BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

I was alway trim until 11 years ago. Not thin. I had a figure. But when I finally conceived my kids I put on 120lbs over the pregnancy. I have lost some of that. Others tend to look at fat people and assume their eating is out of control. Mine wasn't however, my OB had to put me on a nutritional supplement and called me weekly to remind me to eat more. I had pregnancy cravings - broccoli and cottage cheese. Go figure. I grew up in a home with a Polish grandmother where food was love & comfort. Bread was often spread with schmaltze. But I still never ate that much. However, after I gave birth, all the years of fertility drugs were withdrawn and my body went into a state of shock. I bled out for 4 months after the birth... not a few weeks - months. I practically stopped eating altogether for a while but was yelled at because I was breastfeeding. But the weight was piling on. Something was very very wrong. My OB sent me to one specialist who handed me a Weight Watche...

TEHILLIM REQUEST FOR RIVKA BAT CHAIM One of my dearest friend's mother needs our prayers. My friend, her mother and their families live in the United Kingdom. Jewish women tolerating an increasingly scary environment for any Jew. Let alone a female one. Both my friend and her mum (Elaine - Rivka bat Chaim) are disabled. Elaine has lipodema . But now she's been diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma a form of breast cancer which has spread and is growing moderately fast. Investigative surgery was done on 6/12/07 and we await the results and Elaine's recuperation. Anyone who knows about the U.K. knows people like Elaine are medically supported by the National Health Service . A good enough service for the well. But when you are disabled already and something like this happens - you need to be seen by a specialist. Unfortunately that means scraping up money to pay for one. Being disabled means Elaine, now having breast cancer, needs a specialist. My friend has post...