Messages By: kahunaz

Paul, 

I completely know where you are coming from and feel for you deeply, I am a 42 year old man who at one time weighed nearly 550 pounds...I did have reduction surgery and now am around the 350 mark...even just losing the weight I did made such a world of difference in my quality of life...I did have recent heart surgery for a valve defect that has set me back a bit. Not to mention the damage the weight has done to my back and joints... 

PLEASE take a minute to email me..I would be honored to get an email from a TV star like you    :-) 

Email  kahunaz@comcast.net 

Carmen 

Hey!...Moms not the only one to blame here. Paul will be the first to tell you that the bulk of the blame rests apon his shoulders...PERIOD... actually sometimes a mom can love a son too much. If food makes him happy (and she sees that not much else does)...she brings him comfort foods.. While not the best choice, a mom just wants her son to be happy. His mom doesn't need anyone here beating her up, she knows where she has gone wrong, she has to live with that now. With the right help he'll be happy and i'm sure a good woman is waiting for him somewhere. I weighed almost 550lbs. and a good ...no GREAT woman was waiting for me. 

Paul...email me  kahunaz@comcast.net 

Carmen 

If I remember correctly, Pauls mom and the other little girls mom and grandmother were all fairly heavy gals too. Thet could try to lead by example, at least for the sake of the girl. She is still young enough to be "impressionable" as a "monkey see monkey do" sort of thing. It surely couldn't hurt.  

Carmen 

Paul email me.. we do have a lot in common 

kahunaz@comcast.net 

Paul,  

I know , I've posted 3-4 times on this subject, but your plight is a close one to my heart. I frequently flip thru the Dr. Phil show as he does have interesting show topics. I must say that the 320+ posts that are here so far are from some of the kindest people you'll meet in your journey. You are a tough, spirited young man that just can't let us down. 

kahunaz@comcast.net 

Carmen 

I'm sure Paul know only too well what I mean by the title of this message. Once your weight gets to a certain point it does in fact become deadly. The more weight you gain, the less active you are...and so on ...and so on..Because at his weight folks let's be honest, he can't exactly go with the guys and play basketball....or go bowling.....so what does he probably do??..eat and play computer games and surf the net..Because everyone is equal behind a computer screen. 

Paul has much hard work to do...but the rewards are enormous.. 

Stay strong!! 

 kahunaz@comcast.net 

Carmen 

Jazmyn (which is a lovely name ,by the way)...Has a future if the wieght is controlled now. She is such a beautiful, spirited young lady that needs a helping hand!...While mom and grandma have some weight issues or their own, they're not to the point that lil' Jazmyn would be if some steps are taken now..before her joints turn bad and she can't run and play like other childern. In this day and age kids do not need the added peer pressure of ridicule. 

See seems to be a wonderful little lady....Mom & Grandma...help her....you can... 

Carmen 

Hi everyone, 

   Oh my gosh i know this subject all too well..I have been living in pain EVERYDAY of my adult life. (i'm 42 now so you can imagine how long that is) I have severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in my ankle and knee joints and degenerative discs in my back. I can't stand long, sit too long or lay down too long...it's absoutely terrible. I've been to pain management specialists with all kinds of anti-inflamitory trpy drugs and painkillers (Lortabs)...otherwise I'd never set any sleep..Now on top of all that pain, I had to have open heart valve replacement surgery in Feb 05' the surgery went well (thank God..he does deserve the glory..or the doctors said I would have only had months to live) 

  The surgeon was a wonderful man named Dr' Jeffery Schwartz at Loyola University Hospital..but the follow up care leftsomething to be desired...Ther were supposed to have me on a bed for obese people with an air mattress to prevent bed sores...but did they?.. NO! I devloped a wound within 48-72 hours that when it was debrie'd was 10.5cmX10.5cmX7.5cm deep I had to go to a rehab facility for 3 months with a thing called a wound vac on my butt..and the debriedment did somethnig to a siatic nerve or something...and now I can't control my left foot..It's called "Footdrop"..and will never get any better. I have to wear a brace everyday and never have ballance...and also the bed wound IS STILL NOT HEALED..after 1 year...Pain..Pain...Pain everyday..then I developed a staph infection which turned into nuge wounds on my legs because of the blood thinners I have to take for the artificial heart valve. 

My attorney thinks there is a hell of a case here.....I hope so...I'll never be the same. 

Carmen 

I too was a person taking waaaay too many pain pills...I was taking 25-30 Norco a day. This is over many years. I do have multiple medical problems that warrent the meds....But certainly not at the quantity I was taking.

It's easy to get hooked on pain pills...I got off the pills be going to a Dr and getting a drug called Suboxone...It attaches to the pain receptors and counter acts the withdrawls...it also allows the pain receptors to reset..So over time if needed I can take pain meds reasonably.

I read your post...Please try to use this drug...Suboxone...it is a great tool. No withdrawls...then you taper off the Suboxone. It will allow you to clear your head, amd to be able to make clear choices!

You can do it.I did.

Carmen