Re: SURGERY ON MAY 9 -PHYSICIAN DR. HESS

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Hi all,

I think meant this to go to the list, so I'm

forwarding it for her. Welcome, and congrats!!

SURGERY ON MAY 9 -PHYSICIAN DR. HESS

HI HI EVERYONE!!!

I AM SO EXCITED. I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE MY SURGERY ON

MAY 9, 2001.

I AM A 50 YEARS OLD CAREER WOMEN. I WORK AS A HUMAN

RESOURCE ASSISTANT AND LOVE MY JOB. I HAVE BEEN

MARRIED FOR FIVE YEARS AND AM STILL IN LOVE WITH THE

MAN I MARRIED.

I HAVE BEEN FAT SINCE I REACHED THE AGE OF 14 WHEN I

HAD MY TOUNSILS OUT. NO THAT IS NOT THE TOTAL CAUSE.

I REAL CAUSE IS I LOVE TO EAT. I HAVE BEEN ON EVERY

DIET CREATED AND HAVE LOST AS MUCH AS 70 LBS AND

WORKED VERY HARD TO GET IT OFF JUST TO HAVE IT COME

BACK ON ALONG WITH SOME OF ITS 20 FRIENDS.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LEG PROBLEMS ALONG WITH

SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHEN I WALK.

I HAVE THREE SISTERS AND BROTHER AND MY MOTHER. MY

MOTHER, SISTERS AND I GO ON A SHOPPING SPREE ONCE A

YEAR AND BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT I TRY TO AVOID IT

BECAUSE I CAN NOT KEEP UP WITH MY 77 YEAR OLD MOTHER.

I WAS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE. PLAYED VOLLEYBALL,

SOFTBALL, DANCED AND RIDE A BIKE. ALL OF THESE DID

NOT KEEP ME FROM BECOMING THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS MOST OF MY LIFE. MY CYCLE WAS

NEVER NORMAL I COULD NEVER COUNT ON WHEN IT WOULD

COME. I ALSO BELEIVE MY WEIGHT KEPT ME FROM HAVING

CHILDREN. I WAS TOLD AND BELEIVED THAT I HAD A

BLOCKAGE THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL THEY COULD REMOVE. SO

I HAVE TRIED TO ACCEPT THE FACT OF NEVER HAVING HELD

MY OWN CHILD IN MY ARMS. I HAVE ACCEPTED THIS FACT

BUT I ALSO WANT TO FEEL AND LOOK BETTER. MY FIRST

CONCERN IS MY HEALTH. MY FATHER, AT 45 HAD TRIBLE

BYPASS SURGERY, MY MOTHER HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AS

DOES ONE OF MY SISTERS AND BROTHER. I ALSO HAVE HIGH

PERTENSION.

I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY FOR 15

YEARS AND HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS OF DOCTORS

THAT PERFORM EITHER THE PROCEDURE I AM HAVING OR LIPO

OR OTHER TYPES OF SURGERY AND HAVE WALKED AWAY WITH

THE FEELING THAT THEY WOULD NEVER TOUCH ME BECAUSE I

FELT LIKE I WAS A NOTCH IN THEIR BELT.

I CAME ACROSS DR. HESS THROUGH A FRIEND THAT I WORK

WITH. SHE HAD THE SURGERY THREE YEARS AGO AND TOLD ME

ABOUT DR. HESS AND HOW SHE FELT WONDERFULL. YES SHE

HAD SOME PROBLEM AT THE BEGINNING BUT WOULD DO IT ALL

OVER AGAIN. MY HUSBAND ALSO WORKS WITH A MAN THAT HAD

THE SURGERY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO AND LOVES HOW HE

FEEL.

I HAVE ATTENDED DR. HESS OPEN MEETING AND HAVE MEET

SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAS HELPED. MY FAMILY HAS

ALSO GONE TO A MEETING AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HIM

BUT WILL BE GLAD WHEN IT ALL OVER.

AS I SAID I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE SURGERY ON MAY 9 AND

WILL UPDATE THIS WHEN I CAN.

HAPPY HAPPY AND GOOD WISHES TO ALL

BRENDA BLAUSEY

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