Guest guest Posted April 13, 2001 Report Share Posted April 13, 2001 Caroline Heres to sitting on the lawn, having fun, feeling good and whatever may be, may be. I heard an excellent saying tonight and I had to write it down. Every Man (or woman) has his own destiny, the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it takes us. I am going to use this as my motto leading up to my surgery. I am following my destiny. God did not destind (sp?) me to be morbibly overweight, I did it to cover my feelings. At this point my destiny is to die young with complications and to not get the chance to enjoy my son. I decree that I will change my destiny, I will follow it and at least to one extent I know where it will take me. ;P Tracey > >Reply-To: duodenalswitch >To: duodenalswitch >Subject: Re: post-op complications! The LIST LOL >Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 06:30:08 -0700 (PDT) > >Dear Tracey: > I couln't agree with you more. And I have first >hand experience. I am 66 and have 8 grand-children >who, I am sure see me as some kind of prehistoric >immobile monolith!! Play with grandma on the lawn? >Not hardly and I already can't get up once I get down >due to the back pain, arthritis and most of all the >obesity. Trying to get up is too embarrassing so I >don't attempt getting down. > I am so looking forward to this revision and some >quality to my life. I am willing to risk less life >than more with what I know is going to be a completely >inactive one..... > Lovingly, > Caroline >--- Tracey Owen taylorbear@...> wrote: > > Kate > > What will your memories be like though. I can > > imagine myself at 80 sitting > > on the front lawn playing and joking with my > > Grandkids and sipping lemonade. > > As apposed to skulking indoors because the > > diabetes is to bad, I feel like > > an elephant and look like a middleage rhino, the > > joints wont let me bend let > > alone sit on the lawn (and I would need a crane to > > get me up off the lawn) > > and play with the grandkids, not on your nelly, I am > > too tired, sore and > > havent got the energy. > > > > I know which I would rather, complications or no > > complications. At least > > with surgery we have the chance of a normal kind of > > life. Please I dont > > mean to offend, this is just how I feel. > > > > Hugs > > Tracey > > > > > > > > >From: kateseidel@... > > >Reply-To: duodenalswitch > > >To: duodenalswitch > > >Subject: Re: post-op complications! > > The LIST LOL > > >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:30:54 -0000 > > > > > > > > > > What will be interesting is seeing what the long > > term results are. > > > > The literature goes out some 20 years, or > > therabouts, let's see > > >what 30 and 40 and even 50 years brings to these > > changed bodies. > > > > deb > > > > > >Having had a couple of nasty days in an otherwise > > wonderful 10 months > > >post-op, I have been giving some serious thought to > > the loooooong > > >term picture. Based on no particular medical fact, > > I suspect I have > > >indeed shortened my lifespan with this surgery. > > Some kind of vague > > >misgivings about maintaining adequate > > supplementation into my 80's. > > >I can balance that by the comparison to whether > > obesity would also > > >have shortened my lifespan, and at this point I can > > say " I'd rather > > >live 20 years at a normal weight, than 30 years > > obese " - but ask me > > >that question again 20 years from now. > > > > > >Kate > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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