I'm sleeping.
I hope yr afternoon is ok.
Take care big hugs ️xxx 😊
hi Anita i'm glad all went well at doctors and that you enjoyed you coffee, has for me i'm still the same but feel very tired i'm trying to not after going to bed until tonight but i'm flagging now its took me three time just to wash my pots up and i've still got the last lot to do.
i hope your afternoon is better then mine and that your tablets start to work and help you so take care speak with you later big hugs n kisses just for you my sweetheart.kindest regards Alan xxxxxxx
Hello hun ,
Wow did I just get a long sleep!!
Boots came quite late so not starting the new pills until tomorrow. Dr said the new ones also cause bad side effects and for the 1st few days I have to gradually cut down the ones I'm on as well as taking the new ones ( so I might be outta it for a while)
I hope you managed to stay awake so you sleep well tonight.
Thinking of you and wishing you well, and sending you hugs ️xxx 😊
hi Anita i didn't get to sleep this afternoon
tried to fight it and won so i'm hoping i get a good night instead hope your new tablets help you and don't worry if you don't reply for a couple of day i understand so you take care but careful when coming of one tablet to another. i'm sending you some big al hugs n kisses to help you cope take care my sweetheart speak to you soon and i'm send soon love to you as well your a very dear friend kindest regards Alan xxxxxx
Hello my friend, I'm glad you managed to stay awake I hope it does the trick so you get a long peaceful sleep tonight. I send you hugs my lovely sweet friend, Nitey nite to you sweet dreams ️xxx 😊
hi Anita many thanks for that's and because i didn't go to bed and stayed awake i didn't get up until 12:20pm its felt nice having a lay in but i didn't want to get up then but i had no choice i needed my painkillers hope you are fine today are you doing anything today or just chilling take care big hugs and kisses to you my sweetheart from your friend Alan xxxxxx
Hi 😊 I'm so glad you managed to get a lovely long sleep😊
I've spent the majority of today asleep (these new painkillers are knocking me out) but still I'm grateful for the sleep 😊
Just got up to do dinner then probably back off to bed.
I hope your evening is good to you hugs to you my dear friend Alan ️xxx. 😊
Hi Anita i'm glad you have had a very good sleep tablets must be good to knock you out for a good length of time, not sure what i'm haven't for dinner taste budds are sleep still. anyway take care my wonderful lovely friend big hugs n kisses and a bigAl cuddle for you for tonight kindest regards my sweetheart your always Alan xxxxxx
My lovely friend Alan,
I'm finally awake again,
I hope you slept well too and your pain is manageable.
Painkillers still knocking me out but it's still early days on these ones.
Have a good day today my friend
Hugs to you 😊😊 ️xxx
hi Anita i glad that the painkillers have started to work and that your awake and back with us in the land of the living. its not a good day for me the pain is still the same but i'm writing this with tears in my eyes i'm feeling very low at the moment can't think why, i'm just getting so fed up with being struck in this house with now where to go i know i'm waiting for my new car to arrive but its seams like time has stood still, i know its going to be here at the end of the month but whether i am is something we will have to see. sorry for being a misery but that's just how i am today take care hopefully speak to you later love and hugs my friend to you Alan xx
Dearest Alan, I'm sad you are feeling so low keep your sights on the prize (your new car-your gateway to freedom) anytime that you get so bad put your thoughts straight back on that)
I have total empathy as up until this year I was out twice a day without fail but this year with going so down hill physically I'm only really out twice a week with mum and dad, and my support worker, so I understand that "prisoner in my own home" feeling so you have my total empathy and I feel frustrated for you too.
How's the pains today??
Mine are bad these painkillers seem crap I will be calling my Dr this week to see what he suggests if anything.
Well I better say bye now (before I fall back to sleep)
Now remember EYES ON YOUR PRIZE YOUR BEAUTIFUL CAR!!
Take care big hugs to you ️xxx 😊
hi Anita your right but its not just about the car its being lonely in life no one to share a special moment with or just to cuddle on the settee what a life, i think if i didn't have you has my friends i don't think i would be here now its only you that have kept me here thank you for understanding your a kinds sweet person that i'm glad i have as a friend only two more weeks then new car and if you wanted to go anywhere i would love to pick you up and take you out for the day take care big hugs n kisses to you my dearest friend Alan xx
Hi dear Alan, I understant as I used to be like that, for years (majority of my life) I thoujjt I was only happy when I had a partner, but it was only after the death of my boyf (he died of the same illness I've got -COPD) that I learned that I'm only Truelly happy on my own once I learned to totally love myself and accept myself as I am.
