RE:I'm a newbie

[Guest guest]

Hi Dede, welcome to the group! First place to start is to call Debbie and get

your patient education manual mailed out to you. And to fill out the patient

information form on the web site and get it sent in. Then start on all the

famous page 6 requirements! There are plenty of people on here that are more

than willing to answer any questions you have as you go along in the process.

You are about to start an incredible journey. Welcome and best of luck to you!

Bonnie

2-21-00

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Re:

> Hi Dede, welcome to the group!

> First place to start is to call Debbie and get

> your patient education manual mailed out to you.

PLEASE DO NOT CALL Debbie to ask for a manual.

I understand that you would like a copy of our Patient Education Manual.

To request a copy of the Manual go to

http://www.clos.net/forms/request_manual_form.htm

We will try to send you a copy as soon as possible but at the moment we are

being overwhelmed with new requests. We spent $3,000.00 on Manuals in the

last month!!!

The best thing that you can do is download a full copy of the Manual from

our web site at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm

Remember 2 things:

1. You need a copy of the free " Abode Acrobat Reader " to read and print

the manual. The Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

and

2. The Manual is Big and will take a while to download to you computer.

Please be patient.

Also the Manual is only a small subset of everything that is on the Web.

There is nothing in the Manual that isn't on the Web.

I recommend that you spend your time looking at our web site at

http://clos.net

Everything that is in our Manual and More! is on our web site...

It has over 800 pages of Videos, Pictures, References and Links to other

sites.

You can check out our email of the day.

http://clos.net/eotd_main.htm

You can talk to over 350 people that have had the surgery laparoscopically.

http://clos.net/email_patients.htm

Your are invited to join our mailing list

http://www.onelist.com/community/MiniGastricBypass

Watch some of the remarkable transformations of our patients from before to

after surgery

http://clos.net/transformations.htm

*** Don't Miss Our Videos ***

Also remember; Make sure not to miss the videos of patients talking about

their experiences with the operation

http://clos.net/video/video_clips.htm

and watch a video of the surgery on the Internet.

http://clos.net/mgb_gastric_bypass.htm

(Note: You will need a special " RealMedia " Program to watch the Videos at

http://www.real.com/player/index.html

We provide help getting approval for weight loss surgery from your insurance

company.

http://clos.net/insuranc.htm

Get the answers to frequently asked questions at

http://clos.net/faqs.htm

Look at recent studies comparing the Mini-Gastric Bypass to the Roux-en-Y

http://clos.net/mgb_vs_rny01.htm

and to the much more invasive Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion/Duodenal Switch

http://clos.net/mgb-bpd-ds.htm

The Mini-Gastric Bypass:

Short operation (40-60 minutes)

5 tiny incisions

1-2 days in the Hospital

Very Little Pain

Return to work in 4-7 days

Easily reversible laparoscopically

Excellent patient satisfaction

Weight loss as good or better than other more invasive surgery...

If you like, please call the office at any time to arrange for a copy of our

65 page Patient Education Manual

or download it or view it on the web at

http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm

For the steps to go ahead with operation see:

http://clos.net/preparation.htm

Please let us know if we can help in any way.

Best of luck.

We can also include a list of hundreds of patients that have undergone the

surgery if you would like to contact them directly about their experiences

with the surgery.

The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery

4301 Ben lin Blvd.

P. O. Box 15698, Durham, North Carolina 27704

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Toll Free Voice Mail: ext. 209

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Talk with lots of other Pre and Post Op

patients and friends.

Keep up to date on the latest news about

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