Guest guest Posted February 21, 2000 Report Share Posted February 21, 2000 <<<Sigh of Relief>>> Thanks so much for everyones response. Jo Ann described her letter to the tee of mine. I feel stupid for reacting the way I did. I was just scared bc it seemed so personal. Ya know? Sorry to have bothered you all, but thanks for the reassurance and encouragement! Love to you all! (who has lost 5 more lbs! 209 from 261 the day of surgery!) ----Original Message Follows---- From: DevineJo@... Reply-To: MiniGastricBypassonelist To: MiniGastricBypassonelist Subject: Re: Digest Number 763 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:46:28 EST From: DevineJo@... , I have received that same article from Santa Ana California. I was very hurt and didn't have a clue since I don't know any one there. It was written in a person's handwriting on the news papers article, JoAnn try this it will work for you. No name mentioned and no return address! That was about 6 months ago. Never found out who sent it to me. But needless to say it really bothered me for a long time. When I read that you received I realized that it must be a stranger who somehow has found out our weight problems. I hope this helps you by letting you know it isn't anyone who personally knows you. Maybe it's from something you subscribe to like a magazine for plus sizes or a catalog. I get Lane s maybe it from a mailing list that was sold to them? Anyway feel better about it your not alone. JoAnn << Hope this finds you doing well. Physically I am great, but am a little emotional right now. Let me explain why... I checked my mail yesterday from Friday and Saturday and in it was a plain white envelope addressed to me. My name and addy was typed onto the envelope and there was NO return address. That was no biggie until I opened it...Inside was a newspaper article that someone had torn from ther local newspaper that was advocating some herbal weight loss pill and program. At the very top was a note written in red ink that read, " , try this, it works. " It was so strange. I could not figure out who in the world would send this to me b/c EVERYONE that knows me is aware of my weight loss attempts, etc and they are also aware of my surgery and my weight loss thus far. When I looked on the postage marker... it said it came from Santa Ana California. I do not know anyone in CA. At any rate, I took it as a cruel joke and it hurt me as well as scared me that someone that I had no clue about knew my address. I thought I was over reacting so I talked to (Lolipop) this morning and she told me she would have been scared and concerned also. I guess right now I am trying to figure out who has access to this info...I was thinking it was only our phone # and e-mail that was accessible to other patients, etc. Is that correct? I am thinking someone could have gotten it from a yahoo or AOL profile if my info is not showing private, so I am going to check that out also. I don't know...it just scared me. Maybe you can help clam my fears. Thanks for being there. C ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking for the best new sites on the Web? eTour.com is a FREE service that brings great websites right to you - matched to your own unique interests. It's like having a personal remote control for the Internet! http://click./1/1675/2/_/_/_/951147996/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com Please visit our web site at http://clos.net Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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