Now I could never imagine being in a relationship ( never ever) as happiness is true lily on my own)
I'm a loner now in that I can't stand being around people to the extent that I turn down all family get together s (much to their dislike) as I just wanna be on my own all the time)
It's taken years to get where I am now -happy on my own and happy wit myself but if you can spend 10 mins every morning before you get up just saying positive good things about yourself and your life (don't let eny negative thoughts creep in) eventually you will find true happiness on your own -it does work I promise even though you may thing this sounds airy fairy!!
Hope all this makes spence and sorry for any spelling mistakes I'm drugged up to me eyeballs
Hugs to you ️xxx 😊
hi Anita i understand hope your ok today but by seeing that your drugged up to your eyeballs take care hugs and kisses to you from your friend Alan xx
Still outta it hun so I wish you a nive long dleep sweet dearms and chat tomoz Nitey nite hugs to you ️xxx 😊
hi Anita just wondering how you are not heard from you for 12 days was just wondering if your o.k nite nite sleep well i wish i could in a lot of pain and its 0:32am Saturday morning take care speak to you soon big hug and kiss from me to you Alan xxxxxx
Hiya 😊
Lovely to hear from you 😊
Yeah sorry I've been so quiet I've had a terrible time on these pain killers and in so much pain too.
I'm sorry you're suffering too.
Take care hugs to you xxx
hi Anita its nice to hear from you as well i'm having right stomach problems at the moment i can't keep of the toilet and my right arm from my elbow down to my little finger and the next on to it has been numb to the fact i couldn't feel my arm not long since i've come from hospital having it check out, please don't apologize i know you have been on planet zob not on earth with the rest of us, but i hope you will feeling better soon take massive big hugs and a email big kiss for you to help take care your friend Alan xx
Aw bless you so kind 😊
Yes I've been on planet cuckoo, outta it then half in it then outta it again lol 😊
Did they say you've got carpel tunnel? Does arm burn & pins needles?
I'm glad you got checked out ️xxx
hi Anita they said it could be but not sure my arm does burn and like pins n needles but it was so numb last night i could grip with it, so just waiting for the test to come back. but i'm soooooooooooooo glad your back on planet earth you have been missed and i hope things are starting to look brighter for you take care big hugs and a kiss from me to you my friend Alan xx
I had the carpel tunnel op done about 4 years ago, it's easily fixed if that's the prob.
I've got a chiropractor appoint on Tuesday so hopefully they can help me get rid of the pain and off these painkillers - fingers legs and toes crossed!!
How's yr tummy now? You must be losing even more weight down the loo!! ️Xxx
hi their Anita your right about losing it on the toilet i don't fancy anything to eat because it goes though me that fast i don't get to enjoy it so i'm just sticking to plain water for now,may sore bottom and back are killing me with pain, i hope your Chiropractor appointment goes o.k on tuesday take care my friend will be thinking about you on tuesday and as well as tomorrow and monday you know what i on about your friend Alan xx
Oh poor you I'm sorry you are having such a dreadful time-huge hugs!!
Water is the best thing and try Savlon cream on your sore bumbum if you've got some.
I hope you rest easy tonight and tomorrow is a better day for you.
Take care my dear friend hugs to you ️xxx
hi Anita i haven't got any savlon cream never used it is there any more you know of, anyway trying to reach around is hard with i'm normal can't do it at this moment thanks for your advice will let you know tomorrow if i'm still here i may have fallen down the toilet if i lose anymore weight take care big hugs for you and again many thanks kindest regards Alan xx
Morning hun ( I hope you've not fallen down loo 😊 )
Any antiseptic healing cream will be ok or if you've not got any of those I should think that Vaseline would be quite soothing.
I do hope you had a better night.
I'm still in dreadful pain but thinking positive that the Chiropractor will help 😊
Hugs to you ️xxx
hi Anita no i'm still here weak as a kitten stomach ache, bum on fire, slept like a log last night the time i got up was 12:53pm have some weetabix for breakfast not been to toilet yet i'm hoping there nothing in to come out, found some cream for my bum its slowly taking the soreness away. sorry to hear that your pain is still as bad i'll be thinking about you hope the chiropractor can help you big hugs to you as well and a email kiss to help you cope take care speak to you later your friend Alan xx
Hi hun I do hope your tum and sore bumbum had settled down ,
I'm off to bed now as io gpt dr appointment 1st thing in a.m ( dreading it coz I think he's gonna put me back on those God awful painkillers that I stopped taking coz awful side effects. Oh well I'll wait and see tomorrow.
Nitey nite sleep tight God bless ️xxx 😊
hi Anita many thank you for your concern yes all is now back to normal, can't remember if i told you it was an allergic reaction to the takeaway i had. it had got honey, in and i'm allergic to honey, and what made it worse was it also had suger mixed plus other sweet thing mixed in with it and because i'm diabetic it need was curtains for me. i hope you don't get put back on those tablets and i hope you slept well last night take care speak to you soon kindest regards Alan x
Hello dear Alan, what a relief your ok now, a very nasty experience for you!!
I saw my dr and just as I thought hes put me back on those dreaded painkillers (here we go again 😞 )
I hope your weekend is kind to you take care hugs xx
hi Anita yes i was very lucky it could have been curtains for me but i'm glad the doctor got to me quick else i would now be six feet under. i'm sorry your back on those tablets doesn't your doctor know they weren't much good last time, i'm so glad i have an understanding doctor that knows what he doing, my thoughts and prayer are with you and hope your weekend is good to you this week will be better for me, take care my friends and a big hug and kiss to hope you with your pain kindest regards Alan xx
Scary scary time for you thankfully you're here to tell the tale 😊
Yes my dr knows I told him,
I've only been awake for couple of hours and now back off to bed (bloody pain killers it's back to planet cuckoo for me!!
Have a good Sunday
Take care hugs xx 😊
hi Anita yes i'm glad i'm still here it was scary, sorry the painkillers haven't worked and that your back on planet zod it must be getting you down not being able to get a good nights sleep. hope your sunday is better than saturday take care my dearest friend big hug and kiss for you to help if possibly your friend Alan xxxx
Hiya hun 😊
Sorry for the delay in replying to you it's these damn painkillers I don't know where I am at the mo.
Been out with dupport worker this morning then took the painkillers when I got home all over the place now so I'm going back to bed.
I hope you are having a better day than me tale care hugs to you from me ️xxx 😊
Hi Anita you have nothing to apologise for I now your back on those tablets and there making you worse than what you already are I've been thinking and wondering how you have been I wish I could remove your suffering but I can send you a big hug n kiss from me to help you take care speak to you soon your friend always Alan xxxx
Aww thankyou Alan for understanding.
I hope today has been a lot better for you than mine has. My day has been totally poopy and just to add to the awful side effects I've also had tingly pins and needles in my mouth and lips all day-damn pills!!
But on a very positive note I finally feel like Im getting some relief from the pain- thank the Lord there is a God!!
Anyway enough of me waffling on !!
I hope you are ok and have a good evening.
Hugs to you ️xxx 😊
hi Anita sorry i'm late texting you back internet been down electric been of just as i was starting to do my dinner i'm glad your starting to feeling some relief but sorry to hear you have pin n needles in you mouth haven't you suffered enough my lass, i hope that this is the start of you picking up and anyway you can waffle all you like my friend that's what i'm here from take care hope to speak to you at a better time then this big hug n kiss to you from your friend Alan xxxxxx
Hi hun no worrys I understand these things happen!!
I'm late replying. Too. These painkillers are like nothing I've had before , they affect me so strangely, about 2 hours after I take them I start shaking and double Vision and keep nodding off then feel outta my face, very peculiar!! Off to bed nowwo coz no good for nothing like this.
But how are you hun?
Are you having a better weekend?? Hugs to you ️xxx 😊
Hi hun are you ok??
I'm guessing you've got your new car by now and are enjoying getting out And Bout.
Any way I'm off to bed now take are hugs ️xxx 😊
hi Anita yes i got my new car last Wednesday and on Friday i went to redbridge in London to pick a cage up for a friend then went to Canvey Island in an hotel for a two nights break enjoyed the break and came back last night i got home at 11:10pm. i hope that your o.k today i'm glad to be back but now struggling with my pain take care speak to you soon big hug n kiss from me to you Alan xxxxx
hi Anita sorry your having a rough time with those painkillers, its not nice having to take them but what state would we be in if we didn't take anything, i'm feeling for you i'm sending you two big hugs and two kisses to help you i'm not to bad could be better just had a nice two day break in Essex and now i'm back, i know its rough not only for your my friend wish i could do more to help you so take care my friend speak to you soon your friend Alan xxxx
Hi my friend 😊
I'm so happy you've got some freedom back now you've got your car 😊
I apologise for taking so long to rply to to you - I'm barely functioning on these damn pulls - seeing double and can't even walk straight its as if I e been drinking and can't stay awke for long either.
I hope today's traating you well and you've been out again.
Take care
hugs to you 😊 ️xxx.
hi Anita why have you got to apologies for you text when you can and if your very poorly then you text when your up to it. oh yes it feels like i've been let out of prison not that i've ever been to prison but you know what i mean. your having a rough time its not fair you suffering like that and there is nothing i can do to help you, i feel as though i've got my arms locked together, but all i can do is prayer and think about you sitting there helpless and i'm here not have a bad day today that's what is upsetting me your in a world of pain and i'm not take care my lovely friend will be thinking of you tonight hoping you will get some rest take care big hug n kiss just for you from your friend Alan xxxx
Hi ya hun I'm so happy Youve got your freedom back 😊 your world must seem like a much happier place for you now 😊
I am still poopy I'm afraid , but last week I saw a different Dr for a 2nd opinion, he was much more thorough than my dr and is sending me for an ultrasound scan to see if I've got an inflamed bursa. If I have he is going to give me steroid injections. (That's got to be better than these zombie painkillers I'm on)
So hopefully things will be improving fingers crossed.
Anyway I'm back off to bed again now. Take care hugs and best wishes ️xxx 😊
hi Anita its lovely to hear from you, its seam since we last spoke you wasn't on this planet, but i'm glad the you are getting a second opinion and let's hope your off the zombie medication and back to earth where you be long, anyway sweetheart take care sweet dreams big hug n kiss for you from your friend Always Alan xxxxxxx
Hi hun 😊
How's things??
Me the same-in and out of Zombie land (luckily Halloween is almost here lol 😊 )
Hugs to you ️xxx 😊
hi Anita i'm not to bad today bit cold this morning but has soon as i got in the central heating went on, i'm so sorry to hear your still not with us on planet earth, when will those doctors give you something that we keep you on earth. anyway i don't worry about Halloween there's no mirrors in my house i'm frightening enough without put any make up. i'm sending you some massive bigal hugs n kisses to try and help you take care sweetheart speak to you soon your friend Alan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aww you're sweet 😊
Nah no change with the meds unfortunately, still waiting for the ultrasound scan appointment to see if I need steroid injections. Hopefully I won't have to much longer to wait (let's just hope I'm awake long enough for it hee hee 😃
Clocks go back tonight don't forget .
My favourite time of year when it gets dark early I can shut out the world and be cozy inside... Bliss!!
Hugs to you ️xxx 😊
hi Anita i hope that they soon will sort you out and get you back to planet earth, it must be horrible having to live like you have to day in and day out, yes the clock's went back last night, hope you will let know know when your having this scan done and to see if they will give you the Steroid injections, i love this time of year extra hour in bed in pain but that's life, will i'm sending you so major bigal hugs n kisses to help you cope take care my friend speak to you again your friend Always Alan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hiya hun 😊 ( gosh arnt I doing well being in the land of the living again ha ha ! For how long though is anyone's guess😊
How's you doing today?
I hope you are ok.
Yes I will definitely keep you informed- ( thanks for caring)
Have a good day hugs to you ️xxx 😊
hi Anita wow your back to earth, but for how long, yes i was fine until ive just read a post from a lovely young lass and its broken my heart after reading how her partner has just treat her, i couldn't write much because of the shock, how can anybody treat a person like that. sorry for going on about the last post, but its just knocked me for six.
well i hope that your going to have some better days than you have had over these last couple of months that i've know you, i do care about you that's what friends are for, anyway i'm sending you some massive bigal hug n kisses just for you to help you take care speak to you soon have a good night sleep and keep them hugs with you.
speak to you soon take care my friend Always Alan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Congratulations on your weight loss so far. That's a fantastic achievement. I wish you all the best for the next stage.
hi their AvidSketchter40 many thanks for your kind words it's been a very long road from 2008 until now ive lost just over ten stone and the support i've been getting has help me to continue take care love your picture kindest regards bigalan x
Hi BigAlan and everyone else, I've been a yoyo dieter most of my life and now I need to lose about 5 stones. I'm 18 stone and need to get to 13-14 stone to be able to walk without pain and have a hernia op as well. I've been living with the hernia since 2011 and it makes my back ache terrible. My knees are so bad the fluid has been pushed out the back of my kneecaps and the right knee pops and twangs when I bend it, the pain is horrible like a pulled hamstring and cram all rolled into one.
I'm with Weight Watchers but not doing very well, not their fault I just seem to put weight on very easily. I have an underactive thyroid and my GP just sees me as a difficult case with all my ailments and doesn't really consider my thyroid a priority so I feel like I'm in a catch 22 situation. Stuck. What's your advice Alan? I can't walk or exercise much but I do keep busy but not terribly energetic.
Take care everyone and keep up the dropping of pounds.
Cannylass
hi their cannylass are me and you twins i said i could feel someone else pain the hardest part of losing weight is keeping it of that the hardest but can can't believe that your gp says that your thyroid isn't a priority i would love some of them to have it to find out want its like. weight watchers are good but like me i like my chocolate and cream buns, i've learnt not to order when i do my online shopping i'm not saying you are, as for exercise one thing that has help me is i got myself one of those pedometer to see how munch i could walk even though in pain 24/7 it help me over the years to increase how many steps i could do each day it may not seam a lot but each step i take counts i hope this helps and i'm here if needed take care Alan xx
Thank you Alan, I've been looking on the thyroid UK website, which is where I came from to end up here too by the way. There is a lot of people who have underactive thyroids, are on a dose of medication and yet they are still obese. There is also widening coincidence that these folk have fibromyalgia, which I also have, I was diagnosed with it after they tested me for everything else. There are other thyroid meds available which have helped with weight loss and pain relief.
Yes I do like my cream cakes but like anyone who yoyo diets you learn to lose your bad habits every time you start a new diet. My problem is I comfort eat when I'm down. Recently I've swapped the cakes and chocolate etc for fruit now I have sensitive teeth from the acidity.
I will plod on with the diet, I have to. If you could share some meal plans with us to show how you did it, it could help us too.
Bye for now.
Nite nite
hi their cannylass i know what you mean i'm a comfort eater but i will eat anything if i can get my hands on it, but the most valuable tip is portion size i swapped my big plate for a small one, then had a look to see what i was eating, but the biggest thing that help me was by going on the slim-fast diet that's help to shed most of my weight its just these last couple of weeks where i let myself down, because of being housebound and not been able to get out for my exercise of very slow walking because of my osteoarthritis i've not been able to do that. fruit i can but only small amounts because of natural sugar and i'm diabetic so looking at now fatty meal like the chippy, any takeaways, they stopped but i most admit for a treat once a month i will treat myself to a takeaway other wise you would go mad. have more veg, less spuds, chicken or any white meat, fish is good for you but leave of with the red meat and if you can get yourselves each a pedometer to see how much exercise your getting or how many steps your doing and keep improving on what ever exercise that you and your family can do, biggest thing never eat if possibly after six o'clock in the evening it lays in your system and not much exercise is being done, i will see if i can send you some meal sheets that i made to help me if you would like take care night Alan x
Hi BA,
I weighed in a weight watchers today and I've lost one pound. I kept to my propoints this week and cut down on the amount of fruit I was eating as I was having too much. It was eating the enamel on my teeth. One pound in the right direction you might say but I would normally have dropped 4lbs on the week I've had. I'm disappointed to say the least. I had chicken and fish this week no red meat, l cut down on carbs. Yesterday I had chicken and leek soup for tea. I look forward to receiving your meal plans.
Best way to share is in a cloud or one drive then you just need a shortened link.
Take care
Canny
hi their cannylass that's great well done i know some people might but it only a pound yes but a pound lighter than last week keep it up, i get weighted tomorrow and see if i've lost or gain i'm hoping or a loss, but well done chicken is great but don't be disappointed its you first week your a pound lighter not heavier i'm sorting those meal out for you and will have them by tomorrow. if you don't mind my email addess is alan.williams703@gmail.com i'll scan them if you don't mind me having you email address then i can send them to you ok take care well done again big hug from me to you Alan xx
for got to let you if you can get the carbs and cals book it well help you as well take care Alan xx
I've just purchased a book by one of the private doctors on the Thyroid UK doctors list. Its free on the kindle but I don't have one. Its about hormones & food choices. I'll let you know what I think when I've read it. Its called 'Weight loss Winners and dieting downfalls hormonally speaking'. The reviews said it was easy to read and opened peoples minds etc.
hi Tracy i'll down load it on my kindle many thanks for the book i just reconnected my my kindle because i've just up graded my internet i've just searched on my kindle and its not showing anything, i'll see if it comes until a different title take care hope you enjoy reading it speak to you later your friend Alan xx
Hi, I did reply to this yesterday but can't see it here so will do it again just in case I made a mistake.
When I saw it free to download it was on Amazon. I'm not a kindle user so I clicked on it and it seems its free if you take a 30 day trial on some kindle thing which you can cancel before payments are due.
Or you can buy it for the kindle for £1.99 just put the title in google and the Amazon ads will pop up, just click on them.
Hope that helps Alan.
:o)
hi Tracy millions of apologies it was me i thought you said it was from kindle don't worry its my brain not following what my eyes see, this is were i think i'm losing it just waiting for blood test for memory loss, thank you for putting my straight take care your friend mr stupid head Alan xx
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